2013-14 UConn Basketball Roster
UCONN INFORMATION Location..............................Storrs, Conn. Enrollment.....................................30,525 Founded...........................................1881 President........................... Susan Herbst Ath. Director......................Warde Manuel Conference..................American Athletic Home Courts....... Gampel Pavilion (10,167) XL Center (16,294) Nickname.....................................Huskies Colors.........................National Flag Blue (Navy) & White Website......................uconnhuskies.com Twitter.................................@UConnMBB
TEAM INFORMATION 2013-14 overall record........................28-8 2013-14 conference record........12-6 (4th) Office phone......................860-486-2720
COACHING STAFF
Head coach............................ Kevin Ollie (UConn ‘95) Record at school/years...................48-18/2 Career record/years............................same Associate Head Coach............. Glen Miller (UConn ‘88) Assistant Coaches................... Karl Hobbs (UConn ‘84) Ricky Moore (UConn ‘99) Director of Administration....... Kevin Freeman (UConn ‘06) Graduate Assistant................. David Sevush (UConn ‘10)
ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Assistant Director/ Primary Basketball Contact.....Phil Chardis Email................phil.chardis@uconn.edu Office phone......................860-486-3531 Cell phone.........................860-771-3314 Secondary Basketball Contact... Scott Waggoner Email..................scott.waggoner@uconn.edu Office phone......................860-486-3531
# Name Yr. Pos. Ht. 0 Phillip Nolan So. F 6-10 2 DeAndre Daniels Jr. F 6-9 3 Terrence Samuel Fr. G 6-4 5 Niels Giffey Sr. G/F 6-7 10 Tyler Olander Sr. F 6-10 11 Ryan Boatright Jr. G 6-0 12 Kentan Facey Fr. F 6-9 13 Shabazz Napier Sr. G 6-1 14 Pat Lenehan Jr. G 6-4 20 Lasan Kromah Gr. G/F 6-6 21 Omar Calhoun So. G 6-6 22 Leon Tolksdorf So. F 6-8 23 Nnamdi Amilo So. G 6-2 25 Tor Watts Sr. G 6-1 35 Amida Brimah Fr. C 7-0 44 Rodney Purvis* R-So. G 6-4 * --- will redshirt during 2013-14 season
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 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) Shabazz Napier (Shuh-BAZZ NAY-pier) Amida Brimah (Am-EE-da BRY-ma) Lasan Kromah (La-SAHN CROW-ma)
UCONN IN NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY: UConn has a record of 54-29 (.651) in 32 NCAA Tournament appearances (including the three 1996 NCAA Tournament games declared void by the NCAA). The Huskies have won three NCAA National Championships, in 1999, 2004, and 2011, and the Huskies also appeared in the 2009 NCAA Final Four. UConn has reached the NCAA Elite Eight 10 times and the Sweet Sixteen 17 times in school history. UConn was 48-15 in the NCAA Tournament in 18 appearances under Jim Calhoun. The Huskies were 4-14 in 13 appearances in the tourney prior to Calhoun’s arrival in Storrs in 1986-87. UConn is 2-0 in NCAA tourney play under second-year coach Kevin Ollie.
IMPRESSIVE LAST 11: UConn has registered a 34-8 record (.810) in its last 12 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, dating back to its 6-0 run to the National Championship in 1999. Included in that 12-appearance span are three NCAA National Championships (1999, 2004, 2011), four trips to the NCAA Final Four (1999, 2004, 2009, 2011), and six trips to the Elite Eight or beyond (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011). EARLY-ROUND SUCCESS: The Connecticut basketball program has posted a superb 31-5 (.861) record in its first two rounds (now known as the second and third rounds) of NCAA tourney competition in UConn’s 18 previous tourney appearances under Hall of Fame Coach Jim Calhoun and now the first one under Coach Kevin Ollie. UConn is 17-2 in NCAA First Round play (termed the Second Round since 2011) and is 14-3 in NCAA Second Round matchups (termed the Third Round since 2011) under Calhoun and Ollie.
2014 UConn NCAA Championship Media Notes March 28 and 30, 2014, East Regional Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.