1962–63 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
1962–63 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball | |
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Yankee Conference Regular Season Champions | |
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Yankee Conference |
1962–63 record | 18–7 (9–1 YC) |
Head coach |
Hugh Greer (17th year) George Wigton (1st year) |
Assistant coach | George L. Wigton |
Home arena | Hugh S. Greer Field House |
1962–63 Yankee Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 18 | – | 7 | .720 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 8 | – | 15 | .348 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 10 | – | 13 | .435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 7 | – | 17 | .292 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1962–63 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1962–63 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with an 18–7 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 9–1 record. They were the Yankee Conference Regular Season Champions and made it to the first round of the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by seventeenth-year head coach Hugh Greer and first-year head coach George Wigton.[1][2]
Schedule
Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
12/1/1962* |
at Yale | W 61–49 | 1–0 |
Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT | |||||||
12/8/1962* |
at Boston College | W 63–53 | 2–0 |
Roberts Center Boston, MA | |||||||
12/12/1962 |
Massachusetts | W 85–61 | 3–0 (1–0) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/15/1962* |
Fordham | L 66–75 | 3–1 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/17/1962* |
American International | W 64–58 | 4–1 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/18/1962* |
at Loyola (New Orleans) | L 49–51 | 4–2 |
The Den New Orleans, LA | |||||||
1/5/1963* |
at Holy Cross | L 50–74 | 4–3 |
Worcester, MA | |||||||
1/8/1963 |
at New Hampshire | W 86–58 | 5–3 (2–0) |
Lundholm Gym Durham, NH | |||||||
1/11/1963 |
Vermont | W 88–67 | 6–3 (3–0) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/12/1963 |
Maine | W 92–64 | 7–3 (4–0) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/24/1963* |
Canisius | L 65–74 | 7–4 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/29/1963* |
Boston University | W 90–76 | 8–4 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/2/1963 |
at Vermont | W 95–62 | 9–4 (5–0) |
Patrick Gym Burlington, VT | |||||||
2/6/1963* |
American International | W 93–67 | 10–4 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/9/1963 |
at Maine | W 89–61 | 11–4 (6–0) |
Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME | |||||||
2/12/1963 |
at Massachusetts | W 79–66 | 12–4 (7–0) |
Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA | |||||||
2/16/1963* |
Holy Cross | W 85–75 | 13–4 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/19/1963 |
at Rhode Island | L 62–65 | 13–5 (7–1) |
Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI | |||||||
2/21/1963* |
at Manhattan | W 68–64 | 14–5 |
New York, NY | |||||||
2/23/1963* |
Rutgers | W 88–63 | 15–5 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/26/1963 |
New Hampshire | W 102–72 | 16–5 (8–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
3/2/1963 |
Rhode Island | W 88–73 | 17–5 (9–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
3/7/1963* |
at Syracuse Rivalry |
W 92–74 | 18–5 |
Manley Field House Syracuse, NY | |||||||
3/9/1963* |
at Colgate | L 67–69 | 18–6 |
Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/11/1963* |
vs. West Virginia First Round |
L 71–77 | 18–7 |
Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
- 1 2 2012 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Retrieved 22 November 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. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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