Fans sent off the 2023 national champion UConn Huskies as they head back to the NCAA tournament.
The school invited fans to be there as the team left the Storrs campus. The sendoff took place around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday outside the Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center.
UConn, the top seed, will take on 16-seed Stetson on Friday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York at 2:45 p.m.
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Five Connecticut teams are in the NCAA men's and women's tournaments.
The men’s teams from UConn and Yale University are in it and the women’s basketball teams from UConn, Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University will compete.
Wednesday, March 20
- Sacred Heart vs. Presbyterian. The game will be at 7 p.m.
Friday, March 22
- UConn men vs. Stetson: 2:45 p.m.
- Auburn vs. Yale: 4:15 p.m.
Saturday, March 23
- UConn women vs. Jackson State at 1 p.m.
- Indiana vs. Fairfield at 1:30 p.m.
