The 11-Game Run That Immortalized Kemba Walker and the 2011 UConn Huskies
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- čas přidán 29. 03. 2016
- Kemba Walker and the 2010-11 UConn national championship team will go down as having one of the most improbable title runs in NCAA history. After finishing ninth in the Big East conference, the Huskies went on to win 11 straight postseason games and claim the title.
Walker was the heart and soul of that team, leading them both on and off the court.
Relive one the most exhilarating runs in tournament history.
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They're acting like this guy is some shrimp. The man is 6'1
yea but thats exxagerated height, he is 5 foot 11 withouth shoes and 6 foot with shoes. Wich is small for a basketball player
He's DEFINITELY not 6'1. I've seen him in person (many NBA teams practice at my university) and he's a pretty small guy. 5'11 at the most.
Joseph Koh he's 5' 10" or 5' 11" without shoes
He's 6'1 that what google says
freewillracer20 and KD is 6"9 according to google
That stepback was like 4 kilometers.
Got me spitting my coffee
Louie Salvador best comment I’ve seen so far on CZcams 😂😂😂😂😂
I could heard the Doppler effect between him and the defender
Hands down in my opinion the best step back i ever seen in person it was so so so so so nasty
😂😂😂😂
its tradition to come back to this vid every once in a while
Fax
once every couple months lmao
It motivated
Hell as college basketball player hell I come every other week for inspiration 💯
Yes
Whoever edited this did a great job 🔥 ahead of its time
Facts
I love kemba, plays with a ton of heart and desire. Ive seen that game winner against Pitt atleast 20 times
Same
Matty Ray for sure
Matty Ray Kemba plays with a ton of heart and a lot of passion.
i was at the garden when he hit that step back
facts he is legendary
seeing kawhi in his college days is rare lol
na lebron is more rare
Cres nah kobe is ultra rare
@@marth3401 Nah Kemba is legendary rare , lol.
ikr! i rewinded it 3 times!
Pencil Connoisseur I honestly didn’t even know where he went
Was a freshman at UConn this season. The tourney run was the single craziest thing I’ve ever seen this is the most legendary post season run and the definition of out the team on my back
Wow man. That must have been crazy times
to also have Shabazz Napier carry the team to the natty is also crazy
@@BradyHaslem AJ comes back for his senior year with the Fab 5 we got coming in UCONN CAN GO DEEP
Now we champs again!!
was in brooklyn for that pitt game, electric
Man...that stepback...
Neil Armstrong: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Kemba: Hold my beer
I'm fucking leaping all the way to Mars with my stepback
One of the most underrated players in the NBA
his not underrated he gets the respect he needs
Brent Taylor Not really seeing as he's never been voted as an All-Star...
+Nah. Kyrie , Lowry , wall all better than him // he ain't underrated
G Fayzo he's leading his team to a 3rd seed, kyrie and lowry being carried, and wall ain't doing shit
G Fayzo He is way better than Lowry, him n kyrie r pretty even, n wall doesn't have a shot like him
I think it's funny how lamb and kemba play on the same team again
Yeah #BuzzCity
SethyWethy ikr
napier picked by charlotte too
almost a big 3
SethyWethy there was 3 UConn players on that same NBA team
Hornetts should add Napier get the trifecta of guards
Anyone else come back to this video all the time
Anybody here after Kemba's 60 point game ?
alex garcia lol hell yea I been fw kemba fs
No. I'm a Uconn fan . Go Huskies.
Yeah boi
Just needs Durant or Zion to join him
no
College Basketball was so lit back then
Andy Thomas probably because there were so many now big names in the NBA playing at the time
Prison Mike SOOO youre saying there is no more big names coming from colleges in next 3 years?
***** yeah but back then you didn't know who is gonna be a superstar either... "was lit back then"
4355a
43 5t
Andy Thomas 08 was the best tourney year
The famous step back , I played that back on my tv about 8 times , never forget that moment
It was insane watching that big east tournament as a new yorker.
Any Celtics fans watching this after Kemba signed his contract with Boston?
