[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5845]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             UCONN VICTORY

  Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I want to begin by remarking on the 
extraordinary and remarkable triumph of the UConn men's basketball team 
last night--a victory that is beyond my words to describe--and the 
achievement it represents for those players, for the school, for coach 
Kevin Ollie, and for the entire university, particularly in the face of 
last year's disqualification--unfair and unjustified, in my view.
  I am so proud of our team and the University of Connecticut for its 
steadfast and relentless pursuit of this national championship, which 
last night culminated in a huge and joyous triumph felt throughout 
Connecticut and, in fact, throughout the country.
  I will be commenting in greater length and depth on how this 
achievement reflects on the University of Connecticut, what it means to 
college athletics, and what lessons we can take from this great 
triumph.
  In the meantime, I am wearing my University of Connecticut tie with 
the emblem of the Huskies because last night's triumph is only a 
prelude to tonight.
  UConn is rolling with momentum toward two national championships. The 
women, I believe, will prevail tonight, and I expect to collect on 
another debt--the debt owed to me already by my colleagues from 
Kentucky I think will be supplemented tomorrow--and I will ask that my 
Kentucky colleague, Senator Paul, wear this tie, if only for a brief 
moment, to demonstrate who was the better team last night. They are 
both great teams, but Connecticut was the greatest.

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