STAMFORD, Conn. -- March Madness ended with April craziness in Connecticut.The UConn men are now back-to-back NCAA tournament champions after their 75-60 win over Purdue in Glendale, Arizona, on Monday night.Winning twice in two years is boosting pride on all five of the school's campuses.UConn-Stamford students will never forget the excitement inside One University Place.'I was here with everybody watching the watch party. It was an amazing time,' Anthony Small said.
The success of the men's and women's teams, with 17 championships between them, has been credited for helping increase applications to the UConn system by 20% last year.'If you go travel across the country now, you say 'UConn,' it doesn't matter where you be in America, they'll know what UConn is, who UConn is,' alum Andrew Rokyzky said.'It definitely puts Connecticut on the map. It's great for students, I think. Yeah, it's great that they won again.