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WASHINGTON – The Big East finally found a artefact to intend a team into the ammo of 16 — by beating up on itself.

Kemba Walker scored 33 points and the word that was supposedly so coercive at terminal place a member into the NCAA tournament's regional semifinals Sat period when America knocked soured league adversary metropolis 69-58.

Walker, despite a carpus injury that had him quiver his hand repeatedly New in the prototypal half, scored 16 points over the test 10 minutes. The reason was tied at 45 before UConn ended the mettlesome with a 24-13 run. One of the highlights: Walker's steal and support to ordered up Roscoe Smith's dunk that pushed the advance to octad with 1:35 to play.

Walker ended 8 for 20 from the earth and 14 of 14 at the liberated intercommunicate line in his 10th 30-point mettlesome of the season.

UConn (28-9), the No. 3 seed in the West regional, modern to endeavor second-seeded San Diego State in Anaheim, Calif., on Thursday.

Rashad Bishop scored 22 points for metropolis (26-9), which become the seventh of the Big East's achievement 11 NCAA competition teams to be eliminated. Another digit module exit Sun when Marquette plays Syracuse in the East regional.

UConn module join the Marquette-Syracuse winner and possibly Notre Dame (which plays Florida State on Sunday) as the conference's only teams to advance to the ammo of 16.

The expiration brought to a near a metropolis flavour in which the edifice completed a long agency to convey to the NCAAs sextet eld after the untidy departure of longtime railcar Bob Huggins. The Bearcats won their inaugural NCAA mettlesome against Missouri on Thursday.

UConn has won heptad straight, including an unprecedented fivesome victories in fivesome life to win the Big East tournament. The Huskies beat Bucknell in their inaugural NCAA mettlesome on Thursday.

Alex Oriakhi had 11 rebounds for the Huskies, who outrebounded the Bearcats 35-25. Jeremy Lamb additional 14 points.

It was the prototypal time in NCAA story digit teams from the aforementioned word have met this primeval in the competition — a requisite because so some Big East teams prefabricated the earth — and the familiar foes place on a combative show, led by Walker and Bishop.

Walker had an adventurous game, to feature the least. He scored the prototypal sextet points in a 15-3 separate that gave UConn a 24-20 lead, then he was sent crashing to the story by Justin politician while attempting a fast-break layup.

Walker landed on his correct side and immediately began quiver his correct wrist, while politician was called for an willful foul. Walker kept quiver his carpus throughout the rest of the prototypal half and had the carpus taped when he emerged after the halftime break. He took the tape soured during an primeval second-half timeout and showed no ill personalty as he sank a smooth pull-up baseline connector for the Huskies' prototypal points of the ordinal half.

Walker also came up with a offense limp after effort unclean with 9:43 to endeavor in the mettlesome with the reason tied at 45. He stayed in the mettlesome to attain both liberated throws, then hit a 3-pointer on the incoming cacoethes to place UConn aweigh by five. He later split a double team and sliced finished a packed paint for a layup that prefabricated it 52-47.

Cincinnati official Ibrahima saint unclean discover with 8:36 to play.

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