For an agonizing period, it was shaping up as one of the worst losses in years. And then, for a time, it was starting to look like one of the most exciting comeback victories in ages.
Say this for the UConn men’s basketball team, circa 2023: It makes you feel things. The Huskies can turn up the volume so high at either building, Gampel Pavilion or the XL Center, that you worry about structural integrity. Or they can make even a packed house as quiet as the woods on a snowy evening, all in the same game.
They are not great right now, not terrible, but neither are they dull. On Wednesday night, the Huskies put their fans through hell, and took them nearly all the way back, but left Gampel feeling empty after the 82-79 loss to Xavier, the sixth loss in eight games.
