A UConn star blamed calamari for a rough weekend at the Final Four, putting it on a long menu of meals that have altered the course of sporting events.
After a middling season at the University of San Diego, Joey Calcaterra, a guard, transferred to UConn and Sam Scholl, the head coach, was hired as a basketball adviser by San Diego State.
Butler doesn’t like a lot of attention, his father said, but that’s what he got after sending San Diego State to the national title game. “He was more happy that we were happy,” Lamont Butler Sr. said.