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2013-14 CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL Game #10 - December 18, 2013, XL Center, Hartford, Conn. - 9 p.m. Husky Notables Kevin Ollie is in his second season as the 18th head OVER THE AIR coach of the UConn men’s basketball program after TELEVISION: posting a 20-10 record last year. He is the only head ESPN2 coach in UConn history to post a 20-victory season in his first year. John Saunders (pbp) Bob Knight (analyst) Tonight, UConn is playing its 249th game on ESPN/ Andy Katz (sideline) ESPN2 since 1986-87, the start of the Jim Calhoun RADIO: era. The Huskies have a record of 155-93 (.625) UConn IMG Sports in those games. Last season, the first under Kevin Radio Network Ollie, UConn was 5-5 on ESPN/ESPN2. UConn, 4-0 WTIC-AM 1080 on ESPN2 this season, plays 14 regular-season Joe D’Ambrosio (pbp) games on ESPN/ESPN2 this year. Wayne Norman (analyst) #10 AP/#10 USA Today UP NEXT: UConn will head for the West Coast to Connecticut Stanford play its first true road game of the season, meeting WTIC-Hartford, (1080-AM) Washington of the Pac-12 at Alaska Airlines Arena WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) Huskies Cardinal in Seattle on Sunday, Dec. 22, at 3:30 p.m. (EST). WELI-New Haven (960-AM) 9-0 overall 7-2 overall The game will be televised by ESPNU. It will be the WGCH-Greenwich (1490-AM) fifth game in the all-time series between the schools, 0-0 American Pac-12 Sirius-91, XM-91 0-0 with UConn holding a 4-0 advantage. 2013-14 UConn Men’s Basketball THE GAME: The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team (#10-AP, #10-USA Date Opponent TV Time Today) will meet Stanford University in a non-conference game at the XL Center in OCTOBER Hartford, Conn. The game will begin at 9 p.m. and be televised by ESPN2. Wed 30 SCSU (exhib.) (GP) UConnhuskies.com W, 93-65 The Huskies, 9-0, are coming off a 12-day break for final exams. Prior to that, NOVEMBER they completed a week in which they defeated nationally-ranked Florida, 65-64, Mon 4 Concordia (exhib.) (XL) UConnhuskies.com W, 98-38 and stopped New England rival Maine, 95-68. UConn is led by senior Shabazz Napier, who tops the team in scoring (15.3), rebpunding (7.0), and assists (5.9). Fri 8 vs. Maryland (Barclays Center) ESPN2 W, 78-77 Juniors DeAndre Daniels (13.8) and Ryan Boatright (12.0) are also averaging Mon 11 Yale (XL) SNY W, 80-62 double figurres. 2K Sports Classic, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. Stanford, 7-2, is coming off an 83-56 win over UC Davis on Saturday. Guard Thu 14 Detroit (GP) SNY W, 101-55 Chasson Randle (18.2) leads four double-figure scorers for the Cardinal. Sun 17 Boston University (GP) ESPNU W, 77-60 2K Sports Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Thu 21 vs. Boston College ESPN2 W, 72-70 Fri 22 vs. ARV/#22 Indiana ESPN2 W, 59-58 2013-14 UConn Basketball Roster Tue 26 Loyola (Md.) (XL) SNY W, 76-66 # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School DECEMBER 0 Phillip Nolan So. F 6-10 212 Milwaukee, Wis. /Riverside University HS Mon 2 #15/13 Florida (GP) ESPN2 W, 65-64 2 DeAndre Daniels Jr. F 6-9 195 Los Angeles, Calif. /W.H. Taft HS Fri 6 Maine (XL) SNY W, 95-68 3 Terrence Samuel Fr. G 6-4 190 Brooklyn, N.Y./Victory Collegiate HS Wed 18 Stanford (XL) ESPN2 9 pm 5 Niels Giffey Sr. G/F 6-7 204 Berlin, Germany /Heinrich-Schliemann HS Sun 22 at Washington ESPNU 3:30 pm 10 Tyler Olander Sr. F 6-10 230 Mansfield, Conn. /E.O. Smith HS Sat 28 Eastern Washington (WBA) SNY 1 pm 11 Ryan Boatright Jr. G 6-0 168 Aurora, Ill. /East Aurora HS Tue 31 *at Houston ESPN2 9 pm 12 Kentan Facey Fr. F 6-9 200 Trelawny, Jamaica /L.I. Lutheran HS JANUARY 13 Shabazz Napier Sr. G 6-1 180 Roxbury, Mass. /Charlestown HS Sat 4 *at SMU ESPNU 2 pm 14 Pat Lenehan Jr. G 6-4 181 Middletown, Conn. /Xavier HS Wed 8 Harvard (GP) ESPNU 7 pm 20 Lasan Kromah Gr. G/F 6-6 201 Greenbelt, Md. /Geo. Washington Univ. Sat 11 *UCF (GP) ESPNU 6 pm 21 Omar Calhoun So. G 6-6 200 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Christ The King HS Thu 16 *at Memphis ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm 22 Leon Tolksdorf So. F 6-8 218 Berlin, Germany /Leibniz-Oberschule Berlin HS Sat 18 *Louisville (GP) ESPN 9 pm 25 Tor Watts Sr. G 6-1 200 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Xaverian HS/York Prep Tue 21 *Temple (XL) CBS SN 7 pm 35 Amida Brimah Fr. C 7-0 217 Accra, Ghana /Archbishop Carroll HS Sat 25 *at Rutgers