ALBANY, N.Y. — That worst nightmare was materializing, the worst-case scenario playing out.
Could it happen? Could Iona, a No. 13 seed, send the UConn men to another early and ignominious exit from the NCAA Tournament?
For a half, it sure looked like it. UConn was behind and looked tight. Then the second half began and the Huskies snapped out of their collective amnesia. They remembered who they were and how they got here. Their best player, Jordan Hawkins, snapped out of his shooting slump, and the Huskies won in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years, beating Iona, 87-63, at MVP Arena.
