Connecticut Huskies Men's Basketball - Notable Games

Notable Games

  • February 27, 1954 - Worthy Patterson's buzzer-beater at Holy Cross gave UConn an upset of the then-powerhouse Crusaders, 78-77.
  • March 14, 1964 - UConn upset Princeton and star forward Bill Bradley 52–50 in the Sweet 16. The victory was sealed when Dom Perno stole the ball from Bradley with 19 seconds to play. Perno would later become UConn's coach.
  • February 28, 1970 ("The Slowdown Game") - With four players unavailable and a share of the Yankee Conference Regular-Season Championship on the line, UConn beat Rhode Island 35–32 at the Field House. Played before the shot clock-era, UConn dribbled endlessly for 38 minutes to make up for the limited roster.
  • March 30, 1988 - UConn defeated Ohio State 72–67 at Madison Square Garden to win the NIT.
  • January 27, 1990 - UConn beat #15 St. John's 72–58 in the first game played at Gampel Pavilion.
  • March 11, 1990 - UConn beat Syracuse 78–75 at Madison Square Garden to win its first Big East Tournament Championship.
  • March 22, 1990 ("The Shot") - Tate George made a shot at the buzzer to beat Clemson 71–70 in the 1990 Sweet 16 at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
  • March 9, 1996 - With 4 minutes remaining, UConn trailed Georgetown 74–63. The Huskies closed the game with a 12–0 run and won the Big East Championship 75–74 on an off-balance floater from All-American Ray Allen at Madison Square Garden.
  • March 20, 1998 (Hamilton "Rips" Washington’s heart out) - Down 74-73 in the sweet sixteen to the eleventh seeded Washington Huskies with fifteen seconds remaining, two seeded Uconn gets three shots off on its final possession including Hamilton's buzzer beating jumper as time expired to lift Uconn 75-74 to advance to the Elite Eight.
  • March 29, 1999 - UConn won its first National Championship, defeating Duke 77–74 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.
  • April 5, 2004 - UConn wons its second National Championship, defeating Georgia Tech 82–73 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
  • March 12, 2009 ("The game that wouldn't end") - In the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament, the Huskies played a six-overtime game against Syracuse. This was the longest game in Big East history, and the second longest game in NCAA history. UConn never trailed in the first five overtime periods, but Syracuse won 127–117.
  • March 12, 2011 - In the finals of the Big East Tournament, the Huskies defeated Louisville by a score of 69-66 to claim their seventh Big East Championship. The victory capped an unprecedented run wherein the Huskies won five tournament games in five consecutive days. Four of those wins came against top-25 opponents. Junior All-American guard Kemba Walker scored a tournament-record 130 points in the five-game run, and was named tournament MVP.
  • April 4, 2011 - The Huskies defeated Butler 53-41 to claim the National Championship in Houston's Reliant Stadium.
  • November 9, 2012 - In Kevin Ollie’s first game as Connecticut head coach the Huskies beat the #14 Michigan State Spartans 66-62 in Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
  • February 13, 2013—In the final conference game against rival Syracuse the Huskies defeat the #6 Orange 66-58, at the XL Center.

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