2009 Connecticut vs. Syracuse men's basketball game

2009 Connecticut vs. Syracuse
"6-overtime game"
Big East Tournament Quarterfinals
12OT2OT3OT4OT5OT6OT Total
Syracuse 3437106116617 127
Connecticut 373410611667 117
Date Thursday, March 12, 2009 to Friday, March 13, 2009
Arena Madison Square Garden
Location Manhattan, New York
Attendance 19,375
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN
Announcers Sean McDonough, Bill Raftery and Jay Bilas

The 2009 Connecticut vs. Syracuse men's basketball game was a quarterfinal game of the 2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament between No. 18 Syracuse (No. 6 seed in Big East Tournament) and No. 3 Connecticut. The 2009 Connecticut vs. Syracuse basketball game took place on March 12, 2009, at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York.

This quarterfinal game of the 2009 Big East Tournament went to six overtimes resulting in a Syracuse victory by a score of 127–117. Syracuse won the game without having the lead in any of the 1st five overtimes. The game began at 9:36 p.m. and ended at 1:22 a.m. on Friday March 13, 2009, which took 3 hours and 46 minutes. During the game, 244 total points were scored (102 scored during overtime), 211 field goals were attempted (103 attempted in overtime), 93 free throws were attempted, 66 fouls were committed, and eight total players fouled out (four from each team).

This game was the second longest game in college basketball history and the second longest game in Big East history. The longest game in college basketball history was the 1981 Cincinnati vs. Bradley game in which Cincinnati beat Bradley 75–73 on December 21, 1981. That game took place before the implementation of the shot clock.[1] Two other times has an NCAA Division I men's basketball game reached six overtime periods: Niagara defeated Siena 88–81 in 1953, Minnesota defeated Purdue 59–56 in 1955.

References

  1. "Syracuse survives longest game in Big East history with epic win over UConn". ESPN. New York City. AP. 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
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