Huskies cruise past Bucknell in 1st round 81-52

The UCONN Huskies were simply too big, too fast and too athletic for a game but overmatched Bucknell Bison five. The Huskies controlled the tempo, boards and both ends of the court in a 81-52 blowout in the first round of the Big Dance at the Verizon center.
Bucknell could never get into an offensive rhythm as they were forced to rush shots all night by the quicker Huskies. On offense UCONN ran their sets at will and it was obvious that Kemba Walker decided early in the contest that this was a night to further develop his Freshmen teammates. Walker passed up at least 10 shots he would ordinarily take and probably make to pass off to Lamb, Smith and Olander. This paid off handsomely as Lamb continued to play like Walker's first lieutenant and scored 16 points on 6-9 shooting including 3 from downtown. Roscoe Smith had his second big game in a row, scored 17 points and had 7 rebounds, and is beginning to look like the recruit who was rated the 20th best in the nation pre-season. Tyler Olander clearly has some talent and is playing with a growing poise and Oriakhi had another good game with 9 points and 12 rebounds. Walker had the quitest 18 points, 8rebounds and 12 assists you'll ever see- the sure sign of a superstar.
Smith and Olander are coming on at just the right time. On Saturday, the Huskies will play the winner of Cincinnati to be played later tonight. The Steep Hill Dome will be officially open and hope some of you will attend.
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Steve