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1 FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: KYLE MUNCY, Assistant Director of Athletics/Communications Office ; Fax Home ; Cellular TELEVISION COVERAGE: WTIC-TV, Fox 61 John Sanders (play-by-play), Bob Wenzel (analyst) RADIO COVERAGE: UCONN RADIO NETWORK Joe D Ambrosio (play-by-play), Wayne Norman (analyst); WTIC-Hartford (1080-AM); WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM); WLIS-Old Saybrook (1420-AM); WMRD-Middletown (1150-AM); WICC-Bridgeport (600-AM), WSTC-Stamford (1400-AM); WNLK-Norwalk (1350-AM). Game #3 Saturday, November 22, 2003 Noon Hartford Civic Center (16,294), Hartford, CT UConn Men s Basketball Schedule Date Opponent TV Time NOVEMBER Mon. 3 TEAM NIKE (Ex.) (GP) W, Thurs. 13 BELTWAY BALLERS (Ex.) (HCC) W, Mon. 17 YALE (PNIT 1st Round) (GP) espn2 W, Wed. 19 NEVADA (PNIT 2nd Round) (GP) ESPN W, Sat. 22 SACRED HEART (HCC) FOX 61 Noon Wed. 26 vs. Georgia Tech (PNIT Semifinals-MSG) ESPN 9:00 Fri. 28 PNIT Championship/Third Place-MSG espn2 7:00/4:30 DECEMBER Mon. 1 LEHIGH (HCC) WTXX 7:00 Sat. 6 ARMY (GP) WTXX 7:00 Sat. 13 QUINNIPIAC (GP) FOX 61 7:00 Sat. 20 IONA (HCC) WTXX Noon Sun. 28 BALL STATE (HCC) WTXX 2:00 Tues. 30 MASSACHUSETTS (HCC) 7:00 JANUARY Fri. 2 at Rice 8:00 Tues. 6 at Rutgers FOX 61 7:30 Sun. 11 OKLAHOMA (GP) CBS 4:30 Wed. 14 GEORGETOWN (GP) WTXX 7:30 Sat. 17 at North Carolina CBS 3:30 Mon. 19 PITTSBURGH (HCC) ESPN 7:00 Sat. 24 PROVIDENCE (HCC) FOX 61 Noon Wed. 28 at Virginia Tech WTXX 7:00 Sat. 31 at Boston College FOX 61 4:00 FEBRUARY Mon. 2 SYRACUSE (HCC) ESPN 7:00 Sat. 7 WEST VIRGINIA (GP) WTXX 2:00 Mon. 9 at Notre Dame ESPN 7:00 Sun. 15 at Pittsburgh ABC 1:30 Wed. 18 MIAMI (HCC) WTXX 7:00 Sat. 21 NOTRE DAME (HCC) CBS 2:00 Tues. 24 at St. John s espn2 7:00 Sat. 28 at Villanova ESPN 2:30 MARCH Mon. 1 SETON HALL (GP) ESPN 7:00 Sun. 7 at Syracuse CBS 2: at BIG EAST Tournament ESPN/espn2 Madison Square Garden, New York All Times Eastern #1 AP & #1 ESPN/USA Connecticut Huskies (2-0) vs. Sacred Heart Pioneers (0-0) THE GAME-- Today's game features the Huskies of the University of Connecticut against the Pioneers of Sacred Heart University. The Huskies are 2-0 on the season after wins over Yale (70-60) on November 17 and Nevada (93-79) on November 19. The game is the season opener for the Pioneers. THE COACHES-- The head coach of Connecticut, in his 18th season with the Huskies, is Jim Calhoun. Coach Calhoun has a career record of in his 32nd season of collegiate coaching. He has a record of in his 18th season at UConn and was in 14 seasons at Northeastern. Dave Bike is in 25 seasons as the head coach at Sacred Heart. CALHOUN WINS 400TH-- With the win over Yale on November 17, head coach Jim Calhoun recorded his 400th coaching win at the University of Connecticut. He now has a record in his 18th season at UConn, an average of over 23 wins per season. He is the winningest coach in New England and UConn history and is a member of the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR-- Junior center Emeka Okafor, the consensus National Preseason Player of the Year, is off to a stellar start to his junior season. He is averaging 17.0 points, 13.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks through two games. He has double-doubles in both contests. THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, PART 2-- Junior guard Ben Gordon, also a consensus preseason all-american pick, is off to a flying start to the season. Gordon comes off a phenomenal 37-point career-best performance in the win over Nevada. Through two games, Gordon is averaging 25.0 points and shooting 63.6% from three-point range University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- NOVEMBER 22, 2003 vs. SACRED HEART, page 1

