Michigan has a long-sought title in its sights, but UConn’s Dan Hurley has a bigger prize within reach

"Huskies on the Brink of History: UConn's Unlikely Rise to the Top. The University of Connecticut men's basketball team is on the cusp of achieving a remarkable milestone, with a potential seventh national championship since 1999 just within reach. If they succeed, they would leapfrog into third place on the all-time list of NCAA Division I basketball champions, a testament to the program's remarkable resurgence under the guidance of Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun and later Kevin Ollie. But UConn's path to greatness has been anything but conventional, built on a foundation of perseverance and determination that has allowed the program to overcome adversity and defy expectations."

UConn, which would have the third-most titles of all-time if it wins its seventh national championship since 1999, has been built upon the unlikely.