Recognizing Uconn Basketball Champions

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Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, as the Congressman from eastern Connecticut, it is a proud moment for me to congratulate the UConn men's basketball team for winning this year's NCAA national championship on April 4, just a couple weeks ago.

Mr. Speaker, the UConn men starting out in this season back in November were not even ranked in any of the leading polls. Yet, despite that negativity, they tuned it out and really came together as a team led by a great coach, Danny Hurley.

By the time they got to the NCAA playoffs, their average margin of victory was over 15 points per game. It is a record in terms of NCAA championships in the past, and a great testament to a group of young men who are now going to go on and do greater things, whether it is in the NBA or next year's college basketball season.

It is a great program. This is their fifth title since 1999. The women's team has won 11 titles. It is truly easy, I think without exaggeration, to say that I represent the basketball capital of the world for college basketball: Storrs, Connecticut.

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