2 MORE ON BEN-- Ben Gordon s 37-point performance vs. Jake Voskuhl (96-97), Doron Sheffer (93-94), Donyell Marshall Nevada is tied for the second-highest point total in Gampel (91-92), Scott Burrell (89-90), Rod Sellers (88-89) and Tate Pavilion. Ray Allen and Lindsey Hunter (Jackson State) each George (86-87). scored 39 points in Gampel, while Gordon joins Chris Smith SERIES HISTORY & NOTES-- UConn and Sacred Heart and Kerry Kittles (Villanova) with 37 points. Gordon s 37 points are meeting for the third time and UConn holds a 2-0 advantage... The Huskies beat the Pioneers on January 3, 2000, 83- are the most in a game by a Husky since Richard Hamilton had 39 at Boston College on January 6, Ben now has 1, at the HCC and on December 3, 2002, , at Gampel career points (16.3/game) and is tied for 30th all-time at UConn Pavilion...Jim Calhoun has a 54-2 record against teams from with Bob Boyd. Next on the list are Brian Fair (1,130), Caron the state of Connecticut as the head coach at UConn. His only Butler (1,136) and Rod Sellers (1,143). two losses to in-state teams came in his first season at Connecticut, to Hartford (49-48 on 12/29/86) and to Yale (77-75 GOOD START FOR DENHAM-- Sophomore Denham Brown has started his year in fine fashion. He comes off a on 12/2/86). Since the loss to Hartford, UConn has won 52 career-best 22 points in the win over Nevada and is averaging straight against in-state teams... Coach Calhoun is 68-5 alltime against teams from the state of Connecticut (54-2 at 18.5 points per contest along with five rebounds and 2.5 assists. In the win over Yale, Brown had 15 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Brown tied his career-best by making UCONN HAS 83-GAME WINNING STREAK VS. NON- UConn, 14-3 at Northeastern). three three-pointers and his eight boards were one off his BIG EAST NE FOES-- UConn enters the game with Sacred best. Heart with an impressive streak on the line. The Huskies have BOONE GETS A FROSH START-- Freshman Josh Boone won 83 consecutive games against non-big EAST Conference became the 12th freshman in the Jim Calhoun era at UConn to New England college rivals. The streak dates back 17 seasons start the season opener and this marks the fourth straight to UConn head coach Jim Calhoun s first year at Connecticut, season that a freshman has cracked the season opening starting line-up. The list of freshmen to start the season opener BIG EAST New England schools in his 18 years at UConn is 86- the season. Jim Calhoun s overall record against nonincludes: Denham Brown (02-03), Emeka Okafor (01-02), Taliek 3 (all three losses in his first season in ). The last Brown (00-01), Khalid El-Amin (97-98), Richard Hamilton and Connecticut loss to a non-big EAST New England opponent took place on December 29, 1986 (49-48 to UConn Basketball Roster Hartford in the Connecticut Mutual Classic). THE HUSKIES IN HARTFORD-- 2 Ryan Swaller Sr. F Milford, CT/Foran HS 3 Charlie Villanueva Fr. F Brooklyn, NY/Blair Academy (NJ) UConn will play in the Hartford Civic Center 4 Ben Gordon Jr. G Mt. Vernon, NY/Mount Vernon HS 5 Marcus Williams Fr. G Los Angeles, CA/Oak Hill (VA) Acad. for the 236th time in the game vs. Sacred 11 Hilton Armstrong So. F/C Peekskill, NY/Peekskill HS Heart, including exhibition games. The Huskies have rolled up a mark vs. colle- 12 Taliek Brown Sr. G Queens, NY/St. John s Prep HS 13 Ryan Thompson Jr. F Gold Coast, Australia/W. Nebraska C.C. 21 Josh Boone Fr. F/C Mt. Airy, MD/W. Nottingham Acad. 23 Marcus White So. F Chicago, IL/Whitney Young HS giate opposition, including exhibitions. 24 Jason Baisch Jr. F Southbury, CT/Pomperaug HS UConn has gone unbeaten at the HCC five 30 Shamon Tooles Sr. G/F Coatesville, PA/Coatesville HS 31 Rashad Anderson So. G/F Lakeland, FL/Kathleen HS times and has had five seasons with only one 32 Ed Nelson Jr.# F Fort Lauderdale, FL/Georgia Tech 33 Denham Brown So. F Toronto, Canada/West Hill Collegiate HCC loss. The Huskies topped the three million mark in attendance in Hartford during the 40 Justin Evanovich Sr. G Ann Arbor, MI/E.O. Smith (CT) HS 50 Emeka Okafor Jr. F/C Houston, TX/Bellaire HS #-- sitting out the season as a transfer season. The total attendance for Head Coach: JIM CALHOUN, 18th Season at Connecticut (American International 68) HCC games is 3,373,931, an average of 14,357 Assistant Coach: TOM MOORE, 10th Season at Connecticut (Boston University 87) per date, including 102 sellouts. UConn is 131- Assistant Coach: GEORGE BLANEY, 3rd Season at Connecticut (Holy Cross 61) Assistant Coach: CLYDE VAUGHAN, 2nd Season at Connecticut (Pittsburgh 84) 34 in the Hartford Civic Center under Jim Dir. of Basketball Ops.: ANDRE LaFLEUR, 3rd Season at Connecticut (Northeastern 88) Calhoun... The Huskies are at the HCC PRONUNCIATION GUIDE in BIG EAST play, against non-conference opponents. Rashad Anderson ruh-shod Jason Baisch bay-sh Denham Brown denim Taliek Brown TAH-leek UCONN AS THE NO. 1 TEAM-- The Justin Evanovich ee-van-oh-vitch Huskies have played 22 games in their history Emeka Okafor eh-mecca oh-kuh-four Shamon Tooles shuh-mon as the No. 1 team in the nation, compiling a 19- Charlie Villanueva villa-noo-wayva 3 record in those contests. UConn was the top University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- NOVEMBER 22, 2003 vs. SACRED HEART, page 2

