UConn MBB Notes vs. Cincinnati, 1/28/16

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2015-16 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #20 Thursday, January 28, 2016 XL Center, Hartford, Conn. 7 p.m. ARV-AP/ARV-USA Today

UConn Huskies

Cincinnati Bearcats

VS.

14-5 overall

15-6 overall

4-2 American

5-3 American

TONIGHT’S GAME

UCONN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date

Opponent

NOVEMBER

Sun Sat

1 Tampa (exhib.) (GP) 7 New Haven (exhib.) (XL)

TV

Time/Result

UConnhuskies.com UConnhuskies.com

W, 88-72 W, 83-43

Fri 13 Maine (GP) SNY W, 100-56 Tue 17 New Hampshire (GP) SNY W, 85-66 21 Furman (GP) W, 83-58 Sat SNY Battle 4 Atlantis, Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas Wed 25 vs. ARV/ARV Michigan AXS TV W, 74-60 Thu 26 vs. Syracuse ESPN L, 76-79 Fri 27 vs. #10/#11 Gonzaga ESPN L, 70-73 DECEMBER 2 Wed

Sacred Heart (XL)

SNY

W, 82-49

Jimmy V Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Tue 8 vs. #6/#9 Maryland ESPN L, 66-76 Sat Sun Wed Tue

12 20 23 29

JANUARY Sat 2 Tue 5 Sat 9 Thu 14 Sun 17 Tue 19 Sat 23 Thu 28 Sun 31 FEBRUARY 4 Thu Sun 7 Thu 11 13 Sat 18 Thu Sat 20 Thu 25 28 Sun MARCH Thu 3 Sun 6

Ohio State (GP) UMass Lowell (XL) Central Conn. (XL) at ARV/ARV Texas

CBS SNY ESPNU ESPN2

W, 75-55 W, 88-79 W, 99-52 W, 71-66

*at Tulane *Temple (XL) *Memphis (GP) *at Tulsa *at ---/ARV Houston *Tulane (XL) Georgetown (XL) *Cincinnati (XL) *at UCF

CBS SN CBS SN ESPN2 ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN CBS ESPNU CBS SN

W, 75-67 L, 53-55 W, 81-78 L, 51-60 W, 69-57 W, 60-42 W, 68-62 7 pm 4 pm

*at Memphis *East Carolina (GP) *at Temple *Tulsa (GP) *SMU (XL) *at Cincinnati *at USF *Houston (GP)

ESPN2 CBS SN ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN/ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN

9 pm noon 7 pm 8 pm 7 or 8 pm TBD 7:30 pm 1 pm

*at SMU *UCF (GP)

ESPN/ESPN2 ESPNU

9 pm 2 pm

American Athletic Conference Championship Amway Center, Orlando, Fla. Thu-Sun 10-13 AAC Championship ESPN Network *— American Athletic Conference Opponent GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern Standard

TBD

The UConn men’s basketball team (14-5 overall, 4-2 American), which has won three straight and four of its last five games, returns to American Athletic Conference play by entertaining longtime opponent Cincinnati (15-6, 5-3) at the XL Center in Hartford. The game will begin at 7 p.m. and will be televised by ESPNU. The Huskies, coming off a 68-62 non-conference win over Georgetown on Saturday, are led by four double-figure scorers --- grad student forward Shonn Miller (13.6), junior guard Rodney Purvis (13.5), grad student guard Sterling Gibbs (13.1), and sophomore forward Daniel Hamilton (12.1). Hamilton is the team’s top rebounder (8.6) and also leads tghe Huskies in assists (4.7). Cincinnati, which has won four of its last five, is coming off a 97-75 home win over Tulane on Sunday. The Bearcats are led in scoring by senior guard Farad Cobb (11.7) and junior guard Troy Caupain (11.3). Sophomore forward Gary Clark is the team’s top rebounder (8.4). All-time series: UConn leads, 12-6 Last UConn win: 57-54, 3/13/15, XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Last Cincinnati win: 70-58, 1/29/15, Fifth Third Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio

BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION ESPNU

RADIO

Mike Patrick (play-by-play) Len Elmore (analyst) Seth Greenberg (sideline)

UConn/IMG Radio Network

Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) Wayne Norman (analyst)

WTIC-Hartford (1080-AM) WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) WELI-New Haven (960-AM) WGCH-Greenwich (1490-AM) Sirius- 83, XM-201

Watch ESPN--http://es.pn/1Tk2h5q

HUSKY BITES  Kevin Ollie is in his fourth season as the 18th head coach of the UConn men’s basketball

program, with a career record of 86-38. He reached 50 victories in just two years and he is already sixth on the all-time list of UConn coaching victories. His .694 winning percentage ranks fourth among UConn coaches who have coached more than 20 games and he and Jim Calhoun are the only UConn coaches to win the NCAA championship.

 UConn owns a 30-4 record (.882) on ESPNU since first appearing on the channel during

the 2005-06 season. The Huskies were 7-1 on ESPNU in 2013-14, were 4-0 on the channel last year and is 1-0 so far this season. Tonight’s game is the second of three regularseason UConn games on ESPNU this season.

 UP NEXT: After three straight home games, UConn goes back on the road for its next

two, starting with an American Athletic Conference game against UCF at CFE Arena in Orlando on Sunday, Jan. 31. The game will tip off at 4 p.m. and will be televised by the CBS Sports Network. 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

2015-2016 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes January 28, 2016 vs. Cincinnati UConnHuskies.com


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