Big East Championship Game 2011: Louisville Vs. UConn, A Look At The Insanity Of Kemba Walker

If you didn’t know, Kemba Walker is a really amazing basketball player. Sure, a 6’1” two-guard probably doesn’t have a massive future in the NBA, but let’s forget about that. What matters is now, and what’s now is the 2011 Big East Tournament. Tonight, Walker’s UConn Huskies contest the championship game against the Louisville Cardinals, and their road here - especially Walker’s - has been remarkable.

Kemba Walker’s full-season statistics are pretty impressive in and of themselves, but his stats across the last four games have been absolutely jaw-dropping, especially considering that he’s played four times in four nights. Oh, yeah, that other thing. If you didn’t know, this will be UConn’s fifth game in five nights.

Over his four games in four straight nights, Walker is averaging 27.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game. Walker is also only averaging a turnover every 12 minutes played, which is absolutely bonkers for someone who handles the ball as much as he does. Add in his buzzer beater to beat Pittsburgh and his six steals last night against Syracuse and you have one of the craziest statistical runs by a player that we’ve ever seen in college basketball. He’s making Eric Devendorf look super weak.

If Walker can put up another 25/7/4 kind of line for the fifth straight night, it might be “tell your grandkids about this moment” kind of stuff, if he’s not already on that level. 33 points and 12 rebounds on the fourth straight night of playing might be even more impressive than Jimmer Fredette’s 52 point game.

And to think, when he dominated the Maui Invitational, most of us thought it was a fluke.

For more, be sure to check out SB Nation’s Louisville blog, Card Chronicle, and our UConn blog, the appropriately-named UConn Blog.