2013-14 UCONN BASKETBALL 2014 NCAA Championship Game Mon., April 7 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
No. 7 seed
No. 8 seed
UConn Huskies (31-8)
NCAA Championship
2013-14 UConn Men’s Basketball Date NOVEMBER Fri 8 Mon 11 Thu Sun
Opponent
TV
vs. Maryland (Barclays Center) ESPN2 Yale (XL) SNY 2K Sports Classic, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 14 Detroit (GP) SNY 17 Boston University (GP) ESPNU
Time 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 W, 77-65
Fri
Sun
28
30
2014 NCAA Championship, East Regional Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. vs. 3-seed #9/9 Iowa State TBS vs. 4-seed #11/13 Michigan State TBS
W, 81-76 W, 60-54
2014 NCAA Final Four, AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas Sat April 5 Mon April 7
vs. 1-seed #1/1 Florida vs. 8-seed ARV/#22 Kentucky
* - American Athletic Conference game
TBS CBS
Kentucky Wildcats
vs.
W, 63-53 9:10 pm
(29-10)
THE GAME: The (#18/19) University of Connecticut men’s basketball team makes its fourth appearance in the NCAA national championship game, challenging (ARV/#22) Kentucky on Monday, April 7, at AT&T Stadium on Arlington, Texas. The game begins at 9:10 p.m. and will be televised by CBS. UConn, a No. 7 seed, is 3-0 in national championship games. The Huskies (31-8), East Regional champs, are coming off a 63-53 upset win over No. 1 overall seed Florida Saturday night. UConn is led in scoring (17.9) and assists (4.9) by senior Shabazz Napier, while junior DeAndre Daniels is the leading rebounder (6.0). Daniels (13.2) and junior Ryan Boatright (12.1) also average double figures. Kentucky (29-10), a No. 8 seed and the Midwest Regional champ, topped Wisconsin, 74-73, in the national semifinals. The Wildcats are led is scoring (15.1) and rebounding (10.5) by freshman Julius Randle. BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION CBS - 9:10 p.m. (ET) Jim Nantz (pbp) Greg Anthony (analyst) Steve Kerr (analyst) Tracy Woodson (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-91, XM-91
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 50 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 57-29 (.663) in NCAA games with national championships in 1999, 2004, and 2011.
UConn owns an 86-45 (.656) record all-time in games televised by CBS. The
Huskies went 5-0 in CBS games during the 2010-11 national championship season and 0-2 on CBS during 2011-12. The Huskies are 0-1 in CBS this season, bowing to Louisville, 81-48, on March 8. 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 April 7, 2014, NCAA Final Four AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas