Life Happened and Somehow Put Them in the Championship Game

HOUSTON — After Joey Calcaterra, Connecticut’s brash, sharpshooting guard, swished an open 3-pointer late in the first half of a Final Four game on Saturday, making a Miami defender pay for an ill-advised gamble, he slapped hands with Coach Dan Hurley. Calcaterra continued downcourt, barking all the way — at an opponent, at the crowd, at the moon? As Sam Scholl watched the full Joey California experience play out, all he could do was smile and shake his head. A year ago, Scholl and Calcaterra had uncertain futures together. Scholl had just been fired as coach at the University of…