1965–66 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
1965–66 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball | |
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Yankee Conference Regular Season Co-Champions | |
Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 16–8 (9–2 YC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Burr Carlson |
Home arena | Hugh S. Greer Field House |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 9 | – | 13 | .409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 0 | – | 10 | .000 | 3 | – | 21 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1965–66 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1965–66 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 16–8 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. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by third-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 | |||||||||||
12/1/1965* |
at American International | W 89–72 | 1–0 |
Springfield, MA | |||||||
12/4/1965* |
Yale | W 95–73 | 2–0 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/7/1965* |
Manhattan | W 76–55 | 3–0 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/11/1965* |
Boston College | L 74–90 | 3–1 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/13/1965 |
at Maine | W 84–69 | 4–1 (1–0) |
Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME | |||||||
12/18/1965* |
at Syracuse Rivalry |
L 62–87 | 4–2 |
Manley Field House Syracuse, NY | |||||||
12/21/1965* |
at Fordham | L 62–72 | 4–3 |
Rose Hill Gymnasium New York, NY | |||||||
12/28/1965* |
at Baylor | W 96–88 | 5–3 |
Extraco Events Center Waco, TX | |||||||
12/30/1965* |
at Southern Methodist | L 66–80 | 5–4 |
Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX | |||||||
1/5/1966* |
Holy Cross | L 72–73 | 5–5 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/12/1966 |
New Hampshire | W 119–74 | 6–5 (2–0) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/15/1966 |
at Rhode Island | L 68–82 | 6–6 (2–1) |
Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI | |||||||
1/28/1966* |
Colgate | W 97–94 | 7–6 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/29/1966 |
Vermont | W 96–64 | 8–6 (3–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/2/1966 |
at Massachusetts | W 90–60 | 9–6 (4–1) |
Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA | |||||||
2/5/1966 |
Maine | W 114–58 | 10–6 (5–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/8/1966* |
at Boston University | W 62–43 | 11–6 |
Boston, MA | |||||||
2/12/1966* |
at Holy Cross | L 70–73 | 11–7 |
Worcester, MA | |||||||
2/15/1966 |
at New Hampshire | W 113–62 | 12–7 (6–1) |
Lundholm Gym Durham, NH | |||||||
2/19/1966 |
Massachusetts | W 91–64 | 13–7 (7–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/23/1966* |
at Rutgers | W 96–84 | 14–7 |
College Avenue Gymnasium Newark, NJ | |||||||
2/26/1966 |
at Vermont | W 92–70 | 15–7 (8–1) |
Patrick Gym Burlington, VT | |||||||
3/1/1966 |
Rhode Island | W 96–74 | 16–7 (9–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
3/4/1966 |
Rhode Island Yankee Conference Play-off |
L 62–67 | 16–8 (9–2) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
*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 December 4, 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 December 4, 2015.