Alex Karaban keeps Dan Hurley sane. He also keeps winning and climbing UConn, March Madness leaderboards
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- At this point, you almost needn't look. The ball went inside to Tarris Reed Jr. Carson Cooper helped off a half-step too many. The ball popped out to Alex Karaban, who had raised his hand as soon as Cooper had turned his head. It didn't matter that Reed's pass took Karaban to the outskirts of the midcourt logo, or that Cooper, with his 6-foot-11 height and a wingspan even longer, closed out nearly perfectly. When the ball left Karaban's hands, he knew it, his teammates knew it and Michigan State might have known it, too. The ball hit nothing but nylon, and Huskies faithful erupted. Karaban pumped a fist -- ecstatic yet composed -- in the direction of Dan Hurley. It wasn't...