3 ranked team for two games in (1-1), 16 games in (15-1), two games in (1-1) and two games this season (2-0). This is the second time that UConn has started the season as the No. 1 team in the country, the season being the other. The Huskies lost their opener to Iowa that season at Madison Square Garden. THE NO. 1 NATIONAL TEAM-- UConn enters the season as the nation s consensus No. 1 team, holding that distinction in both the AP and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, as well as, several different preview magazines to date including, ESPN the Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Street & Smith s, Lindy s, Blue Ribbon, Basketball News, Slam Magazine and Basketball Times. THE NO. 1 BIG EAST TEAM-- Connecticut was a unanimous choice of the league s coaches to capture the BIG EAST title. UConn received all 13 possible first place votes. Coaches could not vote for their own teams. The Huskies were followed in order by Syracuse, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, Boston College, West Virginia, St. John s, Miami, Georgetown, Rutgers and Virginia Tech. THE NO. 1 PLAYERS-- The Huskies also enter the season with two of the top players in the country. Junior center Emeka Okafor is the consensus selection as the Preseason National Player of the Year and is the Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year. Okafor was also the top vote getter on the Associated Press All-America team. Junior guard Ben Gordon is also a National Player of the Year candidate and a consensus preseason all-american selection. Both Okafor and Gordon are Wooden Award and Naismith Award Candidates and were First Team All-BIG EAST preseason picks. Freshman Charlie Villanueva was selected as the Preseason BIG EAST Rookie of the Year. ONE MILLIONTH FAN IN GAMPEL-- The one millionth ticket holder for a men s basketball game at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion passed through the turnstiles before the opener with Yale. Including exhibition games, UConn has now hosted 1,008,040 fans in 112 contests (9,000 per game) since the building opened in The Huskies have sold out 96 of those 112 men s basketball events and have an overall record of 96-16, in regular season games and 12-2 in exhibition contests. HUSKIES ON TELEVISION-- UConn will have all but one of its regular season contests televised this season, either nationally or locally. The Huskies will appear on national tv as many as 15 times, including as many as 10 appearances on ESPN/ espn2, four on CBS and 1 on ABC. The second round and semifinal and championship rounds of the Preseason NIT will be televised by ESPN/espn2. UConn will play 13 games produced by ESPN Regional TV to be shown locally on WTXX-20 or Fox 61. The local television for the game at Rice is still to be determined and the game against Massachusetts will not be televised. HUSKIES ON RADIO-- For the 12th consecutive season, WTIC-AM 1080 will serve as the flagship station of the UConn Radio Network and broadcast the Huskies across the state and the region. Calling the action will be Joe D Ambrosio and Wayne Norman. In addition to WTIC-Hartford (1080-AM), other stations carrying the games will be WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM); WLIS-Old Saybrook (1420-AM); WMRD- Middletown (1150-AM); WICC-Bridgeport (600-AM), WSTC-Stamford (1400-AM); WNLK-Norwalk (1350-AM). LIVE ON THE NET-- Tonight s game and every game all season can be heard live on the internet via Fans can also track all home games and NATIONAL POLLS HUSKIES IN THE POLLS WEEK-BY-WEEK AP USA/ESPN Preseason 1 1 Nov no poll ASSOCIATED PRESS November 17 Team Record Pts. LW 1. Connecticut (69) 0-0 1, Duke (1) 0-0 1, Michigan State (1) 0-0 1, Arizona 0-0 1, Missouri 0-0 1, Kansas (1) 0-0 1, Syracuse 0-0 1, Florida 0-0 1, North Carolina 0-0 1, Kentucky 0-0 1, Texas 0-0 1, Illinois St. Joseph's Oklahoma Wisconsin Gonzaga Louisville Cincinnati Wake Forest Stanford Notre Dame Pittsburgh Marquette N.C. State Oklahoma State USA TODAY/ESPN COACHES Preseason Team Record Pts. LW 1. Connecticut (25) Duke (3) Michigan State (1) Arizona Kansas Missouri Syracuse (1) Florida Kentucky North Carolina (1) NR 11. Texas Gonzaga NR 13. Illinois Wisconsin Oklahoma Louisville Stanford St. Joseph's NR 19. Cincinnati NR 19. Notre Dame Wake Forest Pittsburgh Marquette Oklahoma State Maryland University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- NOVEMBER 22, 2003 vs. SACRED HEART, page 3

4 selected road games statistically in real DIVISION I time at the same address. WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACHES 1. Bob Knight, Texas Tech TICKETS AVAILABLE AT HCC-- Tickets for selected UConn games at the Hart- 3. Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma St Lou Henson, New Mexico St ford Civic Center are on sale now. Tickets 4. John Chaney, Temple Lute Olson, Arizona are available via TicketMaster by calling 6. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke (Hartford) or Jim Boeheim, Syracuse (New Haven), visiting any 8. Jim Calhoun, Connecticut Hugh Durham, Jacksonville TicketMaster outlet or ordering online at 10. Billy Tubbs, Lamar Tickets are also available at UConn Athletic Ticket Office in the Greer Field House in Storrs, CT, which is open M-F, 9:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m., cash or check only please. BIG EAST TELECONFERENCE-- The BIG EAST men s basketball coaches will hold a teleconference for the media six times during the season. Each coach will be available for approximately eight minutes. Media representatives wishing to participate in the teleconference should contact the BIG EAST office or consult the weekly press release for the phone number. Calls for this season are scheduled for: Thursday, December 11, Thursday, January 15, Thursday, January 29, Thursday, February 12, Thursday, February 26, Monday, March 8. The schedule of coaches is as follows (all times Eastern): 11:00 a.m. Jay Wright, Villanova; 11:08 a.m. Mike Brey, Notre Dame; 11:16 a.m. Al Skinner, Boston College; 11:24 a.m. Jim Calhoun, Connecticut; 11:32 a.m. Mike Jarvis, St. John s; 11:40 a.m. Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh; 11:48 a.m. Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; 11:56 a.m. Perry Clark, Miami; 12:04 p.m. John Beilein, West Virginia; 12:12 p.m. Louis Orr, Seton Hall; 12:20 p.m. Gary Waters, Rutgers; 12:28 p.m. Tim Welsh, Providence; 12:36 p.m. Craig Esherick, Georgetown; 12:44 p.m. Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech. NEXT ON THE SCHEDULE-- The Huskies return to action on Wednesday, November 26 with a contest against the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech at Madison Square Garden in the semifinal round of the Preseason NIT. That game will be televised by ESPN with Dave O Brien and Len Elmore calling the action. The game can also be heard on the UConn Radio Network, with WTIC-AM 1080 serving as the flagship station. Live stats and audio are also available via the official website of UConn Athletics, National Letter of Intent Signees Rudy Gay, 6-9, 215, F, Baltimore, MD, Archbishop Spalding HS-- Among the top high school players in the country... Averaged 14.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, blocked 85 shots and had 46 steals as a junior... All-State, All-County and All-Metro performer... Was the No. 1 rated player at the Nike All-American Camp this past summer. Coach Calhoun on Rudy Gay Rudy is one of the top five or six high school players in the country. He not only has incredible ability, but also has the potential for even greater things. He has the opportunity to be next in the line of great wing players that we have had at Connecticut. Rudy has been fortunate to be a part of two great prep programs under Mike Glick at Archbishop Spalding High School and for the Cecil Kirk AAU program, coached by Anthony Lewis. A.J. Price, 6-0, 170, G, Amityville, NY, Amityville HS-- Among the top prep guards in the country, averaged 25.4 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals as a junior... Made a school-record 63 threepointers... Named the Long Island Suffolk County Player of the Year by Newsday. Coach Calhoun on A.J. Price A.J. is one of the best high school guards in the country. He has a phenomenal combination of speed, shooting and playmaking ability that will enable him to make an immediate impact for us next season. He plays for a high school program coached by Jack Agostino that is widely regarded as one of the best in the Northeast and has put together an unprecendented stretch of success over the past several years. MOST WINS LAST SEVEN SEASONS ( to present) AMONG THE NATION S ELITE MOST WINS LAST 11 SEASONS ( to present) MOST WINS LAST 15 SEASONS ( to present) 1. Duke Kansas Kentucky CONNECTICUT Stanford Kentucky Kansas Duke CONNECTICUT Arizona Kansas Duke Kentucky Arizona CONNECTICUT University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- NOVEMBER 22, 2003 vs. SACRED HEART, page 4

