#20 Syracuse vs #4 Connecticut Big East Tournament Quarterfinal 03/12/09 (6OT) (Full Game)

Regarded as one of the best (if not the best) games in College Basketball History.
Game Starts @ 5:00
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[@vaibanez17]

They broke up the Big East because of football, and we lost the most fun, competitive, awesome basketball conference ever. RIP Big East basketball.

[@theohiotexan]

The new Big East is okay. I'd consider them one of the Power Seven in basketball. (The others are the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and American.) However, I miss the old Big East.

[@dwayneturner9395]

@@theohiotexan there's basically 5 power conferences, idc if they changed it to 7 and i haven't heard about it. American& the "Big East" aren't Power Conferences. Doesn't mean neither have big time teams(Villanova, sometimes Cincy, sometimes SMU , used to be UCONN, etc). But not consistently. Most years Duke, UNC, Louisville, Cuse, Virginia, NC State. FSU, are gonna be sweet 16 contenders. Now honestly, I'd take Both conferences over the SEC most years!! #FootballConference

[@CyclonesFan24]

It's 2020 n UCONN is back in The Big East.

[@ILLini61607]

@@dwayneturner9395 The Big East is a better basketball conference than the Pac 12

[@CyclonesFan24]

The SEC is by far the best college basketball conference in the NCAA.

[@zkurtz21]

imagine being a walk on and getting to come into that game at the 5th OT, I would lose my mind

[@chrismaxwell6192]

In my opinion, if you watch this game in its entirety, you’d understand why Johnny Flynn went ahead of Steph Curry in the 09’ Draft.

[@aitswoody132]

To bad johnny could never get right after his injury

[@aitswoody132]

To bad johnny could never get right after his injury

[@josephterino4620]

IF you watched Johnny Flynn's 2 years at Syracuse you'd see why. He would have been a legit pro, but he unfortuntely had a hip injury he hid while at Cuse and it caught up to him after his rookie year.

[@Estafalla9trey]

KORRECT

[@PENS68]

I remember watching this game in my living room thinking it would go on all night. It was games like this that made the big east tournament special. Teams like Georgetown, Syracuse, Connecticut, Pitt, St Johns, Villanova, Providence, Seton Hall, and even West Virginia made this tournament special and gave us moments we will never forget. RIP Big East you'll never be forgotten

[@mastermind2246]

True I really don't know why the NCAA had to fuck up the Big East by putting UCONN in the AAC and PITT and Syracuse in the ACC

[@CyclonesFan24]

@@mastermind2246 UCONN is back in the Big East. It's 2020.

[@Mrcharles.]

@@CyclonesFan24 I guess that means they can get rid of football lol.

[@raisedonAMradio]

Best Game Ever Played.

[@hartsickdisciple]

The greatest college basketball game of all time.

[@vornado616]

My grandmother patty and I watched every single Uconn tourney game from the time I was 4 yrs old till the day she died (1998-2016). Although Uconn received the "L" in the box score, and i remember us being so shocked and upset we that we lost, I believe it was one of the greatest nights of my life. We both stayed up till 3am despite having to wake up early. imagine a 14 yr old boy and his little ol 54 yr old grandma both born and raised in the same city in CT, watching a quadra OT game in the living room with shrimp, ginger ale, chips, and ice cream for the entire night lol! I freaked out whenever we were down with 2mins or less in the game and i'd start blaming our big men( every year except 2002-2006). And EVERYTIME she would tell me "relax relax Aaron, theres so much time left, so much can happen in 2minutes. so much can happen in 40 seconds. so much can happen in 20 seconds, etc.) She was usually right lol. This game has a very special place in my heart bc of the emotional rollercoaster my grandma and I experienced in our living room the whole night. Her jumping out of her chair at 54 yrs old screaming and shouting " OOOOOUUU OOOOOUUU THATS RIGHT BABY THATS RIGHT" and me shouting " LETS GOOOO U-C-O-N-N UCONN UCONN UCONN LETS GOO". Then going completely silent the next moment cuse hit a big shot. Been impossible to watch the huskies without crying, or any old school Big East team from the 2000's play, since she passed in 2016. I feel so incredibly blessed to have been raised by such an incredible person; and the huskies will always be a my relic of remembrance of our bond and love. Go Uconn! One day soon, we will again SHOCK THE WORLD BABY!

