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STORRS, Conn. -- Northeastern hadnt beaten UConn since the year before Jim Calhoun left the Boston-based Huskies to coach the ones at Connecticut.That changed Monday night.T.J. Williams scored 20 points and Northeastern won 64-61, dropping UConn to 0-2 for the first time in 48 years.Its pretty big for the school and its pretty big for our team this year, Williams said. Its really huge. It really hasnt sunk in yet, but it feels great; it feels wonderful.Donnell Gresham Jr. added 13 points for Northeastern (2-0) and Alex Murphy had nine points and 15 rebounds.Terry Larrier scored 17 points and Jalen Adams had 15 for UConn.The UConn Huskies had a chance to tie the game at the end when freshman Alterique Gilbert stole a cross-court pass from Murphy as Northeastern was trying to run out the clock. But his 3-pointer hit the rim just before the buzzer.I made one of the dumbest plays of my basketball career, said Murphy, a graduate transfer who played at both Duke and Florida. It got picked off but Donnell (Gresham) was there to defend the shot, so thank God for him.Northeastern led most of the way and was up 35-31 at halftime.UConn went on a 9-1 run to open the second half to take a four-point lead, but Northeastern responded with a 10-2 run of its own.A fast-break dunk by Murphy gave Northeastern its largest lead of the second half at 61-54 with just under 4 minutes left.Larriers off-balance runner in the lane had cut the lead to three points with 1:07 left and the Huskies forced a turnover to get the ball back. But Larrier missed two 3-pointers before Gilberts play at the end.Northeastern shot just 36 percent from the floor, but held UConn to 39 percent and outrebounded Connecticut 47-38, including 17-13 on the offensive boards.This is a dark time, UConn coach Kevin Ollie said. I know that. I understand the expectations of everybody here, in this room and at UConn. I feel embarrassed right now. But when I feel embarrassed, I know Im going to get through it and this team is going to get through it.BIG PICTUREUConn began the season ranked 18th in the nation and fell out of the rankings on Monday after losing its opener to Wagner , the teams first season-opening loss in 17 years. The Huskies are now 0-2 for the first time since the 1968-69 season, a year they started 0-10.Northeastern: Northeastern last beat UConn in 1985, a 90-73 victory for Calhouns team. The Hall-of-Fame coach won 248 games at Northeastern before guiding UConn to 625 wins and three national titles. Northeastern had lost eight straight in the series and 22 of the last 23 matchups between the schools. The Boston-based Huskies are now 5-35 against their namesakes.STAT OF THE NIGHTUConn made just 5 of 21 shots from 3-point range after going 6 for 19 from behind the arc against Wagner. Guards Rodney Purvis and Gilbert combined to go 2 for 11.BLOCK PARTYUConns 7-foot center Amida Brimah blocked eight shots, giving him 289 for his career. That is third in school history behind Emeka Okafor (441) and Hasheem Thabeet (417).INJURYUConn freshman guard Christian Vital, who had five points in the Huskies opener, was forced to sit out the game against Northeastern with back issues.UP NEXTUConn: The Connecticut Huskies head west and then head further west. UConn plays its first road game against Loyola Marymount in Kevin Ollies hometown of Los Angeles before traveling to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational, where Oklahoma State will be the opening round opponent on Nov. 21.Northeastern: The Boston-based Huskies face Boston University for the second time in three games on Friday. Northeastern won the season-opening matchup at home 87-77. The second game comes as part of the Steve Wright Classic. 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Fake Balenciaga . -- Stanfords Kevin Danser knelt on one knee and hardly moved on the sideline as Michigan State celebrated its Rose Bowl victory and his Cardinal teammates made their way to the locker room. SAN ANTONIO -- Zach Randolphs miserable Western Conference finals debut led to a sleepless night and a long film session. The All-Star power forward and his Memphis Grizzlies are hardly down and out, though. In both rounds of the playoffs so far, Memphis has lost Game 1 before rallying back to knock out the Los Angeles Clippers and then the Oklahoma City Thunder. This time, Randolph had his worst game ever in the playoffs, managing two points in a 105-83 blowout. His only lower-scoring game in 40 playoff appearances was when he played 1 minute as a rookie for Portland in a 2002 game. "Its more frustrating than embarrassing," said Randolph, who missed his first seven shots in Game 1. "Its basketball. It happens to the best of them. "Muhammad Ali, he got knocked down before. What made him the greatest fighter in the world is he always bounced back." It took the Grizzlies two games to get off the mat in the first round, when they suffered a 21-point blowout at Los Angeles and then lost on a Chris Paul buzzer-beater in Game 2. Memphis then won the next four. There werent as many adjustments needed in Round 2, when Kevin Durants spectacular finish lifted Oklahoma City to a two-point win in the opener. Again, the Grizzlies won four straight to advance. So, the panic button is nowhere in sight for these comeback kids with Game 2 on Tuesday night in San Antonio. "Thats what you do in life. Every time you have a bad moment, youve got to bounce back and get up and go again," coach Lionel Hollins said. "You have a bad day, youve got to get up the next morning and make it a good day. Every team has lost games that have been really bad, theyve lost one-point buzzer-beaters, all of those types of things. "If youre going to be in life and live, youve got to get up and go do it again and try to be better." After last years West finals, the Spurs are wary of feeling good about any series lead. San Antonio won the first two games at home last year, and then lost four in a row to the Thunder. "Everything can change real fast," point guard Tony Parker said. The Spurs had a surprisingly easy time against the NBAs best defence in Game 1, shooting 53 per cent and making a franchise post-season-record 14 3-pointers on just 29 attempts. It took Memphis too long to settle in during its first conference finals apppearance, and San Antonio was up 17 by the end of the first quarter and 20 in the second quarter.dddddddddddd "We found out it wasnt as bad as it looked," Hollins said. "It was a lot of just out of position, playing with hyper speed and doing things that we dont normally do because of the moment and not just playing the game the way its supposed to be played." The mistakes were many. Point guard Mike Conley said Memphis needs to pick up its defence on Parker beyond the 3-point line and keep him from penetrating the lane so easily to set up the 3-point shooters around him. Once in scramble mode, the Grizzlies over-helped and left too many openings. On offence, the ball got stuck, which allowed the Spurs defence to recover and wipe out any scoring opportunities for Randolph around the basket. "All the things that we did wrong -- no pace, no moving the ball, no running back, no communicating -- if we do all that good and we are who we are and we lose, now were going to see," centre Marc Gasol said. "Its hard to get a lot of information about that last game because we just played so poorly." Game 2 provides a clean slate to try again, and Memphis hasnt had two straight poor games yet this post-season. "We adjust, I think, pretty well to teams and this is no different. We have to come out, make the same adjustments, stick to those adjustments and trust them because this team is so disciplined that theyre not going to stop what theyre doing," Conley said. "They do what they do very well. Theyre the best in the league at it." The Spurs were hesitant to take too much credit for what went right. "The ball happened to go into the basket," coach Gregg Popovich said. "Its a game. Some nights you make two, some nights you make 14. Thats a rarity. But theres never really a reason. ... We didnt run anything magical to get the shots. They just went in." It was quite the turnaround from the last round, when San Antonio made 44 per cent and struggled to make shots consistently. "Im a math guy," said Matt Bonner, who made four of his five 3-point attempts. "Its highly improbable were going to shoot at the clip we did last game. Theyve got the best defence in the league. Theyre going to come out and make adjustments and play better on defence for sure." ' ' '