Yeeeeaaaaahh
Yup
What the Cs are getting is a slightly below Kyrie talent with ALL of IT’s heart. I like this move because it will help Jaylen and Jason grow into what PG and Kahwhi are now
@@tighevans6783 Exactly. That's what I'm thinking and they still got cap space to get a great bench PG because Horford left and they got Kanter/Theis for $22 million combined. (Horford made $27 mil last year).
Brad stevens gordon heyward and kemba unite back together baby!
Kemba, New England, Brad Stevens, Hayward:
The conditions are set, let's go recreate that magic.
Jacob Thomas Kemba has the play for the coach of the dream he ruined
Woof
This aged well
That didn’t work out. It’s Tatum isn’t that good and is difficult guy in locker room. Kemba will be back healthy eventually. Hayward hurt with hornets again but playing well. The thing with Kyrie blew up in our face. Danny had to try with a talent like that. Kemba will be back being Kemba soon. Keep brown trade Tatum for future he isn’t it.
@@robertlee3372 lol, Tatum shows up in the playoffs and already looks like a borderline superstar at the very least. No idea wtf you're talking about, lol
He has the deadliest mid range step back that I've seen
Meechy Merc Em MJ? DWade? Kobe? Harden?
Step backs weren't even done in the 90s lol
Just cus they're better players don't mean shit
Maybe D Wade but the rest he'll no, he's much smaller than all those guys the step back is his main move
Meechy Merc Em I think you watch too many highlight videos
Jeremy Lamb was a beast back in 2k13 myteam. budget beast
Sirion Heat lmao
Tru dat.
Had him too
Sirion didn’t play my team then I do now but his release was money
Lamb taking his game to another level during the NCAA tournament was the most significant contribution to UConn's national championship! Kemba was superb, but Lamb became the difference, especially against San Diego St and Arizona! He'd make big play after big play right at all the precise moments and it was his defensive effort early stages of the second half against Butler that completely switched the momentum! Lamb gets lost because of Kemba, but I think even Kemba would tell you the Huskies don't win in 2011 without Jeremy Lamb
“I’m not sure if he’s y’all enough to ride the rides when he goes to Disney land”
Ok calm down he’s not that short jesus
@King Nick He's 6'1 not 5'11. That's like average height for a point guard but they talk like he's 5'9 it's not a hard concept to understand
@@tingispingis I've seen him in person and he definitely isn't 6'1 he's like 3, 4 inches taller than me. So he's like 5'10, 5'11
@King Nick The point is they were acting like he was way shorter than he actually is. Point still stands even if he's 5'11, he still clearly looks taller than a dude like Isaiah Thomas. Stop acting like you're not a waste of life, Nick
King Nick “if u want to meet off the internet” LOL damn you corny as fuck son
King Nick “mind ya business” ...we’re on a CZcams comment board on a public video...I want you to reread that statement and for good measure read it maybe one or two more times....smh. Corny ass trying to make other people sound stupid...damn
I was heartbroken when we lost in 2008. We were so stacked. I remember being up at 2 in the morning when we went to 6 overtimes with Syracuse. This is one of the greatest seasons I've witnessed to date.
I still have that issue of Sports Illustrated shown at 1:05 and when I first got it I remember looking at all 68 teams and not seeing UConn, so I personally filled in their name because I really thought they could surprise some people that season. When the bracket came out, UConn was my Championship team, and the fact that they won it all, made me feel really good about everything that I believed in this team from game 1 of the regular season.
so how much money did you win on the future bet?
I remember everyone saying bucknell was gonna beat them and many picked against them every round more then picked them to win so seeing them win was funny and great ..underdogs ...
Man best feeling ever I felt that way with the 2011 Dallas Mavs run just amazing time to be a fan
Kemba and Hayward are the few examples of March madness stars who became NBA stars
Wade, Melo, Anthony Davis, Steph Curry, Hakeem and Clyde. It isn't that rare.
