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UConn won both the Big East and NCAA National Championships in 2011.
The 2011 Huskies won eleven straight games in postseason play, the final six of which resulted in the program’s third national championship. On April 4, 2011, they defeated the Butler Bulldogs, 53–41. UConn junior Kemba Walker was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
Many consider UConn’s win in the Championship Game to be a great defensive performance, as the Huskies held Butler to only 18.8% shooting from the field (a record for field goal percentage defense in a championship game) and tied a title game record with ten blocked shots. An analysis by Sports Illustrated columnist Luke Winn credited the Huskies’ defense by demonstrating, for instance, that they blocked or altered a staggering 26.6% of Butler’s shots – compared to just 3.8 percent by Pittsburgh and 12.1 percent by VCU in earlier rounds.[4] The 53 points scored by Connecticut was, in turn, the lowest point total by a winning team in a championship game since 1949.
