UConn 86-72 Alabama (7 Apr, 2024) Play-by-Play

Alabama Crimson Tide

25-12

	1	2	T
ALA	40	32	72
CONN	44	42	86

TIME	ALA	CONN
20:00	Jump Ball won by UConn	0	0
19:44	Stephon Castle missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:44	Grant Nelson Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:27	Grant Nelson missed Layup.	0	0
19:27	Donovan Clingan Block.	0	0
19:27	Alabama Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:20	Grant Nelson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Estrada.	3	0
18:59	Stephon Castle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tristen Newton.	3	3
18:46	Grant Nelson missed Jumper.	3	3
18:46	Donovan Clingan Defensive Rebound.	3	3
18:31	Stephon Castle made Layup.	3	5
18:09	Nick Pringle missed Layup.	3	5
18:09	Donovan Clingan Block.	3	5
18:09	Donovan Clingan Defensive Rebound.	3	5
17:55	Foul on Rylan Griffen.	3	5
17:55	Alex Karaban made Free Throw.	3	6
17:55	Alex Karaban made Free Throw.	3	7
17:27	Rylan Griffen missed Three Point Jumper.	3	7
17:27	Aaron Estrada Offensive Rebound.	3	7
17:23	Rylan Griffen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Estrada.	6	7
17:01	Stephon Castle made Three Point Jumper.	6	10
16:39	Rylan Griffen missed Jumper.	6	10
16:39	Stephon Castle Defensive Rebound.	6	10
16:31	Tristen Newton Turnover.	6	10
16:31	Aaron Estrada Steal.	6	10
16:19	Grant Nelson made Layup.	8	10
16:02	Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.	8	10
16:02	Cam Spencer Offensive Rebound.	8	10
15:55	Cam Spencer made Three Point Jumper.	8	13
15:31	Foul on Stephon Castle.	8	13
15:31	Official TV Timeout	8	13
15:24	Foul on Hassan Diarra.	8	13
15:20	Aaron Estrada made Three Point Jumper.	11	13
14:58	Cam Spencer missed Three Point Jumper.	11	13
14:58	Grant Nelson Defensive Rebound.	11	13
14:44	Grant Nelson missed Three Point Jumper.	11	13
14:44	Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.	11	13
14:20	Foul on Grant Nelson.	11	13
14:15	Cam Spencer missed Layup.	11	13
14:15	Grant Nelson Defensive Rebound.	11	13
14:04	Aaron Estrada made Jumper.	13	13
13:43	Donovan Clingan missed Jumper.	13	13
13:43	Alex Karaban Offensive Rebound.	13	13
13:41	Foul on Grant Nelson.	13	13
13:41	Alex Karaban made Free Throw.	13	14
13:41	Alex Karaban made Free Throw.	13	15
13:27	Jump Ball won by Alabama	13	15
13:25	Mark Sears made Jumper.	15	15
12:59	Stephon Castle missed Three Point Jumper.	15	15
12:59	Sam Walters Defensive Rebound.	15	15
12:57	Foul on Alex Karaban.	15	15
12:43	Aaron Estrada Turnover.	15	15
12:36	Hassan Diarra missed Three Point Jumper.	15	15
12:36	Mark Sears Defensive Rebound.	15	15
12:27	Latrell Wrightsell Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mark Sears.	18	15
12:10	Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.	18	15
12:10	Samson Johnson Offensive Rebound.	18	15
12:06	Foul on Sam Walters.	18	15
12:06	Samson Johnson made Free Throw.	18	16
12:06	Samson Johnson missed Free Throw.	18	16
12:06	Jarin Stevenson Defensive Rebound.	18	16
11:55	Mark Sears made Layup.	20	16
11:30	Samson Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Cam Spencer.	20	18
11:12	Rylan Griffen made Three Point Jumper.	23	18
10:45	Samson Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Cam Spencer.	23	20
10:24	Rylan Griffen Turnover.	23	20
10:24	Official TV Timeout	23	20
10:00	Donovan Clingan made Jumper. Assisted by Tristen Newton.	23	22
9:39	Aaron Estrada missed Three Point Jumper.	23	22
9:39	Tristen Newton Defensive Rebound.	23	22
9:32	Donovan Clingan made Dunk. Assisted by Tristen Newton.	23	24
9:30	Alabama Timeout	23	24
9:06	Foul on Donovan Clingan.	23	24
9:06	Nick Pringle made Free Throw.	24	24
9:06	Nick Pringle made Free Throw.	25	24
8:38	Stephon Castle made Dunk. Assisted by Donovan Clingan.	25	26
8:27	Rylan Griffen Turnover.	25	26
8:27	Cam Spencer Steal.	25	26
8:19	Foul on Nick Pringle.	25	26
8:19	Stephon Castle made Free Throw.	25	27
8:19	Stephon Castle made Free Throw.	25	28
7:54	Aaron Estrada made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Pringle.	28	28
7:40	Donovan Clingan missed Layup.	28	28
7:40	Mark Sears Block.	28	28
7:40	Aaron Estrada Defensive Rebound.	28	28
7:31	Foul on Tristen Newton.	28	28
7:31	Official TV Timeout	28	28
7:21	Nick Pringle Turnover.	28	28
7:21	Stephon Castle Steal.	28	28
7:18	Foul on Mark Sears.	28	28
7:18	Foul on Mark Sears.	28	28
7:18	Tristen Newton made Free Throw.	28	29
7:18	Tristen Newton missed Free Throw.	28	29
7:18	Grant Nelson Defensive Rebound.	28	29
6:59	Aaron Estrada missed Jumper.	28	29
6:59	Stephon Castle Defensive Rebound.	28	29
6:52	Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.	28	29
6:52	Cam Spencer Offensive Rebound.	28	29
6:37	Foul on Aaron Estrada.	28	29
6:37	Stephon Castle missed Free Throw.	28	29
6:37	UConn Deadball Team Rebound.	28	29
6:37	Stephon Castle made Free Throw.	28	30
6:10	Latrell Wrightsell Jr. missed Jumper.	28	30
6:10	Grant Nelson Offensive Rebound.	28	30
6:02	Aaron Estrada missed Jumper.	28	30
6:02	Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.	28	30
5:49	Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.	28	30
5:49	Mark Sears Defensive Rebound.	28	30
5:35	Grant Nelson missed Layup.	28	30
5:35	Samson Johnson Block.	28	30
5:35	Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.	28	30
5:27	Alex Karaban missed Three Point Jumper.	28	30
5:27	Hassan Diarra Offensive Rebound.	28	30
5:19	Hassan Diarra missed Layup.	28	30
5:19	Rylan Griffen Block.	28	30
5:19	UConn Offensive Rebound.	28	30
5:16	Cam Spencer missed Three Point Jumper.	28	30
5:16	Mark Sears Defensive Rebound.	28	30
5:13	Foul on Cam Spencer.	28	30
5:00	Latrell Wrightsell Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mark Sears.	31	30
4:27	Tristen Newton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Karaban.	31	33
4:17	Latrell Wrightsell Jr. missed Layup.	31	33
4:17	Hassan Diarra Defensive Rebound.	31	33
4:11	Hassan Diarra missed Layup.	31	33
4:11	Grant Nelson Defensive Rebound.	31	33
4:06	Foul on Alex Karaban.	31	33
4:06	Rylan Griffen missed Free Throw.	31	33
4:06	Cam Spencer Defensive Rebound.	31	33
3:45	Tristen Newton made Jumper.	31	35
3:31	Mark Sears Turnover.	31	35
3:31	Hassan Diarra Steal.	31	35
3:12	Tristen Newton Turnover.	31	35
3:12	Official TV Timeout	31	35
2:56	Aaron Estrada missed Jumper.	31	35
2:56	Grant Nelson Offensive Rebound.	31	35
2:53	Foul on Samson Johnson.	31	35
2:53	Grant Nelson made Free Throw.	32	35
2:53	Grant Nelson made Free Throw.	33	35
2:32	Stephon Castle missed Jumper.	33	35
2:32	Stephon Castle Offensive Rebound.	33	35
2:27	Cam Spencer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tristen Newton.	33	38
2:11	Mark Sears made Layup.	35	38
1:37	Cam Spencer made Jumper.	35	40
1:27	Aaron Estrada missed Jumper.	35	40
1:27	Hassan Diarra Defensive Rebound.	35	40
1:15	Donovan Clingan made Layup. Assisted by Hassan Diarra.	35	42
0:48	Mark Sears made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Estrada.	38	42
0:43	UConn Timeout	38	42
0:25	Foul on Nick Pringle.	38	42
0:25	Donovan Clingan made Free Throw.	38	43
0:25	Donovan Clingan made Free Throw.	38	44
0:02	Mark Sears made Layup.	40	44
0:00	End of 1st half	40	44

