2013-14 UCONN BASKETBALL 2014 NCAA Final Four
Sat & Mon, April 5 & 7 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
No. 7 seed
No. 1 seed
UConn Huskies (30-8)
NOVEMBER Fri 8 Mon 11 Thu Sun
Opponent
TV
vs. Maryland (Barclays Center) ESPN2 Yale (XL) SNY 2K Sports Classic, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 14 Detroit (GP) SNY 17 Boston University (GP) ESPNU
Time W, 78-77 W, 80-62 W, 101-55 W, 77-60
2K Sports Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Thu 21 vs. Boston College ESPN2 W, 72-70 Fri 22 vs. ARV/#22 Indiana ESPN2 W, 59-58 Tue 26 Loyola (Md.) (XL) SNY W, 76-66 DECEMBER Mon 2 #15/13 Florida (GP) ESPN2 W, 65-64 Fri 6 Maine (XL) SNY W, 95-68 Wed 18 Stanford (XL) ESPN2 L, 51-53 Sun 22 at Washington ESPNU W, 82-70 Sat 28 Eastern Washington (WBA) SNY W, 82-65 Tue 31 *at Houston ESPN2 L, 71-75 JANUARY Sat 4 *at SMU ESPNU L, 65-74 Wed 8 Harvard (GP) ESPNU W, 61-56 Sat 11 *UCF (GP) ESPNU W, 84-61 Thu 16 *at #17/17 Memphis ESPN W, 83-73 Sat 18 *#18/14 Louisville (GP) ESPN L, 64-76 Tue 21 *Temple (XL) CBS SN W, 90-66 Sat 25 *at Rutgers ESPNU W, 82-71 Thu 30 *Houston (GP) CBS SN W, 80-43 FEBRUARY Thu 6 *at #7/7 Cincinnati ESPN L, 58-63 Sun 9 *at UCF ESPN2 W, 75-55 Wed 12 *USF (XL) ESPN2 W, 83-40 Sat 15 *#20/22 Memphis (XL) ESPN W, 86-81 ot Thu 20 *at Temple ESPN2 W, 68-55 Sun 23 *ARV/ARV SMU (GP) CBS SN L, 55-64 Wed 26 *at USF CBS SN W, 61-56 MARCH Sat 1 *#11/12 Cincinnati (XL) ESPN W, 51-45 Wed 5 *Rutgers (GP) ESPNU W, 69-63 Sat 8 *at #11/9 Louisville CBS L, 48-81 American Athletic Conf. Championship, FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn. Thu 13 vs. #19/19 Memphis (quarterfinal) ESPNU W, 72-53 Fri 14 vs. #13/12 Cincinnati (semifinal) ESPN2 W, 58-56 Sat 15 vs. #5/5 Louisville (championship) ESPN L, 61-71 2014 NCAA Championship, East Regional, 2nd and 3rd Rounds First Niagara Center, Buffalo, N.Y. Thu 20 vs. 10-seed Saint Joseph’s TBS W, 89-81 ot Sat 22 vs. 2-seed #6/7 Villanova TBS W, 77-65
Fri
Sun
28
30
2014 NCAA Championship, East Regional Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. vs. 3-seed #9/9 Iowa State TBS vs. 4-seed #11/13 Michigan State TBS
W, 81-76 W, 60-54
2014 NCAA Final Four, AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas Sat April 5 Mon April 7
vs. 1-seed #1/1 Florida vs. 2-seed Wisconsin/8-seed Kentucky
* - American Athletic Conference game
TBS CBS
(36-2)
NCAA Final Four
2013-14 UConn Men’s Basketball Date
Florida Gators
vs.
6:09 pm 9:10 pm
THE GAME: The (#18/19) University of Connecticut men’s basketball team makes its fifth overall appearance, and third in the last six years, in the NCAA Final Four, meeting (#1/1) Florida on Saturday, April 5, 2014, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The national semifinal game begins at 6:09 p.m. and will be televised by TBS. UConn (30-8), a No. 7 seed, won the East Region championship with a 60-54 victory over Michigan State on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Huskies are led by All-American guard Shabazz Napier, who tops the team in scoring (18.1), rebounding (5.9), assists (4.9), and steals (1.7). Forward DeAndre Daniels (13.0) and guard Ryan Boatright (12.0) also average double figures. Florida (36-2), the No. 1 overall seed, won the South Region title with a 62-52 win over Dayton at the FedExForum in Memphis Saturday. Forward Casey Prather (13.8) leads the Gators in scoring. BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION TBS - 6:09 p.m. (ET) Jim Nantz (pbp) Greg Anthony (analyst) Steve Kerr (analyst) Tracy Woodson (sideline)
RADIO UConn IMG Sports Radio Network WTIC-AM 1080 Joe D’Ambrosio (pbp) Wayne Norman (analyst)
WTIC-Hartford, (1080-AM) WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) WELI-New Haven (960-AM) WGCH-Greenwich (1490AM) Sirius-91, XM-91
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 coach in UConn history to post a 20-victory season in his first year and reach 50 wins in his first two years.
UConn is making its 32nd appearance in the NCAA Tournament, dating back to the 1950-51 season. The Huskies have an all-time record of 56-29 (.659) in NCAA games with national championships in 1999, 2004, and 2011.
UP NEXT: With a victory tonight against Florida, UConn would advance to the
National Championship game against the winner of the Wisconsin-Kentucky semifinal on Monday, April 7, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Game time in 9:10 p.m. on CBS. 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
2014 UConn NCAA Championship Media Notes April 5 & 7, 2014, NCAA Final Four AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas