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Chris Allen led four Cyclones in double figures with 20 points, and Iowa State scored their final 14 at the free throw line Thursday night to beat Connecticut 77-64.

An 11-game postseason run that was equal parts stunning and historic ended with a championship as Connecticut defeated the Butler Bulldogs.

The Huskies matched the N.C.A.A. Division I basketball winning streak set by the U.C.L.A. men from 1971 to 1974.

The first jolt came in the early semifinal, when unranked Connecticut knocked off No. 2 Michigan State. Then came the real one - a magnitude-4.7 earthquake off the coast that rattled chairs, tables and the rims for about five seconds in the late game between No. 8 Kentucky and No. 13 Washington.

The Connecticut men’s basketball program, coached by Jim Calhoun, received notice of eight major rules violations, and two assistants have resigned because of them.

Tina Charles, Maya Moore and the latest Connecticut Huskies dynasty now has its own place in the record books....

Wes Johnson and Kris Joseph combined to make six straight free throws in the final 33 seconds, and No. 2 Syracuse held off the game Huskies 72-67 on Wednesday night after squandering a 16-point lead in the second half.