ESPNU 7 pm 44 Rodney Purvis* R-So. G 6-4 203 Raleigh, N.C./North Carolina St. Thu 30 *Houston (GP) CBS SN 9 pm * --- will redshirt during 2013-14 season FEBRUARY Thu 6 *at Cincinnati ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm COACHING STAFF: Sun 9 *at UCF ESPN2 6 pm Head Coach: KEVIN OLLIE, 2nd Season as HC, 4th Season at UConn (UConn ‘95) Wed 12 *USF (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm Associate Head Coach: GLEN MILLER, 11th Season at UConn (UConn ‘88) Sat 15 *Memphis (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 noon Assistant Coach: KARL HOBBS, 11th Season at UConn (UConn ‘84) Thu 20 *at Temple ESPN/ESPN2 9 pm Assistant Coach: RICKY MOORE, 2nd season at UConn (UConn ‘99) Sun 23 *SMU (GP) CBS SN 2 pm Director of Basketball Administration: KEVIN FREEMAN, 3rd season at UConn (UConn ‘06) Wed 26 *at USF CBS SN 7 pm Graduate Assistant: DAVID SEVUSH, 2nd season at UConn (UConn ‘10) MARCH PRONUNCIATIONS: Sat 1 *Cincinnati (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 noon Niels Giffey (Neelzz Gif-EYE) Wed 5 *Rutgers (GP) ESPNU 7 pm Shabazz Napier (Shuh-BAZZ NAY-pier) Sat 8 *at Louisville ESPNU 2 pm Amida Brimah (Am-EE-da BRY-maw) American Athletic Conf. Championship, FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn. Lasan Kromah (La-SAHN CROW-ma) Wed-Sat 12-15 AAC Championship ESPN Network TBA FOR MORE INFO ON UCONN BASKETBALL *— American Athletic Conference Opponent PLEASE CONTACT: PHIL CHARDIS GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn.; Assistant Director of Communications WBA - Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Conn. [email protected]; twitter: @UConnMBB All times Eastern Standard Office-- 860-486-3531; Mobile-- 860-771-3314 2013-2014 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes December 18, 2013 vs. Stanford UConnHuskies.com NATIONAL POLLS ASSOCIATED PRESS Dec. 16 Team Record Pts. 1 Arizona (63) 11-0 1,623 2 Syracuse (2) 10-0 1,528 3 Ohio State 10-0 1,464 4 Wisconsin 12-0 1,381 5 Michigan State 8-1 1,297 6 Louisville 9-1 1,264 7 Oklahoma State 9-1 1,165 8 Villanova 10-0 1,053 8 Duke 7-2 1,053 10 Connecticut 9-0 1,035 11 Wichita State 10-0 923 12 Baylor 8-1 898 13 Oregon 9-0 834 14 North Carolina 7-2 792 15 Memphis 7-1 755 TOURNAMENT TITLE: UConn captured nine seasons --- the 2005 and 2010 Maui 16 Florida 7-2 699 its 19th in-season tournament champion- Classic, the 2006 Hispanic College Fund 17 Iowa State 8-0 698 18 Kansas 7-3 482 ship on Nov. 22 at Madison Square Gar- Classic, the 2008 Paradise Jam, and the 19 Kentucky 8-3 414 den when it topped Indiana, 58-57, to win 2013 2K Sports Classic. 20 Colorado 10-1 405 the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Wounded The other tournament wins include 21 Gonzaga 10-1 376 Warrior Project. the 1956 Orange Bowl Tournament, and 22 Massachusetts 9-0 351 Senior guard Shabazz Napier, who UConn Classic/Conn. Mutual Classic wins 23 Missouri 10-0 222 scored 27 points against Indiana, was in 1966, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 24 San Diego State 7-1 176 named the tourney MVP. The game fea- 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 25 Iowa 10-2 72 tured 13 lead changes and eight ties. 1992. Others receiving votes: UCLA 69, Pittsburgh 66, The Nov. 22 win followed a narrow It was also UConn’s ninth tournament Saint Mary’s 11, George Washington 5, Harvard 4, 72-70 UConn win over Boston College in championship won at Madison Square Oklahoma 4, Toledo 3, Michigan 3 the Nov. 21 semifinals as junior DeAndre Garden. UConn captured the 1988 NIT Daniels scored 23 points. at MSG, as well as Big East Conference USA TODAY It marked UConn’s 19th in-season tour- Championships in 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, Dec. 16 nament title overall, and its fifth in the past 2002, 2004, and 2011. Team Record Pts. OVERALL IN HARTFORD: UConn is in its in Hartford, including regular-season and 1 Arizona (30) 11-0 798 38th season of competition in the XL Center, postseason play, and have a 236-85 record 2 Syracuse (1) 10-0 748 formerly the Hartford Civic Center. UConn (.735) in those games. The Huskies went 2 Ohio State (1) 10-0 748 4 Louisville 9-1 676 played its first game in the building against 95-65 (.594) against Big East opponents at 5 Michigan State 8-1 653 Boston College on Jan. 2, 1976, and has played the XL Center and is 141-20 (.876) against 6 Wisconsin 12-0 645 there every season since, with the exception non-conference foes.