2012-13 CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL Game #9 - December 7, 2012, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn., 7 p.m.
Husky Notables A new era of UConn basketball has begun with Kevin
Ollie as the first new head coach of the Huskies in 26 years. Ollie is the 18th head coach in the history of
OVER THE AIR TELEVISION: SNY Kevin Connors (pbp) Kara Lawson (analyst) Andy Katz (sideline reporter)
UConn is in its third season as a television partner of
RADIO: UConn IMG Sports Radio Network WTIC-AM 1080 Joe D’Ambrosio (pbp) Wayne Norman (analyst)
Former UConn coach Jim Calhoun finished his Hall
WTIC-Hartford, (1080-AM) WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) WELI-New Haven (960-AM)
UConn basketball.
the SNY network. The Huskies have an all-time record of 23-6 (.793) in games televised by SNY. UConn went 11-2 on SNY in 2010-11, 9-4 on the network last year, and is 3-0 this season. Tonight’s game is one of 13 regular-season games on SNY this season.
of Fame career with 873 victories (6th all-time) and 1,253 games coached (3rd all-time).
Harvard Crimson 4-3 overall 0-0 Ivy League
Connecticut Huskies 6-2 overall 0-0 BIG EAST
2012-13 UConn Men’s Basketball Date
Opponent
NOVEMBER Thu 1 AIC (exhibition) (GP) Sun 4 UMass Lowell (exhibition) (XL) Fri Tue
TV
Time
UConnHuskies.com W, 78-63 UConnHuskies.com W, 100-62
Armed Forces Classic, Ramstein Air Base, Germany 9 vs. #14/14 Michigan State ESPN W, 66-62 13 Vermont (GP)
SNY
W, 67-49
U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. Fri 16 vs. Wake Forest CBS SN W, 77-71 Sun 18 vs. Quinnipiac CBS SN W, 89-83 (2 ot) Mon 19 vs. New Mexico CBS SN L, 60-66 Sun 25 Stony Brook (GP) SNY W, 73-62 Thu 29 New Hampshire (XL) SNY W, 61-53 DECEMBER
day break for final exams. The Huskies resume the 2012-13 season on Monday, December 17, when they entertain Maryland-Eastern Shore at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn., at 7 p.m., the first of three straight games in Hartford. The game will be televised by SNY.
THE GAME: For the fourth consecutive season, the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team will meet Harvard in a non-conference game, the renewal of a rivalry that began in the 1921-22 season. The game will begin at 7 p.m. at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn., and be televised by SNY. UConn (6-2) is coming off a hard-fought 69-65 loss to No. 25 North Carolina State in the Jimmy V Classic in Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. The Huskies are led by the guard tandem of junior Shabazz Napier (18.6 ppg) and sophomore Ryan Boatright (14.3 ppg, 4.8 apg), with freshman Omar Calhoun also averaging double figures (10.1). Harvard (4-3) is coming off an impressive 79-63 victory at Boston College Tuesday. The Crimson are led by sophomore swingman Wesley Saunders (16.1 ppg) and freshman guard Siyani Chambers (12.7 ppg, 5.1 apg).
2012-13 UConn Basketball Roster
*at Marquette *DePaul (GP) *at Notre Dame *Louisville (XL) *at Pittsburgh *Rutgers (XL) *at Providence
ESPNU SNY SNY ESPN ESPN2 SNY ESPN/ESPN2
8 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. noon 2 p.m. 7 p.m.
*USF (GP) *at St. John’s *at Seton Hall *Syracuse (XL) *Villanova (XL) *Cincinnati (XL) *at DePaul *Georgetown (GP)
SNY ESPNU SNY ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN/ESPN2 SNY ESPN2
2 p.m. 7 p.m. noon 7 p.m. noon 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m.
# Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 0 Phillip Nolan Fr. F 6-9 210 Milwaukee, Wis. /Riverside University HS 1 Enosch Wolf Jr. C 7-1 240 Goettingen, Germany /Wilbraham & Monson 2 DeAndre Daniels So. F 6-8 195 Los Angeles, Calif. /W.H. Taft HS 4 Brendan Allen So. G 6-3 187 Windsor, Conn. /Windsor HS/Bridgeton Acad. 5 Niels Giffey Jr. G/F 6-7 205 Berlin, Germany /Heinrich-Schliemann HS 10 Tyler Olander Jr. F 6-9 225 Mansfield, Conn. /E.O. Smith HS 11 Ryan Boatright So. G 6-0 160 Aurora, Ill. /East Aurora HS 12 R.J. Evans Gr. G 6-3 210 Salem, Conn. /Norwich Free Acad./Holy Cross 13 Shabazz Napier Jr. G 6-1 171 Roxbury, Mass. /Charlestown HS 14 Pat Lenehan So. G 6-3 185 Middletown, Conn. /Xavier HS 20 Trey James Sr. G 5-9 168 Middletown, Conn. /Middletown HS 21 Omar Calhoun Fr. G 6-5 195 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Christ The King HS 22 Leon Tolksdorf Fr. F 6-8 220 Berlin, Germany /Leibniz-Oberschule Berlin HS 23 Dave Vandal Sr. F 6-2 200 Stonington, Conn. /UConn-Avery Point 25 Tor Watts Jr. G 6-1 200 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Xaverian HS/York Prep COACHING STAFF: Head Coach: KEVIN OLLIE, 1st Season as HC, 3rd Season at UConn (UConn ‘95) Associate Head Coach: GLEN MILLER, 10th Season at UConn (UConn ‘88) Assistant Coach: GEORGE BLANEY, 12th Season at UConn (Holy Cross ‘61) Assistant Coach: KARL HOBBS, 10th Season at UConn (UConn ‘84) Director of Basketball Administration: KEVIN FREEMAN, 2nd season at UConn (UConn ‘06) Assistant Dir. of Basketball Administration: RICKY MOORE, 1st season at UConn (UConn ‘99)
*at Cincinnati *at USF *Providence (GP)
SNY ESPNU ESPNU
2 p.m. 9 p.m. noon
PRONUNCIATIONS: Enosch Wolf (eee-nish) Niels Giffey (kneelzz Gif-EYE) Shabazz Napier (shuh BAZZ (rhymes with Jazz) NAY pier)
Jimmy V Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York City Tue 4 vs. #25/24 North Carolina St. ESPN L, 65-69 Fri 7 Mon 17 Fri 21 Sat 29 JANUARY Tue 1 Tue 8 Sat 12 Mon 14 Sat 19 Sun 27 Thu 31 FEBRUARY Sun 3 Wed 6 Sun 10 Wed 13 Sat 16 Thu 21 Sat 23 Wed 27 MARCH Sat 2 Wed 6 Sat 9
UP NEXT: Following tonight’s game, UConn will take a 10-
Harvard (GP) Maryland-Eastern Shore (XL) Fordham (XL) Washington (XL)
SNY SNY SNY ESPN2
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
BIG EAST Championship, Madison Square Garden, New York City
Tue-Sat 12-16 BIG EAST Championship
ESPN
*— BIG EAST Conference Opponent GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern Standard
TBA
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2012-2013 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes December 7, 2012 vs. Harvard UConnHuskies.com