UH has a lot of generational pressure on them. I know they are kids and seemingly that what comes before may not factor in come game time, but I agree with Scoresman about the letdown factor.
I'm actually amazed with how bad the officiating in this tournament has been, how even it's been called. Like there will be a bad or missed call, and they'll turn around on the next possession or two and call a phantom foul the other way to "even it up". So it looks like bad call after bad call, but net, it's not been that bad.