Connecticut Huskies 92 at Texas A & M 66 NCAA Tournament
Date: March 21, 2009
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| Connecticut Huskies 72 at Purdue 60 NCAA Tournament Glendale, AZ Date: March 26, 2009Connecticut Huskies 82 at Missouri 75 NCAA Tournament Glendale, AZ
Date: March 28, 2009
Freshman Kemba Walker scored 23 points as Connecticut held off Missouri 82-75 on Saturday to earn a trip to the Final Four and extend the Big East’s dominance of the NCAA tournament. Connecticut Huskies 73 at Michigan State 82 NCAA Tournament Final Four Detroit, MI
Date: April 04, 2009 Raymar Morgan broke out of his late-season slump with 18 points, Kalin Lucas added 21 and the smaller Spartans ran roughshod over Hasheem Thabeet and Connecticut in an 82-73 upset in the Final Four on Saturday night. The Spartans will play the winner of Villanova-North Carolina for the NCAA title Monday night, a much-needed boost for a city and state hit harder than most by the economic crisis. It's Michigan State's first appearance in the title game since 2000, when the Spartans won their second title. How's this for some karma? Magic Johnson, Spartan-in-chief since leading Michigan State to its first title in 1979, will present the game ball before Monday's title game along with Larry Bird. "Detroit's been unbelievable to us," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said. "We've had some great games here, and the best is yet to come." Flashbulbs were popping as the final seconds ticked down. After shaking hands with the UConn players, the Spartans went to center court and saluted the crowd of 72,456, the largest-ever for a Final Four, about two-thirds of which were wearing green. The loss is the latest blow for UConn, the best team in the country until Jerome Dyson went down with a knee injury in mid-February. The Huskies have been dealing with distractions since last May, when coach Jim Calhoun was diagnosed with his third bout with cancer, and are now facing questions about alleged recruiting violations. The loss snapped Calhoun and Connecticut's perfect run in the Final Four. They'd made it twice before - 1999 and 2004 - and went on to win the title each time. Thabeet couldn't keep up. He led the Huskies with 17 points and six rebounds, but it was the quietest 17 points anyone's ever had. The 7-foot-3 center looked gassed from the opening tipoff, leaning over, tugging on his shorts and gasping for air not even six minutes into the game. The most aggressive he got was at the end of the first half, getting in Marquise Gray's face after Jeff Adrien and Travis Walton got tangled up under Connecticut's basket. There was some pushing and shoving, prompting Calhoun to come all the way from the other end of the floor to calm his players. But the dust-up fizzled quickly, and no technicals were even called. Goran Suton, who had the main job of corralling Thabeet, didn't score his first field goal until early in the second half and finished with four points and seven boards. Stanley Robinson and A.J. Price had 15 each for Connecticut, and Robinson added 13 rebounds. | |
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UConn Husky Game Recaps March 2009
