The UConn men’s basketball team fell to No. 2 seed Creighton in the semifinal round of the Big East Tournament Friday night, 71-62.

A scuffle broke out at the end of Creighton's 71-62 victory over UConn in the Big East Tournament semifinals after Jamiya Neal threw down a needless dunk for the Bluejays in the final seconds.

SportsLine's model revealed its college basketball predictions Creighton Bluejays vs. Connecticut Huskies on Friday in a 2025 Big East Tournament semifinal game at Madison Square Garden

Solomon Ball led the Huskies (23-10) in scoring, finishing with 13 points. Liam McNeeley added 13 points for UConn. Hassan Diarra had 11 points and six rebounds.

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Ryan Kalkbrenner had 32 points and scored the go-ahead basket in the second overtime after Creighton scored the final 11 points in regulation, and the Bluejays held on for an 85-81 victory over DePaul in a Big East Tournament quarterfinal at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night.

UConn men's basketball meets up with familiar foe in Big East semifinals: Creighton and its 7-foot center, Ryan Kalkbrenner.

Creighton, the No. 2 seed in the Big East Tournament, will face top-seeded St. John's in Saturday's championship game.

Tempers briefly flared at the end of second-seeded Creighton’s 71-62 victory over No. 3 Connecticut Friday night. With 1.8 seconds left and the game decided, Bluejays wing Jamiya Neal went in for a big dunk instead of dribbling the clock out.