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Prospectus: Overtime shots
Some key numbers from the Big East's instant classic
Originally Published: March 11, 2009
By
John Gasaway | ESPN Insider
A sleep-deprived John Gasaway managed to come up with his eight favorite bullet points off last night's Syracuse-UConn six-OT thriller.
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