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STORRS, Conn. \u2014 Over the game\u2019s first 8:22, Connecticut scored 26 points. The Huskies were getting any shot they wanted, threatening to run away from St. John\u2019s at revved-up Gampel Pavilion.<\/p>\n
So Rick Pitino went to his full-court press. Over the remaining 31:38, the No. 19 Huskies managed just 36 points.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes you go into a game with a mindset of how you\u2019re going to play defense, and it totally changes,\u201d Pitino said after the 12th-ranked Johnnies stunned the two-time defending national champions 68-62 Friday night for their 10th straight win.<\/p>\n
That decision changed the game. <\/p>\n
The press contributed to forcing 22 UConn turnovers, which led to 18 St. John\u2019s points. <\/p>\n
When the pressure wasn\u2019t forcing Huskies mistakes, it was taking time off the clock, giving them less time to get quality shots. <\/p>\n
They wound up with three shot-clock violations while missing 17 of their final 20 3-point attempts, and standout sophomore Solo Ball was blanked after halftime.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt they were shooting the ball too well, and what the press has done for me for 40 years is worn people out legs-wise where they don\u2019t shoot the ball as well,\u201d Pitino said. \u201cIt\u2019s always been the gift that my teams have. If we can wear out their legs, they won\u2019t shoot it as well. They were coming at us, and they were getting too many easy shots. So I felt the full-court press would take a little starch out of their shots, take a little time in the backcourt and make us ultra aggressive.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe pressed more than we usually have, but that\u2019s because of what they were doing to us offensively early on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pitino recalled an NCAA Tournament game in 2005 as the coach of Louisville when the opponent, West Virginia, was unconscious from 3-point range. <\/p>\n
So he ditched the matchup zone for man-to-man, which the Cardinals hadn\u2019t played all year. <\/p>\n
They rallied to advance to the Final Four.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes, your game plan goes out the window,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause the other team tears it apart.\u201d<\/p>\n
UConn star freshman Liam McNeeley returned after a monthlong absence from a high ankle sprain and scored 18 points in 29 minutes off the bench. <\/p>\n
This marked St. John\u2019s first win in front of fans at Gampel Pavilion since 2000. \u2026 The last time the Johnnies started 12-1 in Big East play was 1984-85. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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