Dont forget KD Pierce Timmy D Rose and more
Noah Terranova now they play together
@@tycalvert7322 Your exactly right Ty, but in the case of Hakeem and The Glide, they're most remembered for being on the receiving end of the greatest Cinderella in March Madness history (NC State)! As dominant as Houston was leading up to, the loss to the Wolfpack was their defining college moment! It's unfortunate in their regard! I'm old enough to vividly remember Phi Slama Jama and they, when on their game, we're a sight to behold! As an 11-yr old, I can still picture Lorenzo Charles' dunk off Whittenberg's air ball and Jimmy V running around like a nut! Watched every second of that game! All those others u mentioned we're superb at tourney time, but it gets rendered to the back burner if u don't finish the job! Melo, AD and Kemba all finished their jobs! Houston's case is an exception because they'll always be remembered for the NC State loss!
Carmelo ?
Damn I had no idea that this was the same year where he hit that buzzer beater over Pitt. Legend
Yep crossed that fool up so hard on that last shot I remember every single game from the 2011 March madness
@@davidgutierrez4606 me too man was a great yr.
Cuz you gen z
Rewatching this makes me miss the old Big East basketball so much. So many good coaches and talent everywhere
man Butler really lost two national titles
Well the fact brad Stevens got their again after losing Hayward is shocking...mack was a beast in college
@Jacob Lebeck They got robbed on the one vs Duke tho
Brad Stevens took a team of almost entirely half a star recruits to the national title game twice, that's how good of a coach he is. It's tough cause that UCONN game just showed the absolute limits of a team like Butler could do without having 5 star future-NBA player recruits.
1 of the best coaching jobs in college basketball history. Back to back title game appearances with an enrollment of 5000. Fucking silly when you really think about it.
It should be the fact that Butler being a national runner-up in consecutive years is one of the most underrated and competitive sport accomplishments of the last fifty years or at least during my 48 close to 49 years on this planet! Its a shame they get forgotten as a whole because what they did as a school from an extremely little known conference may not ever be duplicated
Moral of story don't fuck with kemba and maybe he'll take it easy on you
Big Shanene I would think that "taking it easy" type of talk would apply to a team like the 2014-15 UK team with the platoons.
ALL STAR STARTER 2019!!!!!!
MY MANS KEMBA MADE IT!!!!!
its so crazy how 2010-2011 feels like the 90's now wtf
What
@@EZYxProven he got mad likes too
@@masonherrera6560 yeah cuz people are stupid, how are the first few years of everyone having their heads buried in their phones ANYTHING like the 90s?
@@ogloc4478 Technology has increased ten fold since then. Whats stupid about it?
Hard to believe he's not an All Star yet
It's crowded at the PG position.
Shocka he's really good though
valdog1 too bad he's underrated.
He will definitely be one this year. He still has that same motor and love of the game, not to mention he's a killer in clutch-time.
Shocka well he is now
The 1 dislike is the Pitt player who kemba drained the buzzer beater on
Don't forget he broke his ankles to
His ankles have not returned.
Jason Casebolt is that an ankle I see down the street😏😏😂😂😁
W
Probably on a wheel chair still rn 😂
Who’s here after Kemba signed with the Knicks
When Kemba was a freshman I remember thinking this kids will be an MVP caliber player some day.
but you now see he's just another overrated short point guard 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@omerege3495 in his prime he could go bucket for bucket with anyone
Growing up in CT, I was in like fifth grade, I remember me and my friends would stay in the gym after rec practice and try to recreate the "Cardiac Kemba" shot. Always will be one of the best NCAA shots ever.
Where you from in CT?
Yep, I was a little older at this time but when me and my friends played basketball during this run we didn’t yell “Kobe” after a crazy shot we yelled “KEMBA” lol
this guy won me 260$ that tournament he was a god ik from that big east tourney
Ayyy lmao he won me $350
+Ac RoNz no manches!
he won me 20k
Creations Elite stfu flexer
cdm27 what’s wrong he was just showing his earnings
Just a reminder, UConn is the most successful basketball program in college the last 25 years.
Hurley is cut from the same cloth as Coach Cal and has a legit 4 NBA prospects on the roster in Hawkins, Clingan, Jackson & Sanogo, to go along with really solid role players.
Jackson and Sanogo are amazing leaders and super mature. This year, we get one for the thumb!
agreed, love this this years team. kinda interesting how similar the season has gone to the 2011 team peaking at 2 then hitting a rough stretch of Big East games. very excited to see how the rest of the season plays out
This aged well
To lose 3 of those 4 players and being on the verge of back to back titles just goes to show how great Hurley is and how important building a great culture is.
