UConn MBB Notes Vs. Tulane, 2/22/15

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2014-15 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #26 Sunday, February 22, 2015 Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 4 p.m.

UConn Huskies

VS.

14-11 7-6

Tulane Green Wave 14-11

overall American

5-8

UCONN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date

Opponent

NOVEMBER

Tue Sun

Fri

4 SCSU (exhib.) (GP) 9 Assumption (exhib.) (XL)

14

Bryant (GP)

TV

Time/Result

UConnhuskies.com UConnhuskies.com

W, 70-62 W, 68-59

SNY

W, 66-53

Puerto Rico Tip-Off, Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan Thu 20 vs. College of Charleston ESPNU W, 65-57 Fri 21 vs. Dayton ESPN2 W, 75-64 Sun 23 vs. West Virginia ESPN2 L, 68-78 Sun 30 DECEMBER Fri 5 14 Sun Thur 18 22 Mon Sun 28 31 Wed JANUARY 3 Sat 6 Tue Sat 10 13 Tue Sat 17 22 Thu Sun 25 29 Thu FEBRUARY 1 Sun Wed 4 Sat 7 12 Thu 14 Sat 19 Thu 22 Sun 25 Wed MARCH Sun 1 Thu 5 Sat 7

#7/9 Texas (GP)

ESPN2

L, 54-55

Yale (GP) SNY Coppin State (XL) SNY vs. #2/2 Duke (Izod Center) ESPN Columbia (WBA) SNY Central Conn. (XL) SNY *Temple (XL) ESPN2

L, 44-45 W, 106-85 L, 56-66 W, 80-65 W, 81-48 L, 53-57 (ot)

at Florida *at USF *Cincinnati (XL) *at Tulsa at Stanford *UCF (GP) *USF (XL) *at Cincinnati

CBS ESPN2 ESPN2 CBS SN ESPN2 CBS SN CBS SN ESPN2

W, 63-59 W, 58-44 W, 62-56 L, 58-66 L, 59-72 W, 67-60 W, 66-53 L, 58-70

*at Houston *East Carolina (GP) *at Tulane *Tulsa (XL) *at #25/25 SMU *at Memphis *Tulane (GP) *at East Carolina

CBS SN ESPNU CBS SN ESPN2 ESPN ESPN CBS SN ESPNU

L, 68-70 W, 65-52 W, 62-53 W, 70-45 L, 55-73 L, 72-75 4 pm 7 pm

*SMU (XL) *Memphis (GP) *at Temple

CBS ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN2

American Athletic Conference Championship XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Thu-Sun 12-15 AAC Championship ESPN Network *— American Athletic Conference Opponent GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn. WBA - Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Conn. All times Eastern Standard

2 pm 9 pm 2 pm

overall American

TODAY’S GAME The UConn men’s basketball team begins its five-game stretch to the end of the regular season by meeting Tulane for the second time in two weeks in an American Athletic Conference game at Gampel Pavilion. The game is scheduled to tip off at 4 p.m. and will be televised by the CBS Sports Network. UConn (14-11 overall, 7-6 American) is coming off a 75-72 loss at Memphis on Thursday, and will will out to stop a two-game slide. Senior Ryan Boatright leads the Huskies in scoring (17.6), assists (4.3), and steals (1.4) and also grabs 4.4 rebounds per game. Freshman Daniel Hamilton also averages double figures (10.8) and leads the team in rebounding (7.2), while sophomore Amida Brimah is a third double-figure scorer (10.2) and tops the Huskies in blocked shots (3.0). Tulane (14-11, 5-8) is coming off a 69-55 home loss to UCF on Thursday. The Green Wave is led in scoring by junior Louis Dabney (12.7), senior Jay Hook (11.4) and sophomore Jonathan Stark (11.3), while junior Tre Drye is the team’s leading rebounder (5.3). All-time series: UConn leads, 1-0 Last UConn win, 62-53, 2/7/15, Devlin Fieldhouse, New Orleans, La.

BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION

RADIO

CBS Sports Network Rich Waltz (pbp) Doug Gottlieb (analyst)

UConn/IMG Radio Network WTIC-AM 1080 Joe D’Ambrosio (pbp) Wayne Norman (analyst)

WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) WELI-New Haven (960-AM) WGCH-Greenwich (1490-AM)

Sirius-93, XM-201

HUSKY BITES  Kevin Ollie is in his third season as the 18th head coach of the UConn men’s basketball program, with a career record of 66-29. He is the only head coach in UConn history to reach 60 victories in his first three years and he joins Jim Calhoun as the only UConn coaches to win the NCAA national championship.

 UConn is in its second season as a TV partner of CBS Sports Network and in its

third season appearing on the network. The Huskies have an overall record of 8-4 on CBS SN: 2-1 in 2012-13, 3-1 last year, and 3-2 so far this season. Today’s game is the sixth and final regular-season game on CBS SN this season.

 UP NEXT: UConn pays its first-ever visit to Greenville, N.C., as it meets East Carolina in TBD

an American Athletic Conference game at Williams Arena on Wednesday, February 25. The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU. UConn defeated East Carolina, 65-52, earlier this season at Gampel Pavilion. 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

2014-2015 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes February 22, 2015 vs. Tulane UConnHuskies.com


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