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2007-08 CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 2008 BIG EAST Championship Husky Tournament Notables OVER THE AIR Wed.-Sat., March 12-15 D Hasheem Thabeet is ranked No. 1 in the BIG EAST and No. Madison Square Garden 3 nationally in blocked shots at 4.6 per game. He averaged TELEVISION: 5.2 blocks per game in league games. He broke the BIG ESPN New York, N.Y. EAST Record for blocked shots in league play with 94, Sean McDonough (play-by-play) surpassing the 93 blocks by Alonzo Mourning of Georgetown Bill Raftery (analyst) No. 4 seed Jay Bilas (analyst) in 1991-92. RADIO: Connecticut D Jeff Adrien has 32 career double-doubles, more than any UCONN RADIO NETWORK other active BIG EAST player. He had 16 double-doubles WTIC-AM 1080 HUSKIES this season, tying Luke Harangody of Notre Dame for the Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) BIG EAST lead. Adrien also tied for the BIG EAST lead in Wayne Norman (analyst) 24-7 2006-07 with 15 dbl-dbl’s. Kevin Ingles (engineer) D UConn finished the regular season with a 96-51 win over WTIC-Hartford, (1080-AM) overall record Cincinnati, setting a record for largest margin of victory WILI-Willimantic, (1400-AM) 13-5 (45 points) in a BIG EAST Conference contest. The previous WICC-Bridgeport, (600-AM) mark was also held by UConn, a 42-point win at Seton Hall WINE-Danbury (940 AM) BIG EAST record in February of 2006. WPUT-Brewster,NY (1510 AM) D Since the conference tournament expanded to a full First Round in 1996, UConn will have a bye for the ninth time in 2007-08 UConn Men’s Basketball Schedule 13 tournaments, nearly double any other school. Georgetown & Syracuse have had five byes in 13 years. Date Opponent TV Time Thu 11/1 ASSUMPTION (exhib.) [gp] W, 90-75 Sun 11/4 BRYANT (exhib.) [XL] W, 100-65 ENTERING THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT: The University of 11/7-8 2K Sports College Hoops Classic Connecticut enters the BIG EAST Tournament with a record of 24-7 Storrs Regional [gp] Wed 11/7 Morgan St. ESPNU W, 69-65 overall on the season and finished 13-5 in the BIG EAST. The Huskies Thu 11/8 Buffalo ESPNU W, 82-57 come off a 96-51 win over Cincinnati Sunday in Storrs and won 13 of 11/15-16 2K Sports College Hoops Classic their last 15 games to finish the regular season. The Huskies were Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Thu 11/15 vs. Gardner-Webb espn2 W, 78-66 ranked No. 13 in the AP and No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Fri 11/16 vs. Memphis espn2 L, 70-81 polls for March 3. UConn enters the tournament as the No. 4 seed and Tue 11/20 GARDNER-WEBB [XL] MyTV9, SNY W, 89-72 have a bye in the first round of the championship. The Huskies will Mon 11/26 FLORIDA A&M [XL] MyTV9, SNY W, 93-54 face the winner of the first round game between No. 5 West Virginia Sat 12/1 The Hartford Hall of Fame Showcase TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Mass. and No. 12 Providence. UConn beat the Mountaineers in the only vs. Gonzaga ESPN L, 82-85 meeting between the schools this season and lost a pair of games to Thu 12/6 NORTHEASTERN [gp] MyTV9, SNY W, 69-60 Providence this season. Sun 12/16 QUINNIPIAC [XL] MyTV9, SNY W, 82-49 Sat 12/22 MAINE [XL] MyTV9, SNY W, 105-60 Fri 12/28 at Central Florida CSTV W, 85-82 2007-2008 UConn Basketball Roster Thu 1/3 *at Seton Hall MyTV9, SNY W, 98-86 # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Sat 1/5 *at Notre Dame ESPN L, 67-73 2 Donnell Beverly Fr. G 6-4 190 Hawthorne, Calif./Leuzinger HS Tue 1/8 *ST. JOHN’S [gp] MyTV9, SNY W, 81-65 3 Doug Wiggins So. G 6-1 165 East Hartford, Conn./East Hartford HS Sat 1/12 *at Georgetown ESPN L, 69-72 4 Jeff Adrien Jr. F 6-7 243 Brookline, Mass./Brewster (N.H.) Academy Thu 1/17 *PROVIDENCE [XL] MyTV9, SNY L, 65-77 11 Jerome Dyson So. G 6-4 190 Rockville, Md./Proctor (N.H.) Academy Sun 1/20 *MARQUETTE [gp] MyTV9, FSN-NY W, 89-73 12 A.J. Price Jr. G 6-2 181 Amityville, N.Y./Amityville HS Wed 1/23 *at Cincinnati MyTV9, FSN-NY W, 84-83 14 Curtis Kelly So. F 6-9 234 Bronx, N.Y./Rice HS Sat 1/26 at Indiana CBS W, 68-63 21 Stanley Robinson So. F 6-9 200 Birmingham, Ala./Huffman HS 24 Craig Austrie Jr. G 6-3 176 Stamford, Conn./Trinity Catholic HS Mon 1/28 *LOUISVILLE [XL] ESPN W, 69-67 30 Jim Veronick Jr. F 6-8 200 Durham, Conn./Coginchaug HS Sat 2/2 *PITTSBURGH [XL] CBS W, 60-53 32 Jonathan Mandeldove So. C 7-0 240 Stone