How UConn rebounded from blown lead to earn an overtime win over BU

During UConn’s team meeting on Wednesday, associate head coach Tyler Helton spoke about the importance of having a short memory. He used the recently crowned National League champion Milwaukee Brewers as an example.

“Their motto is: It's next pitch all the time,” head coach Mike Cavanaugh relayed. “It's just next pitch. Don't complain, don't explain, just next pitch.”

That lesson paid dividends the very next day. On Thursday, the Huskies coughed up a two-goal lead in the final 3:26 of regulation against Boston University but didn’t let it snowball into a defeat. Instead, UConn rallied for the overtime victory in a 5-4 thriller.

“We talked about that at length yesterday and today, I thought our guys lived up to it,” Cavanaugh said.

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