2015-16 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #15 Saturday, January 9, 2016 Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 7 p.m. #23-AP/#24-USA Today
UConn Huskies
Memphis Tigers
VS.
10-4 overall
10-4 overall
1-1 American
1-0 American
TONIGHT’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 Houston *Tulane (XL) Georgetown (XL) *Cincinnati (XL) *at UCF
CBS SN CBS SN ESPN2 ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN CBS ESPN/ESPN2 CBS SN
W, 75-67 L, 53-55 7 pm 7 pm 2 pm 7 pm noon 7 pm 4 pm
*at Memphis *East Carolina (GP) *at Temple *Tulsa (GP) *SMU (XL) *at Cincinnati *at USF *Houston (GP)
ESPN2 CBS SN ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN/ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN
9 pm noon 7 pm 8 pm TBD 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 nationally-ranked (#23/#24) UConn men’s basketball team (10-4 overall, 1-1 AAC) is back on campus to continue its 2015-16 season by hosting an American Athletic Conference game against Memphis (10-4, 1-0) at Gampel Pavilion. The game will tip off at 7 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN2. The Huskies are coming off a 55-53 home loss to Temple on Tuesday which broke a five-game winning streak. The Huskies are led in scoring by junior guard Rodney Purvis (15.3), while grad Shonn Miller (13.3), sophomore Daniel Hamilton (12.9) and grad Sterling Gibbs (11.5) also average double figures. Hamilton also leads the team in rebounding (8.5) and assists (5.1) and he and Gibbs are for the lead in steals (1.1). Memphis, which has won three of its last four, is coming off an 82-46 non-conference win over Nicholls State. Freshman Dedric Lawson (14.5) and grad Ricky Tarrant Jr. (14.0) are the top scorers for the Tigers, while Lawson (8.8) leads in rebounding and Tarrent is tops in assists (3.8). All-time series: Even, 3-3 Last UConn win: 72-53, 3/13/14, at FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn. Last Memphis win: 54-53, 3/5/15, at Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.
BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION ESPN2
RADIO
Mike Patrick (play-by-play) Doris Burke (analyst)
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) Sirius-84, XM-84
WatchESPN -- http://es.pn/1ZLKKoh
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 82-37. He reached 50 victories in just two years and he is already sixth on the all-time list of UConn coaching victories. His .689 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 playing its 282nd game on ESPN/ESPN2 since 1986-87, the start of the Jim
Calhoun era. The Huskies have a record of 168-113 (.598) in those games. Tonight’s game is the fifth of 13 regular-season UConn games on ESPN/ESPN2 this season. The Huskies are 1-3 on ESPN/ESPN2 so far this season. UConn is in
UP NEXT: The Huskies go back on the road for a two-game swing at Tulsa and Houston,
starting at Tulsa’s Reynolds Center on Thursday, January 14. The game will tip off at 7 p.m. (EST) and will be televised by ESPN2. The Huskies and Golden Hurricane split their regular-season series last year. 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 January 9, 2016 vs. Memphis UConnHuskies.com