127 117 34 37 10 6 | Syracuse 34 37 10 6 11 | |
The 2009 Connecticut vs. Syracuse men's basketball game was a quarterfinal game of the 2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament between #18 Syracuse (#6 seed in Big East Tournament) and #3 Connecticut. The 2009 Connecticut vs. Syracuse basketball game took place on March 12, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York.
This quarterfinal game of the 2009 Big East Tournament went to six overtimes resulting in a Syracuse victory by a score of 127-117. Syracuse won the game without having the lead in any of the 1st five overtimes. The game began at 9:36 P.M. and ended at 1:22 A.M. on Friday March 13, 2009 which took 3 hours and 46 minutes. During the game, 244 total points were scored (102 scored during overtime), 211 field goals were attempted (103 attempted in overtime), 93 free throws were attempted, 66 fouls were committed, and eight total players fouled out (four from each team).
This game was the 2nd longest game in college basketball history, the second longest game in Big East history, and the second highest scoring NCAA basketball game. The longest game in college basketball history was the 1981 Cincinnati vs. Bradley game in which Cincinnati beat Bradley 75-73 on December 21, 1981. That game took place before the implementation of the shot clock. Two other times has an NCAA Division I men's basketball game reached six overtime periods: Niagara defeated Siena 88–81 in 1953, Minnesota defeated Purdue 59–56 in 1955.