2013-14 CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL Game #1 - November 8, 2013, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. - 6:30 p.m. OVER THE AIR
coach in UConn history to post a 20-victory season in his first year.
TELEVISION: ESPN2 John Saunders (pbp) Len Elmore (analyst) RADIO: UConn IMG Sports Radio Network WTIC-AM 1080 Joe D’Ambrosio (pbp) Jim Calhoun (analyst) WTIC-Hartford, (1080-AM) WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) WELI-New Haven (960-AM) Sirius-85, XM-85
Maryland Terrapins 25-13 overall 8-10 ACC
Connecticut Huskies 20-10 overall 10-8 BIG EAST (2012-13)
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Tonight, UConn is playing its 245th game on ESPN/ ESPN2 since 1986-87, the start of the Jim Calhoun era. The Huskies have a record of 151-93 (.619) in those games. Last season, the first under Kevin Ollie, UConn was 5-5 on ESPN/ESPN2. UConn will play 14 regular-season games on ESPN/ESPN2 this year.
UP NEXT: UConn will continue its 2013-14 season with its home opener against in-state rival Yale on Monday, Nov. 11, at 3 p.m. at the XL Center in Hartford. The game will be televised by SNY. The game is part of a unique UConn doubleheader which also features the UConn women’s team vs. Stanford at Gampel Pavilion at 7 p.m.
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2013-14 UConn Men’s Basketball Date Opponent OCTOBER Wed 30 SCSU (exhib.) (GP) NOVEMBER Mon 4 Concordia (exhib.) (XL)
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Husky Notables Kevin Ollie is in his second season as the 18th head coach of the UConn men’s basketball program after posting a 20-10 record last year. He is the only head
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8 vs. Maryland (Barclays Center) ESPN2 6:30 pm 11 Yale (XL) SNY 3 pm 2K Sports Classic, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 14 Detroit (GP) SNY 7 pm 17 Boston University (GP) ESPNU noon
2K Sports Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Thu 21 vs. Boston College ESPN2 7 pm Fri 22 vs. Indiana/Washington ESPN2 5/7 pm Tue 26 Loyola (Md.) (XL) SNY 7 pm DECEMBER Mon 2 Florida (GP) ESPN2 7 pm Fri 6 Maine (XL) SNY 7 pm Wed 18 Stanford (XL) ESPN2 9 pm Sun 22 at Washington ESPNU 3:30 pm Sat 28 Eastern Washington (WBA) SNY 1 pm Tue 31 *at Houston ESPN2 9 pm JANUARY Sat 4 *at SMU ESPNU 2 pm Wed 8 Harvard (GP) ESPNU 7 pm Sat 11 *UCF (GP) ESPNU 6 pm Thu 16 *at Memphis ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm Sat 18 *Louisville (GP) ESPN 9 pm Tue 21 *Temple (XL) CBS SN 7 pm Sat 25 *at Rutgers ESPNU 7 pm Thu 30 *Houston (GP) CBS SN 9 pm FEBRUARY Thu 6 *at Cincinnati ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm Sun 9 *at UCF ESPN2 6 pm Wed 12 *USF (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm Sat 15 *Memphis (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 noon Thu 20 *at Temple ESPN/ESPN2 9 pm Sun 23 *SMU (GP) CBS SN 2 pm Wed 26 *at USF CBS SN 7 pm MARCH Sat 1 *Cincinnati (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 noon Wed 5 *Rutgers (GP) ESPNU 7 pm Sat 8 *at Louisville ESPNU 2 pm American Athletic Conf. Championship, FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn. Wed-Sat 12-15 AAC Championship ESPN Network TBA
*— American Athletic Conference Opponent GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn.; WBA - Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Conn. All times Eastern Standard
THE GAME: The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team opens its 2013-14 regular season against the University of Maryland at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., at 6:30 p.m. The Huskies, members of the American Athletic Conference, begin the season nationally ranked (AP-#18, USA Today-#19). UConn finished with a record of 20-10 last season, the Huskies’ 17th 20-win season in the last 20 years. They are led by senior guard All-American candidate Shabazz Napier, junior guard Ryan Boatright, and junior forward DeAndre Daniels. Maryland, competing in the ACC for the final season before leaving for the Big Ten, is coming off a 25-13 season in which it reached the semifinals of the NIT. The Terps are led by junior Dez Wells and sophmore Jake Layman.
2013-14 UConn Basketball Roster # Name Yr. Pos. 0 Phillip Nolan So. F 2 DeAndre Daniels Jr. F 3 Terrence Samuel Fr. G 5 Niels Giffey Sr. G/F 10 Tyler Olander Sr. F 11 Ryan Boatright Jr. G 12 Kentan Facey Fr. F 13 Shabazz Napier Sr. G 14 Pat Lenehan Jr. G 20 Lasan Kromah Gr. G/F 21 Omar Calhoun So. G 22 Leon Tolksdorf So. F 25 Tor Watts Sr. G 35 Amida Brimah Fr. C 44 Rodney Purvis* R-So. G * --- will redshirt during 2013-14 season
Ht. 6-10 6-9 6-4 6-7 6-10 6-0 6-9 6-1 6-4 6-6 6-6 6-8 6-1 7-0 6-4
Wt. Hometown/Last School 212 Milwaukee, Wis. /Riverside University HS 195 Los Angeles, Calif. /W.H. Taft HS 190 Brooklyn, N.Y./Victory Collegiate HS 204 Berlin, Germany /Heinrich-Schliemann HS 230 Mansfield, Conn. /E.O. Smith HS 168 Aurora, Ill. /East Aurora HS 200 Trelawny, Jamaica /L.I. Lutheran HS 180 Roxbury, Mass. /Charlestown HS 181 Middletown, Conn. /Xavier HS 201 Greenbelt, Md. /Geo. Washington Univ. 200 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Christ The King HS 218 Berlin, Germany /Leibniz-Oberschule Berlin HS 200 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Xaverian HS/York Prep 217 Accra, Ghana /Archbishop Carroll HS 203 Raleigh, N.C./North Carolina St.
COACHING STAFF: Head Coach: KEVIN OLLIE, 2nd Season as HC, 4th Season at UConn (UConn ‘95) Associate Head Coach: GLEN MILLER, 11th Season at UConn (UConn ‘88) Assistant Coach: KARL HOBBS, 11th Season at UConn (UConn ‘84) Assistant Coach: RICKY MOORE, 2nd season at UConn (UConn ‘99) Director of Basketball Administration: KEVIN FREEMAN, 3rd season at UConn (UConn ‘06) Graduate Assistant: DAVID SEVUSH, 2nd season at UConn (UConn ‘10) PRONUNCIATIONS: Niels Giffey (Neelzz Gif-EYE) Shabazz Napier (Shuh-BAZZ NAY-pier) Amida Brimah (Am-EE-da BRY-maw) Lasan Kromah (La-SAHN CROW-ma)
FOR MORE INFO ON UCONN BASKETBALL PLEASE CONTACT: PHIL CHARDIS Assistant Director of Communications
phil.chardis@uconn.edu; twitter: @UConnMBB Office-- 860-486-3531; Mobile-- 860-771-3314
2013-2014 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes November 8, 2013 vs. Maryland UConnHuskies.com