The College of Connecticut is not taking part in round this 12 months … with each their males’s and girls’s hoops groups within the Remaining 4, the U is not takin’ any probabilities, eradicating all the sunshine poles from the campus to cease any debauchery sq. in its tracks!

TMZ Sports activities talked to UConn on Tuesday — and with each basketball groups simply two wins away from Natty’s — we requested about precautions … given how loopy issues obtained throughout final 12 months’s celebration after the lads gained.

Keep in mind, college students brought about hella damage to the Storrs campus, together with ripping down mild poles and throwing them by way of buildings.

So, UConn eliminated them!

“Given the prevalence of damage to the aluminum campus light poles along Fairfield Way last year, the University is temporarily removing them and has installed wall lights in that area,” a UConn spokesperson instructed us.

“They provide the same amount of illumination without being vulnerable to being removed and misused, as occurred last year.”

We’re instructed alcohol will NOT be served on the Gampel Pavillion … and occasions will probably be “limited” to UConn college students.

“The University is also working with our campus partners to share messages with their respective student groups, with the focus on highlighting the best when cheering on our Huskies and representing our University with pride,” the spokesperson stated.

Final 12 months’s chaos resulted in 39 arrests (25 of them college students) … though UConn added nearly all of the group acted in a “responsible” method.