Syracuse-UConn: Photos from the eternal game
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No. 20 Syracuse Orange -- 127.
No. 4 Connecticut Huskies -- 117.
6 overtimes. 102 points after regulation.
You’ve heard all the numbers ... but with 3 hours and 46 minutes of action, did you see all these photos?
The final scoreboard between Syracuse and UConn. Sometimes a baseball score looks like a football score. Sometimes basketball periods look like innings. Credit: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images.
Connecticut’s Hasheem Thabeet had 19 points and 14 rebounds, but it took him 53 minutes. Credit: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images.
Easy, pal! Syracuse Orange guard Eric Devendorf thought he’d hit the game-winning three-point shot with seconds left in regulation. Credit: Rich Kane/US Presswire.
Referees eventually waved odd Devendorf’s shot, forcing overtime between Syracuse and Connecticut. Credit: Julie Jacobson/AP Photo.
Wimps! It’s only the fourth overtime in this shot. Jonny Flynn (left) Paul Harris (right) of the Syracuse Orange trying to catch their breath against Connecticut. Credit: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images.
Connecticut’s Hasheem Thabeet reacts after fouling out in the fifth period of overtime against Syracuse. Credit: Julie Jacobson/AP Photo.
Connecticut’s Kemba Walker is pulled up off the floor at the end of the fifth overtime against Syracuse. Julie Jacobson/AP Photo.
A few minutes later, Kemba Walker was back on his back -- after missing a shot in the sixth overtime. Credit: Rich Kane/US Presswire.
The Connecticut Huskies bench watches near the end of the game against the Syracuse Orange during the quarterfinal round of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 12, 2009 in New York City. Credit: Michael Heiman/Getty Images.
OK, now you can celebrate. Looks like Eric Devendorf has hops -- or at least that’s his celebration move. Credit: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images.
Justin Thomas of Syracuse celebrates late in the sixth overtime against Connecticut during the quarterfinal round of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 12, 2009 in New York City. Credit: Michael Heiman/Getty Images.
-- Adam Rose