As reported on UCONNHuskies.com on March 13th - Full story
Junior guard Ben Gordon scored a game-high 23 points, made the game-winning shot and was named the winner of the David R. Gavitt Most Valuable Player Award as the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team posted a 61-58 win over Pittsburgh in the championship game of the 2004 BIG EAST Championship at Madison Square Garden.
The title is the sixth BIG EAST tournament title in UConn history tying the Huskies with Georgetown for most tournament championships. The Huskies improve to 27-6 on the season and earn the BIG EAST’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. UConn now awaits its tournament fate as the field of 65 will be announced Sunday night. Pittsburgh now has a 29-4 record.
Gordon finished the tournament with 81 points in three games – besting the mark of 79 set by Allen Iverson during the 1996 event. Gordon has now scored 184 career BIG EAST tournament points, trailing only Chris Mullin of St. John’s, Sherman Douglas of Syracuse and Alonzo Mourning of Georgetown.
Gordon was named to the all-tournament team and was joined on the team by senior guard Taliek Brown. Carl Krauser, Jaron Brown and Chris Taft from Pittsburgh were also named to the team along with Craig Smith of Boston College. In three tournament games, Brown had 22 assists and is now tied for sixth all-time in BIG EAST tournament history with 54.
UConn junior forward and two-time BIG EAST Player of the Year Emeka Okafor returned to the Husky lineup after missing the first two games of the tournament with back spasms. Okafor scored 11 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for his 20th double-double of the year before fouling out with 2:19 to play and UConn trailing by two 56-54.
Rashad Anderson added 14 points for the Huskies and made two three-point field goals in UConn’s game-ending run.
Boxscore - Sportsline.com
Also:
Ben there: UConn, Pitt meet for title again - New Haven Register
Big East: It's business as usual as Pitt, UConn earn final - The Star-Ledger
Pitt, UConn to meet again - The Buffalo News
Pitt faces UConn for Big East title - SFGate.com
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