2013-14 Connecticut Basketball
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2013-14 CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL Game #28 - February 26, 2014, Sun Dome, Tampa, Fla. - 7 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 posting a 20-10 record last year. He is the only head coach in UConn history to post a 20-victory season in his TELEVISION: first year and reach 40 wins in his first two years. CBS SN Dave Ryan (pbp) UConn is in its first season as a television partner of Pete Gillen (analyst) CBS Sports Network. The Huskies currently have an RADIO: overall record of 4-2 on CBS SN, having appeared on the network in each of the three games of the UConn IMG Sports 2012 U.S.V.I. Paradise Jam (2-1), plus this season’s Radio Network victories over Temple and Houston and loss to SMU. WTIC-AM 1080 Tonight’s game is the last of four regular-season Joe D’Ambrosio (pbp) games on the CBS SN this season. Wayne Norman (analyst) AP-ARV/USA Today-ARV USF UP NEXT: UConn plays its final game of the season WTIC-Hartford, (1080-AM) Connecticut at the XL Center as it entertains nationally-ranked WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) Huskies Bulls Cincinnati on Saturday. The game begins at noon WELI-New Haven (960-AM) and will be televised by ESPN. UConn lost to WGCH-Greenwich (1490-AM) 21-6 overall 12-15 overall Cincinnati, 63-58, on Feb. 6 at Fifth Third Arena 9-5 American 3-11 American in Cincinnati. 2013-14 UConn Men’s Basketball THE GAME: The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team travels to Tampa Date Opponent TV Time to take on USF in an American Athletic Conference game at the Sun Dome. The OCTOBER game is set to begin at 7 p.m. and will be televised by the CBS Sports Network . Wed 30 SCSU (exhib.) (GP) UConnhuskies.com W, 93-65 UConn (21-6 overall, 9-5 AAC) is coming off a 64-55 home loss to SMU on NOVEMBER Sunday, which snapped a four-game winning streak. The Huskies are led by Mon 4 Concordia (exhib.) (XL) UConnhuskies.com W, 98-38 Shabazz Napier, who tops the team in scoring (17.8), rebounding (5.9), assists (5.4), and steals (1.85). Juniors DeAndre Daniels (12.9) and Ryan Boatright (12.6) Fri 8 vs. Maryland (Barclays Center) ESPN2 W, 78-77 also average double figures. Mon 11 Yale (XL) SNY W, 80-62 USF (12-15, 3-11), is coming off an 80-54 loss at Louisville, the Bulls’ fourth 2K Sports Classic, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. straight defeat. Senior Victor Rudd leads USF in scoring (15.3) and rebounding Thu 14 Detroit (GP) SNY W, 101-55 (6.8), while Corey Allen leads in assists (3.0). 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 L, 51-53 5 Niels Giffey Sr. G/F 6-7 204 Berlin, Germany /Heinrich-Schliemann HS Sun 22 at Washington ESPNU W, 82-70 10 Tyler Olander Sr. F 6-10 230 Mansfield, Conn. /E.O. Smith HS Sat 28 Eastern Washington (WBA) SNY W, 82-65 11 Ryan Boatright Jr. G 6-0 168 Aurora, Ill. /East Aurora HS Tue 31 *at Houston ESPN2 L, 71-75 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 L, 65-74 14 Pat Lenehan Jr. G 6-4 181 Middletown, Conn. /Xavier HS Wed 8 Harvard (GP) ESPNU W, 61-56 20 Lasan Kromah Gr. G/F 6-6 201 Greenbelt, Md. /Geo. Washington Univ. Sat 11 *UCF (GP) ESPNU W, 84-61 21 Omar Calhoun So. G 6-6 200 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Christ The King HS Thu 16 *at #17/17 Memphis ESPN W, 83-73 22 Leon Tolksdorf So. F 6-8 218 Berlin, Germany /Leibniz-Oberschule Berlin HS Sat 18 *#18/14 Louisville (GP) ESPN L, 64-76 23 Nnamdi Amilo So. G 6-2 200 New Fairfield, Conn. /Avon Old Farms Tue 21 *Temple (XL) CBS SN W, 90-66 25 Tor Watts Sr. G 6-1 200 