{"id":90995,"date":"2014-03-31T09:42:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T13:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=90995"},"modified":"2014-04-04T11:14:09","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T15:14:09","slug":"huskies-advance-to-final-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2014\/03\/huskies-advance-to-final-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Huskies Advance to Final Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_91002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91002\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Elite8wtrophyoncourt.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-91002  img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"The Huskies raise the East Region NCAA Championship trophy, after their win against Michigan State at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. (Steve Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Elite8wtrophyoncourt.gif\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 614px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 614\/409;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Huskies raise the NCAA East Region trophy, after their win against Michigan State at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. (Steve Slade &#8217;89 (SFA) for UConn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a win over Michigan State 60-54 on Sunday, the Huskies are headed to Texas, next weekend, where they will play against top-seeded Florida in the NCAA national semi-final. Florida has won 30-straight games going into the Final Four, but their last loss was to UConn, 65-64, on Dec. 2.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90998\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90998\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/KOlliecutsnet.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90998 img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"Head Coach Kevin Ollie cuts down the net at Madison Square Garden after winning the East Region NCAA championship. (Steve Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/KOlliecutsnet.gif\" width=\"274\" height=\"410\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 274px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 274\/410;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Head Coach Kevin Ollie cuts down the net at Madison Square Garden after winning the East Region final of the NCAA championship. (Steve Slade &#8217;89 (SFA) for UConn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90997\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ShabazzMichState.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90997 img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"Point guard Shabazz Napier '14 (CLAS) scored 25 points in the victory over Michigan State. (Steve Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ShabazzMichState.gif\" width=\"274\" height=\"410\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 274px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 274\/410;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Point guard Shabazz Napier &#8217;14 (CLAS), the East Region&#8217;s Most Outstanding Player, scored 25 points in the victory over Michigan State. (Steve Slade &#8217;89 (SFA) for UConn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Connecticut\u2019s game against Florida is set to tip off in AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas at 6:09 p.m. on Saturday, April 5. The game will be televised on TBS, and it can be heard on the UConn IMG Radio Network.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uconnhuskies.com\/sports\/m-baskbl\/recaps\/033014aaa.html\">www.uconnhuskies.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a win over Michigan State 60-54 on Sunday, the men&#8217;s basketball team will face Florida in Arlington, Texas next weekend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":91002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-90995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 06:30:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90995"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91046,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90995\/revisions\/91046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/91002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90995"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=90995"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=90995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}