2015-16 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #2 Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 7 p.m. #19-AP/#24-USA Today UConn New Hampshire Huskies VS. Wildcats 1-0 overall 1-0 overall 0-0 American 0-0 America East UCONN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS TODAY’S GAME Date Opponent TV Time/Result The UConn men’s basketball team (1-0) contiunues its 2015-16 regular season with its 117th meeting against the University of New Hampshire. NOVEMBER The game will be held at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, beginning at 7 p.m. Sun 1 Tampa (exhib.) (GP) UConnhuskies.com W, 88-72 Sat 7 New Haven (exhib.) (XL) UConnhuskies.com W, 83-43 and will be televised by SNY. The Huskies, ranked No. 19 in the latest AP poll and No. 24 in the latest Fri 13 Maine (GP) SNY W, 100-56 USA Today poll, are coming off a 100-56 season-opening victory over Maine Tue 17 New Hampshire (GP) SNY 7 pm Sat 21 Furman (GP) SNY noon on Nov. 13 before a sellout crowd at Gampel Pavilion. UConn had four double-figure scorers led, by grad student Sterling Gibbs, with 20 points, Battle 4 Atlantis, Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas while junior Amida Brimah had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 blocks. Grad Wed 25 vs. Michigan AXS TV 9:30 pm student Shonn Miller added a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds Thu 26 vs. Syracuse/Charlotte TBD TBD and sophomore Daniel Hamilton had 9 rebounds and 9 assists. Fri 27 vs. TBD TBD TBD New Hampshire (1-0) opened its season at home Friday with an 82- DECEMBER 45 win over Division III Lyndon State College. The Wildcats were led by Wed 2 Sacred Heart (XL) SNY 7 pm sophomore Tanner Leissner, who scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Jimmy V Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. and sophomore Iba Camara, who had 15 points and 20 rebounds. Tue 8 vs. Maryland ESPN 9 pm Sat 12 Ohio State (GP) CBS noon All-time series: UConn leads, 91-25 Sun 20 UMass Lowell (XL) SNY 4 pm Last UConn win: 61-53, 11/29/12, at XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Wed 23 Central Conn. (XL) ESPNU 12:30 pm Last UNH win: 76-72, 1/9/83, at Lundholm Gym, Durham, N.H. Tue 29 at Texas ESPN2 1 pm JANUARY Sat 2 *at Tulane CBS SN 7:30 pm BROADCAST INFORMATION Tue 5 *Temple (XL) CBS SN 8 pm Sat 9 *Memphis (GP) ESPN2 7 pm TELEVISION RADIO Thu 14 *at Tulsa ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm SNY UConn IMG Sports WTIC-Hartford (1080-AM) Sun 17 *at Houston CBS SN 2 pm Gary Apple (play-by-play) Radio Network WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) Tue 19 *Tulane (XL) CBS SN 7 pm Tim Welsh (analyst) Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) WELI-New Haven (960-AM) Sat 23 Georgetown (XL) CBS noon Kerith Burke (reporter) Wayne Norman (analyst) WGCH-Greenwich (1490-AM) Thu 28 *Cincinnati (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm Sun 31 *at UCF CBS SN 4 pm FEBRUARY HUSKY BITES Thu 4 *at Memphis ESPN2 9 pm Sun 7 *East Carolina (GP) CBS SN noon Kevin Ollie is in his fourth season as the 18th head coach of the UConn men’s basketball Thu 11 *at Temple ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm program, with a career record of 73-33. He is the fastest coach in UConn history to reach Sat 13 *Tulsa (GP) ESPN2 8 pm 50 victories and he is already sixth on the all-time list of UConn coaching victories. His Thu 18 *SMU (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 TBD .689 winning percentage ranks fourth among UConn coaches who have coached over 20 Sat 20 *at Cincinnati ESPN/ESPN2 TBD games and he and Jim Calhoun are the only UConn coaches to win the NCAA championship. Thu 25 *at USF CBS SN 7:30 pm UConn is in its sixth season as a television partner of the SNY network. The Huskies have Sun 28 *Houston (GP) CBS SN 1 pm a record of 42-8 (.840) in games televised by SNY. UConn went 11-2 on SNY in 2010-11, MARCH 9-4 on SNY in 2011-12, 12-1 in 2012-13, 5-0 in 2013-14, 4-1 in 2014-15 and is 1-0 this Thu 3 *at SMU ESPN/ESPN2 9 pm season. Today’s game is the second of five UConn games on SNY this season. Sun 6 *UCF (GP) ESPNU 2 pm UP NEXT: UConn will play the third of three straight games at Gampel Pavilion to open the season when it entertains Furman as part of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament on American Athletic Conference Championship Saturday, Nov. 21, at noon. The game will be televised by SNY. It will be the second-ever Amway Center, Orlando, Fla. meeting between the teams, who first played in the 1991 Connecticut