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Pirates vs Huskies

CBB • Reg. Season • Feb 28 2026

Harry A. Gampel Pavilion

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21

Pirates

67W

Huskies

716

Team

1st2ndFinal

Pirates

333467

Huskies

323971

Takes

@FlameRaptorRaven

SO CLOSE to an upset with an unfortunate ending for the pirates. Seton Hall did a good job pushing UCONN around in the early game. They took very few 3s, but made more than they missed while remaining good enough on 2s to not only keep up, but build a lead over the Huskies in the 1st half. Even when the 2nd half hit the 10 minute mark, Seton Hall still managed to keep their lead and add a couple points to it. Unfortunately this is when it all fell apart. The Huskies got white hot from 3, led by Karaban who went 5/6 from deep. It only took a 10-0 run that involved a bunch of Pirates bricks to turn an inevitable upset to a ‘better late than never’ result. Seton Hall didn’t go down quietly and kept pace down the stretch; which is when UCONN’s defense came in clutch, in part thanks to a couple of blocks from Karaban to make sure Seton Hall couldn’t get their lead back. It’s a shame, I had a ton of faith and AJ had a nice game. Just couldn’t close it out.

Alex Karaban, Husky Forever.

Very good game. I think this kills Seton Halls tournament chances but man they almost had it. In a few years they will be really solid just wait. Uconn gets another strong win. 1 seed time

UConn gets another good home win headed into the final week of Big East play against Seton Hall.

@underwoodforheisman

UConn escapes once again. I’m getting pretty tired of this, only like 1/8 of the teams that almost upset them win

UCONN survives another close call

Seton hall anticipating a foul gone wrong. Just chucked up a 3 😂. UConn survives another upset and I thought after that win against St. John’s that things were going to change and UConn was gonna play at an elite level, but I am still concerned about them in the tournament and they could be a 1 or 2 seed that loses in the round of 32 or sweet 16. What a game from Karaban though as he scored a season high 23 points on his final home game.

Seton Hall with AJ Stanton McCray scoring 20 gave the Huskies a game even leading entering the final minute but it was Alex Karaban's night going for 23 after getting his number in the rafters pregame Tarris Reed had a double double and Solo Ball scored 14 to lead UConn as well

Seton Hall should’ve won this game, but I feel like the refs sorta helped out UConn

Seton Hall is definitely a bubble team and I think this helped there cause though we’ll see down the stretch run. That 3 at the end by the Hall was wack though.

Partially Watched

Pretty fun close to the game. Seton Hall almost pulled off a great upset. If there’s going to be a 1 that loses a seed line before March I’m betting it’s UConn.

Partially Watched

Great little comeback by UConn and fun back and forth down the stretch. I really WANT to believe the Huskies are due for a deep tourney run but I’m just not quite there…

Partially Watched