2014-15 UCONN BASKETBALL GAME #4 - NOV. 23, 2014, COLISEO ROBERTO CLEMENTE, SAN JUAN, P.R. - 6:30 P.M. (EST)
HUSKY BITES
Kevin Ollie is in his third season as the 18th head
coach of the UConn men’s basketball program, with a career record of 55-18. He is the only head coach in UConn history to reach 50 victories in his first two years and his .753 winning percentage is the best of any coach in UConn history.
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TELEVISION ESPN2 Rick Hollenberg (pbp) Laphonso Ellis (analyst) RADIO UConn IMG Sports Radio Network WTIC-AM 1080 Joe D’Ambrosio (pbp) Wayne Norman (analyst)
UConn is playing its 262nd game on ESPN/ESPN2
since 1986-87, the start of the Jim Calhoun era. The Huskies have a record of 163-98 (.625) in those games. Today’s game is the second of 14 regularseason games on ESPN/ESPN2 this season.
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WTIC-Hartford, (1080-AM) WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) WELI-New Haven (960-AM) WGCH-Greenwich (1490-AM)
UConn Huskies 3-0
overall
0-0 Big 12
0-0 American
UCONN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date
Opponent
NOVEMBER
Tue 4 SCSU (exhib.) (GP) Sun 9 Assumption (exhib.) (XL)
Fri
14
Bryant (GP)
TV
Time/Result
UConnhuskies.com UConnhuskies.com
W, 70-62 W, 68-59
SNY
W, 66-53
Puerto Rico Tip-Off, Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan 20 vs. College of Charleston ESPNU W, 65-57 Thu 21 vs. Dayton ESPN2 W, 75-64 Fri Sun 23 vs. West Virginia ESPN2 6:30 pm 30 Sun DECEMBER Fri 5 Sun 14 Thur 18 Mon 22 28 Sun Wed 31 JANUARY Sat 3 6 Tue 10 Sat Tue 13 17 Sat Thu 22 Sun 25 Thu 29 FEBRUARY 1 Sun Wed 4 Sat 7 Thu 12 14 Sat 19 Thu 22 Sun 25 Wed MARCH 1 Sun Thu 5 7 Sat
West Virginia Mountaineers 4-0 overall
Texas (GP)
ESPN2
noon
Yale (GP) Coppin State (XL) vs. Duke (Izod Center) Columbia (WBA) Central Conn. (XL) *Temple (XL)
SNY SNY ESPN SNY SNY ESPN2
7 pm 4 pm 8 pm 7:30 pm 1 pm 1 pm
at Florida *at USF *Cincinnati (XL) *at Tulsa at Stanford *UCF (GP) *USF (XL) *at Cincinnati
CBS ESPN2 ESPN2 CBS SN ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN ESPN2
2 pm 7 pm 11 am 9:30 pm 9 pm 7 pm noon 8 pm
*at Houston *East Carolina (GP) *at Tulane *Tulsa (XL) *at SMU *at Memphis *Tulane (GP) *at East Carolina
CBS SN ESPNU CBS SN ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN ESPN/ESPN2 CBS SN ESPNU
3 pm 7 pm 6 pm 7 pm 9 pm 9 pm 4 pm 7 pm
*SMU (XL) *Memphis (GP) *at Temple
CBS ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN/ESPN2
2 pm 9 pm TBD
American Athletic Conf. Championship, XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Thu-Sun 12-15 AAC Championship ESPN Network TBD
*— American Athletic Conference Opponent GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn.; WBA - Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Conn. All times Eastern Standard
UP NEXT: UConn has a week off before returning
to action, entertaining the nationally-ranked Texas Longhorns at Gampel Pavilion on Sunday, Nov. 30, at noon. The game will be televised by ESPN2. It is the first game of a home-and-home series with Texas, with the Huskies visiting Austin in 2015-16.
THE GAME: The nationally-ranked (#17/17) UConn men’s basketball team plays in the championship game of the 2014 Puerto Rico Tip-Off, meeting West Virginia at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan. The game begins at 6:30 p.m. (EST) and will be televised by ESPN2. The Huskies (3-0) are coming off a 75-64 victory over Dayton in Friday’s semifinals. UConn is led by Ryan Boatright, averaging 21.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. West Virginia (4-0) is coming off a 70-66 win over Boston College in the tournament semifinals on Friday. The Mountaineers are led by sophomore forward Devin Williams, averaging 15.3 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.
2014-15 UCONN BASKETBALL ROSTER # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 1 Phillip Nolan Jr. F 6-10 237 Milwaukee, Wis. /Riverside University HS 3 Terrence Samuel So. G 6-4 202 Brooklyn, N.Y./Victory Collegiate HS 5 Daniel Hamilton Fr. G/F 6-7 190 Los Angeles, Calif./St. John’s Bosco HS 10 Sam Cassell Jr. R-So. G 6-4 192 Baltimore, Md./Chipola College (Fla.) 11 Ryan Boatright Sr. G 6-0 175 Aurora, Ill. /East Aurora HS 12 Kentan Facey So. F 6-9 206 Trelawny, Jamaica /L.I. Lutheran HS 14 Rakim Lubin Fr. F 6-8 260 Miami, Fla./Buford (Ga.) HS 21 Omar Calhoun Jr. G 6-5 205 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Christ The King HS 22 Pat Lenehan Sr. G 6-3 190 Cheshire, Conn./Xavier HS 23 Nnamdi Amilo Jr. F 6-3 225 New Fairfield, Conn./Avon Old Farms 24 Dan Guest Sr. G 6-2 214 West Hartford, Conn./Geo. Washington 25 Marcel Lewis Jr. G 5-11 160 Hartford, Conn./Northwest Catholic HS 33 Terrance Ditimi Sr. F 6-2 209 Stamford, Conn./Stamford HS 35 Amida Brimah So. C 7-0 230 Accra, Ghana /Archbishop Carroll HS 44 Rodney Purvis R-So. G 6-4 205 Raleigh, N.C./North Carolina St. COACHING STAFF: Head Coach: KEVIN OLLIE, 3rd season as HC, 5th season at UConn (UConn ‘95) Associate Head Coach: GLEN MILLER, 12th season at UConn (UConn ‘88) Assistant Coach: KARL HOBBS, 12th season at UConn (UConn ‘84) Assistant Coach: RICKY MOORE, 3rd season at UConn (UConn ‘99) Director of Basketball Administration: KEVIN FREEMAN, 4th season at UConn (UConn ‘06) Director of Scouting-Video: DAVID SEVUSH, 3rd season at UConn (UConn ‘10) Director of Player Development: DANNY GRIFFIN, 1st season at UConn (Rhode Island ‘96) PRONUNCIATIONS: Amida Brimah (Ahh-ME-da BRY-mah) Rakim Lubin (Rah-KIM LOO-bin)
Sam Cassell Jr. (Cas-SELL) Nnamdi Amilo (NOM-dee ah-MEE-lo)
Terrance Ditimi (Dih-TIM-ee)
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2014-2015 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes November 23, 2014 vs. West Virginia UConnHuskies.com