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Nine Wins In 19 Days: UConn’s Postseason Run, By The Numbers

Final score: UConn: 97 Depaul: 71 Kemba Walker count: 26 points Ranked teams defeated: 0 Total distance traveled: 139.34 miles

Final score: UConn: 97 Depaul: 71
Kemba Walker count: 26 points
Ranked teams defeated: 0
Total distance traveled: 139.34 miles
  (STEPHEN DUNN/ HARTFORD COURANT)

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After losing their final regular season game at home to Notre Dame on March 5, the UConn men strung together a surprising streak of nine straight wins in postseason play. Included in the stretch were five wins in five days to win the Big East tournament, a feat that has never been accomplished. After four more wins in the NCAA Tournament, UConn is back in the Final Four for the fourth time in school history. We break down the numbers during the team’s run below (Credit: Mapquest.com and NCAA.org).

Georgetown- March 9 at Madison Square Garden; New York, NY

Final score: UConn: 79 Georgetown: 62
Kemba Walker count: 54 points
Ranked teams defeated: 1
Total distance traveled: 139.34 miles
  (STEPHEN DUNN/ HARTFORD COURANT)

Pittsburgh- March 10 at Madison Square Garden; New York, NY

Final score: UConn: 76 Pittsburgh: 74
Kemba Walker count: 78
Ranked teams defeated: 2
Total distance traveled: 139.34 miles
  (STEPHEN DUNN/ HARTFORD COURANT)

Syracuse- March 11 at Madison Square Garden; New York, NY

Final score: UConn: 76 Syracuse: 71 (OT)
Kemba Walker count: 111 points
Ranked teams defeated: 3
Total distance traveled: 139.34 miles
  (STEPHEN DUNN/ Hartford Courant)

Louisville- March 12 at Madison Square Garden; New York, NY

Final score: UConn: 69 Louisville: 66
Kemba Walker count: 130 points
Ranked teams defeated: 4
Total distance traveled: 139.34 miles
  (STEPHEN DUNN/ HARTFORD COURANT)

Bucknell- March 17 at Verizon Center; Washington, DC

Final score: UConn: 81 Bucknell: 52
Kemba Walker count: 148 points
Ranked teams defeated: 4
Total distance traveled: 645.74 miles
  (BETTINA HANSEN/ HARTFORD COURANT)

Cincinnati- March 19 at Verizon Center; Washington, DC

Final score: UConn: 69 Cincinnati: 58
Kemba Walker count: 181 points
Ranked teams defeated: 4
Total distance traveled: 645.74 miles
  (BETTINA HANSEN/ HARTFORD COURANT)

San Diego State- March 24 at Honda Center; Anaheim, CA

Final score: UConn: 74 San Diego State: 67
Kemba Walker count: 217 points
Ranked teams defeated: 5
Total distance traveled: 3,929.95 miles
  (BETTINA HANSEN/ HARTFORD COURANT)

Arizona- March 26 at Honda Center; Anaheim, CA

Final score: UConn: 65 Arizona: 63
Kemba Walker count: 237 points
Ranked teams defeated: 6
Total distance traveled: 3,929.95
  (BETTINA HANSEN/ HARTFORD COURANT)

Kentucky- April 2 at Reliant Stadium; Houston, TX

The Huskies will take on Kentucky in the national semifinals on Saturday night. Accounting for the team’s trip back home to Connecticut and then out to Houston, the team will travel a total of 8,637.99 miles in its postseason journey.  (BETTINA HANSEN/ HARTFORD COURANT)

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