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For the Spartans, Raymar Morgan threw in 18 points, and Kalin Lucas added 21.
Hasheem Thabeet, the 7-foot-3 center, led UConn with 17 points. Stanley Robinson and A.J. Price had 15 each for Connecticut, and Robinson added 13 rebounds.
The No. 2-seeded Spartans will be going for their third NCAA title in school history and second under 14-year coach Tom Izzo.
The UConn Huskies were the best team in the country until Jerome Dyson suffered a knee injury in mid-February. But now the Spartans will play the winner of Villanova - North Carolina for the NCAA title Monday night.