At one point Tuesday night, Dan Hurley was so thrilled to see a play made, he ran over to the scorer’s table and planted a kiss on Aiden Mahaney, who was waiting to check in. At another point, he put his arms around both Butler coach Thad Matta and referee Pat Driscoll.

UConn led by 15 points in the first half and had an eight-point lead at halftime. But Butler erased a nine-point deficit in the final 6:50 of regulation and took a two-point lead before Karaban’s jumper with 1:43 left sent the game to overtime tied at 68. Led by Solo Ball’s career-high 23 points, the Huskies ultimately pulled out the two-point win.