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2007-08 CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Game #1-- November 7, 2007, 7:00 p.m. A Quick Look at some of Tonight’s Husky Notables Gampel Pavilion (10,167), Storrs, Conn. D UConn has not lost to a non-conference opponent in Gampel Pavilion since March of 2001 and the Huskies are 51-4 vs. non-league opponents in the building. University of D UConn has played host at Gampel to preliminary round play of a tournament on two Connecticut previous occasions, winning a pair of games in the ‘03 and ‘97 Preseason NIT. HUSKIES D The Huskies have led the nation in blocked shots for an NCAA record six straight (0-0) seasons and led the nation in FG% Defense in 2006-07. THE GAME: Tonight's game features the Huskies of the University of vs. Connecticut against the Bears of Morgan State University in the first round of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer. The Morgan State Huskies won a pair of exhibition games, beating Assumption and Bryant and University come off a 17-14 campaign in 2006-07. UConn is picked to finish sixth in the BEARS BIG EAST Conference and is among the teams receiving votes in both sets (0-0) of national rankings. Morgan State is picked to finish fourth in the MEAC and finished 13-18 in 2006-07 under head coach Todd Bozeman, now in his 2007-08 UConn Men’s Basketball Schedule second season. 2K SPORTS COLLEGE HOOPS CLASSIC: The Storrs Regional is one Date Opponent TV Time of four sites for this year’s 2K Sports College Hoops Classic. The other Thu 11/1 ASSUMPTION (exhib.) [gp] W, 90-75 Sun 11/4 BRYANT (exhib.) [hcc] W, 100-65 regional hosts are Memphis, Kentucky and Oklahoma. The four regional Wed-Thu 11/7-8 2K Sports College Hoops Classic winners will advance to Madison Square Garden for semifinal and benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer championship play on Thursday-Friday, November 15-16. Storrs Regional [gp] Wed 11/7 Buffalo vs. Ohio Valley 4:00 UCONN AND MORGAN STATE: Connecticut and Morgan State have Connecticut vs. Morgan St. ESPNU 7:00 met only one time in the sport of men’s basketball and it came during Jim Thu 11/8 losing teams from day one 6:00 Calhoun’s second season at UConn. The Huskies took a 103-80 decision on winning teams from day one ESPNU 9:00 December 12, 1987 in the Greer Field House on the Storrs campus. Cliff Thu-Fri 11/15-16 2K Sports College Hoops Classic benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer Robinson scored 31 points and Phil Gamble added 21 points, while Tate Semifinals and Championship George had 12 assists. Troy Brown led Morgan State with 28 points. Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. UCONN IN SEASON OPENERS: Connecticut is 17-4 in season openers Thu 11/15 Norman Reg. vs. Memphis Reg. espn2 7:00 Storrs Reg. vs. Lexington Reg. espn2 9:00 under head coach Jim Calhoun and hold an overall record of 75-29 in 104 Fri 11/16 Third Place game espn2 6:30 previous season openers. The Huskies have won 50 of their last 62 season Championship Game espn2 8:30 Tue 11/20 GARDNER-WEBB [hcc] MyTV9 7:30 --continued on next page Mon 11/26 FLORIDA A&M [hcc] MyTV9 7:00 Sat 12/1 The Hartford Hall of Fame Showcase 2007-2008 UConn Basketball Roster TD Banknorth Garden, Boston # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 2 Donnell Beverly Fr. G 6-4 190 Hawthorne, Calif./Leuzinger HS vs. Gonzaga ESPN 3:30 3 Doug Wiggins So. G 6-1 165 East Hartford, Conn./East Hartford HS Thu 12/6 NORTHEASTERN [gp] MyTV9 7:30 4 Jeff Adrien Jr. F 6-7 243 Brookline, Mass./Brewster (N.H.) Academy Sun 12/16 QUINNIPIAC [hcc] MyTV9 2:00 11 Jerome Dyson So. G 6-4 190 Rockville, Md./Proctor (N.H.) Academy Sat 12/22 MAINE [hcc] MyTV9 1:00 12 A.J. Price Jr. G 6-2 181 Amityville, N.Y./Amityville HS Fri 12/28 at Central Florida CSTV 8:00 14 Curtis Kelly So. F 6-9 234 Bronx, N.Y./Rice HS Thu 1/3 *at Seton Hall MyTV9 7:00 21 Stanley Robinson So. F 6-9 200 Birmingham, Ala./Huffman HS Sat 1/5 *at Notre Dame ESPN 9:00 24 Craig Austrie Jr. G 6-3 176 Stamford, Conn./Trinity Catholic HS Tue 1/8 *ST. JOHN’S [gp] MyTV9 7:00 32 Jonathan Mandeldove So. C 7-0 240 Stone Mountain, Ga./Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy Sat 1/12 *at Georgetown ESPN 2:00 33 Gavin Edwards So. F 6-9 234 Gilbert, Ariz./Mesquite HS Thu 1/17 *PROVIDENCE [hcc] MyTV9 7:00 34 Hasheem