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Published:Sunday, April 27, 2014

Updated:Sunday, April 27, 2014 22:04

UConns attempt to break the world record for the largest game of knockout proved unsuccessful, but that didnt stop the 381 participants from enjoying the music, free giveaways and publicity from the Guinness Book of World Records videotaping crew.

With 381 participants, UConn was 190 people short of breaking the current world record.

Despite the failure, Ryan Swick, a 6th semester human development and family studies major and organizer of the event, said he was pleased with the turnout and hopeful that in the future UConn will be able to break the record.

Even though we didnt break it, it is really fulfilling to see this event happen, Swick said. We will look into doing it again next year, maybe on a different weekend so it doesnt have as many competing events.

Although many of the participants commented on the low turnout, Swick was impressed.

This is so much more than any other program I have ever done in Busby, where I am an RA, Swick said.

Even though the game was smaller than anticipated, it was still no ordinary gym class knockout game. The first round took just over 30 minutes, even with special rules to promote the speed of the event.

These new rules included an automatic elimination for any participant who shot an air ballan attempt that doesnt hit the net, rim, or backboardas well as no intentional contact with another players ball.

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