No. 2UConn Huskies

East Region · 2nd Round

YES!

UConn Huskies beat the UCLA Bruins

Ranked #7 · 24-12 57 – 73

Ranked #2 · 31-5

Final · Sun, Mar 22

Game Details

Xfinity Mobile Arena (Philadelphia) · 19,279 fans · TNT View tournament bracket →

Recap

Karaban scores 27 points and sends UConn back to the Sweet 16 with 73-57 win over UCLA

An outlier in the modern college basketball game, Alex Karaban flirted with the idea of leaving UConn for the NBA each of the last two seasons.

Recap via ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	T
UCLA	33	24	57
CONN	38	35	73

Game Flow

UCLA CONN

H1H2

8-0Biggest Run14-0

6Largest Lead16

5 lead changes · tied 5 times

Win Probability · UConn Huskies

tip-offnow: 100%

Game Leaders

UCLA Bruins

Xavier Booker · 13Points
Donovan Dent · 10Assists
Xavier Booker · 5Rebounds

UConn Huskies

Alex Karaban · 27Points
Malachi Smith · 6Assists
Tarris Reed Jr. · 13Rebounds

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team	GB
Michigan	-
Nebraska	4
Michigan State	4
Illinois	4
Wisconsin	5
Purdue	6
UCLA	6
Ohio State	7
Iowa	9
Indiana	10
Minnesota	11
USC	12
Washington	12
Rutgers	13
Northwestern	14
Oregon	14
Maryland	15
Penn State	16

2025-26 Big East Conference Standings

Team	GB
St. John's	-
UConn	1
Villanova	3
Seton Hall	8
Creighton	9
DePaul	10
Butler	11
Providence	11
Marquette	11
Georgetown	12
Xavier	12

Team Stats

UCLA BruinsUConn Huskies

Shooting

19-49, 39% Field Goals 23-49, 47%

5-13, 38% 3-Pointers 8-24, 33%

14-21, 67% Free Throws 19-21, 90%

Possessions

24 Rebounds 36

8 Offensive Rebounds 11

14 Assists 16

4 Steals 7

1 Blocks 5

11 Turnovers 16

17 Fouls 20

Scoring

20 Points in Paint 30

8 Fast Break Points 8

6 Largest Lead 16

Box Score

UCLA Bruins ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
X. BookerF	13	5	1	33	4-7	2-3	3-6	0	0	1	0	5	1
D. DentG	11	2	10	37	2-9	1-3	6-6	2	1	0	0	2	1
S. ClarkG	11	3	0	34	5-8	1-3	0-0	3	2	0	1	2	3
T. PerryG	5	3	1	32	2-8	0-2	1-2	2	1	0	0	3	3
E. Dailey Jr.G	12	5	1	27	5-12	1-2	1-3	2	0	0	3	2	3
Bench
S. Jamerson IIF	2	1	0	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	1
J. BrownG	0	1	0	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1
B. WilliamsG	3	2	0	10	0-1	0-0	3-4	1	0	0	1	1	1
E. FreenyG	0	1	1	12	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	2
J. SeidlerG	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A. Peoples Jr.F	DNP: Did not play
E. ManjikianF	DNP: Did not play
T. BilodeauF	DNP: Did not play
M. AlstonG	DNP: Did not play
C. HorryG	DNP: Did not play
Team	57	24	14		19-49	5-13	14-21	11	4	1	8	16	17

UConn Huskies ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
A. KarabanF	27	5	1	36	9-16	4-8	5-5	2	0	1	3	2	2
T. Reed Jr.C	10	13	2	29	3-8	0-0	4-5	3	1	3	4	9	2
B. MullinsG	17	4	1	32	5-9	2-6	5-5	5	0	0	0	4	4
S. BallG	0	2	1	13	0-5	0-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	3
M. SmithG	2	2	6	32	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	1	2
Bench
J. RossF	11	3	1	22	3-4	2-3	3-4	0	2	1	1	2	5
D. KoromaF	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
E. ReibeC	4	1	0	11	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	1
U. PaunovicG	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
J. FurphyG	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A. MillenderG	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
S. Demary Jr.G	2	3	4	21	0-2	0-2	2-2	0	2	0	0	3	1
J. RossF	DNP: Did not play
J. StewartF	DNP: Did not play
R. ElezajC	DNP: Did not play
Team	73	36	16		23-49	8-24	19-21	16	7	5	11	25	20