Mountain, Ga./Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy Wed 2/6 *at Syracuse ESPN W, 63-61 33 Gavin Edwards So. F 6-9 234 Gilbert, Ariz./Mesquite HS Sat 2/9 GEORGIA TECH [gp] ESPN W, 80-68 34 Hasheem Thabeet So. C 7-3 263 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania/Cypress (Texas) Comm. School Wed 2/13 *NOTRE DAME [gp] ESPNU W, 84-78 35 Alex Hornat So. F 6-5 205 South Windsor, Conn./South Windsor HS Sat 2/16 *at South Florida MyTV9, FSN-NY W, 74-73 ot 40 Johnnie Bird Jr. G 6-0 165 Fort Bragg, N.C./Bridgeport (Conn.) Central HS Tue 2/19 *DePAUL [XL] ESPNU W, 65-60 45 John Lindner Jr. F 6-5 265 Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire HS Sat 2/23 *at Villanova ESPN L, 65-67 55 Kyle Bailey Fr. G 6-3 170 Lancaster, N.H./White Mountains Regional HS Tue 2/26 *at Rutgers MyTV9, MSG W, 79-61 Head Coach: JIM CALHOUN, 22nd Season at UConn (American International ‘68) Sat 3/1 *WEST VIRGINIA [XL] MyTV9, MSG W, 79-71 Associate Head Coach: GEORGE BLANEY, 7th Season at UConn (Holy Cross ‘61) Thu 3/6 *at Providence ESPN L, 76-85 Assistant Coach: ANDRE LaFLEUR, 7th Season at UConn (Northeastern ‘88) Sun 3/9 *CINCINNATI [gp] MyTV9, SNY W, 96-51 Assistant Coach: PATRICK SELLERS, 4th Season at UConn (Central Connecticut ‘91) Director of Operations: BEAU ARCHIBALD, 1st Season at UConn (Connecticut ‘03) 3/12-15 BIG EAST Championship Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. PRONUNCIATIONS: Thu 3/13 Quarterfinals vs. WVU/PC ESPN 2:00 Craig Austrie (awe-stree) Fri 3/14 Semifinals ESPN 7:00 Hasheem Thabeet (Haa-SHEEM Thaa-BEET) Sat 3/15 Championship Game ESPN 9:00 *— BIG EAST Conference Opponent FOR MORE INFO ON UCONN BASKETBALL All times Eastern and subject to change. PLEASE CONTACT: KYLE MUNCY gp- Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL- XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Assistant Director of Athletics/Communications MyTV9 (WCTX-TV, CT); *SNY (SportsNet New York); *FSN-NY (Fox SportsNet [email protected] New York); *MSG (Madison Square Garden Network) Cellular-- 860-208-8624 University of Connecticut Basketball 2008 BIG EAST Championship Media Notes March 12-15, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. All-Time BIG EAST Conference Championships 16 16 Total Championships Total Championships Ten Nine Regular Season Regular Season Titles Titles Six Seven Tournament Tournament CONNECTICUT Titles GEORGETOWN Titles IN THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT: overall record of 43-27 in games played at 13-5 in the BIG EAST Regular Season. UConn enters the 2008 BIG EAST MSG. UConn and Jim Calhoun have won D A.J. Price is averaging 14.7 points Tournament with a 29-22 all-time mark in seven championships at MSG—the 1988 per contest, 16.1 in league games, to go tourney play. Despite losing three straight NIT Championship, the 1990 BIG EAST along with 6.0 assists and 3.6 rebounds. He tourney games, the Huskies have won 18 of Tournament Championship, the 1996 BIG is a First Team All-BIG EAST and NABC All- their last 24 tourney games, 21 of the last EAST Tournament Championship, the 1998 District selection. He had 24 points in the 28 BET Games and 23 of their last 31 in the BIG EAST Tournament Championship, the win over West Virginia. He was named the championship. UConn is a six-time BIG 1999 BIG EAST Tournament Championship, BIG EAST Player of the Week on February EAST Tournament Champion, winning the 2002 BIG EAST Tournament Championship 18. He has led the Huskies in scoring 12 title in 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002 and and the 2004 BIG EAST Tournament times this season and has handed out nine 2004. The Huskies have been the tourney Championship. Under coach Calhoun, assists in a game six times. He had 23 runner-up three times, in 1995, 2000 and UConn is 7-7 in 14 regular season games points in the win at USF which was preceded 2003. UConn is one of only two teams to against St. John’s University, 28-15 in BIG by a career-best 26 points and nine assists play four games in the tournament, turning EAST Tournament games and 8-5 in other in the win over Notre Dame. He has reached the trick in 2000. The Huskies are also the tournament play in MSG. Connecticut had a the 20-point mark nine times on the season only team in league history to win both the record of 6-15 in Madison Square Garden and has averaged 20.0 points per game in Regular Season and Tournament titles in prior to Coach Calhoun’s arrival at UConn.