UConn MBB Media Notes vs. Harvard, 1/7/13

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2013-14 CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL Game #15 - January 8, 2014, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. - 7 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 TELEVISION: ESPNU Jimmy Benetti (pbp) Tim Welsh (analyst) Andy Katz (sideline reporter) 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-134, XM-192

coach in UConn history to post a 20-victory season in his first year.

 UConn owns a 20-4 record (.833) on ESPNU since

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Connecticut Huskies

Harvard Crimson 13-1 overall 0-0 Ivy

11-3 overall 0-2 American

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

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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 7 pm Sat 11 *UCF (GP) ESPNU 6 pm Thu 16 *at Memphis ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm Sat 18 *Louisville (GP) ESPN 9 pm Tue 21 *Temple (XL) CBS SN 7 pm Sat 25 *at Rutgers ESPNU 7 pm Thu 30 *Houston (GP) CBS SN 9 pm FEBRUARY Thu 6 *at Cincinnati ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm Sun 9 *at UCF ESPN2 6 pm Wed 12 *USF (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm Sat 15 *Memphis (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 noon Thu 20 *at Temple ESPN/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 ESPNU 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

first appearing on the channel in the 2005-06 season. The Huskies had won their first 17 games on ESPNU. This season, the Huskies are 2-1 on ESPNU. Tonight’s game against Harvard is the second of three straight games and the fourth of seven regular-season UConn games on ESPNU this year.

 UP NEXT: UConn gets back to play in the American Athletic Conference with its first home game under the new league banner. The Huskies play host to Central Florida on Saturday, Jan. 11, at Gampel Pavilion. The game begins at 6 p.m. and will be televised by ESPNU.

THE GAME: The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team finishes its 2013-14 non-conference schedule with tonight’s game against Harvard at Gampel Pavilion. UConn is 11-1 in non-conference games this year. It is the fifth consecutive season that UConn and Harvard have met. UConn (11-3 overall, 0-2 American) is coming off its second straight road loss, a 74-65 decision Saturday at SMU. UConn is led by senior Shabazz Napier, who tops the team in scoring (16.0), rebounding (6.4), and assists (5.8). Juniors DeAndre Daniels (12.9) and Ryan Boatright (12.8) also average in double figures. Harvard (13-1 overall, 0-0 Ivy) is coming off a 69-54 victory at Rice on Saturday. Junior Wesley Saunders leads Harvard in scoring (15.7), while senior Kyle Casey (11.9) and sophomore Siyani Chambers (11.0) are also in double figures.

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 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 6-1 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 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) Lasan Kromah (La-SAHN CROW-ma)

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 January 8, 2014 vs. Harvard UConnHuskies.com


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