2015-16 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #26 Thursday, February 18, 2016 XL Center, Hartford, Conn. 8 p.m. #21-AP
UConn Huskies
VS.
18-7 overall
SMU Mustangs 21-3 overall
8-4 American
9-3 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 11 Thu 13 Sat 18 Thu Sat 20 25 Thu 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 ---/ARV Houston *Tulane (XL) Georgetown (XL) *Cincinnati (XL) *at UCF
CBS SN CBS SN ESPN2 ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN CBS ESPNU CBS SN
W, 75-67 L, 53-55 W, 81-78 L, 51-60 W, 69-57 W, 60-42 W, 68-62 L, 57-58 W, 67-41
*at Memphis *East Carolina (GP) *at Temple *Tulsa (GP) *SMU (XL) *at Cincinnati *at USF *Houston (GP)
ESPN2 CBS SN ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN
W, 77-57 W, 85-67 L, 58-63 W, 75-73 8 pm 4 pm 7:30 pm 1 pm
*at SMU *UCF (GP)
ESPN/ESPN2 ESPNU
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
9 pm 2 pm
TBD
The UConn men’s basketball team takes on nationally-ranked (#21) SMU in the first of two American Athletic Conference meetings between the teams over a two-week span. The game will take place at the XL Center in Hartford, with a tipoff time of 8 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN2. The Huskies (18-7 overall, 8-4 American), who have won four of their last five games, are are coming off a 75-73 win over Tulsa on Saturday. They are led by four double-figure scorers -- forward Shonn Miller (13.4), guard Rodney Purvis (13.3), guard Sterling Gibbs (12.6), and swingman Daniel Hamilton (11.7). Hamilton is the team’s top rebounder (9.1) and is also the leader in assists (5.0). SMU (21-3, 9-3), which is 3-3 since winning its first 18 games, is coming off a 69-60 non-conference win over Gonzaga on Saturday. The Mustangs are led in scoring by reigning AAC Player of the Year guard Nic Moore (16.7) and forward Ben Moore (12.1). Forward Jordan Tolbert leads the team in rebounding (8.7) and Nic Moore is tops in assists (5.2). UConn and SMU meet again on March 3 in Dallas. All-time series: SMU leads, 5-1 Last UConn win: 81-73, 3/1/15, XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Last SMU win: 62-54, 3/15/15, XL Center, Hartford, Conn.
BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION ESPN2
RADIO
Mike Patrick (play-by-play) Len Elmore (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)
WatchESPN-http://es.pn/1LrqAHR
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 90-40. He reached 50 victories in just two years and he is already sixth on the all-time list of UConn coaching victories. His .692 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 287th game on ESPN/ESPN2 since 1986-87, the start of the Jim
Calhoun era. The Huskies have a record of 171-115 (.598) in those games. Tonight’s game is the 10th of 12 regular-season UConn games on ESPN/ESPN2 this season. The Huskies are 4-5 on ESPN/ESPN2 so far this season.
UP NEXT: UConn will have a quick turnaround as it travels to Cincinnati to meet the
Bearcats in an American Athletic Conference game on Saturday, February 20, at Fifth Third Arena. The game will tip off at 4 p.m. and will be UConn’s fourth consecutive game televised by ESPN2. Cincinnati defeated UConn, 58-57, earlier this season. 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 February 18, 2016 vs. SMU UConnHuskies.com