Can't wait for tonight!!!
i was a sr in highschool in ct when this happened and it was like boston and ny sports just evaporated. no one cared at all about any other sport except the uconn men. it was a magical time, and an amazing run
dude can't go to disney rides because he isn't tall enough? He's fucking 6'1
Roni Gorani he's is taller than average it was just a metaphor saying he was incredibly short compared to most basketball players
Roni Gorani I am 15 and 6"4 so he is pretty small for a baller
GamingHollywood yea just like kd he's listed at 6'9 but is actually 6'11
Doritos Mountain Jew cause the shoes add inchs
ATG Nba Live Mobile Content shoes add like half an inch or maybe an inch at most lmao
5 games in 5 days. Wow
Sidney Pratt 5 wins triple wow
And totaled 11 to close it out.
and they didnt get paid a penny
+shush actually so fucked when you think about it.
@@youtubehollywoodhank and 3 titles that year maui invitational, big east champs, ncaa champs. Crazy just crazy time in college basketball.
I'm here for the 1000th time because Kemba Walker is a New York Knick. 🧡💙🗽
Kemba gets the glory and deservedly so but the most underrated thing about that team that absolutely nobody talks about is the defense that team played. We gave up less than 60 points in 4 out of the 6 games in the tourney against some high powered offenses.
Kemba has been my favourite player ever since college and have been a hornets fan since he joined Charlotte. I am the biggest kemba walker fan ever and I watch every single game no joke he is my idol. My dream is to be like kemba and one day to meet kemba he is the most underrated player ever he is the GOAT.
thats whats up
How do you feel now that he’s going to the Celtics ?
Dan Taffe he is on the Celtics
lol he went to the celtics and didn't even make the all star team this year. How do you feel 😂😂😂
I remember that I was in 5th grade when this happened and I watched the DePaul and Pitt game in my class because my teacher was a huge UConn huskies fan
Me too man not even that much of uconn fan but that run iconic
And that crossover death to his ankles
Who’s here right before we make this 2021 run
if only the music was less loud i could properly enjoy the video
this video makes it sound like he's 5'10 or something but 6'1 isnt that little for a point guard
This is 4 years ago so he prolly grew an inch or two
he probably was 5'10
The average is 6'2.5
He can't be 6'1. CP3 is 6'0 and Kemba looks smaller then him.
+armin38822 u kidding bruh how can kemba be smaller than chris
Man I got chills watching this video man , got abit emotional, towards the end
+Tony Snell Same
+Tony Snell Are you the real Tony Snell?
+Bailee Shuey .....
+Bailee Shuey Please tell me you're joking…
Raphael Sanzio I'm a Bulls fan just wondering
Anyone watching when we don’t even get a tourney this year
Kasen Baker I feel cheated I love March madness it’s a special time
😢
I've had this in watch later for a rainy day. It brought back great memories but sad that march maddness was cancelled this season...SMH
That Kemba step back in the best east game to win it against Pittsburgh is one of my all time fondest sports memories as a basketball fan. I will never forget it and after that game I told myself that I felt like they could win it all at the end of the season and they actually did. Epic run.
loud ass bass i can barely hear
Keeks Marone lol
Dead
Lmao
Keeks Marone lmaoooo
I thought I was the only one sheesh!
Why is he the "Little guy" he is 6'1? Isaiah thomas is like 5'8-5'9? and i barley her "Little guy"
+Josh Cooper I think He's actually closer to 5'11 without shoes and then they rounded up to 6'1.
+Josh Cooper and idk what you're talking about, Isaiah thomas does get called "little guy" all the time. lmao The announcers always say "big things come in small packages" for him and nate robinson lmao
+Josh Cooper Average height for point guards in college is getting towards 6'3-6'4"...
I think they ment as he was growing up
Josh Cooper he was like 5'10 in college and now he's 5'11 without shoes on
One of the best basketball videos on youtube. Come back to this every march
The fact that Kemba played agaisnt Brad Stevens team in college now on his team in the NBA is so cool
Them UCONN days were crazy i remember watching espn everyday after school and Kemba was all over the Highlight reel that year
This was one of most magical things I've watched as a fan
Who here after he signed with the Knicks 🔵🟠
There still hasn’t been a team to pull of something as incredible as they did. The greatest run in NCAA history
One of the greatest March Madness performances of all time. College basketball legend.
