2014-15 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #26 Sunday, February 22, 2015 Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn
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2014-15 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #26 Sunday, February 22, 2015 Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 4 p.m. UConn Tulane Huskies VS. Green Wave 14-11 overall 14-11 overall 7-6 American 5-8 American UCONN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS TODAY’S GAME Date Opponent TV Time/Result The UConn men’s basketball team begins its five-game stretch to the end of the regular season by meeting Tulane for the second time in two NOVEMBER weeks in an American Athletic Conference game at Gampel Pavilion. The Tue 4 SCSU (exhib.) (GP) UConnhuskies.com W, 70-62 Sun 9 Assumption (exhib.) (XL) UConnhuskies.com W, 68-59 game is scheduled to tip off at 4 p.m. and will be televised by the CBS Sports Network. Fri 14 Bryant (GP) SNY W, 66-53 UConn (14-11 overall, 7-6 American) is coming off a 75-72 loss at Puerto Rico Tip-Off, Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan Memphis on Thursday, and will will out to stop a two-game slide. Senior Thu 20 vs. College of Charleston ESPNU W, 65-57 Ryan Boatright leads the Huskies in scoring (17.6), assists (4.3), and steals Fri 21 vs. Dayton ESPN2 W, 75-64 (1.4) and also grabs 4.4 rebounds per game. Freshman Daniel Hamilton Sun 23 vs. West Virginia ESPN2 L, 68-78 also averages double figures (10.8) and leads the team in rebounding (7.2), Sun 30 #7/9 Texas (GP) ESPN2 L, 54-55 while sophomore Amida Brimah is a third double-figure scorer (10.2) and DECEMBER tops the Huskies in blocked shots (3.0). Fri 5 Yale (GP) SNY L, 44-45 Tulane (14-11, 5-8) is coming off a 69-55 home loss to UCF on Thursday. Sun 14 Coppin State (XL) SNY W, 106-85 The Green Wave is led in scoring by junior Louis Dabney (12.7), senior Jay Thur 18 vs. #2/2 Duke (Izod Center) ESPN L, 56-66 Hook (11.4) and sophomore Jonathan Stark (11.3), while junior Tre Drye Mon 22 Columbia (WBA) SNY W, 80-65 is the team’s leading rebounder (5.3). Sun 28 Central Conn. (XL) SNY W, 81-48 Wed 31 *Temple (XL) ESPN2 L, 53-57 (ot) All-time series: UConn leads, 1-0 JANUARY Last UConn win, 62-53, 2/7/15, Devlin Fieldhouse, New Orleans, La. Sat 3 at Florida CBS W, 63-59 Tue 6 *at USF ESPN2 W, 58-44 Sat 10 *Cincinnati (XL) ESPN2 W, 62-56 BROADCAST INFORMATION Tue 13 *at Tulsa CBS SN L, 58-66 Sat 17 at Stanford ESPN2 L, 59-72 TELEVISION RADIO WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) WELI-New Haven (960-AM) Thu 22 *UCF (GP) CBS SN W, 67-60 UConn/IMG CBS Sports Network WGCH-Greenwich (1490-AM) Sun 25 *USF (XL) CBS SN W, 66-53 Radio Network Thu 29 *at Cincinnati ESPN2 L, 58-70 Rich Waltz (pbp) WTIC-AM 1080 Doug Gottlieb (analyst) Sirius-93, XM-201 FEBRUARY Joe D’Ambrosio (pbp) Sun 1 *at Houston CBS SN L, 68-70 Wayne Norman (analyst) Wed 4 *East Carolina (GP) ESPNU W, 65-52 HUSKY BITES Sat 7 *at Tulane CBS SN W, 62-53 Thu 12 *Tulsa (XL) ESPN2 W, 70-45 Kevin Ollie is in his third season as the 18th head coach of the UConn men’s basketball Sat 14 *at #25/25 SMU ESPN L, 55-73 program, with a career record of 66-29. He is the only head coach in UConn history to Thu 19 *at Memphis ESPN L, 72-75 reach 60 victories in his first three years and he joins Jim Calhoun as the only UConn Sun 22 *Tulane (GP) CBS SN 4 pm coaches to win the NCAA national championship. Wed 25 *at East Carolina ESPNU 7 pm UConn is in its second season as a TV partner of CBS Sports Network and in its MARCH third season appearing on the network. The Huskies have an overall record of Sun 1 *SMU (XL) CBS 2 pm 8-4 on CBS SN: 2-1 in 2012-13, 3-1 last year, and 3-2 so far this season. Today’s Thu 5 *Memphis (GP) ESPN/ESPN2 9 pm game is the sixth and final regular-season game on CBS SN this season. Sat 7 *at Temple ESPN2 2 pm UP NEXT: UConn pays its first-ever visit to Greenville, N.C., as it meets East Carolina in American Athletic Conference Championship an American Athletic Conference game at Williams Arena on Wednesday, February 25. The XL Center, Hartford, Conn. game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU. UConn defeated Thu-Sun 12-15 AAC Championship ESPN Network TBD East Carolina, 65-52, earlier this season at Gampel Pavilion. FOR MORE INFO ON UCONN BASKETBALL *— American Athletic Conference Opponent PLEASE CONTACT: PHIL CHARDIS GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn. WBA - Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Conn. Assistant Director of Communications [email protected]; twitter: @UConnMBB All times Eastern Standard