Instead, Connecticut will be taking another trip to the final 16 after rallying to beat the Hoosiers 78-68 Sunday, much to the displeasure of Indiana coach Bob Knight.

Richard Hamilton scored 23 points and Khalid El-Amin had 22 points and eight assists for the second-seeded Huskies, who trailed by eight points in the first half and by five at halftime before coming back to win.

First Round: WASHINGTON -- After paying $10,000 to coach his team to an overtime victory, Bob Knight came up a money-saving suggestion to keep his finances a bit more secure.

"If I'd have had these same three officials in that other game, I'd have saved $10,000," he said. "I thought that as the game was going on. I mostly thought that when we were ahead."

That other game, of course, was the Indiana-Illinois matchup two weeks ago, when Knight lashed out at a referee and was penalized with the option of a $10,000 fine or a suspension from Thursday's game. Taking the fine, he had to work overtime as his seventh-seeded Hoosiers blew a 19-point second-half lead before pulling off a 94-87 victory over No. 10 seed Oklahoma.