NATIONAL POLLS HUSKIES IN THE WEEKLY POLLS WEEK-BY-WEEK Thru gms of: Preseason Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 25 Dec. 2 Dec. 9 Dec. 16 Dec. 23 Dec. 30 Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 March 3 March 10 March 17
AP 18 19 18 13 12 9 10 15 17 ARV ARV ARV ARV 22 24 21 ARV 19 21 18
USA Today 19 20 18 14 14 12 10 15 15 ARV ARV ARV ARV ARV ARV 21 ARV 19 21 19
TOP 25: UConn is in the top 25 rankings in both the AP and USA Today Top 25 for the final poll week of March 17. The Huskies are No. 19 in the AP poll and No. 18 in the USA Today poll. Starting with the preseason poll, the Huskies spent nine consecutive weeks ranked in the polls and have been in the AP Top 25 in 15 of the season’s 20 weeks. Six of UConn’s 2013-14 opponents also appeared in the AP Top 25 or ‘Others receiving votes.’ The longest consecutive streak for UConn to be ranked in the Top 25 is 77 weeks, a span from Nov. 1997-Jan. 2001.
Consecutive Weeks in the Polls Streak Dates 1. 77 weeks 2. 67 weeks 3. 51 weeks 4. 36 weeks 5. 28 weeks
Nov. 1997-Jan. 2001 Mar. 2003-Jan. 2007 Dec. 1993-Mar. 1996 Feb. 2008-Jan. 2010 Nov. 2010-Jan. 2012
VS. RANKED OPPONENTS: Using the AP Top 25 as the standard, Florida was the ninth nationally-ranked team that UConn faced in its last 11 games. The Huskies are 7-2 in those games. Overall this season, the Huskies are 10-4 vs. ranked opponents. Since 1989-90, UConn is 127-96 (.570) against ranked opponents and since the first NCAA championship season of 1998-99, the Huskies are 94-61 (.606) against ranked opponents. In the last 10 years, plus this year, UConn is 65-44 (.596) against ranked opponents. TOUGH ON CHAMPS: During the 201314 season, UConn has defeated either the regular-season of conference champions from the American Athletic Conference (Cincinnati), Big Ten (Michigan State), Big 12 (Iowa State), SEC (Florida, twice), Big
East (Villanova), Atlantic-10 (Saint Joseph’s), Ivy league (Harvard), and Patriot League (Boston University). GRAND MASTERS: With his first point against Memphis on Feb. 15, in the 79th game of his college career, junior Ryan Boatright became the 48th member of UConn’s 1,000point club. Boatright joins senior Shabazz Napier as 1,000-point scorers on the same team. The last time the Huskies had more than one 1,000-point scorer on the same team was in 2008-09, when that UConn team had four -- Jeff Adrien, A.J. Price, Jerome Dyson, and Hasheem Thabeet. 20 OFF THE BENCH: With 20 points against UCF on January 11, freshman Amida Brimah became the first UConn player under Coach Kevin Ollie to come off the bench and score 20 points. The last UConn player to accomplish that feat was Ryan Boatright, who came off the bench to score 23 against Arkansas on December 3, 2011, under former Coach Jim Calhoun. Boatright was the 14th player to come off the bench in Calhoun’s 26 seasons at UConn to reach the 20-point mark in a game. The other players in this group were Rashad Anderson (11 times), Brian Fair (9 times) , Ben Gordon (5 times), Ray Allen (4 times), Johnnie Selvie (4 times), Phil Gamble (3 times), Doug Wiggins (3 times), Kemba Walker (2 times), Jamal Coombs-McDaniel (2 times), John Gwynn (2 times), Tony Robertson (1 time), Charlie Villanueva (1 time) and Rashamel Jones (1 time). RECORD WATCH: Through 39 games, the Huskies are close to a few UConn season records. The record for highest 3-point shooting percentage is 40.8 percent in 1995-96. Currently, the Huskies are shooting 38.9 percent. The UConn record for highest foul shooting percentage is 78.2 percent in 1980-81, which was also No. 1 in the country. Currently, the Huskies are shooting 77.4 percent from the foul line. The highest per game average of three-point attempts stands at 17.3 in 2010-11. UConn’s average so far this season is 18.5. The highest per game average of three-pointers made is 7.4 in 1995-96. Currently, the Huskies are averaging 7.21 three-pointers per game. CONSECUTIVE GAMES: UConn sophomore Phillip Nolan owns the longest current streak of games played by a UConn player with 48 consecutive games. Senior Shabazz Napier has the current record for consecutive starts with 40. PERCENTAGE LEADER: With 51 wins in his first 69 games as head coach, UConn
coach Kevin Ollie’s .739 winning percentage is the highest of any UConn coach who coached more than 20 games. Ollie is the only UConn coach to win 20 games in his first season and 50 games in his first two years. MOST GAMES: Senior Shabazz Napier has already set the UConn record for most games played with 142. In addition, Napier’s 698 points so far this season is the 8th highest-scoring season in UConn history. Only seven UConn players have scored 700 points in a single season. DOUBLE-DOUBLES: DeAndre Daniels’ double-double vs. Florida (20 points, 10 rebounds) was his fifth double-double of the season and the seventh of his career. Shabazz Napier is the UConn leader with eight double-doubles in his career, including two triple-doubles.
STARTING NOTES UConn has started nine different players and used 10 different starting lineups this season, and has only one player, Shabazz Napier, who has started every game. Napier and Niels Giffey are the only UConn players this season to score in each of the Huskies’ 39 games. Ryan Boatright has scored in each of the 38 games he played, while DeAndre Daniels has only been held scoreless once in the 37 games he has played. The breakdown is as follows: Napier, Boatright, Daniels, Calhoun, Nolan (10 games, 9-1) Napier, Boatright, Daniels, Calhoun, Brimah (1 game, 1-0) Napier, Boatright, Daniels, Giffey, Brimah (2 games, 1-1) Napier, Boatright, Daniels, Giffey, Olander (1 game, 0-1) Napier, Boatright, Daniels, Kromah, Olander (2 games, 2-0) Napier, Boatright, Daniels, Kromah, Brimah (11 games, 8-3) Napier, Kromah, Daniels, Giffey, Brimah (1 game, 1-0) Napier, Boatright, Kromah, Giffey, Brimah (2 games, 1-1) Napier, Kromah, Daniels, Giffey, Olander (1 game, 1-0) Napier, Boatright, Daniels, Giffey, Nolan (8 games, 7-1)
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