Office: 860-486-3531; Mobile: 860-771-3314 2014-2015 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes February 22, 2015 vs. Tulane UConnHuskies.com 2014-15 UCONN BASKETBALL ROSTER # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 1 Phillip Nolan Jr. F 6-10 237 Milwaukee, Wis. /Riverside University HS 3 Terrence Samuel So. G 6-4 202 Brooklyn, N.Y./Victory Collegiate HS 5 Daniel Hamilton Fr. G/F 6-7 190 Los Angeles, Calif./St. John’s Bosco HS 10 Sam Cassell Jr. R-So. G 6-4 192 Baltimore, Md./Chipola College (Fla.) 11 Ryan Boatright Sr. G 6-0 175 Aurora, Ill./East Aurora HS 12 Kentan Facey So. F 6-9 206 Trelawny, Jamaica /L.I. Lutheran HS UCONN INFORMATION 14 Rakim Lubin Fr. F 6-8 260 Miami, Fla./Buford (Ga.) HS Location....................Storrs, Conn. 21 Omar Calhoun Jr. G 6-5 205 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Christ The King HS Enrollment..........................30,474 22 Pat Lenehan Sr. G 6-3 190 Cheshire, Conn./Xavier HS Founded.................................1881 23 Nnamdi Amilo Jr. F 6-3 225 New Fairfield, Conn./Avon Old Farms President..................Susan Herbst 24 Dan Guest Sr. G 6-2 214 West Hartford, Conn./Geo. Washington Ath. Director............Warde Manuel 33 Terrance Ditimi Sr. F 6-2 209 Stamford, Conn./Stamford HS Conference......................American Athletic Conference 35 Amida Brimah So. C 7-0 230 Accra, Ghana /Archbishop Carroll HS Home Courts....... 44 Rodney Purvis R-So. G 6-4 205 Raleigh, N.C./North Carolina St. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) COACHING STAFF: XL Center (15,564) Nickname..........................Huskies Head Coach: KEVIN OLLIE, 3rd season as HC, 5th season at UConn (UConn ‘95) Colors..............National Flag Blue Associate Head Coach: GLEN MILLER, 12th season at UConn (UConn ‘88) (Navy) & White Assistant Coach: KARL HOBBS, 12th season at UConn (UConn ‘84) Website...........uconnhuskies.com Assistant Coach: RICKY MOORE, 3rd season at UConn (UConn ‘99) Twitter.......................@UConnMBB Director of Basketball Administration: KEVIN FREEMAN, 4th season at UConn (UConn ‘06) Director of Scouting-Video: DAVE SEVUSH, 3rd season at UConn (UConn ‘10) TEAM INFORMATION Director of Player Development: DANNY GRIFFIN, 1st season at UConn (Rhode Island ‘96) 2013-14 overall record.............32-8 PRONUNCIATIONS: 2013-14 conference record Amida Brimah (Ahh-ME-da BRY-mah) Sam Cassell Jr. (Cas-SELL) Terrance Ditimi (Dih-TIM-ee) (American Athletic)..12-6 (tie, 3rd) Starters returning/lost................2/3 Rakim Lubin (Rah-KIM LOO-bin) Nnamdi Amilo (NOM-dee ah-MEE-lo) Letterwinners returning/lost.......6/6 Office phone...........860-486-2720 OVERALL IN GAMPEL: UConn has an overall on the road, with 14 plane trips and a bus record of 159-27 (.855) at Gampel Pavilion ride, and traveled roughly 19,300 miles. The COACHING STAFF since the building opened in 1990. The Huskies have single-game trips to Greenville, Head coach............................ Huskies are 78-6 (.929) against non-league N.C., and to Philadelphia remaining on the Kevin Ollie (UConn ‘95) competition, was 76-19 (.800) against Big regular-season schedule. Record at school/years.....66-29/2+ East opponents and are 5-2 against American Athletic Conference opponents in Gampel. OLLIE MILESTONE: UConn’s Jan. 6 victory Career record/years.................same The six non-conference losses came against over USF was the 60th of Coach Kevin Associate Head Coach............. Detriot Mercy in the 2001 NIT, Jackson St. Ollie’s career. Ollie, the 18th head coach in Glen Miller (UConn ‘88) in the 1993 NIT, Florida St. in the 1992-93 UConn’s 114-year basketball history, is the Assistant Coaches................... season, North Carolina St. in the 1990-91 only UConn coach to compile 60 victories in Karl Hobbs (UConn ‘84) season, Texas on Nov. 30, 2014, and Yale on just his third season at the helm. Ollie reached Ricky Moore (UConn ‘99) Dec. 5, 2014. The 55-54 loss to Texas broke the milestone in 83 games, second-fastest in Director of Administration....... a streak of 44 straight non-conference wins UConn history. Legendary coach Hugh Greer Kevin Freeman (UConn ‘06) in Gampel. UConn is 34-10 (.773) in Gampel (1946-63) reached 60 victories in 81 games, Dr. of Player Develoment........ over the last five seasons, plus this year (3-2). albeit during his fourth year. Ollie already ranks Danny Griffin (Rhode Island ‘96) In 2013-14, the Huskies went 7-2 at Gampel. seventh on UConn’s all-time coaching wins list. Dr. of Scouting-Video.............. As UConn’s head coach, Kevin Ollie is 16-5 at David Sevush (UConn ‘10) Gampel Pavilion.