Even crazier he did all this when the Big East was still the BIG East
Man, the Big East was ELITE Basketball when Uconn went on this legendary run. Still sour that it got broken when Pitt, Cuse, and Lville left.
Should do one for Shabazz Napier and the 2014 Uconn team
"nobody was looking at UCONN saying there they go"... I WAS! The minute I saw that step back game winner I knew immediately who I was picking to win it all and that I was a fan of the now 3 time all star Kemba Walker for life.
One of the best years of my life.
Coach Calhoun seems like he would be a great coach to play for.
this team had Kemba, Shabazz and Jeremy Lamb? Sheesh
psychothof not better than the Kentucky teams that had
John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe, Patrick Patterson
And then there was a team with Karl Anthony Towns, Devin Booker, Willie Cauley Stein, Harrison Brothers, Tyler Ulis, Trey Lyles
KJ THA GAWD no one asked
CONNECTICUT HUSKIES TOP 5 STARS OF ALL TIME 1-KEMBA WALKER 2-GREG ODEN 3 - RICHARD "RIP" HAMILTON 4-KHALID EL-AMIN 5-SHABAZZ NAPIER and of course the biggest star in HUSKIES History is none other than coach CALHOUN! A LEGEND
Mister Captin America Ray Allen?
Mister Captin America Greg Oden didn't go to UCONN...
Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
I remember seeing that step back and what Kemba was doing and that has always stuck with me as one of the best performances I have ever seen in college basketball (and it helps that I picked them to win my bracket)
kawhi leonard will always hate jamal franklin
MrJbreezy8 why?
Jamal franklin fueled kembas rage which caused kemba to go off, and there neutralizing kawhi leonards chance of getting a ncaa championship
MrJbreezy8 well that don’t matter anymore now kawhi is a nba champ and finals mvp
I love Nick But I don’t like you you act like players don’t take pride in winning a national championship too. Maybe less than others, but competitors like to win.
The refs would have never let San Diego State win anyways
Kemba stepback J is unforgettable 💘😻
This video is so inspiring. Watch it before every major game❤️
Tradition as the tournament starts this year to come back and watch this.
Although they beat my Butler Bulldogs, you can;t deny how incredible this UConn postseason run was.
Nobody will ever deny that though.. they went on that insane run as heavy underdogs in most matchups.
It was an incredible postseason run by both squads! Butler getting back to the final was way more remarkable than what they'd accomplished the year before! Their 2011 team was an 8 seed for God's sake and they weren't as talented off the bench without Veasley and Jukes from the 2010 squad
I still remember watching that step back live.. that was insane
One of the greatest runs to a championship I've ever seen. I tuned into almost every game of that run when I was living in the area. It had everyone gripped because no one thought they could make that run through the big east tournamemt
MY GOD CZcams ILL WATCH IT AFTER YEARS OF YOU RECCOMENDING IT DAMN.
I'm a Pitt fan and man i remember the step back like it was yesterday
New York WE HERE!
Kemba one of my favorite UCONN players of ALL TIME
I watch this every year
And now Brad Stevens is coaching him. Funny how everything comes back full circle
cardiac kemba
Greatest tournament run i have ever seen. I still can't believe Kemba didn't get the player of the year award. That kid from BYU, Jimmer Fredette got it! Unbelievable, Kemba put a group of freshmen on his back and ran through the Big East tournament and straight to a National Title and got snubbed! Still makes me sick to my stomach when I think about it.
You are entirely correct .
it was pretty obvious something special was going on with this team during the big east tourny. definitely one of the best runs by a team i have ever seen in my 28 years. kemba walker was absolutely locked in for this team, was really something special to watch
I thought I was watching a movie
Thanks for the greatest basketball run of my life n shout out to Napier too
Kemba’s heart and effort are unmatched, what a great player...respect ✊🏻
Can't wait for kemba to play in Boston let's goo my man!!!!!
