1963–64 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
1963–64 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball | |
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Yankee Conference Regular Season Co-Champions | |
NCAA University Division Tournament, Elite Eight | |
Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 16–11 (9–2 YC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | George L. Wigton |
Home arena | Hugh S. Greer Field House |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 19 | – | 8 | .704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 11 | – | 10 | .524 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 12 | – | 11 | .522 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 8 | – | 15 | .348 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1963–64 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1963–64 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 16–11 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 9–2 record. They were the Yankee Conference Regular Season co-champions and made it to the Elite Eight in the 1964 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by first-year head coach Fred Shabel.[1][2]
Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
12/4/1963* |
American International | W 95–49 | 1–0 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/7/1963* |
Yale | L 60–64 | 1–1 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/10/1963 |
at Massachusetts | L 59–60 | 1–2 (0–1) |
Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA | |||||||
12/14/1963* |
Boston College | W 108–81 | 2–2 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/18/1963* |
at Fordham | W 59–51 | 3–2 |
Rose Hill Gymnasium New York, NY | |||||||
12/21/1963* |
at Canisius | L 66–84 | 3–3 |
Buffalo, NY | |||||||
1/4/1964* |
Manhattan | W 73–57 | 4–3 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/9/1964* |
at Boston University | L 53–55 | 4–4 |
Boston, MA | |||||||
1/11/1964 |
New Hampshire | W 73–60 | 5–4 (1–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/13/1964 |
Maine | W 71–58 | 6–4 (2–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/18/1964 |
Rhode Island | W 43–41 | 7–4 (3–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/29/1964* |
at Temple | L 45–53 | 7–5 |
Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
2/2/1964 |
at Vermont | W 79–46 | 8–5 (4–1) |
Patrick Gym Burlington, VT | |||||||
2/5/1964* |
at Rutgers | L 67–68 | 8–6 |
College Avenue Gymnasium Newark, NJ | |||||||
2/8/1964 |
at Maine | W 80–53 | 9–6 (5–1) |
Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME | |||||||
2/11/1964 |
Massachusetts | W 72–50 | 10–6 (6–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/14/1964 |
Vermont | W 90–64 | 11–6 (7–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/15/1964* |
Holy Cross | L 57–62 | 11–7 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/19/1964* |
at Holy Cross | L 56–60 | 11–8 |
Worcester, MA | |||||||
2/22/1964* |
Colgate | W 100–62 | 12–8 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/25/1964 |
at New Hampshire | W 58–55 | 13–8 (8–1) |
Lundholm Gym Durham, NH | |||||||
2/29/1964 |
at Rhode Island | L 53–54 | 13–9 (8–2) |
Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI | |||||||
3/4/1964 |
at Rhode Island Yankee Conference Play-off |
W 61–60 | 14–9 (9–2) |
Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI | |||||||
3/6/1964* |
Syracuse Rivalry |
L 49–58 | 14–10 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/9/1964* |
vs. Temple First Round |
W 53–48 | 15–10 |
Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
3/14/1964* |
vs. Princeton Sweet Sixteen |
W 52–50 | 16–10 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | |||||||
3/16/1964* |
vs. Duke Elite Eight |
L 54–101 | 16–11 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | |||||||
*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 November 27, 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 September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.