2014–15 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

2014–15 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball

NIT, First round
Conference	American Athletic Conference
2014–15 record	20–15 (10–8 The American)
Head coach	Kevin Ollie (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Glen Miller
Assistant coach	Karl Hobbs
Assistant coach	Ricky Moore
Home arena	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion XL Center

2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#18 SMU †	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
Tulsa	14	–	4	.778	23	–	11	.676
Temple	13	–	5	.722	26	–	11	.703
Cincinnati	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
Connecticut	10	–	8	.556	20	–	15	.571
Memphis	10	–	8	.556	18	–	14	.563
Tulane	6	–	12	.333	15	–	16	.484
East Carolina	6	–	12	.333	14	–	19	.424
UCF	5	–	13	.278	12	–	18	.400
Houston	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406
South Florida	3	–	15	.167	9	–	23	.281

† The American Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies were led by third-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. They finished the season 20–15, 10–8 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Tournament where they lost to SMU. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Arizona State.

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2013–14 season with a record of 32-8 overall, including 12–6 in American Athletic play. They lost in the championship game of the 2014 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to Louisville. They received at-large bid to the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament which they beat Saint Joseph's and Villanova in the second and third rounds, Iowa State and Michigan State in the sweet sixteen and elite eight to make it to the final four, where they beat the Florida Gators in the national semifinal round and the Kentucky Wildcats in the 2014 National Championship Game. Shabazz Napier was named the tournament's MOP.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
DeAndre Daniels	2	F	6'9"	195	Junior	Los Angeles, CA	Declare to 2014 NBA draft
Niels Giffey	5	G/F	6'7"	205	Senior	Berlin, Germany	Graduated/Went undrafted in 2014 NBA draft
Tyler Olander	10	F	6'10"	230	Senior	Mansfield, CT	Graduated
Shabazz Napier	13	G	6'1"	180	Senior	Roxbury, MA	Graduated/2014 NBA draft
Lasan Kromah	20	G/F	6'6"	201	GS Senior	Greenbelt, MD	Graduated/Went undrafted in 2014 NBA draft
Leon Tolksdorf	22	F	6'8"	218	Sophomore	Berlin, Germany	Transferred to American
Tor Watts	25	G	6'1"	202	Senior	Brooklyn, NY	Graduated

Roster

2014–15 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
3.5 !F	1	Nolan, PhillipPhillip Nolan	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	237 lb (108 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Riverside University	Milwaukee, WI
1.5 !G	3	Samuel, TerrenceTerrence Samuel	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	2.0 !So	Victory Collegiate	Brooklyn, NY
2.5 !G/F	5	Hamilton, DanielDaniel Hamilton	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1.0 !Fr	St. John Bosco	Los Angeles, CA
1.5 !G	10	Cassell Jr., SamSam Cassell Jr.	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Chipola College	Baltimore, MD
1.5 !G	11	Boatright, RyanRyan Boatright	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.0 !Sr	East Aurora	Aurora, IL
3.5 !F	12	Facey, KentanKentan Facey	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	2.0 !So	Long Island (NY) Lutheran	Trelawny, Jamaica
3.5 !F	14	Lubin, RakimRakim Lubin	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Buford	Miami, FL
1.5 !G	21	Calhoun, OmarOmar Calhoun	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Christ the King	Brooklyn, NY
1.5 !G	22	Lenehan, PatPat Lenehan	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Xavier (CT)	Cheshire, CT
3.5 !F	23	Amilo, NnamdiNnamdi Amilo	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Avon Old Farms	New Fairfield, CT
1.5 !G	24	Guest, DanDan Guest (W)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	4.0 !Sr	George Washington	West Hartford, CT
3.5 !F	33	Ditimi, TerranceTerrance Ditimi (W)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Stamford	Stamford, CT
5.0 !C	35	Brimah, AmidaAmida Brimah	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2.0 !So	Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll	Accra, Ghana
1.5 !G	44	Purvis, RodneyRodney Purvis	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Upper Room Christian Academy	Raleigh, NC

