UConn MBB Game Notes vs. Rutgers, 3/4/14

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2013-14 CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL Game #30 - March 5, 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

coach in UConn history to post a 20-victory season in his first year and reach 40 wins in his first two years.

TELEVISION: ESPU Jason Benetti (pbp) Tim Welsh (analyst)

 UConn owns a 23-4 record (.852) on ESPNU since

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-85, XM-85

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 5-1 on ESPNU. Tonight’s game against Rutgers is the last of seven regular-season UConn games on ESPNU this year.

AP-#19/USA Today-#19

Connecticut Huskies

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

23-6 overall 11-5 American

11-18 overall 5-11 American

2013-14 UConn Men’s Basketball Date Opponent OCTOBER Wed

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NOVEMBER Mon

Fri Mon Thu Sun

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

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Time

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 ESPN2 Fri 22 vs. ARV/#22 Indiana 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 *at Temple ESPN2 W, 68-55 Thu 20 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 7 pm Sat 8 *at #11/9 Louisville CBS 2 pm

 UP NEXT: UConn plays its final game of the regular season as it travels to nationally-ranked Louisville to challenge the defending NCAA champion Cardinals on Saturday, March 8. The game will begin at 2 p.m. and be televised by CBS. Louisville defeated UConn, 76-64, on Jan. 18 at Gampel Pavilion.

THE GAME: The nationally-ranked University of Connecticut men’s basketball team (#19/19) plays its final home game of the season, facing Rutgers, in an American Athletic Conference game on Senior Night at Gampel Pavilion. Following a ceremony honoring UConn’s seniors, the game will begin at 7 p.m. and will be televised by ESPNU. The Huskies (23-6 overall, 11-5 AAC), who have won six of their last seven, are coming off a 51-45 win over Cincinnati. Senior Shabazz Napier leads the team in scoring (17.8), rebounding (6.0), assists (5.3) and steals (1.86). Juniors Ryan Boatright (12.4) and DeAndre Daniels (12.3) also average double figures. Rutgers (11-8, 5-11) is coming off a 74-73 win over USF. Junior Myles Mack is the Scarlet Knights’ top scorer (15.3) and Kadeem Jack is the top rebounder (6.9).

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 So. G 23 Nnamdi Amilo 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 6-2 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 New Fairfield, Conn. /Avon Old Farms 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) Amida Brimah (Am-EE-da BRY-ma)

Shabazz Napier (Shuh-BAZZ NAY-pier) Lasan Kromah (La-SAHN CROW-ma)

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

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 March 5, 2014 vs. Rutgers UConnHuskies.com


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