After a very physical game where all throughout the game guys were hustling onto the floors to fight for loose balls, Kemba Walker and the UConn Huskies managed to hold of the Butler Bulldogs to a 53-41 victory for the school's third national title. Although it was an impressive feat the Huskies have pulled off at Houston Texas, it was truly a very sloppy game played by both teams. The Bulldogs had only 2 points in the paint throughout the whole game and shot for 18% on the field, which is the second lowest by a team at the championship. That being said, the Huskies didn't shoot quiet as well as they had been expected to either. The team lead by Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lamb, along with the big guy in the middle Alex Oriakhi only shot 30% from the field and making only one out of fourteen from outside the arc. Kemba Walker, predicted to have a great game tonight, only made 5 out of 21 shots and ended with a mere 16 points. In the first half, both teams were horrendous on offense, partly because of the defensive efforts given by both teams, but mostly because, well, guys just couldn't bank the shots. Butler could do nothing inside against the size of UConn, and suffered from the inability to score inside the paint. This eventually lead to the second half, where UConn ran off with the lead, mostly because freshman Jeremy Lamb played especially well, scoring 12 of the Huskies' 34 points in the half.
All in all, the championship game was filled with missed layups, miscommunication by both teams, and was just not the game everyone expected by two teams who made it through the elite teams in the nation to gain the chance to at this final game of the season.
-Brian Chen
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