2004–05 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
Appearance
2004–05 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball | |
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Big East regular season co-champions | |
NCAA tournament, Round of 32 | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 17 |
AP | No. 13 |
Record | 23–8 (13–3 Big East) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Gampel Pavilion Hartford Civic Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Boston College | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 25 | – | 5 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Connecticut | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Villanova | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's* | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Syracuse†** | 0 | – | 5 | .000 | 12 | – | 7 | .632 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2005 Big East tournament winner As of April 4, 2005 Rankings from AP Poll *Did not qualify for 2005 Big East tournament. **Syracuse had 15 regular season games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Syracuse′s disputed record was 27–7, 11–5. |
The 2004–05 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2004–05 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 23–8 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with a 13–3 record and were the regular season co-champions. They made it to the Second Round in the 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and they were led by nineteenth-year head coach Jim Calhoun.[1][2]
Roster
[edit]Listed are the student athletes who were members of the 2004–2005 team.[3][4]
Name | Position | Year |
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Sami Ameziane | G | FR |
Rashad Anderson | G | JR |
Hilton Armstrong | C | JR |
Jason Baisch | F | SR |
Josh Boone | C | SO |
Denham Brown | F | JR |
Nick Forostoski | F | FR |
Rudy Gay | F | FR |
Antonio Kellogg | G | FR |
Ed Nelson | F | JR |
Ryan Thompson | F | JR |
Charlie Villanueva | F | SO |
Marcus White | F | SO |
Marcus Williams | G | SO |
Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition Games | |||||||||||
November 4* |
Bridgeport | W 97–64 | Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT | ||||||||
November 11* |
Bryant | W 90–65 | Hartford Civic Center (15,542) Hartford, CT | ||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
November 20* 7:00 p.m., WTXX |
No. 8 | Buffalo | W 90–68 | 1–0 |
Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT | ||||||
November 30* 7:30 p.m., WTXX |
No. 7 | Florida International | W 99–48 | 2–0 |
Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT | ||||||
December 4* 12:00 p.m., CBS |
No. 7 | Indiana | W 74–69 | 3–0 |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | ||||||
December 6* 7:30 p.m., WTIC |
No. 7 | Northeastern | W 97–60 | 4–0 |
Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT | ||||||
December 9* 9:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
No. 7 | at UMass | L 59–61 | 4–1 |
Mullins Center (9,037) Amherst, MA | ||||||
December 19* 2:00 p.m., WTXX |
No. 11 | Rice | W 81–72 | 5–1 |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | ||||||
December 22* 7:00 p.m., WTIC |
No. 11 | Central Connecticut | W 87–59 | 6–1 |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | ||||||
December 28* 7:00 p.m. |
No. 11 | Sacred Heart | W 73–55 | 7–1 |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | ||||||
December 30* 7:00 p.m., WTIC |
No. 11 | Quinnipiac | W 123–71 | 8–1 |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | ||||||
January 5 7:00 p.m., WTIC |
No. 10 | No. 25 Boston College | L 70–75 | 8–2 (0–1) |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | ||||||
January 8 12:00 p.m., WTIC |
No. 10 | at Georgetown Rivalry |
W 66–59 | 9–2 (1–1) |
Verizon Center (11,363) Washington, D.C. | ||||||
January 10* 9:00 p.m., ESPN |
No. 12 | at No. 25 Oklahoma | L 65–77 | 9–3 |
Lloyd Noble Center (12,066) Norman, OK | ||||||
January 15 2:00 p.m., WTXX |
No. 12 | Rutgers | W 77–64 | 10–3 (2–1) |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | ||||||
January 17 7:00 p.m., ESPN |
No. 16 | at Seton Hall | W 77–68 | 11–3 (3–1) |
Continental Airlines Arena (9,429) East Rutherford, NJ | ||||||
January 22 9:00 p.m., ESPN |
No. 16 | No. 21 Pittsburgh College GameDay |
L 66–76 | 11–4 (3–2) |
Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT | ||||||
January 25 7:00 p.m., WTXX |
No. 19 | at West Virginia | W 68–58 | 12–4 (4–2) |
WVU Coliseum (7,713) Morgantown, WV | ||||||
January 30 3:45 p.m., CBS |
No. 19 | at Notre Dame | L 74–78 | 12–5 (4–3) |
Joyce Center (11,418) South Bend, IN | ||||||
February 2 7:00 p.m., WTIC |
No. 23 | No. 24 Villanova | W 81–76 | 13–5 (5–3) |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | ||||||
February 5 12:00 p.m., WTXX |
No. 23 | St. John's | W 68–46 | 14–5 (6–3) |
Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT | ||||||
February 7 7:00 p.m., ESPN |
No. 19 | at No. 8 Syracuse Rivalry |
W 74–66 | 15–5 (7–3) |
Carrier Dome (27,651) Syracuse, NY | ||||||
February 13* 1:00 p.m., CBS |
No. 19 | No. 2 North Carolina | L 70–77 | 15–6 |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | ||||||
February 15 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
No. 18 | at Providence | W 94–89 2OT | 16–6 (8–3) |
Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,993) Providence, RI | ||||||
February 19 6:00 p.m., ESPN |
No. 18 | at Rutgers | W 85–63 | 17–6 (9–3) |
Louis Brown Athletic Center (8,011) Piscataway, NJ | ||||||
February 21 7:00 p.m., ESPN |
No. 17 | Notre Dame | W 88–74 | 18–6 (10–3) |
Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT | ||||||
February 26 3:45 p.m., CBS |
No. 17 | at No. 18 Pittsburgh | W 73–64 | 19–6 (11–3) |
Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
March 2 7:30 p.m., WTXX |
No. 15 | Georgetown Rivalry |
W 83–64 | 20–6 (12–3) |
Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT | ||||||
March 5 4:00 p.m., CBS |
No. 15 | No. 13 Syracuse Rivalry |
W 88–70 | 21–6 (13–3) |
Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT | ||||||
Big East tournament | |||||||||||
March 10 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
No. 12 | vs. Georgetown Second Round/Rivalry |
W 66–62 | 22–6 |
Madison Square Garden (19,528) New York, NY | ||||||
March 11 9:00 p.m., ESPN |
No. 12 | vs. No. 18 Syracuse Semifinals/Rivalry |
L 63–67 | 22–7 |
Madison Square Garden (19,528) New York, NY | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
March 18* 2:35 p.m., CBS |
(2 S) No. 13 | vs. (15 S) Central Florida First Round |
W 77–71 | 23–7 |
DCU Center (13,009) Worcester, MA | ||||||
March 20* 12:10 p.m., CBS |
(2 S) No. 13 | vs. (10 S) NC State Second Round |
L 62–65 | 23–8 |
DCU Center (13,009) Worcester, MA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. S=Syracuse Region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in EST. |
References
[edit]- ^ 2015-16 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 978-0794828035.
- ^ "2004-05 UConn Huskies Roster and Stats".
- ^ "Connecticut Roster". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ 2011-12 UCONN Men's Basketball Info Guide. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ^ "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule". UConn Huskies. Retrieved April 2, 2016.