West Virginia 78-72 UConn (13 Mar, 2008) Play-by-Play

West Virginia Mountaineers

24-9, 11-7 Conference

	1	2	T
WVU	42	36	78
CONN	36	36	72

UConn Huskies

24-8, 13-5 Conference

TIME		WVU	CONN
19:37	Foul on Da'Sean Butler	0	0
19:03	Joe Alexander missed Two Point Jumper.	0	0
19:02	West Virginia Offensive Rebound.	0	0
18:58	Da'Sean Butler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Ruoff.	3	0
18:32	Craig Austrie missed Three Point Jumper.	3	0
18:32	Joe Alexander Defensive Rebound.	3	0
18:27	Alex Ruoff missed Two Point Layup.	3	0
18:27	Stanley Robinson Defensive Rebound.	3	0
18:25	Foul on Jamie Smalligan	3	0
18:25	A.J. Price made Free Throw.	3	1
18:25	A.J. Price made Free Throw.	3	2
18:11	Alex Ruoff made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darris Nichols.	6	2
17:50	A.J. Price made Two Point Layup.	6	4
17:33	Joe Alexander made Two Point Jumper.	8	4
17:00	Stanley Robinson missed Two Point Jumper.	8	4
17:00	Da'Sean Butler Defensive Rebound.	8	4
16:45	Jamie Smalligan missed Three Point Jumper.	8	4
16:45	Connecticut Defensive Rebound.	8	4
16:42	Foul on Alex Ruoff	8	4
16:24	Jeff Adrien made Two Point Jumper.	8	6
16:15	Joe Alexander missed Three Point Jumper.	8	6
16:15	Connecticut Defensive Rebound.	8	6
16:14	Foul on Jamie Smalligan	8	6
15:55	A.J. Price made Three Point Jumper.	8	9
15:43	West Virginia Full Timeout.	8	9
15:21	Joe Alexander missed Two Point Jumper.	8	9
15:21	Jeff Adrien Defensive Rebound.	8	9
14:44	Wellington Smith made Two Point Jumper.	10	9
14:15	A.J. Price made Three Point Jumper.	10	12
13:58	Darris Nichols made Two Point Jumper.	12	12
13:43	Stanley Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Craig Austrie.	12	15
13:29	Wellington Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	12	15
13:29	Hasheem Thabeet Defensive Rebound.	12	15
13:00	Stanley Robinson missed Two Point Jumper.	12	15
13:00	Hasheem Thabeet Offensive Rebound.	12	15
12:56	Hasheem Thabeet made Two Point Layup.	12	17
12:33	Wellington Smith missed Two Point Jumper.	12	17
12:31	Wellington Smith Offensive Rebound.	12	17
12:27	Wellington Smith missed Two Point Jumper.	12	17
12:25	Jeff Adrien Defensive Rebound.	12	17
12:16	Stanley Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.	12	17
12:16	Wellington Smith Defensive Rebound.	12	17
12:09	Joe Alexander made Two Point Jumper.	14	17
11:47	Hasheem Thabeet made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Stanley Robinson.	14	19
11:42	Foul on Alex Ruoff	14	19
11:42	Official TV Timeout.	14	19
11:42	Hasheem Thabeet made Free Throw.	14	20
11:27	Da'Sean Butler made Two Point Jumper.	16	20
10:59	Official TV Timeout.	16	20
10:39	Joe Alexander made Two Point Jumper.	18	20
10:15	Jeff Adrien missed Two Point Jumper.	18	20
10:15	Wellington Smith Defensive Rebound.	18	20
10:06	Foul on Doug Wiggins	18	20
9:54	Da'Sean Butler missed Three Point Jumper.	18	20
9:54	Jerome Dyson Defensive Rebound.	18	20
9:37	Jeff Adrien made Two Point Jumper.	18	22
9:22	Joe Alexander made Two Point Jumper.	20	22
9:00	A.J. Price missed Two Point Layup.	20	22
8:58	Hasheem Thabeet Offensive Rebound.	20	22
8:58	Hasheem Thabeet missed Two Point Tip Shot.	20	22
8:58	Wellington Smith Defensive Rebound.	20	22
8:46	Foul on Jeff Adrien	20	22
8:46	Joe Alexander made Free Throw.	21	22
8:46	Joe Alexander missed Free Throw.	21	22
8:46	Doug Wiggins Defensive Rebound.	21	22
8:36	Jeff Adrien made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Price.	21	24
8:13	Joe Alexander missed Two Point Jumper.	21	24
8:13	Doug Wiggins Defensive Rebound.	21	24
