2016 NCAA Championship, South Region Thu & Sat, March 17 & 19 Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa
No. 9 seed
No. 8 seed
UConn Huskies
VS.
Colorado Buffaloes
(24-10) (21-11) UCONN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date
Opponent
TV
NOVEMBER
Sun 1 Tampa (exhib.) (GP) Sat 7 New Haven (exhib.) (XL)
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 W, 85-66 Sat 21 Furman (GP) SNY W, 83-58 Battle 4 Atlantis, Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas 25 vs. ARV/ARV Michigan AXS TV W, 74-60 Wed 26 vs. Syracuse ESPN L, 76-79 Thu 27 vs. #10/#11 Gonzaga ESPN L, 70-73 Fri DECEMBER Wed 2 Sacred Heart (XL) SNY W, 82-49 Jimmy V Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. 8 vs. #6/#9 Maryland ESPN L, 66-76 Tue 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
THE GAME NCAA TOURNAMENT SOUTH REGION FIRST ROUND #9 seed UConn vs. #8 seed Colorado, 1:30 p.m.
Ohio State (GP) UMass Lowell (XL) Central Conn. (XL) at ARV/ARV Texas
CBS SNY ESPNU ESPN2
W, 75-55 W, 88-79 W, 99-52 W, 71-66
*at Tulane *Temple (XL) *Memphis (GP) *at Tulsa *at ---/ARV Houston *Tulane (XL) Georgetown (XL) *Cincinnati (XL) *at UCF
CBS SN CBS SN ESPN2 ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN CBS ESPNU CBS SN
W, 75-67 L, 53-55 W, 81-78 L, 51-60 W, 69-57 W, 60-42 W, 68-62 L, 57-58 W, 67-41
The UConn men’s basketball team, seeded #9, opens play in the 2016 NCAA Championship South Region with a Thursday, March 17 (1:30 p.m., TNT), first-round game against #8 Colorado at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. The winner will advance to Saturday’s second round to meet either #1 Kansas or #16 Austin Peay. UConn (24-10), making its 33rd appearance in the NCAA Tournament, earned its bid by winning the American Athletic Conference Championship on Sunday with a 72-58 triumph over Memphis, following wins over Cincinnati and Temple in the first two rounds. The Huskies are led by four double-figure scorers -- forward Shonn Miller (12.8), guard Rodney Purvis (12.5), swingman Daniel Hamilton (12.4), and Guard Sterling Gibbs (12.0). Hamilton also leads the team in rebounding (8.9) and assists (4.8). Colorado (22-11), out of the Pac-12, has been idle since bowing to Arizona, 82-78, on Thursday in the Pac-12 Championship. Senior Josh Scott is the Buffaloes’ top scorer (16.1) and rebounder (8.7), while soph Dominique Collier leads in assists (2.7). All-time series: First meeting
FEBRUARY Thu 4 *at Memphis ESPN2 W, 77-57 Sun 7 *East Carolina (GP) CBS SN W, 85-67 Thu 11 *at Temple ESPN2 L, 58-63 13 *Tulsa (GP) ESPN2 W, 75-73 Sat 18 *#21/--- SMU (XL) ESPN2 W, 68-62 Thu 20 *at ARV/--- Cincinnati ESPN2 L, 60-65 Sat 25 *at USF CBS SN W, 81-51 Thu 28 *Houston (GP) CBS SN L, 68-75 Sun MARCH Thu 3 *at #24/--- SMU ESPN2 L, 54-80 Sun 6 *UCF (GP) ESPNU W, 67-46 AAC Championship, Amway Center, Orlando, Fla. Fri 11 #4-seed ARV/ARV Cincinnati ESPN2 W, 104-97 (4 ot) 12 #1-seed ARV/-- Temple ESPN2 W, 77-62 Sat 13 #6-seed Memphis ESPN W, 72-58 Sun 2016 NCAA Championship, South Region, 1st & 2nd Rounds Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa Thu 17 #8-seed Colorado TNT 1:30 pm *— American Athletic Conference Opponent GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn.
BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION TNT
RADIO
Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Bill Raftery (analyst) Grant Hill (analyst) Tracy Wolfson (sideline)
UConn/IMG 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 96-43. He reached 50 victories in just two years and he is already fifth on the all-time list of UConn coaching victories. His .691 winning percentage ranks fourth all-time among UConn coaches who have coached more than 20 games and he and Jim Calhoun are the only UConn coaches to win the NCAA championship -- Calhoun in 1999, 2004 and 2011 and Ollie in 2014.
UConn will be playing on TNT for only the second time in its televised basketball history.
The Huskies’ other appearance on TNT occurred on March 17, 2011, an 81-52 win over Bucknell in the first round (then called the second round) of the NCAA Tournament at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. UP NEXT: A victory today would advance UConn to the second round of the NCAA Championship South Region, where it would challenge either #1 seed Kansas or #16 seed Austin Peay on Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena 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
2016 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
First & Second Rounds, Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa uconnhuskies.com / @UConnMBB