Syracuse 86, UConn 84

March 9, 2006

Conference Tournament

American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York) - Neutral Site

Attendance: 19,594

Officials: Michael Stephens, Ed Corbett, Jim Burr

Team Rebounds: Syracuse (5) UConn (3)

Technicals: Syracuse (0) UConn (0)

  1 2 OT Final
SYRA (21-11) 39 35 12 86
UConn (27-3) 28 46 10 84

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
SYRA 83 104.2 101.7
UConn 83 101.7 104.2

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
SYRA .493 0.157 0.278 0.261
UConn .368 0.133 0.435 0.368

Syracuse Orange

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Demetris Nichols Starter SF 38:00 6-11 1-3 4-6 13.2 2 3 5 1 1 0 1 3 17
- Terrence Roberts Starter PF 32:00 8-11 0-0 0-2 9.5 3 4 7 0 5 1 2 0 16
- Darryl Watkins Starter C 41:00 5-11 0-0 4-4 12.0 3 5 8 1 4 2 3 3 14
- Eric Devendorf Starter SG 35:00 5-14 1-4 2-2 6.8 0 2 2 1 3 3 0 1 13
- Gerry McNamara Starter PG 41:00 3-14 3-10 8-9 14.9 0 5 5 13 2 1 5 0 17
- Matt Gorman Bench PF 02:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Arinze Onuaku Bench PF 04:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Josh Wright Bench PG 10:00 2-4 1-2 0-0 1.2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 5
- Louie McCroskey Bench SG 22:00 2-3 0-0 0-1 6.6 1 5 6 2 3 0 0 0 4
  Team                   5            
        225 31-69 6-19 18-24 64.8 10 26 41 19 20 7 13 7 86
          44.9% 31.6% 75.0%                    

UConn Huskies

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Josh Boone Starter PF 40:00 1-11 0-0 5-6 8.8 8 5 13 0 1 0 2 3 7
- Rudy Gay Starter SF 37:00 5-12 2-7 0-0 11.8 2 5 7 3 2 1 1 1 12
- Hilton Armstrong Starter C 34:00 2-5 0-0 10-11 11.6 2 8 10 1 5 2 3 0 14
- Denham Brown Starter SG 25:00 5-12 4-8 6-6 10.8 2 4 6 0 4 1 2 0 20
- Marcus D. Williams Starter PG 43:00 5-17 2-6 5-6 12.8 1 1 2 11 2 1 2 0 17
- Jeff Adrien Bench SF 15:00 1-4 0-0 2-2 5.8 3 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 4
- Craig Austrie Bench SG 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Rashad Anderson Bench SG 29:00 4-15 2-11 0-0 2.8 2 0 2 1 4 3 1 1 10
  Team                   3            
        225 23-76 10-32 28-31 64.4 20 26 49 16 19 9 11 5 84
          30.3% 31.3% 90.3%                    

Syracuse Orange Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Gerry McNamara
16.5p, 2.8r, 6a
Eric Devendorf
12.4p, 2.4r, 2.3a
Demetris Nichols
13.6p, 5.8r, 1.5a
Terrence Roberts
10.8p, 7.8r, 1.7a
Darryl Watkins
7p, 7.2r, 0.6a
Rotation Josh Wright
4.2p, 1.3r, 1.8a
Louie McCroskey
3.9p, 3.6r, 1.4a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Arinze Onuaku
2.1p, 2.9r, 0.1a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Gorman
2.7p, 2.2r, 0.3a
 
 

UConn Huskies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Marcus D. Williams
10.7p, 3.9r, 8.6a
Denham Brown
10.3p, 4.5r, 1.3a
Rudy Gay
15.3p, 6.7r, 2.2a
Josh Boone
10.6p, 7.3r, 0.7a
Hilton Armstrong
9.8p, 6.7r, 0.8a
Rotation  
 
Rashad Anderson
13.2p, 3r, 0.6a
Jeff Adrien
6.5p, 5.3r, 0.4a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
Craig Austrie
3.4p, 1.6r, 2.7a
 
 
 
 
 
 

Today's Games

(2) UConn 84
(21) Syracuse 86

(3) Villanova 87
Rutgers 55

(4) Memphis 75
Tulane 56

(7) UCLA 79
Oregon State 47

(14) George Washington 53
Temple 68

(22) West Virginia 57
(16) Pittsburgh 68

(17) Washington 73
Oregon 84

(20) Nevada 68
Idaho 55

Marquette 59
(23) Georgetown 62

(25) UAB 69
Southern Methodist 55