Donovan Clingan dominates late to send UConn to title game

0:25

Alex Karaban drains trey to put UConn up by double digits

0:24

Grant Nelson takes off for thunderous jam over Donovan Clingan

0:23

State Farm Stadium

1:51 AM, 7 April 2024

Glendale, AZ

Attendance: 74,720

Referees:
Ron Groover
Paul Szelc
Pat Adams

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Tennessee	14-4	-	27-9
Auburn	13-5	1	27-8
South Carolina	13-5	1	26-8
Kentucky	13-5	1	23-10
Alabama	13-5	1	25-12
Florida	11-7	3	24-12
Texas A&M	9-9	5	21-15
LSU	9-9	5	17-16
Mississippi State	8-10	6	21-14
Ole Miss	7-11	7	20-12
Georgia	6-12	8	20-17
Arkansas	6-12	8	16-17
Vanderbilt	4-14	10	9-23
Missouri	0-18	14	8-24

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
UConn	18-2	-	37-3
Marquette	14-6	4	27-10
Creighton	14-6	4	25-10
Seton Hall	13-7	5	25-12
St. John's	11-9	7	20-13
Providence	10-10	8	21-14
Villanova	10-10	8	18-16
Butler	9-11	9	18-15
Xavier	9-11	9	16-18
Georgetown	2-18	16	9-23
DePaul	0-20	18	3-29

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