2015-16 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #23 Sunday, February 7, 2016 Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. noon
UConn Huskies
VS.
16-6 overall
East Carolina Pirates 10-12 overall
6-3 American
2-7 American
TODAY’S GAME
UCONN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date
Opponent
NOVEMBER
Sun Sat
1 Tampa (exhib.) (GP) 7 New Haven (exhib.) (XL)
TV
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 21 Furman (GP) W, 83-58 Sat SNY Battle 4 Atlantis, Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas Wed 25 vs. ARV/ARV Michigan AXS TV W, 74-60 Thu 26 vs. Syracuse ESPN L, 76-79 Fri 27 vs. #10/#11 Gonzaga ESPN L, 70-73 DECEMBER 2 Wed
Sacred Heart (XL)
SNY
W, 82-49
Jimmy V Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Tue 8 vs. #6/#9 Maryland ESPN L, 66-76 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 FEBRUARY 4 Thu Sun 7 Thu 11 13 Sat 18 Thu Sat 20 Thu 25 28 Sun MARCH Thu 3 Sun 6
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
*at Memphis *East Carolina (GP) *at Temple *Tulsa (GP) *SMU (XL) *at Cincinnati *at USF *Houston (GP)
ESPN2 CBS SN ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN/ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN
W, 77-57 noon 7 pm 8 pm 7 or 8 pm TBD 7:30 pm 1 pm
*at SMU *UCF (GP)
ESPN/ESPN2 ESPNU
9 pm 2 pm
American Athletic Conference Championship Amway Center, Orlando, Fla. Thu-Sun 10-13 AAC Championship ESPN Network *— American Athletic Conference Opponent GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern Standard
TBD
The UConn men’s basketball team, which has won two straight and five of its last six games, returns to Gampel Pavilion for the first time in nearly a month, playing host to East Carolina in an American Athletic Conference game. The game will tip off at noon and will be televised by the CBS Sports Network. UConn (16-6 overall, 6-3 American) is coming off a 77-57 road win at Memphis on Thursday. The Huskies are led by four double-figure scorers -- forward Shonn Miller (13.4), guartd Rodney Purvis (13.3), guard Sterling Gibbs (12.7) and swingman Daniel Hamilton (11.8). Hamilton leads the team in rebounding (8.7) and also in assists (5.0). East Carolina (10-12, 2-7), which has won two of its last three, has been idle since Jan. 30, following a 97-93 double-overtime loss at home to Houston. The Pirates are led in scoring by guard B.J. Tyson (15.2) and forward Caleb White (13.5). Forward Kentrell Barkley is the team’s top rebounder (6.0), while guard Prince Williams leads in assists (4.1). All-time series: UConn leads, 5-1 Last UConn win: 60-49, 2/25/15, Williams Arena, Greenville, N.C. Last East Carolina win: 74-64, 12/30/71, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Ok.
BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION CBS SN
RADIO UConn/IMG Radio Network
Tom McCarthy (play-by-play) Steve Smith (analyst)
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) Sirius- 84, XM-84
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 88-39. He reached 50 victories in just two years and he is already sixth on the all-time list of UConn coaching victories. His .693 winning percentage ranks fourth 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.
UConn is in its third season as a TV partner of CBS Sports Network and in its fourth season
appearing on the network. The Huskies have an overall record of 13-5 on CBS SN: 2-1 in 2012-13, 3-1 in 2013-14, 4-2 in 2014-15 and 4-1 so far this season. Today’s game is the sixth of eight regular-season games on CBS SN this season.
UP NEXT: UConn heads for Philadelphia to take on Temple in an American Athletic Conference game at the Liacouras Center on Thursday, February 11. The game is set to tip off at 7 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN2. The Huskies will be out to avenge a 55-53 loss to Temple earlier this season in Hartford. 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
2015-2016 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes February 7, 2016 vs. East Carolina UConnHuskies.com