The UConn males’s basketball crew was greeted with a impolite welcome once they arrived at their Las Vegas resort for Thursday’s Candy 16 matchup towards Arkansas within the NCAA males’s basketball event.

CT Insider’s David Borges reviews that when the gamers arrived to their rooms, they had been subjected to “dust, vomit … and worse.” Borges noxed that this occurred on the Luxor Lodge.

The fourth-seeded Huskies had been moved to “a close-by, high-level resort” after the scenario was disclosed to the NCAA, which handles reserving resorts for every crew within the event.

For his or her half, the UConn gamers and didn’t let the incident faze them forward of their matchup towards the eighth-seeded Razorbacks. The crew went out for dinner collectively on Tuesday evening after apply, and there weren’t many different plans past that in their keep in Las Vegas.

“It isn’t one thing we need to make a giant deal out of,” athletic director David Benedict mentioned. “Every part labored out advantageous.”

UConn reached this level because of back-to-back double-digit wins over No. 13 Iona and No. 5 St. Mary’s within the first two rounds of the event. It is the primary time the Huskies have superior to the Candy 16 since successful the nationwide championship in 2014. The crew is primed to take advantage of out of its alternative this weekend.

“Enjoying at UConn, it is simply you take care of much more stress and criticism and like speedy meltdowns on social once you lose,” head coach Dan Hurley said after Sunday’s win over St. Mary’s. “I believe within the first and even second spherical of tournaments, it is extra of a burden to play at UConn than it is a bonus. … Clearly, now you get to the Candy 16, you’ll be able to actually simply form of exit and simply let it rip.”

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