GLENDALE, Ariz. — Well, this is a treat. Generally great flow. The national player of the year facing his final boss and is winning the level so far. Purdue and UConn tied up at 23 at the under-8 media timeout in the first half.
In the back of everyone’s minds here, though, should lurk one truth: The Huskies have the ability to enter another dimension, suddenly and without remorse. It may be that Purdue is the one team built to hang with them until the end. But what the Boilermakers have done over 13-plus minutes is no guarantee of what will happen over the next 27 or so.