After being up 9-6, Cornell saw their cinderella national championship hopes slowly fade to Orange. With under 30 seconds left in the game Syracuse was down 9-8 as they commit a crucial turnover. All Cornell had to do was run the clock out. However, a turnover near mid-field with only seconds remaining lead to a game tieing ‘Cuse goal with just 4 seconds left on the clock.
The game went to sudden death overtime and as you can imagine the Big Red had nothing left. The win game just moments into the overtime period.
With the win ‘Cuse has won back-to-back national titles for the second time in school history. They have 11 championships–the most of any school.
Up until last night there had only been two 6 OT games in the history of D1 collegiate basketball–both games were played in the 1950’s. There has been only one game that went longer than this. This was a 7 OT game in 1981. No Big East game had ever gone more than 3 OT’s, including their 1981 championship thriller at the Carrier Dome.
Jonny Flynn says Jonny Flynn isn’t done at Syracuse. Flynn, according to some could have been a first round pick in the next NBA draft.
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