Uconn Ends 6-game Big East Tourney Skid (ap)

Connecticut's Jeremy Lamb (3) celebrates a basket with teammates Shabazz Napier (13) and Jamal Coombs-McDaniel during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against DePaul at the Big East Championship, Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Hard to believe Connecticut had gone six years since its last victory at the Big East tournament. Kemba Walker and the Huskies stopped that skid against an overmatched opponent. The star guard scored 26 points and UConn won a Big East tournament game for the first time since 2005, beating DePaul 97-71 on Tuesday in the opener of a conference showcase loaded with NCAA contenders.

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