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Article: Okafor, UConn won't be denied, top Ga. tech for national title.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- April 5, 2004
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Byline: Mike Jensen
SAN ANTONIO, Texas _ Emeka Okafor wanted that ball.
He chased teammate Rashad Anderson all around the court, with Anderson feinting and running away, holding the ball out with his right hand, a Connecticut celebration going on all around them.
Nothing else frustrated the college game's dominant big man all evening. He looked serene out there. His team followed right along.
After the Huskies began the season on top of all the polls, a juggernaut in waiting, their coach talked of how they had to shake off the shackles of all those expectations. That took most of the season, and it took Jim Calhoun half the year to ...