2016-17 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #9 Saturday, December 10, 2016 Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio 6 p.m. arv-AP/arv-USA Today
UConn Huskies
Ohio State Buckeyes
VS.
4-4 overall
7-2 overall
0-0 American
0-0 Big Ten
TONIGHT’S GAME
UCONN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date
Opponent
NOVEMBER Sun Sat
Oct. 30 New Haven (exhib.) (XL) 5 Southern Conn. (exhib.) (GP)
TV
Time/Result
UConnhuskies.com UConnhuskies.com
W, 83-68 W, 94-65
Fri 11 Wagner (GP) SNY L, 58-67 Mon 14 Northeastern (GP) SNY L, 61-64 Thu 17 at Loyola Marymount SNY W, 65-62 Maui Jim Maui Invitational, Lahaina Civic Center, Maui, Hawaii Mon 21 vs. Oklahoma State ESPNU L, 90-98 Tue 22 vs. Chaminade ESPN2 W, 93-82 Wed 23 vs. #13/#12 Oregon ESPN2 L, 69-79 Wed
30
Boston University (XL)
SNY
W, 51-49
ESPN2 BTN SNY ESPN2 ESPN2 CBS SN
W, 52-50 6 pm 1 pm 2:30 pm 3 pm 2 pm
The UConn men’s basketball team continues its 2016-17 non-conference schedule with a trip to Columbus, Ohio, to meet perennial Big Ten power Ohio State at Value City Arena. The game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. tipoff and will be televised by the Big Ten Network. UConn (4-4), which has won two straight and three of four, is coming off a thrilling 52-50 victory over Syracuse on Monday in Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Huskies are led in scoring (17.8) and assists (5.6) by sophomore guard Jalen Adams. Redshirt senior Rodney Purvis is also averaging double figures (12.5), while two other double-figure scorers -- redshirt sophomore Terry Larrier (13.5) and freshman Alterique Gilbert (10.3) -- have suffered season-ending injuries. Seniors Amida Brimah (5.5) and Kentan Facey (5.5) are the team leaders in rebounding. Ohio State (7-2) is coming off a 79-77 loss in overtime to Florida Atlantic on Tuesday. Junior forward Jae’Sean Tate is the Buckeyes’ top scorer (14.0) and rebounder (7.8).
DECEMBER Mon 5 Sat 10 Sun 18 Fri 23 Wed 28 Sat 31
vs. arv/arv Syracuse (MSG) at arv/arv Ohio State North Florida (GP) Auburn (XL) *Houston (XL) *at Tulsa
JANUARY Thu 5 Sun 8 Wed 11 Sat 14 Thu 19 Sun 22 Wed 25 Sat 28
*at Memphis *UCF (XL) *Temple (GP) at Georgetown *at SMU *East Carolina (XL) *at USF *Tulane (XL)
ESPN/ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN FOX ESPN/ESPN2 CBS SN ESPNU ESPNU
7 pm 5 pm 9 pm noon 7 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm
TELEVISION
FEBRUARY Sat 4 Wed 8 Sat 11 Thu 16 Sun 19 Wed 22 Sat 25
*at Cincinnati *USF (GP) *at UCF *Memphis (XL) *at Temple *at Houston *SMU (XL)
ESPN/ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN CBS SN CBS
TBD 7 pm 6 pm 9 pm 4 pm 9 pm noon
Kevin Ollie is in his fifth season as the 18th head coach of the UConn men’s basketball
MARCH Wed Sun
*at East Carolina *Cincinnati (GP)
ESPNU CBS
7 pm noon
Thu-Sun
1 5
American Athletic Conference Championship XL Center, Hartford, Conn. 9-12 AAC Championship ESPN Network
*— American Athletic Conference Opponent GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern Standard
All-time series: Tied, 3-3 Last UConn win: 75-55, 12/12/15 at Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. Last Ohio State win: 78-55, 3/21/92 at Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio
BROADCAST INFORMATION Big Ten Network
Wayne Randazzo (pbp) Jon Crispin (analyst)
RADIO UConn IMG Sports Radio Network Joe D’Ambrosio (pbp) Wayne Norman (analyst)
WTIC-Hartford (1080-AM) WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) WELI-New Haven (960-AM) WGCH-Greenwich (1490-AM)
HUSKY BITES program, with a career record of 101-48. He reached 50 victories faster than any coach in UConn history, was the second-fastest to 100, and is already fifth on the all-time list of UConn coaching victories. His .678 winning percentage ranks fourth among UConn coaches who have coached over 20 games and he and mentor Jim Calhoun are the only UConn coaches to win the NCAA championship.
Although UConn and Ohio State have met six times, tonight’s game will mark the Huskies’ first trip to Columbus in 33 years. UConn bowed to the Buckeyes, 74-67, on Dec. 3, 1983, at Ohio State’s former campus home, St. John Arena.
UP NEXT: UConn will take a seven-day break for final exams before resuming its season
with a home game against North Florida on Sunday, Dec. 18, at Gampel Pavilion. The game will have a 1 p.m. tipoff and will be televised by SNY.
TBD
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
2016-2017 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes December 10, 2016 vs. Ohio State UConnHuskies.com