UConn MBB Game Notes, at Temple 2/19/14

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2013-14 CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL Game #26 - February 20, 2014, Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pa. - 9 p.m.

coach of the UConn men’s basketball program after posting a 20-10 record last year. He is the only head

OVER THE AIR

coach in UConn history to post a 20-victory season in his first year and reach 40 wins in his first two years.

TELEVISION: ESPN2 Mike Patrick (pbp) Bruce Pearl (analyst) 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 (1490-AM) Sirius-85, XM-85

 Tonight, UConn is playing its 257th game on ESPN/

ESPN2 since 1986-87, the start of the Jim Calhoun era. The Huskies have a record of 159-97 (.621) in those games. Last season, the first under Kevin Ollie, UConn was 5-5 on ESPN/ESPN2. UConn, 8-4 on ESPN/ESPN2 this season, plays 14 regular-season games on ESPN/ESPN2 this year.

AP-#21/USA Today-#21

Connecticut Huskies

Temple Owls

20-5 overall 8-4 American

7-17 overall 2-10 American

2013-14 UConn Men’s Basketball Date OCTOBER Wed

30

NOVEMBER Mon

Fri Mon Thu Sun

4

Husky Notables  Kevin Ollie is in his second season as the 18th head

Opponent

TV

Time

SCSU (exhib.) (GP)

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W, 93-65

Concordia (exhib.) (XL)

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W, 98-38

8 vs. Maryland (Barclays Center) ESPN2 W, 78-77 11 Yale (XL) SNY W, 80-62 2K Sports Classic, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 14 Detroit (GP) SNY W, 101-55 17 Boston University (GP) ESPNU 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 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 CBS 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

 UP NEXT: UConn returns to Gampel Pavilion in

Storrs to play host to SMU in an American Athletic Conference game on Sunday. The game will begin at 2 p.m. and will be televised by the CBS Sports Network. SMU defeated UConn, 74-65, on Jan. 4 at Moody Coliseum in Dallas.

THE GAME: The nationally-ranked University of Connecticut men’s basketball team (#21/#21) travels to Philadelphia to take on Temple in an American Athletic Conference game at the Liacouras Center. The game begins at 9:05 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN2. The Huskies (20-5 overall, 8-4 AAC), winners of six of their last seven games, are coming off an 86-81 overtime win over nationally-ranked Memphis on Saturday. UConn is led by senior Shabazz Napier, who tops the Huskies in scoring (18.0), rebounding (5.8), assists (5.5), and steals (1.9). Juniors DeAndre Daniels (13.2) and Ryan Boatright (13.2) also average double figures. Temple (7-17, 2-10) is coming off a 71-64 upset over SMU. Dalton Pepper leads the Owls in scoring (17.3) and Anthony Lee (8.9) is the top rebounder.

2013-14 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 23 Nnamdi Amilo So. G 25 Tor Watts Sr. G 35 Amida Brimah Fr. C 44 Rodney Purvis* R-So. G * --- will redshirt during 2013-14 season

Ht. 6-10 6-9 6-4 6-7 6-10 6-0 6-9 6-1 6-4 6-6 6-6 6-8 6-2 6-1 7-0 6-4

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 New Fairfield, Conn. /Avon Old Farms 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)

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

2013-2014 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes February 20, 2014 vs. Temple UConnHuskies.com


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