Sunday, April 3, 2011

NBA News 2011: UConn win over Kentucky

Jim Calhoun, head basketball coach, University...Image via Wikipedia
hen the options boil down to winning or heading home, nobody’s better than Kemba and Connecticut.

Kemba Walker scored 18 points Saturday night to lift UConn to its 10th straight victory since finishing off a .500 Big East regular season, a 56-55 win over cold-shooting Kentucky that moved the Huskies a victory away from their third, and most improbable, NCAA title.

The third-seeded Huskies—lowest seed left in a tournament that has been as unpredictable as any in history—will face No. 8 Butler, a 70-62 winner over 11th-seeded VCU in the first semifinal, on Monday.

“The guys decided they didn’t want to go home; this is too much fun,” UConn coach Jim Calhoun said.

But this win, which improved Calhoun to 5-1 in his four Final Four appearances, was not a work of art on either end.



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