Legendary UConn men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun was on hand Monday night to give the men’s basketball team some final words of encouragement before they jet off to Las Vegas for the NCAA Sweet 16.

“Right now, you’re 80 minutes to Houston,” Calhoun told the team during a recent practice. “Now, I know it’s longer – 30 minutes of basketball. You’re going to a weekend trip, 80 minutes. If I were you, I can smell it.”

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