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SPORTS THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016 11A Four-Peat: UConn beats ’Cuse for 4th-straight title By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer ,1',$1$32/,6²3HHU- OHVVDJDLQ3HUIHFWDJDLQ &RQQHFWLFXW VHQLRU %UH- DQQD 6WHZDUW FDSSHG RII KHU EULOOLDQW FDUHHU ZLWK D IRXUWK VWUDLJKW QDWLRQDO FKDPSLRQ- VKLS ² D IHDW QHYHU DFFRP- SOLVKHG EHIRUH LQ 'LYLVLRQ , ZRPHQ¶VEDVNHWEDOO ³,W ZDV WKH SHUIHFW HQG- LQJ´ 6WHZDUW VDLG ³:H KDG DJRDOFRPLQJLQDVIUHVKPHQ DQG QRZ DV VHQLRUV ZH GLG WKDW:HGLGZKDWZHZDQWHG WRGR,WZDVDORWRIIXQ´ 7KH ZLQ RYHU 6\U- DFXVH RQ 7XHVGD\ QLJKW ¿Q- LVKHGDQRWKHUÀDZOHVVVHDVRQ IRU *HQR$XULHPPD DQG KLV +XVNLHV8QWLOQRZRQO\WKH 8&/$ PHQ¶V WHDP KDG ZRQ IRXU LQ D URZ LQ ', UROOLQJ WRVHYHQFRQVHFXWLYHFKDPSL- RQVKLSV XQGHU -RKQ :RRGHQ IURP $QG QRZ $XULHPPD KDV SDVVHG WKH :L]DUG RI :HVW- ZRRG ZLWK KLV WK QDWLRQDO WLWOH ³:KDW WKRVH FKDPSL- RQVKLSV PHDQ WR PH LV KRZ PDQ\ JUHDW SOD\HUV ,¶YH KDG WKH RSSRUWXQLW\ WR FRDFK´ $XULHPPDVDLG³+RZPDQ\ JUHDW SHRSOH KDYH FRPH WKURXJK WKH SURJUDP ,W GRHVQ¶W PDWWHU ZKRVH QDPH LVDERYHRUZKRVHQDPH,¶P XQGHU$VORQJDV,KDYHWKRVH SOD\HUV LQ P\ PHPRU\ ,¶P JRRG´ Starring Stewart +H ZRQ¶W IRUJHW 6WHZDUW DQ\WLPHVRRQ 7KH WKUHHWLPH$3 3OD\HU RI WKH <HDU KDV VDLG LW LV XS WRRWKHUVWRGHFLGHKHUSODFH LQ ZRPHQ¶V FROOHJH EDVNHW- EDOOORUH7KHUHLVQRGHQ\LQJ VKHLVWKHPRVWDFFRPSOLVKHG SOD\HU HYHU ZLQQLQJ PRUH WLWOHV WKDQ IHOORZ 8&RQQ JUHDWV 'LDQD 7DXUDVL DQG 0D\D 0RRUH ZKR ZDWFKHG IURP WKH VWDQGV DW %DQNHUV /LIH )LHOGKRXVH $XULHPPD ZRXOGQ¶W DUJXH ZLWK WKH GHVFULSWLRQRI6WHZDUWDVWKH EHVWHYHU µ,¶OO VD\ WKLV 6KH¶V WKH Michael Conroy/AP Photo Connecticut’s Morgan Tuck (3), Kia Nurse (11) and Breanna Stewart (30) celebrate after Connecticut’s 82-51 victory over Syra- cuse in the championship game at the women’s Final Four in the NCAA college basketball tournament Tuesday, in Indianapolis. 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