8:08	Foul on Wellington Smith	21	24
8:08	Jerome Dyson missed Free Throw.	21	24
8:08		21	24
8:08	Jerome Dyson made Free Throw.	21	25
7:53	John Flowers missed Three Point Jumper.	21	25
7:53	John Flowers Offensive Rebound.	21	25
7:48	Darris Nichols made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by John Flowers.	24	25
7:12	Foul on Gavin Edwards	24	25
7:12	Official TV Timeout.	24	25
7:08	Foul on John Flowers	24	25
7:08	A.J. Price made Free Throw.	24	26
7:08	A.J. Price missed Free Throw.	24	26
7:08	John Flowers Defensive Rebound.	24	26
6:50	Stanley Robinson made Three Point Jumper.	24	29
6:26	Da'Sean Butler made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by John Flowers.	26	29
5:38	Foul on Jerome Dyson	26	29
5:26	Da'Sean Butler made Two Point Jumper.	28	29
5:07	A.J. Price missed Three Point Jumper.	28	29
5:07	Da'Sean Butler Defensive Rebound.	28	29
4:57	Darris Nichols missed Three Point Jumper.	28	29
4:57	Wellington Smith Offensive Rebound.	28	29
4:50	Joe Alexander made Two Point Jumper.	30	29
4:41	Jeff Adrien missed Two Point Jumper.	30	29
4:41	Darris Nichols Defensive Rebound.	30	29
4:30	Da'Sean Butler missed Three Point Jumper.	30	29
4:30	Jeff Adrien Defensive Rebound.	30	29
4:03	Foul on Joe Mazzulla	30	29
4:03	A.J. Price made Free Throw.	30	30
4:03	A.J. Price made Free Throw.	30	31
3:46	Darris Nichols made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Da'Sean Butler.	33	31
3:22	Official TV Timeout.	33	31
3:17	Foul on A.J. Price	33	31
3:10	Darris Nichols missed Two Point Jumper.	33	31
3:10	Craig Austrie Defensive Rebound.	33	31
3:02	A.J. Price missed Three Point Jumper.	33	31
3:02	West Virginia Defensive Rebound.	33	31
2:58	Foul on Hasheem Thabeet	33	31
2:48	Joe Alexander made Two Point Jumper.	35	31
2:34	Joe Mazzulla made Two Point Layup.	37	31
2:30	Connecticut 30 Second Timeout.	37	31
1:43	Da'Sean Butler made Three Point Jumper.	40	31
1:17	Joe Mazzulla missed Two Point Layup.	40	31
1:16	A.J. Price Defensive Rebound.	40	31
1:16	Foul on Wellington Smith	40	31
1:16	A.J. Price missed Free Throw.	40	31
1:16	Jeff Adrien Offensive Rebound.	40	31
1:13	Jeff Adrien made Two Point Layup.	40	33
1:09	Foul on John Flowers	40	33
1:09	Jeff Adrien made Free Throw.	40	34
0:46	Joe Alexander made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by John Flowers.	42	34
0:34	Stanley Robinson made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by A.J. Price.	42	36
0:12	Joe Alexander missed Two Point Jumper.	42	36
0:12	A.J. Price Defensive Rebound.	42	36
0:09	A.J. Price missed Three Point Jumper.	42	36
0:02	West Virginia Defensive Rebound.	42	36
0:01	Foul on Hasheem Thabeet	42	36
0:01	John Flowers missed Free Throw.	42	36
0:01		42	36
0:00	End of the 1st Half.	42	36

Madison Square Garden

6:00 PM, 13 March 2008

New York, NY

Attendance: 19,562

Referees:
Tim Higgins
Pat Driscoll
John Gaffney

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Iowa State	0-0	-	10-1
Cincinnati	0-0	-	10-1
West Virginia	0-0	-	9-2
Arizona State	0-0	-	9-2
BYU	0-0	-	9-2
Colorado	0-0	-	9-2
Kansas	0-0	-	9-2
Texas Tech	0-0	-	9-2
UCF	0-0	-	9-2
Houston	0-0	-	8-3
Oklahoma State	0-0	-	8-3
Utah	0-0	-	8-3
Baylor	0-0	-	7-3
TCU	0-0	-	7-4
Arizona	0-0	-	6-5
Kansas State	0-0	-	6-5

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Marquette	2-0	-	11-2
Georgetown	2-0	-	10-2
St. John's	2-0	-	10-2
UConn	2-0	-	10-3
Creighton	1-1	1	8-5
Villanova	1-1	1	8-5
Providence	1-1	1	7-6
DePaul	0-2	2	8-4
Xavier	0-2	2	8-5
Butler	0-2	2	7-6
Seton Hall	0-2	2	5-8

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