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2011-12 CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Game #5-7-- November 24-26, 2011, Battle 4 Atlantis, Imperial Arena Tournament Husky Notables The Huskies sport a 15-2 record in early season neutral OVER THE AIR tournament play since 2005, including three tropical tourney titles, two at Maui and one at the Paradise Jam. TELEVISION: Shabazz Napier comes off a triple double in the win over HDNet Coppin St., the ninth in UConn history. Napier recorded 22 & points, 12 boards and 13 assists. Versus UConn owns the nation’s longest win streak at 15 games, winning the final 11 contests of 2010-11 and opening with RADIO: four wins in 2011-12. The Husky mark for consecutive wins UConn Radio Network is 23, set in 1995-96. WTIC-AM 1080 All-American candidate Jeremy Lamb shook off a sprained right ankle to score 25 points in the win over Coppin State. Wayne Norman (pbp) Lamb leads ther Huskies at 22.8 ppg. Phil Chardis (analyst) With 859 career wins, Jim Calhoun is tied for No. 5 on the No. 4 AP / No. 4 ESPN-USA NCAA career wins list and tied for No. 2 among active head University of coaches, trailing only Mike Krzyzewski (903) and tied with WTIC-Hartford, (1080-AM) Connecticut Jim Boeheim (859). WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) UP NEXT: UConn returns home for a match-up against WLIS-Old Saybrook (1420-AM) the University of Arkansas on Saturday, December 3 at the 4-0 overall WMRD-Middletown (1150-AM) XL Center. The BIG EAST/SEC Challenge contest will be WSUB-Groton (980-AM) 0-0 big east shown on ESPN at 3:15 p.m. 2011-12 UConn Men’s Basketball THE GAME: The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team Date Opponent TV Time travels to Paradise Island, Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis. NOVEMBER The Huskies will open play in the tournament against UNC Wed 2 AIC (exhibition) (GP) UConnHuskies.com W, 78-35 Asheville on November 24 and face either UCF or the College of Sun 6 CW Post (exhibition) (XL) UConnHuskies.com W, 91-61 Fri 11 Columbia (GP) ESPNU W, 70-57 Charleston the following day. UMass, Harvard, Utah and Florida Mon 14 Wagner (GP) SNY W, 78-66 State make up the other side of the bracket. Thu 17 Maine (XL) SNY W, 80-60 Sun 20 Coppin State (XL) SNY W, 87-70 UConn has opened the 2011-12 season with wins over Columbia, Wagner, Maine and Coppin State. The Huskies are being paced by Battle 4 Atlantis Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas All-American candidate Jeremy Lamb at 22.8 points per game and Thu 24 vs. UNC Asheville HDNet 7:00 by point guard Shabazz Napier at 18.0 per contest. Fri 25 vs. UCF or Coll. of Charleston HDNet/Versus 2/7:00 Sat 26 vs. Utah or Harvard or HDNet/Versus UConn is ranked No. 4 nationally in both the Associated Press or Fla. St. or UMass and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Polls. DECEMBER BIG EAST/SEC Challenge 2011-12 UConn Basketball Roster Sat 3 Arkansas (XL) ESPN 3:15 # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 1 Enosch Wolf So. C 7-1 245 Goettingen, Germany/Wilbraham & Monson Thu 8 Harvard (GP) espn2 7:00 2 DeAndre Daniels Fr. F 6-8 195 Los Angeles, Calif./W.H. Taft (Calif.) HS Sun 18 Holy Cross (XL) SNY 1:00 3 Jeremy Lamb So. G/F 6-5 180 Norcross, Ga. /Norcross HS Thu 22 Fairfield (XL) SNY 7:00 4 Brendan Allen Fr. G 6-3 187 Windsor, Conn./Windsor HS/Bridgeton Acad. Wed 28 at USF SNY 9:00 5 Niels Giffey So. G/F 6-7 205 Berlin, Germany/Heinrich-Schliemann HS Sat 31 St. John’s (XL) SNY Noon 10 Tyler Olander So. F 6-9 225 Mansfield, Conn. /E.O. Smith HS JANUARY 11 Ryan Boatright Fr. G 6-0 160 Aurora, Ill. /East Aurora HS Tue 3 at Seton Hall SNY 7:00 12 Andre Drummond Fr. C 6-10 270 Middletown, Conn./St. Thomas More/Capitol Prep Sat 7 at Rutgers SNY 8:00 13 Shabazz Napier So. G 6-1 171 Roxbury, Mass. /Charlestown HS Mon 9 West Virginia (XL) espn2 7:00 14 P.J. Cochrane Sr. G 6-2 200 Newtown, Conn./Newtown HS Sat 14 at Notre Dame espn2 11:00 am 21 Kyle Bailey Sr. G 6-3 170 Lancaster, N.H./White Mountains Regional HS Wed 18 Cincinnati (GP) espn2 7:00 22 Roscoe Smith So. F 6-8 205 Baltimore, Md. /Oak Hill (Va.) Academy 23 Benjamin Stewart Sr. F 6-5 205 Denver, Colo. /Kent Denver HS Sat 21 at Tennessee CBS 4:00 25 Michael Bradley RFr. C/F 6-10 225 Chattanooga, Tenn. /Tyner Academy Sun 29 Notre Dame (XL) SNY Noon 34 Alex Oriakhi Jr. F/C 6-9 240 Lowell, Mass. /Tilton School FEBRUARY 40 Ethan Waite