2013-14 UCONN BASKETBALL The American 2014 Championship March 12-15, FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn.
UConn Huskies No. 4 seed
Overall Record 25-7
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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 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 9 p.m. Sat 15 AAC Championship ESPN/ESPN2 6 p.m.
*— American Athletic Conference Opponent GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn.; WBA - Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Conn. All times Eastern
American Record 12-6
THE GAME: The nationallly-ranked (#21/21) University of Connecticut men’s basketball team advances to the semifinals of The American 2014 Championship, challenging top-seeded Cincinnati (#13/12) on Friday, March 14, at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. The game is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN2. The fourth-seeded Huskies (25-7), who have won four of their last five games and eight of their last 10, are coming off a 72-53 triumph over fifth-seeded Memphis in Thursday’s quarterfinals. UConn is led by American Athetic Conference Player of the Year Shabazz Napier, who tops the team in scoring (17.6), rebounding (6.0), assists (5.1), and steals (1.8). DeAndre Daniels (12.3) and Ryan Boatright (11.9) also average double figures. Cincinnati (27-5) is coming off a 61-58 win over UCF in Thursday’s quarterfinals. Sean Kilpatrick leads the Bearcats in scoring (20.9). BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION ESPN2 Dave O’Brien (pbp) Doris Burke (analyst) Andy Katz (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-92, XM-192
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 40 wins in his first two years.
Tonight, UConn is playing its 259th game on ESPN/ESPN2 since 1986-87, the start of the Jim Calhoun era. The Huskies have a record of 161-97 (.624) in those games. UConn is 10-4 on ESPN/ESPN2 this season.
UP NEXT: With a victory, UConn would move on to The American 2014
Championship game on Saturday night against the winner of the LouisvilleHouston semifinal game. The championship game will begin at 6 p.m. (EDT) and will be televised by ESPN. 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 Media Notes American Athletic Conference Championship March 12-15, 2014 FedExForum, Memphis Tenn. UConnHuskies.com