The most important matchup in my bracket doesn’t go my way and sets my bracket on fire thanks to Karaban. UCLA made me proud early, jumping out to a modest lead. UCLA also came out rolling in the 2nd half with a 6-0 run to take the lead back which became a 9-2 run 3 minutes into the 2nd half. The Bruins had their runs, so what happened? Well, UConn had better quantity and quality of runs. Most notably, UConn proceeded to go on a 14-0 run midway through the 2nd half shortly after UCLA’s previously mentioned 2nd half run. That put the Bruins right on the edge of tournament death, but Eric Dailey had an 8-0 run on his own to pull them out of that hole. Only for the coach to pull him from the game, UCLA goes scoreless for 3 minutes and UConn built up a new lead. I do not understand why Dailey didn’t stay in the game. Unless he was hurt, there is no good explanation when he had 12 of their 24 2nd half points and was a +9. Still, Karaban might’ve been too much anyway, he was amazing.