Mutual Classic. Thu-Sun 10-13 AAC Championship ESPN Network TBD 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 All times Eastern Standard [email protected]; twitter: @UConnMBB Office: 860-486-3531; Mobile: 860-771-3314 2015-2016 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes November 17, 2015 vs. New Hampshire UConnHuskies.com 2015-16 UCONN BASKETBALL ROSTER # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 0 Phillip Nolan Sr. F 6-10 230 Milwaukee, Wis. /Riverside University HS 2 Jalen Adams Fr. G 6-3 187 Roxbury, Mass./Brewester Academy (N.H.) 4 Sterling Gibbs Gr. G 6-2 191 Scotch Plains, N.J./Seton Hall 5 Daniel Hamilton So. G/F 6-7 195 Los Angeles, Calif./St. John’s Bosco HS 10 Sam Cassell Jr. R-Jr. G 6-4 194 Baltimore, Md./Chipola College (Fla.) 12 Kentan Facey Jr. F 6-10 217 Trelawny, Jamaica /L.I. Lutheran HS 13 Steven Enoch Fr. F 6-11 245 Norwalk, Conn./St. Thomas More HS UCONN INFORMATION 21 Omar Calhoun Sr. G 6-6 205 Brooklyn, N.Y./Christ The King HS Location....................Storrs, Conn. 22 *Terry Larrier R-Fr. G/F 6-8 195 Bronx, N.Y./Va. Commonwealth Enrollment..........................30,474 23 Nnamdi Amilo Sr. F 6-4 225 New Fairfield, Conn./Avon Old Farms Founded.................................1881 President..................Susan Herbst 24 Christian Foxen So. F 6-8 223 Rocky Hill, Conn./South Kent Prep Ath. Director............Warde Manuel 31 Mike Noyes Jr. G 5-11 185 Gr anby, Conn./Granby HS Conference......................American 32 Shonn Miller Gr. F 6-7 222 Eucl id, Ohio/Cornell Athletic Conference 35 Amida Brimah Jr. C 7-0 232 Accra, Ghana/Archbishop Carroll HS Home Courts....... 44 Rodney Purvis R-Jr. G 6-4 205 Raleigh, N.C./North Carolina St. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) XL Center (15,564) * --will sit out 2015-16 season as a transfer student Nickname..........................Huskies COACHING STAFF: Colors..............National Flag Blue (Navy) & White Head Coach: KEVIN OLLIE, 4th season as HC, 6th season at UConn (UConn ‘95) Website...........uconnhuskies.com Associate Head Coach: GLEN MILLER, 13th season at UConn (UConn ‘88) Twitter.......................@UConnMBB Assistant Coach: KARL HOBBS, 13th season at UConn (UConn ‘84) Assistant Coach: RICKY MOORE, 4th season at UConn (UConn ‘99) TEAM INFORMATION Director of Basketball Administration: KEVIN FREEMAN, 5th season at UConn (UConn ‘06) 2014-15 overall record...........20-15 Director of Scouting-Video: DAVE SEVUSH, 4th season at UConn (UConn ‘10) 2013-14 conference record Director of Player Development: DANNY GRIFFIN, 2nd season at UConn (Rhode Island ‘96) (American Athletic)..10-8 (tie, 5th) PRONUNCIATIONS: Starters returning/lost................4/1 Amida Brimah (Ahh-ME-da BRY-mah) Letterwinners returning/lost.......7/3 Sam Cassell Jr. (Ka-SELL) Office phone...........860-486-2720 Steven Enoch (EE-knock) Nnamdi Amilo (NOM-dee ah-MEE-lo) COACHING STAFF Head coach............................ Kevin Ollie (UConn ‘95) OVERALL IN GAMPEL: UConn has an overall six seasons, plus this year. As UConn’s head record of 161-29 (.847) at Gampel Pavilion coach, Kevin Ollie is 18-7 at Gampel Pavilion. Record at school/years.....73-33/3+ since the building opened in 1990. The Career record/years.................same Huskies are 79-7 (.919) against non-league HOT START: UConn began the 2015-16 Associate Head Coach............. competition, were 76-19 (.800) against Big season with an impressive 100-56 victory Glen Miller (UConn ‘88) East opponents and are 6-3 against American over Maine on Nov. 13, its 16th consecutive Assistant Coaches................... Athletic Conference opponents in Gampel. The season-opening win. The win ran the Huskies’ Karl Hobbs (UConn ‘84) seven non-conference losses came against record of Gampel Pavilion openers to a perfect Ricky Moore (UConn ‘99) Detriot Mercy in the 2001 NIT, Jackson St. 27-0. It was the largest margin of victory for Director of Administration....... in the 1993 NIT, Florida St. in the 1992-93 UConn since a 101-55 win over Detroit on Kevin Freeman (UConn ‘06) season, North Carolina St. in the 1990-91 11/14/13 and its first 100-point game since a Dr. of Player Develoment........ season, Texas on Nov. 30, 2014, Yale on Dec. 106-85 triumph over Coppin State on 12/14/14. Danny Griffin (Rhode Island ‘96) 5, 2014, and Arizona State in the 2015 NIT. UConn shot 54.5 percent and held Maine to Dr. of Scouting-Video.............. The 55-54 loss to Texas broke a streak of 30.2 percent. The Huskies had 20 assists on David Sevush (UConn ‘10) 44 straight non-conference wins in Gampel.