NCAA Tournament East Region analysis: Can UConn emerge and repeat as champions?
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NCAA Tournament East Region analysis: Can UConn emerge and repeat as champions?

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Follow live coverage of South Carolina, NC State and Iowa, UConn in women’s Final Four today The East Region of the Men’s Tournament can best be described as quirky — it features overall No. —Jeff Goodman Team in 16 words: Bruce Pearl’s teams defend, play hard and if they make enough shots from deep, are dangerous. Record: 27-7 Coach: Bruce Pearl Player to watch: Johni Broome EAST SEC 4 5 San Diego State EAST 24-10 Profile Strengths: The defense is completely different than it was a year ago en route to the Final Four run, since there’s no rim protector this season. Jaedon LeDee averaged 7.9 points on last year’s team, but has developed into one of the nation’s top players, and he’s a big, strong forward who can win matchups with opposing big men. —Jeff Goodman Profile Strengths: The defense is completely different than it was a year ago en route to the Final Four run, since there’s no rim protector this season.

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