2013–14 UConn Huskies men's basketball team

The 2013–14 UConn Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2013–2014 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Huskies were led by second-year head coach Kevin Ollie. The Huskies split their home games between the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on the UConn campus in Storrs, Connecticut. The Huskies were members of the American Athletic Conference.

2013–14 UConn Huskies men's basketball
NCAA tournament National Champions 2K Sports Classic champions
National Championship Game, W 60–54 vs. Kentucky
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 18
Record	32–8 (12–6 The American)
Head coach	Kevin Ollie (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Glen Miller Karl Hobbs Ricky Moore
Home arena	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion XL Center
Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Louisville* †	15	–	3		.833			31	–	6		.838
No. 15 Cincinnati	15	–	3		.833			27	–	7		.794
No. 18 UConn	12	–	6		.667			32	–	8		.800
SMU	12	–	6		.667			27	–	10		.730
Memphis	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
Houston	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
Rutgers	5	–	13		.278			12	–	21		.364
UCF	4	–	14		.222			13	–	18		.419
Temple	4	–	14		.222			9	–	22		.290
South Florida	3	–	15		.167			12	–	20		.375
† The American Tournament winner As of March 15th, 2014 *Louisville: 29 reg. season games, 3 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed Record-(31-6)(15-3) Rankings from AP poll

Huskies players return to Connecticut after winning the championship game, being greeted at Bradley International Airport by Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman.

One year after being banned from postseason play for sanctions, the Huskies returned to the Final Four, where they defeated the Florida Gators 63–53 in the national semifinal round and the Kentucky Wildcats in the 2014 National Championship Game 60–54. Shabazz Napier was named the tournament's MOP. The next day, the UConn Huskies women's team won the women's NCAA basketball tournament, only the second time that a school has won both the men's and women's Division I national basketball championships in the same year; UConn first accomplished this in 2004.^[1]

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2012–13 season with a record of 20–10 overall, including 10–8 in Big East play. However, due to sanctions resulting in penalties stemming from years of very poor APR ratings, the Huskies were ineligible for all the postseason tournaments, including the 2013 Big East men's basketball tournament, the NCAA tournament and the NIT.

Preseason outlook

The Huskies were selected to finish 2nd in their new conference, the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Coach Kevin Ollie would serve his second season with key players Shabazz Napier, Ryan Boatright, DeAndre Daniels, and Omar Calhoun returned. The Huskies were ranked 17th in the preseason AP poll.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Enosch Wolf	1	C	7'1"	260	Junior	Göttingen, GER	Signed to play professionally in Germany
Brendan Allen	4	G	6'3"	187	Sophomore	Windsor, CT	No longer on official team roster
R.J. Evans	12	G	6'3"	200	RS Senior	Salem, CT	Graduated

Roster

2013–14 UConn Huskies men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown PF 0 Phillip Nolan 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 212 lb (96 kg) So Riverside University Milwaukee, WI SF 2 DeAndre Daniels 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Taft IMG Academy Los Angeles, CA PG 3 Terrence Samuel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Victory Collegiate Brooklyn, NY SG 5 Niels Giffey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Heinrich Schliemann Berlin, Germany PF 10 Tyler Olander 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr E. O. Smith Mansfield, CT PG 11 Ryan Boatright 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Jr East Aurora Aurora, IL PF 12 Kentan Facey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Long Island (NY) Lutheran Trelawny, Jamaica PG 13 Shabazz Napier 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Charlestown Lawrence Academy Roxbury, MA SG 14 Pat Lenehan (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 181 lb (82 kg) Jr Xavier (CT) Middletown, CT SF 20 Lasan Kromah 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 201 lb (91 kg) GS Eleanor Roosevelt George Washington University Greenbelt, MD SG 21 Omar Calhoun 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Christ the King Brooklyn, NY SF 22 Leon Tolksdorf 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) So Leibniz-Oberschule Berlin, Germany SG 23 Nnamdi Amilo (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Avon Old Farms New Fairfield, CT PG 25 Tor Watts (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Sr York Prep Brooklyn, NY C 35 Amida Brimah 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Fr Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll Accra, Ghana SG 44 Rodney Purvis (I)  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 203 lb (92 kg) So Upper Room Christian Academy Raleigh, NC	Head coach Kevin Ollie Assistant coach(es) Karl Hobbs Glen Miller Ricky Moore Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2013-10-23

