The American 2016 Championship March 10-13, Amway Center, Orlando, Fla.
UConn Huskies No. 5 seed
Overall Record 21-10
UCONN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date
Opponent
NOVEMBER
Sun Sat
1 Tampa (exhib.) (GP) 7 New Haven (exhib.) (XL)
TV
W, 88-72 W, 83-43
Fri 13 Maine (GP) SNY W, 100-56 Tue 17 New Hampshire (GP) SNY W, 85-66 Sat 21 Furman (GP) SNY W, 83-58 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 Thu 4 Sun 7 Thu 11 Sat 13 Thu 18 Sat 20 Thu 25 Sun 28 MARCH 3 Thu 6 Sun
Fri Sat Sun
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 L, 57-58 W, 67-41
*at Memphis *East Carolina (GP) *at Temple *Tulsa (GP) *#21/--- SMU (XL) *at ARV/--- Cincinnati *at USF *Houston (GP)
ESPN2 CBS SN ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN
W, 77-57 W, 85-67 L, 58-63 W, 75-73 W, 68-62 L, 60-65 W, 81-51 L, 68-75
*at #24/--- SMU *UCF (GP)
ESPN2 ESPNU
L, 54-80 W, 67-46
American Athletic Conference Championship Amway Center, Orlando, Fla. 11 #4-seed Cincinnati ESPN2 12 AAC Semifinals ESPN2 13 AAC Championship ESPN
*— American Athletic Conference Opponent GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern Standard
TODAY’S GAME AAC CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS #5 seed UConn vs. #4 seed Cincinnati, 2 p.m.
Time/Result
UConnhuskies.com UConnhuskies.com
American Record 11-7
The UConn men’s basketball team, seeded No. 5, begins play in the 2016 American Athletic Conference Championship at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. with a quarterfinal game against No. 4-seed Cincinnati. The game is scheduled to tip off at 2 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN2. The Huskies (21-10 overall, 11-7 American), coming off a 67-46 victory against UCF Sunday at Gampel Pavilion, are led by four double-figure scorers -- grad student forward Shonn Miller(12.6), junior guard Rodney Purvis (12.6), grad student guard Sterling Gibbs (12.0) and sophomore swingman Daniel Hamilton (11.6). Hamilton is also the team leader in rebounding (8.7) and assists (4.8). Cincinnati (22-9, 12-6) is coming off a 61-54 win over SMU Sunday. Guard Troy Caupain leads the Bearcats in scoring (12.4) and assists (4.8) while forward Gary Clark is tops in rebounding (8.9). Cincinnati defeated UConn twice during the regular season, 58-57 in Hartford (1/28), and 65-60 in Cincinnati (2/20). All-time series: UConn leads, 12-8 Last UConn win: 57-54, 3/13/15, XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Last Cincinnati win: 65-60, 2/20/16, Fifth Third Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio
BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION ESPN2
RADIO
Mike Patrick (play-by-play) Len Elmore (analyst)
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-157, XM-203
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 93-43. He reached 50 victories in just two years and he is already sixth on the all-time list of UConn coaching victories. His .684 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 is playing its 290th game on ESPN/ESPN2 since 1986-87, the start of the Jim
Calhoun era. The Huskies have a record of 172-117 (.595) in those games. UConn is 5-7 in 12 games on ESPN/ESPN2 this season.
UP NEXT: A victory in today’s game would advance UConn to the American Athletic 2 pm 3 pm 3:15 pm
Conference Championship semifinals on Saturday, March 12, against either #1-seed Temple or #8 East Carolina/#9 USF. The game is scheduled to tip off at 3 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN2. 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
2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP March 10-13, Amway Center, Orlando, Fla. uconnhuskies.com / @UConnMBB