Head coach

Kevin Ollie

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1/30/15

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/04/2014* 7:00 PM	#17	Southern Connecticut State	W 70–62		Gampel Pavilion (7,129) Storrs, CT
11/09/2014* 12:00 PM	#17	Assumption	W 68–59		XL Center (7,109) Hartford, CT
Regular Season
11/14/2014* 7:00 PM, SNY	#17	Bryant	W 66–53	1–0	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
11/20/2014* 1:00 PM, ESPNU	#17	vs. College of Charleston Puerto Rico Tip-Off Quarterfinals	W 65–57	2–0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (6,723) San Juan, PR
11/21/2014* 2:30 PM, ESPN2	#17	vs. Dayton Puerto Rico Tip-Off Semifinals	W 75–64	3–0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (7,438) San Juan, PR
11/23/2014* 6:30 PM, ESPN2	#17	vs. West Virginia Puerto Rico Tip-Off Championship	L 68–78	3–1	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (8,002) San Juan, PR
11/30/2014* 12:00 PM, ESPN2	#24	#7 Texas	L 54–55	3–2	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
12/05/2014* 7:00 PM, SNY		Yale	L 44–45	3–3	Gampel Pavilion (9,538) Storrs, CT
12/14/2014* 4:00 PM, SNY		Coppin State	W 106–85	4–3	XL Center (8,260) Hartford, CT
12/18/2014* 8:00 PM, ESPN		vs. #2 Duke Izod Center Showcase	L 56–66	4–4	Izod Center (16,541) East Rutherford, NJ
12/22/2014* 7:30 PM, SNY		Columbia	W 80–65	5–4	Webster Bank Arena (9,124) Bridgeport, CT
12/28/2014* 1:00 PM, SNY		Central Connecticut	W 81–48	6–4	XL Center (13,315) Hartford, CT
12/31/2014 1:00 PM, ESPN2		Temple	L 53–57 ^OT	6–5 (0–1)	XL Center (13,428) Hartford, CT
01/03/2015* 2:00 PM, CBS		at Florida	W 63–59	7–5	O'Connell Center (11,041) Gainesville, FL
01/06/2015 7:00 PM, ESPN2		at South Florida	W 58–44	8–5 (1–1)	USF Sun Dome (6,128) Tampa, FL
01/10/2015 11:00 AM, ESPN2		Cincinnati	W 62–56	9–5 (2–1)	XL Center (15,564) Hartford, CT
01/13/2015 9:30 PM, CBSSN		at Tulsa	L 58–66	9–6 (2–2)	Reynolds Center (6,092) Tulsa, OK
01/17/2015* 9:00 PM, ESPN2		at Stanford	L 59–72	9–7	Maples Pavilion (7,104) Stanford, CA
01/22/2015 7:00 PM, CBSSN		UCF	W 67–60	10–7 (3–2)	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
01/25/2015 12:00 PM, CBSSN		South Florida	W 66–53	11–7 (4–2)	XL Center (14,105) Hartford, CT
01/29/2015 8:00 PM, ESPN2		at Cincinnati	L 58–70	11–8 (4–3)	Fifth Third Arena (11,092) Cincinnati, OH
02/01/2015 3:00 PM, CBSSN		at Houston	L 58–60	11–9 (4–4)	Hofheinz Pavilion (3,498) Houston, TX
02/04/2015 7:00 PM, ESPNU		East Carolina	W 65–52	12–9 (5–4)	Gampel Pavilion (8,985) Storrs, CT
02/07/2015 6:00 PM, CBSSN		at Tulane	W 62–53	13–9 (6–4)	Devlin Fieldhouse (3,548) New Orleans, LA
02/12/2015 7:00 PM, ESPN2		Tulsa	W 70–45	14–9 (7–4)	XL Center (11,506) Hartford, CT
02/14/2015 9:00 PM, ESPN		at #25 SMU	L 55–73	14–10 (7–5)	Moody Coliseum (7,395) Dallas, TX
02/19/2015 9:00 PM, ESPN		at Memphis	L 72–75	14–11 (7–6)	FedEx Forum (14,652) Memphis, TN
02/22/2015 4:00 PM, CBSSN		Tulane	W 67–60	15–11 (8–6)	Gampel Pavilion (9,212) Storrs, CT
02/25/2015 7:00 PM, ESPNU		at East Carolina	W 60–49	16–11 (9–6)	Williams Arena (6,856) Greenville, NC
03/01/2015 2:00 PM, CBS		#21 SMU	W 81–73	17–11 (10–6)	XL Center (15,564) Hartford, CT
03/05/2015 9:00 PM, ESPN2		Memphis	L 53–54	17–12 (10–7)	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
03/07/2015 2:00 PM, ESPN2		at Temple	L 63–75	17–13 (10–8)	Liacouras Center (10,206) Philadelphia, PA
AAC Tournament
03/12/2015 8:00 PM, ESPNews		South Florida First round	W 69–43	18–13	XL Center (5,431) Hartford, CT
03/13/2015 9:00 PM, ESPNU		Cincinnati Quarterfinals	W 57–54	19–13	XL Center (9,514) Hartford, CT
03/14/2015 5:00 PM, ESPN2		Tulsa Semifinals	W 47–42	20–13	XL Center (10,114) Hartford, CT
03/15/2015 3:15 PM, ESPN		#20 SMU Championship game	L 54–62	20–14	XL Center (13,365) Hartford, CT
National Invitation Tournament
03/18/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN2	#(4)	(5) Arizona State First round	L 61–68	20–15	Gampel Pavilion (6,045) Storrs, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NIT is seed within region.

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Rankings

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked.
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	Final
AP^[2]	17	17	24	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	n/a
Coaches^[2]	15	17	22	23	-	-	-	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

↑ The Official Website of the University of Connecticut Huskies – Men's Basketball
1 2 "2014–15 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved October 22, 2014.

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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