5 18TH SEASON at UConn JIM CALHOUN YEAR-BY-YEAR 32nd Season Won 649, Lost th Season At Connecticut Won 401, Lost 159 Year Record 2-0 Postseason NIT * NIT NIT NIT NIT** *-- Champions **-- NIT Champions 14 Seasons At Northeastern Won 248, Lost 137 Year Record Postseason During the past 18 years, University of Connecticut head basketball coach Jim Calhoun has steadily built UConn basketball into one of the elite college programs in the nation. The move toward national prominence for the University of Connecticut basketball program began in May of 1986 when Jim Calhoun was named head coach. Eighteen years later, UConn Basketball sits atop the college basketball landscape with a National Championship and a regular spot in the top 25 collegiate polls. The Huskies have begun the season as the consensus No. 1 team in the nation and have two National Player of the Year candidates in juniors Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor. Coach Calhoun reached another milestone in the season opening win over Yale on November 17, notching his 400th career victory at UConn. In , Coach Calhoun faced the biggest challenge of his life and tackled it with the will and determination that college basketball followers have grown to expect from him and his program. On February 3, 2003, Jim Calhoun announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He took an immediate leave of absence from the team and underwent surgery on February 6 to have his prostate removed. He was released from the hospital on February 9 and within days was back in the office, involved in the many day-to-day aspects of running the program. On February 22, Jim Calhoun remarkably returned to the sidelines for the team s match-up with St. John s at Gampel Pavilion, only 13 days after successful surgery to eliminate his prostate cancer. The Huskies finished the season with a overall record, finishing 10-6 in the BIG EAST. The Huskies captured a share of the BIG EAST East Division title, the program s eighth BIG EAST Regular Season Championship in the past 14 seasons, and lost in the championship game of the BIG EAST Tournament. UConn spent the first 14 weeks of the season ranked in the National Top 25, reaching as high as the No. 3 spot, and finished the year ranked No. 11 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 23 in the Associated Press rankings. UConn advanced to the Tournament for the 11th time under Coach Calhoun, making the program one of only five schools to advance to national postseason play for the last 16 straight seasons and the Huskies were in the Sweet 16 for the ninth time in 11 trips to the tourney under Coach Calhoun. In 32 seasons as a head coach on the Division I collegiate level, Jim Calhoun s overall collegiate head coaching record is (68.7% winning effort). That includes a (64.4%) record in 14 seasons as head coach at Northeastern (MA) University and a (71.6%) mark in his 18th season at Connecticut. In his 17 years at Connecticut, Jim Calhoun has compiled a stunning overall record in national postseason tournament competition (26-9 in play, 12-4 in NIT play). His 26 wins at UConn, all achieved in the past 14 years, far outdistances the entire total of four victories recorded at Connecticut before Coach Calhoun took over the Husky basketball program in the spring of In addition to directing Connecticut to the 1999 National Championship, Jim Calhoun has led UConn to 11 bids in the past 14 years. Under Coach Calhoun s direction, UConn has never lost a First Round game and are 20-2 in the First and Second Rounds. The Huskies have earned nine Sweet 16 berths in the past 14 years, and Connecticut advanced to the Elite Eight in 1990, 1995, 1998, 1999 and Jim Calhoun and his wife Pat have two sons, James and Jeffrey. James and his wife Jennifer reside in London, England with their daughters, Emily (born 3/5/99) and Katie (born 12/29/00) and son Samuel Patrick (born 6/8/03). Jeffrey and his wife Amy reside in Glastonbury, CT with their daughters Avery (born 1/26/02) and Reese (born 4/7/03). THE CALHOUN COACHING PROFILE Overall Coaching Record: (32nd Season) Coaching Record at Connecticut: (18th Season) Coaching Record at Northeastern: (14 Seasons) Championship Tournament:...16 Times (11 at UConn, 5 at Northeastern) Championships: Elite 8:... 5 Times Sweet 16:... 9 Times National Invitation Tournament (NIT):... 5 Times NIT Championships: Overall National Postseason Record: National Postseason Record at Connecticut: Record at Connecticut: NIT Record at Connecticut: BIG EAST Regular Season Championships:... Eight... ( , , , , , , , ) BIG EAST Tournament Record: BIG EAST Tournament Championships:...Five (1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002) University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- NOVEMBER 22, 2003 vs. SACRED HEART, page 5

