2011-12 CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL OVER THE AIR OVER THE AIR OVER THE AIR
2012 BIG EAST Championship Tue.-Sat., March 6-10 Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y.
No. 9 seed Connecticut HUSKIES 20-12 Overall Record 8-10 BIG EAST Record Opponent
NOVEMBER Wed 2 Sun 6 Fri 11 Mon 14 Thu 17 Sun 20
AIC (exhibition) (GP) CW Post (exhibition) (XL) Columbia (GP) Wagner (GP) Maine (XL) Coppin State (XL)
Thu Fri Sat
DECEMBER Sat
TV
Time
UConnHuskies.com UConnHuskies.com
ESPNU SNY SNY SNY
W, 78-35 W, 91-61 W, 70-57 W, 78-66 W, 80-60 W, 87-70
Battle 4 Atlantis, Imperial Arena Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas 24 25 26
vs. UNC Asheville vs. UCF vs. #22 Florida State
HDNet W, 73-63 Versus L, 63-68 Versus W, 78-76 OT
BIG EAST/SEC Challenge
3 Arkansas (XL)
Thu 8 Sun 18 Thu 22 Wed 28 Sat 31 JANUARY Tue 3 Sat 7 Mon 9 Sat 14 Wed 18 Sat 21 Sun 29 FEBRUARY Wed 1 Sat 4 Mon 6 Sat 11 Wed 15 Sat 18 Mon 20 Sat 25 Tue 28 MARCH Sat 3
ESPN
W, 75-62
#25 Harvard (GP) Holy Cross (XL) Fairfield (XL) *at USF *St. John’s (XL)
ESPN2 SNY SNY SNY SNY
W, 67-53 W, 77-40 W, 79-71 W, 60-57 W, 83-69
*at Seton Hall *at Rutgers *West Virginia (XL) *at Notre Dame *Cincinnati (GP) at Tennessee *Notre Dame (XL)
SNY SNY ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPN2 CBS SNY
L, 63-75 L, 60-67 W, 64-57 W, 67-53 L, 67-70 L, 57-60 L, 48-50
*at #14 Georgetown *Seton Hall (XL) *at #24 Louisville *at #2 Syracuse *DePaul (GP) *#12 Marquette (XL) *at Villanova *#2 Syracuse (GP) *at Providence
ESPN2 SNY ESPN CBS SNY ESPN ESPN ESPN SNY
L, 44-58 W, 69-46 L, 59-80 L, 67-85 W, 80-54 L, 64-79 W, 73-70 ot L, 69-71 L, 70-72
*Pittsburgh (GP)
ESPN
W, 74-65
2012 BIG EAST Championship Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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RADIO: UCONN RADIO NETWORK WTIC-AM 1080 Joe D’Ambrosio Wayne Norman
WTIC-Hartford, (1080-AM) WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) WLIS-Old Saybrook (1420-AM) WMRD-Middletown (1150-AM) WSUB-Groton (980-AM)
Husky Notables UConn advances to the quarterfinals of the 2012 BIG EAST Championship with a 36-25 all-time mark
2011-12 UConn Men’s Basketball Date
TELEVISION: ESPN Dave Pasch, Doris Burke Beth Mowins
vs. #16 DePaul (1st Round) ESPN2 vs. #8 West Virginia (2nd Round) ESPN vs. #1 Syracuse (Quarterfinals) ESPN Semifinals ESPN Championship ESPN
W, 81-67 W, 71-67 ot Noon 7 p.m. 9 p.m.
*— BIG EAST Conference Opponent GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn. All times Eastern Standard
in tourney play. UConn is a seven-time BIG EAST Tournament Champion, tied with Georgetown for the most titles, winning the championship in 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2011. UConn is the No. 9 seed in the BIG EAST Championship for the fourth time in its history and is 8-2 as the No. 9 seed. Jim Calhoun enters the game against Syracuse with a BIG EAST Record of 311-182 in his 26 seasons at UConn. He is only the second coach in league history to reach the 300 league win total (regular season and tournament games), joining Jim Boeheim of Syracuse. Two Huskies earned a spot among the BIG EAST honorees announced Sunday by the league. Sophomore Jeremy Lamb has been named a member of the All-BIG EAST First Team. Freshman Andre Drummond was named to the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team. UP NEXT: With a win, UConn would advance to the 2012 BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Championship semifinals at Madison Square Garden Friday night at 7 p.m.