Sr. G 5-10 165 East Hartford, Conn./East Hartford HS Wed 1 at Georgetown espn2 7:00 Sat 4 Seton Hall (XL) SNY Noon COACHING STAFF: Mon 6 at Louisville ESPN 7:00 Head Coach: JIM CALHOUN, 26th Season at UConn (American International '68) Sat 11 at Syracuse CBS 1:00 Associate Head Coach: GEORGE BLANEY, 11th Season at UConn (Holy Cross '61) Wed 15 DePaul (GP) SNY 7:00 Assistant Coach: KEVIN OLLIE, 2nd Season at UConn (Connecticut '95) Sat 18 Marquette (XL) ESPN/espn2 Noon Assistant Coach: GLEN MILLER, 9th Season at UConn (Connecticut '88) Mon 20 at Villanova ESPN 7:00 Director of Basketball Administration: KARL HOBBS, 9th season at UConn (Connecticut '84) Sat 25 Syracuse (GP) ESPN 9:00 PRONUNCIATIONS: Tue 28 at Providence SNY 7:00 Enosch Wolf (eee-nish) MARCH Niels Giffey (kneelzz Gihf-EYE) Sat 3 Pittsburgh (GP) ESPN/espn2 Noon Shabazz Napier (shuh BAZZ (rhymes with Jazz) NAY pier) Alex Oriakhi (OAR-EE-AAH-KEE) 2012 BIG EAST Championship Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Tue-Sat 6-10 BIG EAST Championship ESPN FOR MORE INFO ON UCONN BASKETBALL PLEASE CONTACT: KYLE MUNCY *— BIG EAST Conference Opponent Assistant Director of Athletics/Communications gp- Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL- XL Center, Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern Standard [email protected]; twitter: @uconnmbbsid Office-- 860-486-3531; Mobile-- 860-208-8624 2011-2012 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes November 24-26, 2011 at the Battle 4 Atlantis UConnHuskies.com UCONN BASKETBALL ALL-TIME TRIPLE-DOUBLES Player Date, Opponent Stats Shabazz Napier 11/20/11 vs. Coppin State 22p, 12r, 13a Kemba Walker 12/3/10 vs. UMBC 24p, 13r, 10a Hasheem Thabeet 1/31/09 vs. Providence 15p, 11r, 10b Marcus Williams 2/21/06 vs. Notre Dame 18p, 10r, 13a Ben Gordon 12/20/03 vs. Iona 17p, 16r, 11a Emeka Okafor 12/6/03 vs. Army 18p, 15r, 10b Caron Butler 12/26/00 vs. URI 14p, 12r, 11a Doron Sheffer 12/30/95 vs. Hartford 10p, 10r, 11a Donyell Marshall 1/17/94 vs. Hartford 23p, 11r, 10b LONGEST WIN STREAKS: UConn has Invitational, the Huskies sport a 15-2 UConn has not lost a regular season now won 15 straight contests dating record in early season tournament play, game in Storrs in November or December back to the 2010-11 season, matching including three tropical tourney titles. since December 5, 1973, a 91-85 loss to the 3rd best winning streak in school Last season, UConn defeated Wichita Holy Cross, a streak that spans 101 history. The UConn mark for consecutive State, Michigan State and Kentucky en games. The Huskies have never lost a wins is 23, set in 1995-96. route to the 2010 EA Sports Maui title. In game in Gampel Pavilion in Nov/Dec. The Most Consecutive Wins in UConn History 2009, UConn went 3-1 en route to a Huskies are 56-0 in Storrs in the first two 23 ------------------------------- 1995-96 runner-up finish at the NIT Season Tip- months of the season since the arena 19 ------------------------------- 1998-99 Off. In 2008-09, UConn swept LaSalle, opened in 1990, 53-0 in non-conference 15 --------------------------- active Miami and Wisconsin to take the crown at games and 3-0 in the BIG EAST. Prior to 15 ------------------------------- 1994-95 the US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam. In the opening of Gampel, the Huskies won 14 ------------------------------- 1953-54 2007, the Huskies went 3-1 in the Coaches 45 straight games in Nov/Dec in the 13 ------------------------------- 2008-09 vs. Cancer Classic, losing to Memphis in Greer Field House. Jim Calhoun is 70-0 in Madison Square Garden in the title game. Storrs in Nov/Dec., 14-0 in the Field NOTING THE HUSKIES: Jeremy Lamb In 2005, UConn beat Arkansas, Arizona House along with 56-0 in Gampel. leads the Huskies at 22.8 points per and Gonzaga to take the EA Sports Maui game and comes off 25 points in the win Invitational title. TWO 20’S TO OPEN THE YEAR: over Coppin State, despite playing with a Sophomore Jeremy Lamb and Shabazz sprained right ankle. Lamb has topped TWO MONTHS TO REMEMBER: The Napier have become the first pair of the 20-point mark three times in four Jim Calhoun era has been the most teammates in UConn history to open the games... Shabazz Napier is averaging successful in the history of UConn season by each scoring 20 or more points 18.0 points, 6.3 assists and 6.0 rebounds. basketball and a closer look at the early in the first two games of the season.