UConn NCAA Game Notes Vs Villanova, 3/21/14

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2013-14 UCONN BASKETBALL 2014 NCAA Championship, East Regional Sat, March 22 First Niagara Center, Buffalo, N.Y.

No. 7 seed

UConn Huskies

vs.

2013-14 UConn Men’s Basketball Wed

30

NOVEMBER Mon

Fri Mon Thu Sun

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8 11

Opponent

TV

SCSU (exhib.) (GP)

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Concordia (exhib.) (XL)

UConnhuskies.com

vs. Maryland (Barclays Center) ESPN2 Yale (XL) SNY 2K Sports Classic, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 14 Detroit (GP) SNY 17 Boston University (GP) ESPNU

Villanova Wildcats (29-4)

(27-8)

Date OCTOBER

No. 2 seed

Time W, 93-65 W, 98-38

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 9:40 pm * - American Athletic Conference game

THE GAME: The (#18/19) University of Connecticut men’s basketball team renews its rivalry with longtime Big East Conference colleague (#6/7) Villanova in the third round of the 2014 NCAA East Regional on Saturday, March 22, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y. The game begins at 9:40 p.m. and will be televised by TBS. UConn, the No. 7 seed, is 27-8 following its 89-81 second-round win in overtime over 10th-seeded Saint Joseph’s on Thursday. The Huskies are led by senior Shabazz Napier, who tops the team in scoring (17.6), rebounding (6.0), assists (5.0) and steals (1.7). Juniors DeAndre Daniels (12.7) and Ryan Boatright (12.0) also average in double figures. Villanova, the No. 2 seed, is 29-4 following its 73-53 second round victory over 15th-seeded Milwaukee. The Wildcats are led by the balanced scoring attack of senior James Bell (14.5), junior Darrun Hilliard (14.3), and junior JayVaughn Pinkston (14.2). BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION TBS - 9:40 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)

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 53-29 (.646) in NCAA games with national championships in 1999, 2004, and 2011.

 UP NEXT: With a victory, UConn would advance to the 2014 NCAA East

Regional semifinals, meeting the survivor of North Carolina/Providence vs. Iowa State/North Carolina Central on Friday, March 28, at Madison Square Garden in New York City 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 20 and 22, 2014, Second and Third Rounds First Niagara Center, Buffalo, N.Y.


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