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Rare opening-week title game rematch doubles as a familiar warning: UConn is yet again a national title threat
BOSTON — Having a national title game rematch in the opening week of the college basketball season is about as common as a comet. Thankfully, we got it Friday night when No. 4 Connecticut squared up against the reigning champs/16th-ranked Michigan at TD Garden, with the Huskies winning 85-77. The matchup marked the earliest tilt between the previous season's men's title game participants since Duke and UConn played just days into the season at Madison Square Garden in November 1999. Friday's contest was only the second time in the past 17 seasons that men's college basketball replayed the natty the ensuing season. It also featured the teams responsible for three of the past four NCAA trophies.
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