Donovan Clingan, who is from Bristol, Connecticut, had 22 points and 16 rebounds in UConn's Big East Tournament title win, becoming the first player to post a 20-15 game in a Big East championship game since Patrick Ewing.
Seven minutes into the Big East Championship Game on Saturday night, the 19,812 in attendance at Madison Square Garden had a collective confused look on their faces at the tie score of 2-2. It was a sign of a pair of top-10 teams that were playing a third game in as many days. A night after the reigning national champion UConn Huskies beat St. John's, 95-90, in a scoring showcase, this game was already shaping up to be quite the opposite. Somebody had to step up and be a difference maker.
'Obviously, he's going to be a lottery pick coming up here in the very near future, but he never makes it about himself. He's just about the team. He's got an incredible personality. He's one of the two or three most impactful players in college basketball. If your eyes don't … if you don't see that with your eyes, then look at the analytics.
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