UConn MBB Notes vs. New Hamsphire, 11/17/2015

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2015-16 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #2 Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 7 p.m. #19-AP/#24-USA Today

UConn Huskies

VS.

New Hampshire Wildcats 1-0 overall

1-0 overall

0-0 American

0-0 America East TODAY’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 7 pm 21 Furman (GP) noon Sat SNY Battle 4 Atlantis, Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas Wed 25 vs. Michigan AXS TV 9:30 pm Thu 26 vs. Syracuse/Charlotte TBD TBD Fri 27 vs. TBD TBD TBD DECEMBER 2 Wed

Sacred Heart (XL)

SNY

7 pm

Jimmy V Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Tue 8 vs. Maryland ESPN 9 pm 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 Texas

CBS SNY ESPNU ESPN2

noon 4 pm 12:30 pm 1 pm

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

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

7:30 pm 8 pm 7 pm 7 pm 2 pm 7 pm noon 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 TBD 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 (1-0) contiunues its 2015-16 regular season with its 117th meeting against the University of New Hampshire. The game will be held at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, beginning at 7 p.m. and will be televised by SNY. The Huskies, ranked No. 19 in the latest AP poll and No. 24 in the latest USA Today poll, are coming off a 100-56 season-opening victory over Maine on Nov. 13 before a sellout crowd at Gampel Pavilion. UConn had four double-figure scorers led, by grad student Sterling Gibbs, with 20 points, while junior Amida Brimah had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 blocks. Grad student Shonn Miller added a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds and sophomore Daniel Hamilton had 9 rebounds and 9 assists. New Hampshire (1-0) opened its season at home Friday with an 8245 win over Division III Lyndon State College. The Wildcats were led by sophomore Tanner Leissner, who scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and sophomore Iba Camara, who had 15 points and 20 rebounds. All-time series: UConn leads, 91-25 Last UConn win: 61-53, 11/29/12, at XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Last UNH win: 76-72, 1/9/83, at Lundholm Gym, Durham, N.H.

BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION SNY Gary Apple (play-by-play) Tim Welsh (analyst) Kerith Burke (reporter)

RADIO UConn IMG Sports 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)

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 73-33. He is the fastest coach in UConn history to reach 50 victories and he is already sixth on the all-time list of UConn coaching victories. His .689 winning percentage ranks fourth among UConn coaches who have coached over 20 games and he and Jim Calhoun are the only UConn coaches to win the NCAA championship.

 UConn is in its sixth season as a television partner of the SNY network. The Huskies have

a record of 42-8 (.840) in games televised by SNY. UConn went 11-2 on SNY in 2010-11, 9-4 on SNY in 2011-12, 12-1 in 2012-13, 5-0 in 2013-14, 4-1 in 2014-15 and is 1-0 this season. Today’s game is the second of five UConn games on SNY this season.

 UP NEXT: UConn will play the third of three straight games at Gampel Pavilion to open the season when it entertains Furman as part of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament on Saturday, Nov. 21, at noon. The game will be televised by SNY. It will be the second-ever meeting between the teams, who first played in the 1991 Connecticut Mutual Classic. 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 November 17, 2015 vs. New Hampshire UConnHuskies.com


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