UConn MBB Notes vs. Tulsa, 2/13/16

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2015-16 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #25 Saturday, February 13, 2016 Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 8 p.m. AP-ARV

UConn Huskies

VS.

17-7 overall

Tulsa Golden Hurricane 16-8 overall

7-4 American

8-4 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 8 pm 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

With seven games remaining in the 2015-16 regular season, the UConn men’s basketball team completes its season series against the University of Tulsa in an American Athletic Conference game at Gampel Pavilion. The game is set to tip off at 8 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN2. The Huskies (17-7 overall, 7-4 American) are coming off a 63-58 loss to Temple on the road Thursday night, which snapped a three-game winning streak. UConn is led by four double-figure scorers -- grad student forward Shonn Miller (13.5), junior guard Rodney Purvis (13.4), grad student guard Sterling Gibbs (12.5) and sophomore swingman Daniel Hamilton (11.7). Hamilton also tops the club in rebounding (9.0) and assists (5.0). Tulsa (16-8, 8-4), which has won three of its last four, is coming off an 82-77 upset win at nationally-ranked SMU on Wednesday. The Golden Hurricane is led in scoring by senior guards James Woodard (16.4) and Shaquille Harrison (15.3). Harrsion is also the team leader in rebounding (5.4) and assists (4.1). All-time series: UConn leads, 3-2 Last UConn win: 47-42, 3/14/15, XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Last Tulsa win: 60-51, 1/14/16, Reynolds Center, Tulsa, Ok.

BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION ESPN2

RADIO

Allen Bestwick (play-by-play) Tim Welsh (analyst)

UConn/IMG Radio Network

Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) Wayne Norman (analyst)

WatchESPN-http://es.pn/1TO3xOo

WTIC-Hartford (1080-AM) WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) WELI-New Haven (960-AM) WGCH-Greenwich (1490-AM) Sirius- 93, XM-202

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 89-40. He reached 50 victories in just two years and he is already sixth on the all-time list of UConn coaching victories. His .690 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 286th game on ESPN/ESPN2 since 1986-87, the start of the Jim

Calhoun era. The Huskies have a record of 170-115 (.596) in those games. Tonight’s game is the ninth of 12 regular-season UConn games on ESPN/ESPN2 this season. The Huskies are 3-5 on ESPN/ESPN2 so far this season.

 UP NEXT: UConn will play its final game of the regular season at the XL Center in Hartford,

playing host to nationally-ranked SMU on Thursday, Feb. 18. The game is scheduled to tip off at 8 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN2. It is the first of two meetings between the teams in a two-week span. 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 13, 2016 vs. Tulsa UConnHuskies.com


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