Postgame Notes

March 6, 2012

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Records: Connecticut (19-12); DePaul (12-19)

Connecticut advances to face No. 8-seeded West Virginia in Wednesday's BIG EAST Championship second round. The Huskies defeated the Mountaineers 67-53 Jan. 9 in the only regular-season meeting between the teams.
Connecticut has won 12 consecutive postseason games. The Huskies have won six straight games in the BIG EAST Championship, good for the fourth-longest winning streak in tournament history.
The No. 9 seed improved to 3-1 against the No. 16 seed in BIG EAST Championship play.
Connecticut's Jeremy Lamb has scored in double figures in all six of his BIG EAST tournament games. He had 25 points against DePaul.
Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun earned his 34th career victory in the BIG EAST Championship, passing John Thompson of Georgetown for sole possession of second place on the all-time chart.
DePaul is now 1-3 as the No. 16 seed in the BIG EAST Championship.
DePaul's Cleveland Melvin scored 19 points in his first BIG EAST Championship appearances. Melvin missed last year's tournament due to injury.

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