Amidst NCAA Tournament chaos, blue blood UConn looks as good as ever

When half of the No. 1s and the same amount of No. 2s get shorn from the NCAA Tournament field by the close of the opening weekend, when a 16 beats a 1 for goodness’ sake, when upsets abound and numbers are just numbers, when certainty is absent and it becomes that kind of year, different realities kick in.

Nothing can be assumed this March, apparently, with so much of what came before it having been…