UConn men battle San Diego State in national championship game

Apr. 3 — HOUSTON — The benefit of playing the second of Saturday’s two national semifinal games for the UConn men’s basketball team was that the Huskies already knew who their opponent would be should they get past Miami. The pitfall of having the second game though was that the Huskies were aware of how San Diego State won its semifinal game. The Aztecs were down 14 midway through the second half but came back to top Florida Atlantic thanks to a buzzer-beating basket. So when UConn saw a 20-point lead over the Hurricanes trimmed to eight in the second…