THE GAME: The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team advances to the quarterfinals of the 2012 BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Championship presented by American Eagle Outfitters with a Thursday, March 8, contest against No. 1-seeded Syracuse at noon on ESPN. UConn, seeded No. 9, is 20-12 on the year, and moves to the quarterfinals following an 71-67 overtime victory against No. 8 seed West Virginia Wednesday. It was the seventh consecutive win in the BIG EAST Championship for UConn. The Huskies are led by sophomore Jeremy Lamb, who is averaging 17.9 points per game on the year and has been named to the All-BIG EAST First Team. The Huskies are 7-8 in away and neutral site games this season. UConn did not play a game at Madison Square Garden during the regular season. Syracuse, ranked No. 2 in both AP and ESPN-USA Today polls, enters the BIG EAST Championship with an overall record of 30-1, finishing 17-1 in the Big East, equaling the best record in league history (UConn, 1995-96).
2011-12 UConn Basketball Roster # 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 21 22 23 25 34 40
Name Enosch Wolf DeAndre Daniels Jeremy Lamb Brendan Allen Niels Giffey Tyler Olander Ryan Boatright Andre Drummond Shabazz Napier P.J. Cochrane Kyle Bailey Roscoe Smith Benjamin Stewart Michael Bradley Alex Oriakhi Ethan Waite
Yr. Pos. Ht. So. C 7-1 Fr. F 6-8 So. G/F 6-5 Fr. G 6-3 So. G/F 6-7 So. F 6-9 Fr. G 6-0 Fr. C 6-10 So. G 6-1 Sr. G 6-2 Sr. G 6-3 So. F 6-8 Sr. F 6-5 RFr. C/F 6-10 Jr. F/C 6-9 Sr. G 5-10
Wt. 245 195 180 187 205 225 160 270 171 200 170 205 205 225 240 165
Hometown/Last School Goettingen, Germany/Wilbraham & Monson Los Angeles, Calif./W.H. Taft (Calif.) HS Norcross, Ga. /Norcross HS Windsor, Conn./Windsor HS/Bridgeton Acad. Berlin, Germany/Heinrich-Schliemann HS Mansfield, Conn. /E.O. Smith HS Aurora, Ill. /East Aurora HS Middletown, Conn./St. Thomas More/Capitol Prep
Roxbury, Mass. /Charlestown HS Newtown, Conn./Newtown HS Lancaster, N.H./White Mountains Regional HS Baltimore, Md. /Oak Hill (Va.) Academy Denver, Colo. /Kent Denver HS Chattanooga, Tenn. /Tyner Academy Lowell, Mass. /Tilton School East Hartford, Conn./East Hartford HS
COACHING STAFF: Head Coach: JIM CALHOUN, 26th Season at UConn (American International ‘68) Associate Head Coach: GEORGE BLANEY, 11th Season at UConn (Holy Cross ‘61) Assistant Coach: KEVIN OLLIE, 2nd Season at UConn (UConn ‘95) Assistant Coach: GLEN MILLER, 9th Season at UConn (UConn ‘88) Director of Basketball Administration: KARL HOBBS, 9th season at UConn (UConn ‘84) Assistant Dir of Basketball Administration: KEVIN FREEMAN, 1st season at UConn (UConn ‘06) PRONUNCIATIONS: Enosch Wolf (eee-nish) Niels Giffey (kneelzz Gihf-EYE) Shabazz Napier (shuh BAZZ (rhymes with Jazz) NAY pier) Alex Oriakhi (OAR-EE-AAH-KEE)
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2012 Connecticut Basketball BIG EAST Championship Media Notes March 6-10, 2012, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. UConnHuskies.com