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Xaverian HS/York Prep Sat 25 *at Rutgers ESPNU W, 82-71 35 Amida Brimah Fr. C 7-0 217 Accra, Ghana /Archbishop Carroll HS Thu 30 *Houston (GP) CBS SN W, 80-43 44 Rodney Purvis* R-So. G 6-4 203 Raleigh, N.C. /North Carolina St. FEBRUARY * --- will redshirt during 2013-14 season Thu 6 *at #7/7 Cincinnati ESPN L, 58-63 Sun 9 *at UCF ESPN2 W, 75-55 COACHING STAFF: Wed 12 *USF (XL) ESPN2 W, 83-40 Head Coach: KEVIN OLLIE, 2nd Season as HC, 4th Season at UConn (UConn ‘95) Sat 15 *#20/22 Memphis (XL) ESPN W, 86-81 ot Associate Head Coach: GLEN MILLER, 11th Season at UConn (UConn ‘88) Thu 20 *at Temple ESPN2 W, 68-55 Assistant Coach: KARL HOBBS, 11th Season at UConn (UConn ‘84) Sun 23 *ARV/ARV SMU (GP) CBS SN L, 55-64 Assistant Coach: RICKY MOORE, 2nd season at UConn (UConn ‘99) Wed 26 *at USF CBS SN 7 pm Director of Basketball Administration: KEVIN FREEMAN, 3rd season at UConn (UConn ‘06) Graduate Assistant: DAVID SEVUSH, 2nd season at UConn (UConn ‘10) MARCH Sat 1 *Cincinnati (XL) ESPN noon PRONUNCIATIONS: Wed 5 *Rutgers (GP) ESPNU 7 pm Niels Giffey (Neelzz Gif-EYE) Shabazz Napier (Shuh-BAZZ NAY-pier) Sat 8 *at Louisville CBS 2 pm Amida Brimah (Am-EE-da BRY-maw) Lasan Kromah (La-SAHN CROW-ma) American Athletic Conf. Championship, FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn. 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 February 26, 2014 vs. USF UConnHuskies.com NATIONAL POLLS ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY Feb. 24 Feb. 24 Team Record Pts. Team Record Pts. HUSKIES IN THE WEEKLY POLLS 1 Florida (47) 25-2 1,606 WEEK-BY-WEEK 1 Florida (24) 25-2 791 2 Wichita State (14) 29-0 1,549 2 Wichita State (8) 29-0 771 Thru gms of: AP USA Today 3 Arizona (4) 25-2 1,494 3 Arizona 25-2 727 4 Syracuse 25-2 1,410 Preseason 18 19 4 Louisville 23-4 660 5 Kansas 21-6 1,310 5 Syracuse 25-2 625 Nov. 11 19 20 6 Duke 22-6 1,286 6 Kansas 21-6 619 Nov. 18 18 18 7 Louisville 23-4 1,152 7 Duke 22-6 594 Nov. 25 13 14 8 Villanova 24-3 1,113 8 Saint Louis 25-2 563 Dec. 2 12 14 9 Creighton 23-4 1,103 9 Villanova 24-3 538 Dec. 9 9 12 10 Saint Louis 25-2 1,047 10 Creighton 23-4 514 Dec. 16 10 10 11 Cincinnati 24-4 921 11 Virginia 23-5 480 Dec. 23 15 15 12 Virginia 23-5 909 12 Cincinnati 24-4 460 Dec. 30 17 15 13 San Diego State 23-3 886 13 San Diego State 23-3 452 Jan. 6 ARV ARV 14 Wisconsin 22-5 818 14 Wisconsin 22-5 358 15 Iowa State 21-5 709 Jan. 13 ARV ARV 15 Kentucky 21-6 343 16 Michigan 19-7 653 16 Michigan 19-7 315 Jan. 20 ARV ARV 17 Kentucky 21-6 629 17 Iowa State 21-5 291 Jan. 27 ARV ARV 18 Michigan State 22-6 552 18 Michigan State 22-6 275 Feb. 3 22 ARV 19 North Carolina 20-7 440 19 Iowa 19-7 229 Feb. 10 24 ARV 20 Iowa 19-7 418 20 Ohio State 22-6 166 Feb. 17 21 21 21 Memphis 21-6 288 21 North Carolina 20-7 153 Feb. 24 ARV ARV 22 Ohio State 22-6 253 22 Memphis 21-6 124 23 Southern Methodist 22-6 155 23 Texas 20-7 102 24 Texas 20-7 129 24 Southern Methodist 22-6 57 25 New Mexico 21-5 113 25 Oklahoma 20-7 52 Others receiving votes: Connecticut 81, UCLA Others receiving votes: Connecticut 47, New UConn and its 2013-14 opponents in bold- 41, Oklahoma 35, Stephen F. Austin 11, Massachu- Mexico 45, UCLA 15, Kansas St. 9, Massachusetts 9, face type. setts 9, Gonzaga 2, Green Bay 2, North Carolina Stephen F. Austin 5, Pittsburgh 4, Gonzaga 3, Middle Central 1 Tennessee 1, Baylor 1, Nebraska 1, Green Bay 1 ON THE ROAD: With a 5-3 record in true road games this season (wins at Washington, Memphis, Rutgers, UCF and Temple, losses at Houston, SMU and Cincinnati), tonight UConn will be seeking its fifth conference road victory in the AAC.