6 UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores & Recaps EXHIBITION #1-- Monday, November 3, 2003, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT #1 Connecticut 96, Team Nike 78 TEAM NIKE TOT 3-PT REBS No. N A M E FG-A FG-A -A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 04 Cunningham, Deryl f Wills, Charles f Sheppard, Nick c Williams, Kenny g Boschee, Jeff g Armstead, Lionel White, Wayland Tatum, Justin Sanders, Marshall TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 39.5% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 44.4% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 58.8% 3 CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS No. N A M E FG-A FG-A -A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 11 Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Williams, Marcus Thompson, Ryan Boone, Josh White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 46.6% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 35.7% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 64.3% 2 OFFICIALS: Jim Burr, John Cahill, Bill Laubenstein; ATTENDANCE: 10,167 (sellout) SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd TOTAL Team Nike Connecticut Junior shooting guard Ben Gordon (Mt. Vernon, NY) scored 21 points and senior point guard Taliek Brown (Queens, NY) had 14 points and nine assists as top-ranked Connecticut opened up exhibition play with a victory over Team Nike before a sellout crowd of 10,167 at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. Senior All-America candidate Emeka Okafor (Houston, TX) scored 16 points and sophomore forward Denham Brown (Toronto, ON) added 13. Sophomores Rashad Anderson (Lakeland, FL) and Marcus White (Chicago, IL) had 11 and 10 respectively off the bench. The Huskies tried to push the pace of the game and to pound the ball inside to take advantage of their height mismatch. They were successful on both counts, reeling off 34 fast break points and amassing 62 points in the paint. UConn won the battle of the boards, 59-41, led by underclassmen White and Josh Boone (Mt. Airy, MD). White had a game-high 14 rebounds, while Boone snagged 12 in his collegiate debut. The Huskies shot 47% (41 of 88) from the field for the game and dished out 27 assists on their 41 made field goals. Team Nike was held to just 39% shooting (30 of 76). Wayland White scored 15 to lead five Team Nike players in double figures. EXHIBITION #2-- Thursday, November 13, 2003, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT #1 Connecticut 102, Beltway Ballers 44 BELTWAY BALLERS TOT 3-PT REBS No. N A M E FG-A FG-A -A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 12 Poole, Andre f Pace, Joe f Payne, Terrence f Norris, Kevin g Sneed, Darnell g Wise, Mike White, Greate Ragland, Michael Brandon, Maurice Butler, Gregory TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 21.2% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 17.4% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 57.1% 3 CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS No. N A M E FG-A FG-A -A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 21 Boone, Josh f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Williams, Marcus g Swaller, Ryan Armstrong, Hilton Thompson, Ryan White, Marcus Baisch, Jason Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 61.4% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 33.3% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 55.0% 3 OFFICIALS: Ed Corbett, Fran Connolly, Paul Faia; ATTENDANCE: 15,517 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd TOTAL Beltway Ballers Connecticut Junior Emeka Okafor (Houston, TX) scored twenty second-half points, and freshman Josh Boone (Mt. Airy, MD) was one blocked shot away from a triple-double, finishing with 12 points and 15 rebounds as the University of Connecticut men's basketball team routed the Beltway Ballers, , in the front of 15,517 at the Hartford Civic Center. The contest was the Huskies' last exhibition tune-up of the season. The Huskies stormed out of the gate in this contest and took control immediately, jumping out to a 20-3 lead with 14:54 remaining in the first half. Ben Gordon (Mt. Vernon, NY) made the first four shots he took, and finished the first half with 13 points. Sophomore wing Denham Brown (Toronto, Ontario) also finished the first half with a bakers' dozen, helping UConn to a halftime edge. Connecticut would not take its foot off the gas pedal in the second half, as Okafor went 9-of-10 from the field in the second stanza, and Boone started the second half with three straight blocked shots. UConn outscored the Ballers in the second session, thanks to a 68.8% shooting clip, and outstanding work on the boards, as UConn out rebounded the Ballers Freshman Marcus Williams (Los Angeles, CA) dished out a game-high 15 assists and turned the ball over only twice. Andre Poole led the Ballers with 11 points University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- NOVEMBER 22, 2003 vs. SACRED HEART, page 6

7 UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores & Recaps GAME #1-- Monday, November 17, 2003, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT #1 Connecticut 70, Yale 60 YALE TOT 3-PT REBS No. N A M E FG-A FG-A -A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 33 Vitelli, Paul f Martin, Dominick c Draughan, Edwin g Minoff, Matt g Gamboa, Alex g Hughes, Casey Simon, Justin Gaffield, Scott Lovett, Mark Kaplan, Sam TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 42.4% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 35.7% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 62.5% 1 CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS No. N A M E FG-A FG-A -A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 21 Boone, Josh f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Williams, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 47.3% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 47.1% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 52.6% 3 OFFICIALS: Jim Haney, Ray Perone, Mike Stephens; ATTENDANCE: 10,167 (sellout) SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd TOTAL Yale (0-1) Connecticut (1-0) Junior All-American Emeka Okafor (Houston, TX) notched his 29th career double-double with 21 points and 13 rebounds as top-ranked Connecticut came from behind to defeat Yale, 70-60, in the first round of the 2003 Preseason NIT at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. It was the season opener for both squads. With a win over Yale, head coach Jim Calhoun recorded his 400th coaching win at the University of Connecticut. He has a record in his 18th season at UConn. Yale was able to control the pace of the game in the opening twenty minutes, leading by as many as five before intermission, at 27-22, before settling for a halftime lead. UConn shot just 38 percent in the first twenty minutes. The Huskies seized control from the outset of the second half as senior point guard Taliek Brown (Queens, NY) and sophomore forward Denham Brown (Toronto, ON) scored back-to-back lay-ups to give UConn the lead at 32-31, and forcing Yale to call timeout. After the two teams traded hoops, freshman forward Josh Boone (Mt. Airy, MD) dunked off a fast brake pass from Taliek Brown to give the Huskies a lead they would never relinquish. The hoop started a 9-0 run that was capped by a thunderous slam by Okafor. The Huskies shot considerably better after intermission, hitting 10 of their first 14 shots from the field. They finished the game shooting 47% (26 of 55), including 8 of 17 from beyond the three-point arc. Junior guard Ben Gordon (Mt. Vernon, NY) and Denham Brown each hit three trifectas. Okafor scored 12 of his 21 points in the second half, and added four blocks. Denham Brown finished with 15, while Gordon chipped in with 13. Denham Brown s eight rebounds were one off of his careerhigh. Dominick Martin and Edwin Draughan each scored 14 for the Bulldogs. GAME #2-- Wednesday, November 19, 2003, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT #1 Connecticut 93, Nevada 79 NEVADA TOT 3-PT REBS No. N A M E FG-A FG-A -A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 21 Pinkney, Kevinn f Paul, Sean f Snyder, Kirk g Okeson, Todd g Hill-Thomas, Garry g Taylor, Seth Shiloh, Kyle Kemp, Marcelus Browne, Dean Fazekas, Nick Washington, Jermaine TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 42.6% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 53.3% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 65.5% 6 CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS No. N A M E FG-A FG-A -A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 21 Boone, Josh f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Williams, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 51.6% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 63.6% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 75.9% 5 OFFICIALS: Larry Rose, Keith Maxwell, Jamie Luckie; ATTENDANCE: 10,167 (sellout) SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd TOTAL Nevada (1-1) Connecticut (2-0) Junior guard Ben Gordon (Mt. Vernon, NY) scored a career-high 37 points and sophomore guard Denham Brown (Toronto, ON) also scored a career-high with 22 points as top-ranked Connecticut raced past Nevada, 93-79, in the second round of the 2003 Preseason National Invitation Tournament at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. Gordon was amazingly consistent, scoring 19 points in the opening half, mostly on nine free throws, and he scored 18 points after intermission, mostly on the strength of four three-point shots. He finished shooting 12 of 20, and was a perfect four for four from three-point range. He has now scored 1,122 points in his UConn career, moving into a tie for 30th place with Bob Boyd. His 37 points at Gampel Pavilion ties Chris Smith for second on the all-time UConn scoring list behind Ray Allen, who scored 39 against Rutgers on February 28, Nevada played a very efficient first 8:35, leading behind eight quick points by Kevinn Pinkney, but the Huskies stormed back with a 10-0 run over the next 3:18 as Brown scored five points and junior center Emeka Okafor (Houston, TX) added four. The Huskies settled in to lead at the half in a foul-filled opening twenty minutes. There were 24 fouls whistled in the first half, as the Huskies made 14 of 20 free throws. The Huskies were forced to play the final 7:52 of the half without Okafor, who was saddled with two fouls. UConn seized control of the contest early in the second half, going on a 13-2 run to break a deadlock as Brown again keyed the run with five points. His 22 points eclipsed the 18 points he had last season against Miami. Okafor notched his 30th career double-double by snagging a game-high 14 rebounds to go with 13 points, while freshman power forward Josh Boone (Mt. Airy, MD) scored eight and grabbed 11 rebounds in just his second collegiate contest. Freshman point guard Marcus Williams (Los Angeles, CA) gave the Huskies a lift off the bench with seven points and three assists. Kirk Snyder led the Wolfpack with 22 points, while Todd Okeson added 16 points University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- NOVEMBER 22, 2003 vs. SACRED HEART, page 7