[@Moon22999]

\W grandma

[@lakersrdbest]

Bro you had an entire moment with your granny, may God her soul🙏 God blessed you with such a wonderful and passionate granny😊🙏 I'm glad you had that opportunity to experience that😊🙏 Wherever she is, she is smiling at you and still supporting her HUSKIES!😃🙏 GOD BLESS YOU!😊🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ctrunner7126]

1:20:05 "A long way to go" He wasn't kidding

[@slapshot68]

I will say that once election night starts cause we will hav a long way to go

[@sasquatchnunu506]

I think it's safe to say college basketball in general, has NOT been same since. You take a group of young adults mostly from the Northeast and put them on a team and play them against other Northeast players you have everyone's attention

[@lhsbandfreak11]

I remember being a sophomore in high school watching this game. My mom and I are each huge Duke fans and follow the ACC closer than any other conference, but when we came across this game, we just watched to see what would happen...little did we know that we'd see the absolute classic that transpired. Since she taught at the same high school I was going to, we each typically had to get up pretty early to get ready, but being tired the next morning was so worth watching all 70 minutes of this game

[@ReindeerFive]

For those who don't know, Syracuse would beat West Virginia in OT the following night to advance to the finals. They would play Louisville close for a half in the finals, before the Cardinals pulled away for the win.

[@Helpless7]

Yep I remember vividly clutching my hands to my head when I saw they were going to OT that game too. Pretty sure Devendorf hit a half court buzzer beater going into halftime on that game too. Cuse, and just college ball in general, cant be matched these days.

[@mrsteak613]

I missed the first half for some reason, but I watched every minute of the second half and all six overtimes. I was thinking about going to bed after the second OT, but I am so glad I didn't. I would have missed the best Big East game of all time.

[@JDFrank20Diaz]

Michael Salisbury me too dude I had Classes late that day and I got home and missed the 1st half and the 2nd half and 6 OTS were special I miss this Big East Confrence memories

[@malikshabazz2065]

Best college basketball game of all time. RIP Big East

[@yes-sk6xh]

no doubt

[@AwesomePossum27]

After watching Jalen Adams drop a 60+ footer to take UConn to a 4th overtime, I felt a need to watch this game again.

[@Helpless7]

That Devendorf 3 at the end of regulation still gives me chills. Even though it got called off, that was soooo clutch.

[@BryanIsReallyBored]

funny how the end of regulation was only half the video

[@mbdg6810]

lol

[@rbermea]

Best basketball game in college basketball history. I watched that game.

[@ReindeerFive]

Just rewatched the game. As an Syracuse can, one of my favorite games all time.

[@am26hewitt3]

This was by far my favorite College Basketball season. Had this all time great game which i still remember where I was watching it followed by the game that is tied with this one as my favorite basketball game of all time where Siena beat Ohio State in double overtime in the tournament.

[@JZ2001JC]

2009 the year of classic basketball OTs. About 1.5 months later the Bulls and Celtics played that series where practically every game went to OT and came down to the last play and had that 3OT Game 6 in Chicago.

[@zkurtz21]

Granted i am bias but i think this was the greatest college basketball ever

[@GETTINMONEY829]

11 years ago to the day this Thursday lol I was a Junior in high school stayed up all night watching this shit

[@matthartleyjr9180]

I was a sophomore in high school & I wasn't watching till I heard they still playing around midnight eastern

[@GETTINMONEY829]

@@matthartleyjr9180 haha real shit

[@jmcieslak0]

god that potential buzzer-beater at the end of regulation was like _simultaneous_ with the clock hitting all zeroes. and that was, in real-time, the _half-way point_ of the game lol

[@boppob1343]

Raftery laughing his ass off every time the ball just couldn't go down at the end of each OT was classic

[@marsrox2]

seeing this is a nice flashback considering that they're both playing today in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament!! i miss everything this rivalry used to be

[@miketheoriginal1]

god i miss the old big east

[@jon8342]

+Michael Darnell What's wrong with the big east now?

[@miketheoriginal1]

+Dragon Luffy no uconn, Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville, etc..

[@marsrox2]

+Dragon Luffy football took over & became a business, moving schools to different & oddly placed geographical conferences, thus not making the basketball rivalries matter anymore

[@marsrox2]

+Dragon Luffy watch the 30 for 30 titled Requiem for the Big East if you've never seen it before. great documentary on the birth & death of what it used to be

[@jon8342]

marsrox2 Thanks I'm going to look for the that documentary right now.

[@matthartleyjr9180]

Happy 10th Anniversary to this amazing basketball game at MSG

[@jackmichels3459]

This wasn't the best rivalry in the big east, but was up there. Syracuse-Georgetown will always be the best

[@Bobbarker23455]

Only cuz we have 4 titles and cuse and gtowns 1 title just dont hang with uconn

[@mikeyz1080]

Depends on the your age. 1st half of the beast it was cuse and Georgetown jb vs jt.. 2nd half was cuse UConn. Jb vs Calhoun

[@YungAce803Mike]

One of the best games i ever seen!!!

[@mastermind2246]

Big East rivalry version of Duke/UNC

[@icube987]

Best college basketball game I've ever seen.

