UConn vs. West Virginia :: Post-Game Notes

March 7, 2012

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The game was UConn's fourth win of the year where where it came over a doulbe-digit deficit -- joining Villanova (18), Coppin State (13) and West Virginia (10) earlier in the year.
Connecticut advances to face No 1-seeded Syracuse Thursday in the quarterfinal round of the BIG EAST Championship.
Three of the last four Connecticut-Syracuse meetings in the BIG EAST Championship were decided in
overtime, including a six-overtime Syracuse win in the 2009 quarterfinals.
Today's game was the 28th overtime game in BIG EAST Championship history It is the 19th time in 33 years
that the tournament had at least one overtime game.
Connecticut's Jeremy Lamb scored 22 points, giving him double figures in all seven of his career BIG EAST
tournament games.
Connecticut has won seven straight games in the BIG EAST Championship, tying Georgetown for the third longest
winning streak in tournament history. The Huskies won nine straight from 1998-2000 and Syracuse won eight straight from 2005-07.
Connecticut has won 13 consecutive postseason games.
Connecticut became the BIG EAST's eighth 20-win team.
West Virginia scored two points in overtime, matching the fewest points by a team in OT in a BIG EAST tournament game. Villanova scored two points against Syracuse in the third overtime of the 1981 championship game
West Virginia's Kevin Jones had his 21st double-double of the season. Jones finished with 25 points and 10
rebounds.
West Virginia finishes its tenure in the BIG EAST with a 12-15 all-time record in the BIG EAST Championship. The Mountaineers won the 2010 title and played in two championship games.

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