GAME BY GAME

West Regional, first round

Connecticut 91, Texas San Antonio 66

28 points, 4 rebounds

Hamilton made 12 of 22 shots, including two three-point baskets, against the outmanned 16th-seeded team in the West.

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* West Regional, second round

Connecticut 78, New Mexico 56

21 points, 5 rebounds

Hamilton made seven of 18 shots, including a three-point basket during a game-opening 17-0 run by the Huskies.

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* West Regional, semifinals

Connecticut 78, Iowa 68

24 points, 3 rebounds

In a physical game against an emotional opponent playing its last game under Coach Tom Davis, Hamilton kept the Huskies focused. “We didn’t want to be out there talking trash to them,” he said after making eight of 17 shots and seven of eight free throws. “We didn’t want to talk about it, we wanted to be about it.”

* West Regional, final

Connecticut 67, Gonzaga 62

21 points, 4 rebounds

In a game in which the Huskies made only 37% of their shots--and point guard Khalid El-Amin missed all 12 of his--Hamilton made nine of 16 while also playing tight defense on the Gonzaga shooters who had become the talk of the tournament.

* Final Four

Connecticut 64, Ohio State 58

24 points, 5 rebounds

Hamilton made 10 of 17 shots, including a death-blow jumper to beat the shot clock--and the Buckeyes--with 1:43 to play.

* Championship Game

Connecticut 77, Duke 74

27 points, 7 rebounds

Hamilton made 10 of 22 shots, including two three-point baskets in the second half. He scored 10 of the Huskies’ last 18 points, giving them the lead for good with 3:50 left when he made two free throws.

PAST MVPS

*1999: Richard Hamilton, Connecticut

*1998: Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky

*1997: Miles Simon, Arizona

*1996: Tony Delk, Kentucky

*1995: Ed O’Bannon, UCLA

*1994: Corliss Williamson, Arkansas

*1993: Donald Williams, North Carolina

*1992: Bobby Hurley, Duke

*1991: Christian Laettner, Duke

*1990: Anderson Hunt, Nevada Las Vegas

*1989: Glen Rice, Michigan

*1988: Danny Manning, Kansas

*1987: Keith Smart, Indiana

*1986: Pervis Ellison, Louisville

*1985: Ed Pinckney, Villanova

*1984: Patrick Ewing, Georgetown

*1983: Akeem Olajuwon, Houston

*1982: James Worthy, North Carolina

*1981: Isiah Thomas, Indiana

*1980: Darrell Griffith, Louisville

*1979: Earvin Johnson, Michigan State

*1978: Jack Givens, Kentucky

*1977: Butch Lee, Marquette

*1976: Kent Benson, Indiana

*1975: Richard Washington, UCLA

*1974: David Thompson, North Carolina St.

*1973: Bill Walton, UCLA

*1972: Bill Walton, UCLA

*1971: x-Howard Porter, Villanova

*1970: Sidney Wicks, UCLA

*1969: Lew Alcindor, UCLA

*1968: Lew Alcindor, UCLA

*1967: Lew Alcindor, UCLA

*1966: Jerry Chambers, Utah

*1965: Bill Bradley, Princeton

*1964: Walt Hazzard, UCLA

*1963: Art Heyman, Duke

*1962: Paul Hogue, Cincinnati

*1961: Jerry Lucas, Ohio State

*1960: Jerry Lucas, Ohio State

*1959: Jerry West, West Virginia

*1958: Elgin Baylor, Seattle

*1957: Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas

*1956: Hal Lear, Temple

*1955: Bill Russell, San Francisco

*1954: Tom Gola, La Salle

*1953: B.H. Born, Kansas

*1952: Clyde Lovellette, Kansas

*1951: None selected

*1950: Irwin Dambrot, CCNY

*1949: Alex Groza, Kentucky

*948: Alex Groza, Kentucky

*1947: George Kaftan, Holy Cross

*1946: Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M;

*1945: Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M;

*1944: Arnold Ferrin, Utah

*1943: Ken Sailors, Wyoming

*1942: Howie Dallmar, Stanford

*1941: John Kotz, Wisconsin

*1940: Marvin Huffman, Indiana

*1939: None selected

x-subsequently ruled ineligible