[@ScullyLikesScience]

Me & my brother got into quite the discussion today about whether this game against UConn or yesterday's game against Duke was the best basketball game we'd ever seen. The debate still rages. I sure hope you can upload the CUSE vs DUKE game! That was epic.

[@dexter10051]

If that buzzer beater at the end of reg went in... this game would have been long forgotten😅

[@ThatguyNice]

That rim HATED Paul Harris. Major props to the refs for allowing a classic & letting the kids decide the game.

[@lenq8643]

I remember waking up in the middle of the night and seing this game still on I was like what the hell

[@jcubbie6864]

thank u for the upload .. i still remember where i was watching this game an instant classic!!

[@melofan1523]

I remember I DVR'D THIS GAME FOR three hours over scheduled time thats why I always do that just for craziness like this.

[@jimgahn9188]

1:33:20- "ONIONS!" Classic Bill Raftery!

[@mattmurphy5805]

So that’s what he says, I could never make it out

[@CyclonesFan24]

🧅!!!! ONIONS ON A 🍔 with a side of 🍟. N a large 🥤.

[@noneya1987]

Great game. The announcers are hilarious as well.

[@swishtrack]

thank you, from a UConn fan. Please, tell your conference to let UConn into the ACC! Imagine that conference: UConn, Pitt, Syracuse, Louisville, NC St., North Carolina, and Duke! wow....please, don't leave UConn in limbo, we don't deserve it!

[@zechariahcameron3645]

I went to sleep after the third overtime, I think. I was in 7th grade and had a regional science fair to attend, but I hate that I missed the rest lol.

[@alexhooper8187]

I love how I clicked half way through the video and regulation was just ending.

[@loueljudio1301]

SU was BEAST

[@shotdoctor5869]

Look at those shorts

[@RubyRobinson-l1x]

Greatest of all the world.

[@Nick_315_Palumbo]

1 of my all time greatest CUSE games! Btw I’m so glad they’ve went back to shorter shorts nowadays! Them baggy shorts were ridiculous 🤣

[@zkurtz21]

Lol it’s funny how back then we looked at short shorts that way

[@chiefwidemarsh]

Thanks for this

[@dx62192]

Thanks for an amazing upload.

[@forrestdunston]

@ 2:46;10 Wat A perfect song to Play While This Game Is Happening

[@MsThethethe100]

One of the Best Ever BigEast

[@daletiger35]

This game was epic, I mean instant classic.

[@mikegonzales3286]

Great game. 👍👍

[@michael-cd7zb]

Wow seems like yesterday.

[@3cusefan]

if you could find '06 big east tournament that would be awesome!!! great job bud thanks

[@MrBignate323]

I remember having to go to school in the morning trying to watch this game n saying fuck it after the fourth overtime lol

[@tremellwatson1245]

I saw that game ideas a hell of a game I overslept for school

[@Danishsnufkin]

5 years ago today

[@vanilla_badger]

Paneled Sauce 8 years ago today

[@mbdg6810]

a decade ago

[@robertbui9030]

@@mbdg6810 12 years ago now

[@zkurtz21]

And boom 15 years

[@darrylnicholson6337]

The real Big East needs to return. A damn shame they let a great thing end over a soort they werent a powerhouse in. Go back to what made you great.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

A step was made in that direction. Uconn returned to the big east

[@WhoopityDoo]

ONIONS!

[@CyclonesFan24]

SAUTEED ONIONS!!!!!!

[@blakeresnick1561]

Happy Birthday to this game!

[@cjc052]

1:50:45 Yes, it does get better, just wait.

[@stephencurry30258]

1OT 1:37:28 - 1:50:46 2OT 1:52:27 - 2:04:23 3OT 2:06:13 - 2:21:27 4OT 2:23:18 - 2:31:53 5OT 2:33:52 - 2:45:24 6OT 2:47:37 - 3:01:14

[@realgeneshawn]

I saw this game live, it was my freshman year of hs

[@TheAspieGamer66]

Were you at MSG that night

[@tcoom76]

Out of all the Cuse players who would have thought Kris Joseph would be the last one to play in the league?

[@cheesemantwo]

Playing in the Australian League he had an All Star season and is being looked at by several NBA teams

[@slapshot68]

This is how the election will be this yr

[@Ttcw89]

Hahahaha Eric Devendorf's face at 2:49:01 - 2:49:04 in the 6th OT. Hilarious :D

[@HBK7]

Epic

[@iDoItBIGson]

Just uploaded it. Sorry it took me so long

[@allabouthewaves4354]

I swear you couldn't get a double or triple ot with at least some of your starters on the court still because the refs now call every damn thing in the world.

[@allabouthewaves4354]

It's amazing this Syracuse team went to the Championship Game.

[@ed4340]

Anyone know the song play at 2:52:25 and at 2:46. Thanks so much :)

[@LifeInInfrared]

Cuse fan here, but that was a pretty big travel at 2:50:23 right in front of the ref.