8 CONNECTICUT Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 21, 2003) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (2-0) (2-0) (0-0) (0-0) CONFERENCE... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (2-0) (2-0) (0-0) (0-0) ---TOTAL PTS REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct -A Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Gordon, Ben Brown, Denham Okafor, Emeka Boone, Josh Williams, Marcus Anderson, Rashad Tooles, Shamon Brown, Taliek Armstrong, Hilton White, Marcus TEAM Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS UCONN OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND SCORING /17/03 YALE W Points per game /19/03 NEVADA W Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS per game WINNING STREAK Home win streak ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total CONNECTICUT Opponents

9 RASHAD ANDERSON Sophomore, G/F, 6-5, 220 Lakeland, Florida As a Sophomore in : Has come off the bench in both games, scoring 2.5 points in 13.5 minutes. As a Freshman in : Played in all 33 games, starting the last four contests of the regular season... Fourth on the team in scoring at 8.2 points per game... Second on the team with 55 threepointers... Scored 21 points in the BIG EAST semifinal win over Syracuse... Had a career-best 22 points, including 6-of-9 shooting from three-point range, at Notre Dame... Scored 13 points in the win over Syracuse... Had a career-best 22 points at Virginia Tech on February 5, making him the ninth player in 17 seasons under Jim Calhoun at UConn to score 20 points off the bench in a game... In the win over Villanova, Anderson Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Steals Minutes 22 Two Times 7 Three Times 13 Two Times 6 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 9 Two Times 6 Virginia Tech (2/5/03) 7 Virginia Tech (2/5/03) 3 Rutgers (2/19/03) 5 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 5 Two Times 4 Providence (3/5/03) 3 Two Times 1 Five Times 2 Three Times 25 Two Times RASHAD ANDERSON 22 Two Times 7 Two Times 13 Two Times 6 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 9 Two Times 6 Virginia Tech (2/5/03) 7 Virginia Tech (2/5/03) 3 Rutgers (2/19/03) 5 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 5 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 4 Providence (3/5/03) 2 Four Times 1 Three Times 2 Two Times 25 Two Times had a game-high 18 points in only 15 minutes of play... In the win over Virginia Tech on January 14, Anderson scored seven straight points to key a 20-2 second half run... In the win over St. Bonaventure, it took Anderson only six seconds after checking into the game to fire and hit his first three-pointer, keying a Husky comeback from an early 10-point deficit... In the back-to-back wins over UMass (16 points) and UNC Asheville (13 points), Anderson scored 20 points in 35 total minutes off the bench, hitting on 9-of-17 shots from the field and 7-of-13 from three-point range. He also keyed the comeback in the UMass game, hitting three three-pointers in the crushing 29-2 second half run and knocked down 4-of-6 three s in the win over Asheville. Personal Information: Rashad Shaheed Anderson... Liberal arts major... Born November 9, Season 3 Yale (11/17/03) 1 Two Times 6 Nevada (11/19/03) 3 Two Times 1 Nevada (11/19/03) 1 Two Times 14 Yale (11/17/03)

10 HILTON ARMSTRONG Sophomore, F/C, 6-11, 230 Peekskill, New York As a Sophomore in : Has played eight minutes in two games off the bench. As a Freshman in : Played in 32 games, starting the last Averaged 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds... Also blocked 24 shots... Shot 54.5% from the field... Had a career-best 12 points, seven boards and three blocks in his first career start vs. Virginia Tech on January Had a career-best five assists in the win over Villanova on January 25. Personal Information: Hilton Armstrong Jr... Liberal arts major... Born November 23, Father Hilton Sr. played at Mount Vernon HS, the same high school that produced current Husky guard Ben Gordon. Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Steals Minutes 12 Virginia Tech (1/14/03) 5 Virginia Tech (1/14/03) 8 Virginia Tech (1/14/03) 3 Two Times 4 Three Times 4 North Carolina (1/18/03) 6 Syracuse (2/10/03) 7 Three Times 5 Villanova (1/25/03) 4 Two Times 3 Two Times 2 Two Times 22 Virginia Tech (1/14/03) HILTON ARMSTRONG 12 Virginia Tech (1/14/03) 5 Virginia Tech (1/14/03) 8 Virginia Tech (1/14/03) 3 Miami (1/20/03) 4 Two Times 3 Three Times 6 Syracuse (2/10/03) 7 Three Times 5 Villanova (1/25/03) 4 Two Times 3 Two Times 2 Two Times 22 Virginia Tech (1/14/03) Season 2 Nevada (11/19/03) 1 Nevada (11/19/03) 1 Nevada (11/19/03) 2 Nevada (11/19/03) 1 Nevada (11/19/03) 1 Nevada (11/19/03) 5 Nevada (11/19/03)

