The 1981 Bradley vs. Cincinnati men's basketball game is the longest

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men's basketball game ever played and tied for the most

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periods, regardless of NCAA classification, with seven. The

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on December 21, 1981, and defeated them 75–73 after 75 minutes of game time. Little-used bench player Doug Schloemer scored on a 15-foot jump shot with one second remaining to propel the Bearcats to victory. At the end of regulation, which was two 20-minute halves, the score was tied at 61 apiece. Both teams played keep-away throughout each overtime period; only once, during the fifth overtime, did a team take more than a two-point lead. In the 35 additional minutes of playing time, Cincinnati only scored 14 more points while Bradley only mustered 12. The

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had not yet been introduced in NCAA basketball. Nine players recorded 60 or more minutes of playing time. Two players—Bradley's

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Donald Reese and Cincinnati's

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Bobby Austin—each played 73 minutes, jointly setting the NCAA all-time single game minutes played record. Three other times has an NCAA Division I men's basketball game reached six overtime periods: Niagara defeated

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88–81 in 1953,

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59–56 in 1955, and most recently Syracuse defeated Connecticut 127–117 in 2009.

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