The Huskies finished the 2013 – 14 season with a record of 32-8 overall , including 12 – 6 in American Athletic play . They lost in the championship game of the 2014 American Athletic Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament to Louisville . They received at-large bid to the 2014 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament which they beat Saint Joseph 's and Villanova in the second and third rounds , Iowa State and Michigan State in the sweet sixteen and elite eight to make it to the final four , where they beat the Florida Gators in the national semifinal round and the Kentucky Wildcats in the 2014 National Championship Game . Shabazz Napier was named the tournament 's MOP
2014 American Athletic Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament
2014 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2014–15 UConn Huskies men's basketball team