Men's Basketball

University of Connecticut

- Storrs, CT - 06269
Team Office: Tel: (860) 486-2720 Fax: (860) 486-0722
Team website: www.uconnhuskies.com/

Founded in 1881, the University of Connecticut originally served as a school of agriculture. Currently, the school ranks among the best research universities, having a Carnegie Level 1 status. The university conveys undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees with Bachelor degrees in over 100 different fields, nearly 70 Master's, and over 50 PhD's. Majors offered include Theatre Design and Technology, Real Estate, Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Landscape Architecture, and Crop Science. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Connecticut 64th among national institutions.

The campus is located in suburban Storrs (pop.11k) outside of Hartford, midway between New York and Boston.

School website
www.uconn.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

22,000

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. SAT 25/75: 1090-1290

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$18,000
Out-of-State: ~$31,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Social Sciences - Health

Misc. Information

Head coach Jim Calhoun completed his 21st season at Connecticut in 2007-08. In the last decade, only North Carolina has more Sweet 16 NCAA appearances than UCONN. Calhoun inherited a team in 1986-87 that had had four consecutive losing seasons. Though Calhoun posted a losing record his first year, he has not had a losing season since. During the 90's, the Huskies averaged 25 wins per season (30+ win seasons three times), won six Big East titles, and captured the national championship in 1998-99. Among winningest active coaches, Calhoun ranks 7th in victories. Calhoun, a former player at American International College (D2), was that school's 4th all-time leading scorer and later served as AIC's assistant coach. Coming off a 17-14 mark in 2006-07, the Huskies rebounded nicely in 2007-08, going 24-9 but lost in the first round of the NCAA tourney to San Diego.

Team Name	Huskies
Colors	Blue and White
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	1468-834 (.637)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	24-9	17-14	30-4	126-43 (.745)
Conference	13-5	6-10	14-2	56-24 (.760)
Conf. Finish	3	8	1	1, 2, 3, 1, 6
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	n/a	Elite 8	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#2	4x

Coaches

Head Coach	Jim Calhoun
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Connecticut	1986-87
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	776-337 (.697)
Record at Connecticut	528-200 (.725)
Coaching Awards	NABC COTY (99) Big East COTY 4x

Asst. Coaches	George Blaney, Patrick Sellers, Andre LaFleur

Recruiting Coordinator

Andre LaFleur, (860) 486-2720, andre@athletics.ath.uconn.edu

Conference and Schedule

UCONN plays in the Big East which is now comprised of 17 teams. The Big East currently represents the majority of the large, athletically competitive private Catholic schools. League play, which consists of 16 games, starts after the first of the year. UCONN will play three opponents twice, 10 once, and 3 none at all. (This will change in 2007-08; Big East teams will play everyone once and three teams twice.) League games are usually played on Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The season concludes with the Big East tourney with the winner being an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament.

Conference Opponents

St. John's, Providence, Villanova, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, South Florida, Marquette, DePaul, Cincinnati, Georgetown, West Virginia, Rutgers, and Louisville

Facilities

Gampel Pavillion, Hartford Civic Center
Capacity 10,167 and 16,294 respectively

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, UCONN was ranked #5 in scoring offense, averaging 81.8 ppg.