WATCH: Students Destroy Campus, Overturn Cars after UConn Championship Win over SDSU

AP Photo_Pat Eaton-Robb
AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb

Chaos reigned on the campus of the University of Connecticut after the Huskies beat San Diego to win the championship on Monday night as fans coursed through the campus, turning over cars, ripping 20-foot-long light poles out of the ground, smashing windows and doors, and setting things on fire.

Beating the San Diego State Aztecs 76-59 to take the NCAA Tournament Championship gives UConn its first NCAA win since winning the March Madness title in 2014. And the fans lost their collective minds over the victory.

The Storrs arena went wild with the final call as fans flooded the court:

But the mere celebration was not going to hold for long. Outside the arena on the UConn campus, chaos reigned.

According to school officials, 15 people were arrested during the craziness and charged with various offenses.

Another 16 needed to be taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries during the wild celebration.

“The vandalism primarily consisted of broken light poles in the center of campus,” a school spokesperson told TMZ, “broken glass in windows in some nearby buildings and a Student Union door, a vehicle turned on its side, and fires set in trash dumpsters and on wooden benches.”

“UConn Facilities Operations crews were on campus overnight and into this morning to document and clean up the damage. The damage estimates are still being determined,” the spokesperson added.

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