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Article: THIS TIME, A HEALTHY OKAFOR WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN UCONN'S TITLE ROUT.(SPORTS)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 7, 2004
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Byline: Ed Miller THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
SAN ANTONIO -- Jim Calhoun, a man who rarely seems to leave a thought unexpressed, kept one to himself as he listened to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets talk about facing his Connecticut team in the national championship game at the Alamodome Monday night.
"I'm thinking, 'You want to run with us? You don't know about running with us,' " Calhoun said.
Calhoun and his team were adamant in their belief that the UConn team that lost to Georgia Tech back in November was not the same one that would take the court Monday night.
First and foremost, center Emeka Okafor, who struggled through the November ...