Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. When the UConn Huskies men's basketball team won their fifth national championship in April, fans and students took to the streets to celebrate, but plenty wound up taking it way too far.
Riots in the title celebration resulted in "about $122,800" worth of damages, school officials said on Tuesday. The riots consisted mostly of students which CT Insider says set fires, flipped a vehicle on its side and knocked over light poles.
One of the poles was also used to break into a building. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM General view of the UConn Huskies logo on a pair of game shorts during the college basketball against Providence Friars on January 4, 2023, at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, RI. (M.
Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The school announced earlier this month that "some" students were expelled for vandalizing the campus during the celebration. "Although we can't address individual students' outcomes, we can say that some reviews have concluded with expulsions," UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz said at the time.