Thabeet So. C 7-3 263 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania/Cypress (Texas) Comm. School Sun 1/20 *MARQUETTE [gp] MyTV9 1:00 35 *Kareem Ayodeji So. G 5-5 145 Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk HS Wed 1/23 *at Cincinnati MyTV9 7:30 35 *Johnnie Bird Jr. G 6-0 165 Fort Bragg, N.C./Bridgeport (Conn.) Central HS Sat 1/26 at Indiana CBS 1:00 35 *Kyle Fitzpatrick So. G 5-10 160 Naugatuck, Conn./Chase Collegiate School 45 John Lindner Jr. F 6-5 265 Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire HS Mon 1/28 *LOUISVILLE [hcc] ESPN 7:00 55 Jim Veronick Jr. F 6-8 200 Durham, Conn./Coginchaug HS Sat 2/2 *PITTSBURGH [hcc] CBS 1:00 *-- only one will dress per home game Wed 2/6 *at Syracuse ESPN 7:00 Head Coach: JIM CALHOUN, 22nd Season at UConn (American International ‘68) Sat 2/9 GEORGIA TECH [gp] ESPN 4:00 Associate Head Coach: GEORGE BLANEY, 7th Season at UConn (Holy Cross ‘61) Wed 2/13 *NOTRE DAME [gp] ESPNU 7:00 Assistant Coach: ANDRE LaFLEUR, 7th Season at UConn (Northeastern ‘88) Sat 2/16 *at South Florida MyTV9 Noon Assistant Coach: PATRICK SELLERS, 4th Season at UConn (Central Connecticut ‘91) Tue 2/19 *DePAUL [hcc] ESPNU 7:00 Director of Operations: BEAU ARCHIBALD, 1st Season at UConn (Connecticut ‘03) Sat 2/23 *at Villanova ESPN Noon Tue 2/26 *at Rutgers MyTV9 7:30 PRONUNCIATIONS: Sat 3/1 *WEST VIRGINIA [hcc] MyTV9 Noon Craig Austrie (awe-stree) Thu 3/6 *at Providence ESPN/espn2 7:00 Hasheem Thabeet (Haa-SHEEM Thaa-BEET) Sat 3/8 *CINCINNATI [gp] MyTV9 4:00 FOR MORE INFO ON UCONN BASKETBALL *— BIG EAST Conference Opponent All times Eastern and subject to change. PLEASE CONTACT: KYLE MUNCY gp- Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. Assistant Director of Athletics/Communications hcc- Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Conn. [email protected]; Office-- 860-486-3531; Cellular-- 860-208-8624; Home-- 860-267-7792 2007-2008 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes NOVEMBER 7, 2007 vs. Morgan State UConnHuskies.com openers and their only four losses to start opened up a 57-38 lead and were not the season under Jim Calhoun came in challenged again by the Bulldogs. Dyson NATIONAL POLLS early-season tournaments on neutral courts. made seven of 13 field goal attempts, HUSKIES IN THE POLLS WEEK-BY-WEEK UCONN IN GAMPEL OPENERS: including five of seven from long range. AP USA/ESPN UConn has never lost its Gampel Pavilion Dyson had plenty of company in the scoring Preseason arv arv opener, dating back to the first game in the column as the Huskies won their 28th ASSOCIATED PRESS building in 1990. The Huskies have beaten consecutive exhibition game. Stanley Pre-Season 18 straight opponents in their Gampel Robinson had 13 points and eight rebounds Team Record Pts. LW 1 North Carolina (29) 0-0 1,728 NR season debut. in 18 productive minutes. Doug Wiggins 2 UCLA (24) 0-0 1,710 NR THE HUSKIES IN GAMPEL: UConn scored 12 points off of the bench. A.J. Price, 3 Memphis (18) 0-0 1,680 NR 4 Kansas 0-0 1,568 NR has a record of 110-17 in Gampel Pavilion, who started the game after coming off of 5 Georgetown (1) 0-0 1,504 NR 51-4 against non-conference opponents the bench in the exhibition opener against 6 Louisville 0-0 1,380 NR 7 Tennessee 0-0 1,371 NR and 59-13 vs. BIG EAST competition. The Assumption College on Thursday, had 11 8 Michigan State 0-0 1,296 NR Huskies have won 47 of their last 53 overall points and a game-high eight assists. Jeff 9 Indiana 0-0 1,145 NR in Gampel. The four non-conference losses Adrien scored nine points and yanked down 10 Washington State 0-0 1,103 NR 11 Marquette 0-0 1,002 NR were to Detroit Mercy in 2001 NIT, Jackson a game-best 10 rebounds. The Huskies 12 Oregon 0-0 918 NR St. in 1993 NIT, Florida St. in 1991-92 and were dominant in many areas during the 13 Duke 0-0 868 NR 14 Gonzaga 0-0 711 NR NC State in 1990-91 and the Huskies have contest. They used a 13-7 advantage in 15 Texas 0-0 638 NR won 19 straight non-conference games at offensive rebounds to outscore the Bulldogs, 16 Texas A&M 0-0 623 NR 17 Arizona 0-0 499 NR Gampel since the Detroit Mercy loss. 23-0, in second chance points. The Huskies 18 USC 0-0 480 NR HUSKIES ON ESPN: The game against finished with a 53-32 overall rebounding 19 Arkansas 0-0 468 NR 20 Kentucky 0-0 372 NR Morgan State will be UConn’s 164th game advantage during the contest.