The 2023–24 UConn Huskies men's basketball team represented the

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in the

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. The Huskies were led by sixth-year head coach

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in the team's fourth season since their return to the

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. The Huskies played their home games at the

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and the

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. The UConn Huskies men's basketball team drew an average home attendance of 12,733 in 16 games in 2023–24. The Huskies finished the season 37–3, 18–2 in Big East play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Xavier, St. John's, and Marquette to win the Big East tournament, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Receiving the No. 1 overall seed, they returned to the National Championship game for the second straight year and defeated

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to become the first back-to-back National Champions since

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(who won the tournament in

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and

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). The season was marked by a number of records at both the program and national level. UConn set a program record for regular season wins (28) and total wins (37) in a season, and became the first Big East team to win 18 conference games. In the postseason, they became the first team since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 (therefore requiring six victories to win the championship) to win every game by at least 14 points, breaking their own record of winning every game by 13 points set the previous year. They set additional records in the NCAA tournament for largest combined margin of victory in all their games with 140 points; and by extension, the largest average margin of victory of 23.3 points per game. This has led many to call them the best team in UConn history and among the best college basketball teams of all time.

Previous season

The Huskies finished the season 31–8, 13–7 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated

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in the quarterfinals before losing to Marquette in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the West region. They defeated

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, Saint Mary's,

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, and Gonzaga to advance to the school's sixth Final Four and first since

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. They defeated

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and

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to win the national championship, the school's fifth title since

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, and were only the fifth men's team to win all six of its games by 10 points or more.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting classes

2023 recruiting class

2024 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References

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