11 DENHAM BROWN Sophomore, F, 6-5, 219 Toronto, Canada As a Sophomore in : Starter at small forward spot... Second on the team in scoring at 18.5 per contest... Scored a career-best 22 points in the win over Nevada on November Had 15 points, eight boards and four assists in 34 minutes vs. Yale. In the Summer of 2003: Averaged 12.4 points per game for Canada in the 2003 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, finishing second on the team in scoring... Scored 24 points in win over Mexico, 16 points in a loss to Argentina and 20 vs. Venezuela... Scored eight points in only 16 minutes vs. the United States. As a Freshman in : Played in all 33 games, starting Fifth on the team in scoring at 7.7 Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Steals Minutes 22 Nevada (11/19/03) 7 Two Times 12 Two Times 3 Five Times 6 Yale (11/17/03) 6 Miami (1/11/03) 6 Miami (1/11/03) 5 Two Times 7 Yale (11/17/03) 9 Providence (2/8/03) 4 Two Times 4 Miami (1/11/03) 1 Four Times 3 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) 35 Rutgers (2/19/03) DENHAM BROWN 18 Miami (1/11/03) 6 Two Times 12 Two Times 3 Rutgers (2/19/03) 4 Three Times 6 Miami (1/11/03) 6 Miami (1/11/03) 5 Two Times 5 Two Times 9 Providence (2/8/03) 4 Boston College (2/1/03) 4 Miami (1/11/03) 1 Four Times 2 Miami (1/20/03) 35 Rutgers (2/19/03) points per game... Averaged 3.4 rebounds per contest... Reached double figures on 11 occasions... Had a career-high 18 points in the win over Miami on January Had 15 points in the win over Rutgers... Shot 41.7% from three-point range. Personal Information: Denham Brown... Liberal arts major... Born January 6, Season 22 Nevada (11/19/03) 7 Nevada (11/19/03) 11 Two Times 3 Two Times 6 Yale (11/17/03) 5 Nevada (11/19/03) 5 Nevada (11/19/03) 7 Yale (11/17/03) 8 Yale (11/17/03) 4 Yale (11/17/03) 2 Nevada (11/19/03) 1 Nevada (11/19/03) 34 Yale (11/17/03)

12 TALIEK BROWN Senior, G, 6-1, 195 Queens, New York In his fourth season as the Husky starting point guard and is a candidate for the Bob Cousy Award, cosponsored by the Basketball Hall of Fame and the NABC, given to the nation s top point guard. At Connecticut: Four-year starter at the point guard position who has played in 97 games, starting Led the team in assists per game in each of his first three seasons as a Husky... Averaging 8.2 points in his career (799 points) and has 477 career assists, 4.9 per game... His 477 assists are No. 7 all-time at UConn, three away from passing Khalid El-Amin for 6th place... The only player in UConn history to record doublefigure assists in consecutive BIG EAST regular season games, a feat he has accomplished two times... Has reached double figures in scoring 35 times in his career. Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Steals Minutes 21 Two Times 8 Two Times 19 Wagner (12/7/02) 2 Three Times 4 Maryland (3/24/02) 6 Three Times 10 Brigham Young (3/20/03) 3 Four Times 8 Vanderbilt (11/19/01) 8 Vanderbilt (11/19/01) 12 Two Times 8 Providence (1/13/01) 1 Eight Times 4 Four Times 46 Pittsburgh (3/9/02) TALIEK BROWN 21 Bos. College (2/13/01) 8 Boston College (3/8/03) 15 St. John s (2/9/02) 2 Bos. College (2/13/01) 3 Two Times 6 Virginia Tech (1/2/02) 8 Two Times 2 Six Times 5 Six Times 6 Miami (1/5/02) 12 Two Times 8 Providence (1/13/01) 1 Four Times 4 Two Times 42 Bos. College (2/16/02) Season 4 Yale (11/17/03) 6 Yale (11/17/03) 2 Yale (11/17/03) 4 Yale (11/17/03) 2 Yale (11/17/03) 5 Yale (11/17/03) 4 Nevada (11/19/03) 27 Yale (11/17/03) As a Senior in : Starter at point guard... Hampered by a case of turf toe on his right foot, which forced him to miss exhibition contest on November 13. In the Summer of 2003: Toured this summer with the NIT All-Stars, averaging 10.8 points and 7.4 assists over a seven-game trip to the Bahamas. As a Junior in : Played in 29 games, starting Averaged 7.7 points and 4.8 assists on the season in 26.8 minutes per game... Missed four games with a broken left index finger suffered in the game at Virginia Tech on February 5... Had surgery on the finger to have a plate and pins inserted... Returned to action vs. St. John s on February 22, coming off the bench for the first four games back... Had nine points and seven assists in the Sweet 16 vs. Texas... Averaged 11.7 points per game in the BIG EAST Tournament, scoring 15 points in the title game vs. Pittsburgh... Returned to the starting line-up at Boston College in the regular season finale, scoring 17 points on eight-of-nine shooting and handing out six assists... Reached double figures in scoring eight times and handed out seven assists or more eight times... Had his second career double-double in the opener vs. Quinnipiac, scoring 16 points and registering ten assists... Led the BIG EAST in assist-to-turnover ratio and was No. 5 in the league in assists per game. As a Sophomore in : Started 32 of 34 games at the point guard spot... Averaged 9.2 points and 5.1 assists per contest... His 172 assists led the team and is the second highest total ever for a UConn sophomore... Had three double-figure assist efforts, handing out 12 vs. West Virginia (matching his career-high), 10 at Georgetown and 11 in the season opener vs. Vanderbilt... Reached double figures in scoring 15 times on the season, with a season-high 21 at Arizona, also tying his career-high...nailed a 30- foot three-pointer with 34.8 seconds remaining to send UConn to a double-overtime victory over Pittsburgh and the program s

13 fifth BIG EAST Tournament Championship... Had 12 points and a pair of three-pointers in Final Eight loss to eventual national champion Maryland... Received the annual Assist Leader Award at the team banquet. As a Freshman in : Started all 32 games at the point guard position... Averaged 8.1 points per game and had a team-leading 157 assists (4.9/game)... His 157 assists were the second most ever by a UConn freshman... No. 2 on the squad with 52 steals... Scored in double figures 11 times... Had 13 points and eight assists in BIG EAST Tournament contest vs. Syracuse... Scored a career-high 21 points in win over nationally-ranked Boston College on February Had a career-best 12 assists in overtime win over St. John s on January 6... Followed that performance with a ten point-ten assist double-double against Pittsburgh on January Third UConn player to record double figure assists in back-to-back games and the first in BIG EAST Regular Season play. Personal Information: Taliek Brown Born June 23, Political science major.

