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Before Selection Sunday—and those two glorious weekdays of gaining five pounds in pizza weight as the NCAA Tournament field of 65 gets cut to 32—there are the conference tournaments. Significant if for no other reason than being the first official Madness of March, the conference tourneys have provided some of the college game's most memorable moments—almost on par with the Big Dance. So, while you're watching the best of the Big East, ACC, Big 12, SEC, Pac-10, Big Ten, and more this week, here are Dime's favorite conference tournament moments...
#1: The Epic
WHEN: 2009 Big East quarterfinals, UConn vs. Syracuse
DIME SAYS: From about 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., the Orange and the Huskies put on the greatest show of college basketball you may ever see. Besides some future NBA talent on the court and the natural UConn/Syracuse rivalry, there wasn't much going in to suggest this game would become legendary. Six overtimes later, it was embedded in the history books Current NBA rookie PG Jonny Flynn put up 34 points, 11 dimes and 6 steals in 67 grueling minutes for the Orange, while counterpart A.J. Price had 33 and 10 dimes for the Huskies in 61 minutes. 'Cuse forward Paul Harris posted 29 points and 22 boards. Hasheem Thabeet went for 19 points, 14 boards and 6 blocks, one of five UConn players to snatch double-digit rebounds. Oh, and Syracuse won, 127-117. "Epic" is the only appropriate word.
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