2013-14 UCONN BASKETBALL 2014 NCAA Championship, East Regional Fri & Sun, March 28 & 30 Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.
No. 7 seed
vs.
UConn Huskies (28-8)
NCAA Sweet 16
2013-14 UConn Men’s Basketball Date Opponent TV NOVEMBER Fri 8 vs. Maryland (Barclays Center) ESPN2 Mon 11 Yale (XL) SNY 2K Sports Classic, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. Thu 14 Detroit (GP) SNY Sun 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
28
2014 NCAA Championship, East Regional Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. vs. 3-seed #9/9 Iowa State TBS
* - American Athletic Conference game
No. 3 seed
7:27 pm
Iowa State Cyclones (28-7)
THE GAME: The (#18/19) University of Connecticut men’s basketball team makes its 17th appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16, meeting (#9/9) Iowa State in the 2014 NCAA East Regional semifinals, on Friday, March 28, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The game begins at 7:27 p.m. and will be televised by TBS. UConn (28-8), the No. 7 seed, is coming off a 77-65 third-round victory over 2nd-seeded Villanova on Saturday. It was the Huskies’ fourth win in their last five games. UConn is led by senior All-American Shabazz Napier, who tops the team in scoring (17.8), rebounding (5.9), assists (4.9) and steals (1.8). Juniors DeAndre Daniels (12.6) and Ryan Boatright (11.9) also average in double figures. Iowa State (28-7), the No. 3 seed, is coming off an 85-83 third-round win over North Carolina. The Cyclones are led in scoring by senior Melvin Ejim (18.1) and in rebounding by junior Dustin Hogue (8.5). BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION TBS - 7:27 p.m. Verne Lundquist (pbp) Bill Raftery (analyst) Allie LaForce (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-93, XM-191
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 45 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 54-29 (.651) in NCAA games with national championships in 1999, 2004, and 2011.
UP NEXT: With a victory against Iowa State, UConn would advance to the
East Regional Championship, meeting either No. 1 seed Virginia or No. 4 seed Michigan State on Sunday, March 30, at Madison Square Garden at a time to be announced. 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 March 28 and 30, 2014, East Regional Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.