Chane Behanan

Shabazz Napier was sitting there, large ice pack on his left shoulder, pain of various kinds showing on his face.

"I didn't give enough to my teammates," he said. "As a leader, I should have given more. I always feel like I should be giving 100 percent more, even if I'm giving 100 percent."

Giving 200 percent is, of course, impossible, especially with a jammed sore shoulder. For UConn to beat No. 1 Louisville perhaps was not impossible, but it was asking a lot — on Monday night, a lot more than the Huskies could deliver, though they had their moments in the first half.

Louisville smothered UConn in the second half, its top players living up to their...