How can the winner of the Syracuse-UConn game

**HuskyFreeNorthwest** · 03-12-2009, 09:49 PM

This is the best basketball game I have ever watched. And I have no love or dislike of either team. Great, great basketball, players, even the refs are great letting the guys play.

This is a slice of heaven tonight, I am glad I live on the west coast.

**TDAWGCOUG** · 03-12-2009, 09:52 PM

No highlights on SC needed of regulation

only of the ot's.
I am in heaven as well

Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post

This is the best basketball game I have ever watched. And I have no love or dislike of either team. Great, great basketball, players, even the refs are great letting the guys play.

This is a slice of heaven tonight, I am glad I live on the west coast.

**HuskyFreeNorthwest** · 03-12-2009, 09:53 PM

That said it probably needs to come to an end, otherwise it is going to become a sloppy mess with bench guys that never play soon.

**HuskyFreeNorthwest** · 03-12-2009, 10:03 PM

So what is the longest game in college basketball history?

It looks like this game will be the second longest ever played, if it goes to 7OTs it will be tied for longest game ever. The 7OT game was played in 1981 pre-shot clock between Cincy and Bradley.

What is the longest basketball game ever? - Answers

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_longest_NCAA_Basketball_game

The NCAA record book (NCAA.org) lists a 7 OT game from 1981 (so pre-shot clock)... Cinncinnati (75) v. Bradley (73). [Division I] The longest modern-era NCAA game was on 3/12/09-3/13/09 with 6 OTs. Syracuse vs. Uconn (127-117) There was also a Division II 7 OT game... (Yankton and Black Hills on February 18, 1956). NCAA doesn't list any other long OT D-1 games... just that the Cinncinnati/Bradley game is the longest. I dug around on-line and found that Purdue and Minnesota has a six overtime game in the 1950s. This is another Pre-shot clock game and the source clearly reflects that. (Page 30 of the Most "Memorable Moments in Purdue Basketball History." Here's my last update, I found a USA today article on line from 2005 that lists another 5 overtime D-1 game as the fourth longest and does not indicated that it tied for fourth longest. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/games/2005-01-30-flainternational-arklittlerock_x.htm So the Baylor Texas A&M game may very well be the second 5 OT game in D-1 play. Here are some records broken during the 5 OT game of Baylor v. Texas A&M on 23 January 2007. Longest Big 12 Game (Source... ESPN SportsCenter) Baylor breaks the all-time record with total points scored in OT -- 52 (old record 49 by Middle TN in 2000 (a 4 OT game) That game is also the record for combined OT points-- 98 (old record 94 from the same game above... TN Tech was the opponent) It looks like this 5 OT game that had 5 players foul out for one team (+ 2 others with 4 fouls) and 3 players foul out for the other team ties for longest in the shot clock era. _____________________________________________________________________________ The March 12, 2009 Big East tournament game between Syracuse and Connecticut (both ranked, Division I teams) must be added to this list. This game extended to 6 OT, making it tied as the second-longest game in history and the longest of the shot-clock era. This game also broke the records for points scored by a team in OT (56 by Syracuse) and for the combined points scored in OT (102 combined). On Tuesday November 23rd, 2010, in Division III basketball, Skidmore College outlasted Southern Vermont College in a 7 OT game. Final score: Skidmore - 128, Southern Vermont - 123. Each team had 4 players foul out. A total of 133 points were scored in the 7 overtime periods. (source..... i was there)

**CardiacCoug** · 03-12-2009, 10:05 PM

Now going to a 6th OT.

70 minutes of basketball. Amazing.

**OrangeUte** · 03-13-2009, 06:06 AM

GO ORANGE!!!! Damn that was an amazing game!!! Looks like my Orange are off the bubble and in. It is nice to be able to channel the spirit of Gerry McNamara!

**FN Phat** · 03-13-2009, 08:01 AM

Originally posted by OrangeUte View Post

GO ORANGE!!!! Damn that was an amazing game!!! Looks like my Orange are off the bubble and in. It is nice to be able to channel the spirit of Gerry McNamara!

Long live GMac! The determination that Johnny Flynn had to win, reminded me of GMac in the 1st rd of the Tourney against a certain team from Utah, when he dropped 43.

The only thing that might save Syracuse tonight is the fact that WV upset Pitt. The bigs of the 'Cuse fouled out at the end of regulation and the 1st OT.

I LOVE this time of year! I have been officially striken with The March Madness.

**smokymountainrain** · 03-13-2009, 09:02 AM

Originally posted by FN Phat View Post

Long live GMac! The determination that Johnny Flynn had to win, reminded me of GMac in the 1st rd of the Tourney against a certain team from Utah, when he dropped 43.

The only thing that might save Syracuse tonight is the fact that WV upset Pitt. The bigs of the 'Cuse fouled out at the end of regulation and the 1st OT.

I LOVE this time of year! I have been officially striken with The March Madness.

One thing about the Orange is that while Boeheim may not be the greatest coach ever, he always recruits exciting and fun basketball players to watch. That team is full of athletes and shooters. Gotta love the 6'2" Harris 22 rebounds last night. Rautins is a great shooter and then Flynn and Devendorf can be deadly as small guards.

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