Butler made it to the finals when there a 8 seed, that’s impressive.
Man I remember watching this UC run, loved it and still do
I always come back to this video. I've watched it like 8 times. I remember being in the 10th grade watching that game winner vs Pitt live. I was going crazy. Plus he's from the Bronx !
I miss the old bigEast
+Jon snow what happened. im not familiar with ncaa
Well now they split most of the old bigeast they now play in either the ACC or American conference they did this in 2012.
+Mabobber alot of teams left for other conferences, big east is soft as fuck now just a bunch of 3 point shooters and mostly boring teams
+Mabobber Football ruined it. They basically broke it up because of football
I'm a near-lifelong ACC fan sans the Tar Holes and besides stating the obvious, the '80s Big East was close behind throughout that entire era! UConn was the bottom feeder in those days until Jim Calhoun's arrival in the spring of 1987 (greatest rebuild in D-I history in my opinion, Scott Drew with Baylor #2)! I vividly remember games on the old Big East Network (Bill Raftery and Mike Gorman) from grade school into junior high! When the heated Syracuse-Georgetown rivalry began it's ascent! Great time period! I'm 49 now and the memories never fade
kemba will get his NBA championship one day
Taylor Trantham you can only hope, but with the Celtics? That’s a big ask. Then again he prove the haters in college, so can only hope he proves everyone wrong in the nba. Definitely someone who has always been a favourite player of mines.
I come back to this video every march madness. Idk why I love this video so much lmao
Of all of UConn’s MVPs, Kemba Walker in 2011 is by far #1. He was UConn. Without him, they don’t even make the tournament. With him, that are champions. No other player in UConn history had such an impact on his team.
Rip Hamilton, he was the MVP of the college NC and the NBA title-MVP.
@@rainmaker3700 NBA is off the question. Kemba was also NC MVP. RIP had a vastly superior supporting cast compared to Kemba’s.
@@mrmojorisin8752 What about Shabazz?? Not only did he help Kemba win it in 2010, he won his own in 2014.
kemba man hes so good bro STOP SLEEPING ON MY BOI
yo I didn't even realize we went up against Kawhii Leonard. I had no idea he was on the 2011 SDSU squad.
where?
@@ItsJimdevera 5:16 I think
@@jjhaya thats him, thanks man👌🏻 "what it do baby?"
This video still sends chills down my spine. What a time for the huskies
I keep coming back to this video cause it’s so hype
I am a HUGE UNC Basketball fan but i respect KEMBA!!!! I have a really cool Full Sized basketball from 2019 Upper deck buckets signed by him and inscribed "BUZZ CITY" limited to 50 made. Keep Ballin Kemba! !!
Butler heartbreak 2 years in a row :(
Nate Wright BUTLER should've defeated DUKE the year before when they had the chance to do it. That was their best chance to win it all as that was their year. They came so close to do it but that last shot went half way in but came out. A total heartbreaker. Didn't have a chance against a determed and way much better CONNECTICUT team.
Captain America Not to mention that one floater Hayward shot, which ironically, he made years later against the Celtics
It seems like everybody is oblivious to the one main fact being overlooked here! This is Butler being discussed! BUTLER! A school which had only ever been to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament twice in their history before Brad Stevens! Granted, to lose consecutive championship games is gut-wrenching, but at the same time we also in hindsight need to remember Butler making it to the national final twice in a row was an extraordinary accomplishment! They were the standard setter for the mid majors and the Horizon League had never even had a school make the league relevant on the D-I as a whole landscape! More credit should be given to Butler's amazing success than any what-if's!
@@CaptainAmerica-jw2xh and it wasn't that they didn't have a chance! They just happened to pick the worst possible time to have their worst perimeter shooting performance (13-64)! In the title game! The final was 53-41 and had Butler been able to hit the barn broadside, it would have been either teams' game to win! Most sloppy NCAA final of all-time! Connecticut wasn't that superb and their defense did force some of the issue, but it was mostly a case of Butler uncharacteristically missing shots they normally made
Man! Lots of great cuts and great shots… wonder how this will play out next round
Every good uconn team has a great guard that can be clutch & shoot.
Any Knicks fan here???