1952–53 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

1952–53 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Yankee Conference Regular Season Champions
Conference	Yankee Conference
1952–53 record	17–4 (5–1 YC)
Head coach	Hugh Greer (7th year)
Home arena	Hawley Armory

The 1952–53 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1952–53 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 17–4 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 5–1 record. They were the Yankee Conference regular season champions. The Huskies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by seventh-year head coach Hugh Greer.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
12/3/1952*	American International	W 73–55	1–0	Hawley Armory Storrs, CT
12/6/1952*	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	W 78–48	2–0	Hawley Armory Storrs, CT
12/9/1952*	at Yale	W 76–68	3–0	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
12/13/1952*	Boston College	W 70–51	4–0	Hawley Armory Storrs, CT
12/16/1952*	at Brown	W 81–62	5–0	Marvel Gymnasium Providence, RI
12/20/1952*	Villanova	W 75–71	6–0	Hawley Armory Storrs, CT
12/30/1952*	at Rutgers	W 82–73	7–0	College Avenue Gymnasium Newark, NJ
1/3/1953	Maine	W 87–66	8–0 (1–0)	Hawley Armory Storrs, CT
1/7/1953*	Holy Cross	L 67–71	8–1	Hawley Armory Storrs, CT
1/10/1953	Rhode Island	W 80–74	9–1 (2–0)	Hawley Armory Storrs, CT
1/14/1953*	at Columbia	L 59–71	9–2	University Heights Gymnasium New York, NY
1/16/1953*	Colgate	W 65–64	10–2	Hawley Armory Storrs, CT
2/7/1953*	at St. Joseph's (PA)	L 69–78	10–3	Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
2/9/1953*	Wagner	W 64–61	11–3	Hawley Armory Storrs, CT
2/13/1953	at New Hampshire	W 82–59	12–3 (3–0)	Lundholm Gym Durham, NH
2/14/1953	at Maine	W 76–66	13–3 (4–0)	Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME
2/18/1953*	Brown	W 91–59	14–3	Hawley Armory Storrs, CT
2/21/1953	at Rhode Island	L 80–82	14–4 (4–1)	Rodman Hall Kingston, RI
2/26/1953	Massachusetts	W 89–51	15–4 (5–1)	Hawley Armory Storrs, CT
2/28/1953*	Boston University	W 105–73	16–4	Hawley Armory Storrs, CT
3/2/1953*	at Tufts	W 115–74	17–4	Boston, MA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[1]^[3]

References

1 2 2012 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
↑ Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 0794828035.
↑ "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule". UConn Huskies. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

Connecticut Huskies men's basketball

Venues	Hawley Armory (1914–1954) Hugh S. Greer Field House (1954–1989) XL Center (1975–present) New Haven Coliseum (1978–1987) Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (1990–present)

Rivalries	Georgetown Syracuse

Culture & lore	Jonathan the Husky "UConn Husky" 6-overtime game 2011 Miracle Run

People	Head coaches Huskies of Honor

Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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