2013-14 CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL Exhibition #1 - October 30, 2013, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. - 7 p.m.
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
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Connecticut Huskies 20-10 overall 10-8 BIG EAST
Southern Conn. Owls 17-10 overall 14-8 Northeast-10
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2013-14 UConn Men’s Basketball Date Opponent OCTOBER Wed 30 SCSU (exhib.) (GP) NOVEMBER Mon 4 Concordia (exhib.) (XL)
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8 vs. Maryland (Barclays Center) ESPN2 6:30 pm 11 Yale (XL) SNY 3 pm 2K Sports Classic, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 14 Detroit (GP) SNY 7 pm 17 Boston University (GP) ESPNU noon
2K Sports Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Thu 21 vs. Boston College ESPN2 7 pm Fri 22 vs. Indiana/Washington ESPN2 5/7 pm Tue 26 Loyola (Md.) (XL) SNY 7 pm DECEMBER Mon 2 Florida (GP) ESPN2 7 pm Fri 6 Maine (XL) SNY 7 pm Wed 18 Stanford (XL) ESPN2 9 pm Sun 22 at Washington ESPNU 3:30 pm Sat 28 Eastern Washington (WBA) SNY 1 pm Tue 31 *at Houston ESPN2 9 pm JANUARY Sat 4 *at SMU ESPNU 2 pm Wed 8 Harvard (GP) ESPNU 7 pm Sat 11 *UCF (GP) ESPNU 6 pm Thu 16 *at Memphis ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm Sat 18 *Louisville (GP) ESPN 9 pm Tue 21 *Temple (XL) CBS SN 7 pm Sat 25 *at Rutgers ESPNU 7 pm Thu 30 *Houston (GP) CBS SN 9 pm FEBRUARY Thu 6 *at Cincinnati ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm Sun 9 *at UCF ESPN2 6 pm Wed 12 *USF (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm Sat 15 *Memphis (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 noon Thu 20 *at Temple ESPN/ESPN2 9 pm Sun 23 *SMU (GP) CBS SN 2 pm Wed 26 *at USF CBS SN 7 pm MARCH Sat 1 *Cincinnati (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 noon Wed 5 *Rutgers (GP) ESPNU 7 pm Sat 8 *at Louisville ESPNU 2 pm American Athletic Conf. Championship, FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn. Wed-Sat 12-15 AAC Championship ESPN Network TBA
*— American Athletic Conference Opponent GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn.; WBA - Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Conn. All times Eastern Standard
UConn is beginning its 25th season of competition in Gampel Pavilion, which opened on Jan. 27, 1990. The Huskies have a record of 149-23 (.866) in Gampel, 170-25 (.872) including exhibition games. Tonight’s game is the first of nine games the Huskies will host in Gampel during the 2013-14 season.
UP NEXT: UConn will play its final exhibition game of the 2013-14 season on Monday, Nov. 4, at the XL Center in Hartford at 7 p.m. against Concordia University-Chicago, coached by East Hartford native and former Connecticut Pride coach Tyler Jones. The Huskies open the regular season on Friday, Nov. 8, at the Barclays Center vs. Maryland.
THE GAME: The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team opens exhibition play for the 2013-14 season against the Division II Owls of Southern Connecticut State University. UConn finished the 2012-13 season with a 20-10 record under first-year coach Kevin Ollie, the first UConn coach ever to win 20 games in his first season. It was UConn’s 17th 20-win season in the last 20 years. Southern Connecticut finished with a 17-10 record last season, 14-8 in the Northeast-10 Conference. UCONN IN EXHIBITION GAMES: UConn is 45-6 in exhibition games over the last 27 years and has won 38 exhibition games in a row since losing to Marathon Oil on Nov. 21, 1993 at Gampel Pavilion.
2012-13 UConn Basketball Roster # Name Yr. Pos. 0 Phillip Nolan So. F 2 DeAndre Daniels Jr. F 3 Terrence Samuel Fr. G 5 Niels Giffey Sr. G/F 10 Tyler Olander Sr. F 11 Ryan Boatright Jr. G 12 Kentan Facey Fr. F 13 Shabazz Napier Sr. G 14 Pat Lenehan Jr. G 20 Lasan Kromah Gr. G/F 21 Omar Calhoun So. G 22 Leon Tolksdorf So. F 25 Tor Watts Sr. G 35 Amida Brimah Fr. C 44 Rodney Purvis* R-So. G * --- will redshirt during 2013-14 season
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Wt. Hometown/Last School 212 Milwaukee, Wis. /Riverside University HS 195 Los Angeles, Calif. /W.H. Taft HS 190 Brooklyn, N.Y./Victory Collegiate HS 204 Berlin, Germany /Heinrich-Schliemann HS 230 Mansfield, Conn. /E.O. Smith HS 168 Aurora, Ill. /East Aurora HS 200 Trelawny, Jamaica /L.I. Lutheran HS 180 Roxbury, Mass. /Charlestown HS 181 Middletown, Conn. /Xavier HS 201 Greenbelt, Md. /Geo. Washington Univ. 200 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Christ The King HS 218 Berlin, Germany /Leibniz-Oberschule Berlin HS 200 Brooklyn, N.Y. /Xaverian HS/York Prep 217 Accra, Ghana /Archbishop Carroll HS 203 Raleigh, N.C./North Carolina St.
COACHING STAFF: Head Coach: KEVIN OLLIE, 2nd Season as HC, 4th Season at UConn (UConn ‘95) Associate Head Coach: GLEN MILLER, 11th Season at UConn (UConn ‘88) Assistant Coach: KARL HOBBS, 11th Season at UConn (UConn ‘84) Assistant Coach: RICKY MOORE, 2nd season at UConn (UConn ‘99) Director of Basketball Administration: KEVIN FREEMAN, 3rd season at UConn (UConn ‘06) Graduate Assistant: DAVID SEVUSH, 2nd season at UConn (UConn ‘10) PRONUNCIATIONS: Niels Giffey (Neelzz Gif-EYE) Shabazz Napier (Shuh-BAZZ NAY-pier) Amida Brimah (Am-EE-da BRY-maw) Lasan Kromah (La-SAHN CROW-ma)
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2013-2014 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes October 30, 2013 vs. Southern Connecticut State University UConnHuskies.com