[@anthonyp1148]

I have to watch this now because no sports are on

[@hey_joe7069]

Cuse gotta get back to recruiting 5 stars like Flynn. We got two 4 stars coming next season though.

[@erik0207]

Hey_ Joe how bout a big man 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@gabeeskridge8291]

Every top program goes after the top players , easier said then done. It would be wiser to find 3 and 4 stars that work hard with high iq's to go with any 5 stars you get.

[@GoBlueO23]

Talk about chocking HARD! both teams

[@jackbinnubbin6724]

96 made me mad. i was here when that ref waved it off i was mad and ever single ot 1 2 3 4 5 i thought we would lose but after 6 i thought and looks like it happened we had the game on luck the blue devils was crazy 2 but not as much

[@melpomdeun6257]

I wonder if there’s a remastered version. HD has spoiled me…or my eyes are simply going bad.

[@imfromtheville]

It might just be me, but it always seemed like the ball would just clank off the rim at Madison Square Garden. It doesnt seem like that anymore but up until a couple years ago it always seemed like it had to be a perfect shot to go in. Kind of like those double rims you see at parks. Idk though. It was only at the Garden though.

[@creydadj]

3:48 two of them became bonafide PBA imports

[@RandomGli]

You should upload today's game vs. Villanova

[@Munk451]

it was 7 I believe in 1981 before the shot clock was implementd as Cinncinatti played against Bradley

[@leanderdesouter3334]

that shot at the end of regulation tho

[@lou21ful]

hell of a game glad my cards won the tournament though

[@am26hewitt3]

One of the greatest things about College Basketball is that sometimes the Seasons are not defined by their champions but by the most memorable games.

[@realEmoSedillo]

how long was this game in real time

[@antdakidd_]

+Anselmo Sedillo 4hr 36mins 23sec with commercials it is a NCAA record for longest game ever since like 1965 but they played less minutes so this easily killed it.

[@Gman2055]

1:47:00 good update Resse

[@postindierock5063]

Syracuse can have this forever, Uconn got the big one later and one that matter way more!! :)

[@conorcook7460]

(We also are proud to say that we made it to the final 4 for a team who people thought "shouldn't be there"😊👍🏼💯🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀

[@richoberst9392]

Spoken like a sore loser

[@postindierock5063]

um, spoken like someone who enjoyed his favorite team winning in 1999, 2004, 2011 and 2014 along with a final four in 2009...how is that sore loser? That is a WINNER!! :) So yah, cuse can have this one, uconn had a much better set of wins later in the year in march en route to a final four and championship.

[@richoberst9392]

Travel Man Again spoken like a sore loser pretending to NOT be a sore loser

[@postindierock5063]

Rich Oberst Yah, I don't care about the game man. It was a good game, simple as that. Uconn went on to bigger things after that. Uconn won the championship, that is not a loser, that is a winner.

[@patrickbama1234]

Great game... what was the record for the most overtimes? 6 or more?

[@nicholasbarranco3879]

patrickbama1234 I think the record is 7

[@nicholasbarranco3879]

It took someone five years to answer u lol

[@gabeeskridge8291]

@@nicholasbarranco3879 And he hasn't responded in 4yrs lol.

[@robertbui9030]

hopefully both teams had a good (late) dinner after this game lol

[@NoDrkButtsWanted]

What happen to Johny Flynn? Where is he?

[@zcadwresx]

If that dude didn't tip it, the shot would have counted. He slowed it down just enough.

[@musicmandon1]

I don't normally enjoy the men's game, but ...

[@oldmanjoenotold2]

Was on the timberwolves but idk where he is now

[@davestier6247]

LET'S GO ORANGE

[@sasquatchnunu506]

Miami, Virgina Tech, will always be BiG east as well

[@thegiantxxl96]

It's a shame Flynn got injured and is now inadequate to play in the nba

[@benjaminalicea4941]

I remember watching this game and was pretty shocked when it ended... like it wasn't suppose to happen. Had to have been the best basketball game I have ever watched live.. Watching it now I just realized something tho.. What is the one thing you guys notice about this game..?

[@jackbinnubbin6724]

i dont what is it?

[@benjaminalicea4941]

I honestly forgot myself...

[@jackbinnubbin6724]

Benjamin Alicea that the thumbnail says 69 points?

[@jackbinnubbin6724]

that a lot of people fouled out

[@The51239]

back when hasheem thabeet was actually good?

[@CyclonesFan24]

The band just did the SportsCenter theme song.

[@alexiehaws5640]

Wait! Kemba Walker was on this team😮

[@gabeeskridge8291]

Yes , he was a true freshman.

[@amt5133]

And then they went to OT against West Virginia the next night.

[@richoberst9392]

And won!

[@iDoItBIGson]

I will if I find it