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2013* 7:00 pm		Southern Connecticut State	W 93–65	–	Gampel Pavilion  Storrs, CT
11/04/2013* 7:00 pm		Concordia	W 98–38	–	XL Center (5,504) Hartford, CT
Regular Season
11/08/2013* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 18	vs. Maryland	W 78–77	1–0	Barclays Center (12,867) Brooklyn, NY
11/11/2013* 3:00 pm, SNY	No. 19	Yale	W 80–62	2–0	XL Center (8,848) Hartford, CT
11/14/2013* 7:00 pm, SNY	No. 19	Detroit 2K Sports Classic	W 101–55	3–0	Gampel Pavilion (8,140) Storrs, CT
11/17/2013* 12:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 19	Boston University 2K Sports Classic	W 77–60	4–0	Gampel Pavilion (9,195) Storrs, CT
11/21/2013* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 18	vs. Boston College 2K Sports Classic Semifinals	W 72–70	5–0	Madison Square Garden (10,064) New York City, NY
11/22/2013* 7:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 18	vs. Indiana 2K Sports Classic Championship	W 59–58	6–0	Madison Square Garden (10,051) New York City, NY
11/26/2013* 7:00 pm, SNY	No. 13	Loyola (MD)	W 76–66	7–0	XL Center (9,497) Hartford, CT
12/02/2013* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 12	No. 15 Florida	W 65–64	8–0	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
12/06/2013* 7:00 pm, ESPN3/SNY	No. 12	Maine	W 95–68	9–0	XL Center (9,681) Hartford, CT
12/18/2013* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 10	Stanford	L 51–53	9–1	XL Center (11,140) Hartford, CT
12/22/2013* 3:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 10	at Washington	W 82–70	10–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,059) Seattle, WA
12/28/2013* 1:00 pm, SNY	No. 15	Eastern Washington	W 82–65	11–1	Webster Bank Arena (9,274) Bridgeport, CT
12/31/2013 9:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 17	at Houston	L 71–75	11–2 (0–1)	Hofheinz Pavilion (4,035) Houston, TX
01/04/2014 2:00 pm, ESPNU		at SMU	L 65–74	11–3 (0–2)	Moody Coliseum (7,166) Dallas, TX
01/08/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Harvard	W 61–56	12–3	Gampel Pavilion (9,218) Storrs, CT
01/11/2014 6:00 pm, ESPNU		Central Florida	W 84–61	13–3 (1–2)	Gampel Pavilion (9,561) Storrs, CT
01/16/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 17 Memphis	W 83–73	14–3 (2–2)	FedEx Forum (18,039) Memphis, TN
01/18/2014 9:00 pm, ESPN		No. 18 Louisville ESPN College GameDay	L 64–76	14–4 (2–3)	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
01/21/2014 7:00 pm, CBSSN		Temple	W 90–66	15–4 (3–3)	XL Center (4,741) Hartford, CT
01/25/2014 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Rutgers	W 82–71	16–4 (4–3)	The RAC (8,006) Piscataway, NJ
01/30/2014 9:00 pm, CBSSN		Houston	W 80–43	17–4 (5–3)	Gampel Pavilion (9,312) Storrs, CT
02/06/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 22	at No. 7 Cincinnati	L 58–63	17–5 (5–4)	Fifth Third Arena (12,432) Cincinnati, OH
02/09/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 22	at Central Florida	W 75–55	18–5 (6–4)	CFE Arena (6,312) Orlando, FL
02/12/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 24	South Florida	W 83–40	19–5 (7–4)	XL Center (10,553) Hartford, CT
02/15/2014 12:00 pm, ESPN	No. 24	No. 20 Memphis	W 86–81 OT	20–5 (8–4)	XL Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
02/20/2014 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 21	at Temple	W 68–55	21–5 (9–4)	Liacouras Center (6,053) Philadelphia, PA
02/23/2014 2:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 21	SMU	L 55–64	21–6 (9–5)	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
02/26/2014 7:00 pm, CBSSN		at South Florida	W 61–56	22–6 (10–5)	USF Sun Dome (5,115) Tampa, FL
03/01/2014 12:00 pm, ESPN		No. 11 Cincinnati	W 51–45	23–6 (11–5)	XL Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
03/05/2014 7:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 19	Rutgers	W 69–63	24–6 (12–5)	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
03/08/2014 2:00 pm, CBS	No. 19	at No. 11 Louisville	L 48–81	24–7 (12–6)	KFC Yum! Center (22,782) Louisville, KY
AAC Tournament
03/13/2014 9:00 pm, ESPNU	(4) No. 21	vs. (5) No. 19 Memphis Quarterfinals	W 72–53	25–7	FedEx Forum (13,081) Memphis, TN
03/14/2014 9:00 pm, ESPN2	(4) No. 21	vs. (1) No. 13 Cincinnati Semifinals	W 58–56	26–7	FedEx Forum (11,888) Memphis, TN
03/15/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN	(4) No. 21	vs. (2) No. 5 Louisville Championship	L 61–71	26–8	FedEx Forum (13,554) Memphis, TN
NCAA tournament
03/20/2014* 6:55 pm, TBS	(7 E) No. 18	vs. (10 E) Saint Joseph's Second Round	W 89–81 OT	27–8	First Niagara Center (18,706) Buffalo, NY
03/22/2014* 9:40 pm, TBS	(7 E) No. 18	vs. (2 E) No. 6 Villanova Third Round	W 77–65	28–8	First Niagara Center (19,290) Buffalo, NY
03/28/2014* 7:27 pm, TBS	(7 E) No. 18	vs. (3 E) No. 9 Iowa State Sweet Sixteen	W 81–76	29–8	Madison Square Garden (19,314) New York, NY
03/30/2014* 2:20 pm, CBS	(7 E) No. 18	vs. (4 E) No. 11 Michigan State Elite Eight	W 60–54	30–8	Madison Square Garden (19,499) New York, NY
04/05/2014* 6:09 pm, TBS	(7 E) No. 18	vs. (1 S) No. 1 Florida Final Four	W 63–53	31–8	AT&T Stadium (79,444) Arlington, TX
04/07/2014* 9:10 pm, CBS	(7 E) No. 18	vs. (8 MW) Kentucky National Championship Game	W 60–54	32–8	AT&T Stadium (79,238) Arlington, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East Region, S=South Region, MW=Midwest Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Wk 20	Final
AP	18	19	18	13	12	9	10	15	17	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	24	21	RV	19	21	18	N/A
Coaches	19	20	18	14	14	12	10	15	15	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	RV	19	21	19	1