1952–53 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
1952–53 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball | |
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Yankee Conference Regular Season Champions | |
Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 17–4 (5–1 YC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Hawley Armory |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 17 | – | 4 | .810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | 13 | – | 10 | .565 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 3 | – | 4 | .429 | 7 | – | 10 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | – | 2 | .333 | 11 | – | 10 | .524 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | – | 5 | .286 | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 1 | – | 4 | .200 | 4 | – | 15 | .211 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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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. |
References
- ^ a b 2012 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 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. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2015.