14 BEN GORDON Junior, G, 6-3, 200 Mount Vernon, New York At Connecticut: National Player of the Year candidate who has appeared in all 69 games in his three seasons, starting Has scored 1,122 career points (16.3/game) and has added 270 assists (3.9/game) and 239 rebounds (3.5/game)... Has reached double figures 56 times in his career and has cracked the 20-point mark 23 times, scoring 30 points or more three times... His three-point field goal percentage of 42.3% is No. 2 all-time at UConn, behind only Ray Allen... Has been named to the BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament team in each of his two seasons. As a Junior in : Starter at the shooting guard spot... Averaging 25.0 points per game and shooting 53.1% from the field and 63.6% from threepoint range... Scored a career-best 37 points in the win Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Steals Minutes 37 Nevada (11/19/03) 12 Three Times 20 Two Times 6 Providence (2/8/03) 10 Two Times 11 Two Times 12 Two Times 4 Syracuse (3/14/03) 7 Four Times 9 Syracuse (3/14/03) 10 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 7 Two Times 2 Virginia Tech (1/14/03) 4 Miami (1/20/03) 41 Miami (1/11/03) BEN GORDON 32 Miami (1/20/03) 12 Miami (1/20/03) 20 St. John s (2/9/02) 6 Providence (2/8/03) 10 St. John s (2/9/02) 11 Villanova (1/25/03) 12 Villanova (1/25/03) 2 Three Times 7 Three Times 8 Miami (1/11/03) 9 Boston College (3/8/03) 7 Providence (3/5/03) 2 Virginia Tech (1/14/03) 4 Miami (1/20/03) 41 Miami (1/11/03) Season 37 Nevada (11/19/03) 12 Nevada (11/19/03) 20 Nevada (11/19/03) 4 Nevada (11/19/03) 7 Yale (11/17/03) 9 Nevada (11/19/03) 12 Nevada (11/19/03) 4 Nevada (11/19/03) 4 Two Times 6 Yale (11/17/03) 4 Nevada (11/19/03) 3 Yale (11/17/03) 36 Yale (11/17/03) over Nevada on November Had 13 points and six assists in the opener vs. Yale... Among the candidates for the John R. Wooden and Naismith National Player of the Year awards... First Team Preseason All-BIG EAST selection... Earned Preseason All-American honors from The Sporting News, Blue Ribbon, Basketball News, Athlon Sports, Street & Smith s, Dick Vitale and ESPN.com... Was seventh in the voting for the Preseason Associated Press All-American team. In the Summer of 2003: Represented the USA this summer as a member of the Pan American Games squad... Played in all five games, averaging 14.4 minutes, 5.6 points and 1.2 rebounds... Had a team-high 12 points in the bronze medal game. As a Sophomore in : Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team... Named to the Basketball Times All-Northeast Region squad... Named to the NABC & USBWA All-District I First Teams... Started all 33 games, playing both the point guard and shooting guard positions... Led the team in scoring at 19.5 points per game and in total assists with 156 (4.7/game)... Third on the team in rebounding at 4.2 per game... Reached double figures in all but one game (at Vanderbilt) and scored 20 or more points 17 times... Had 29 points in the Second Round win over Stanford, making four-of-five three s and nine-of-nine from the free throw line... Named to the 2003 ConAgra Foods BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament team after scoring 50 points in three games (16.7 per game)... Scored 25 points in the quarterfinal win over Seton Hall... Had a career-high 32 points at Miami on January Had 31 points and ten assists vs. Sacred Heart, his first career double-double... Had 25 points and eight assists in the win at Notre Dame... Scored 11 points, handed out nine assists and had only one turnover in the season finale at Boston College... Named the BIG EAST Player of the Week on December Finished the season No. 7 in the BIG EAST and No. 50 nationally in scoring... Also finished No. 5 in the BIG EAST in assists and No. 1 in three-point field goal percentage. As a Freshman in : Named to the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team and was a member of the 2002 ConAgra Foods BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament team... Appeared in all 34 games, starting two (Quinnipiac and Villanova on February 11)... Finished No. 2 on the team in scoring at 12.6 points per game... Also averaged 2.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game... Led the team

15 with 62 three-pointers and his 41.3% mark from three-point range is No. 8 on the UConn single season list... Reached double figures 22 times... Had 12 points and five assists in Sweet Sixteen win over Southern Illinois... Tied a career-high three steals versus Hampton in the first round of the tournament... Averaged 17.6 points and 3.6 assists per game during the BIG EAST Tournament... Two-time BIG EAST Rookie of the Week... Scored a career-best 23 points four times... Recorded 23 against Villanova in the BIG EAST quarterfinals, including the game-winning threepointer with 11.8 seconds remaining that gave the Huskies a win...had 23 points in the win at Arizona, including five-of-eight three-pointers, and also added a career-best nine assists with only one turnover... Earned Dick Vitale s Diaper Dandy of the Week status, along with teammate Emeka Okafor, after the win over Arizona... Had 23 points in the overtime loss at St. John s on February 9, including a stretch in the first half where he scored ten straight Husky points... Had a 21-point effort in the win at Georgetown, including the game-winning three-pointer in the final minute... Was BIG EAST Rookie of the Week on March 3 after scoring 15 points in a pair of wins over BC and Seton Hall to end the regular season... Was the BIG EAST Rookie of the Week on December 3 after scoring 23 points vs. New Hampshire and adding 19 against George Washington... Received the annual Most Improved Player Award at the team banquet. Personal Information: Benjamin Gordon Born April 4, 1983 in London, England Pre-business administration major Family moved to United States shortly after his birth.

16 EMEKA OKAFOR Junior, F/C, 6-10, 252 Houston, Texas Consensus preseason national player of the year... The nation s premier defensive player and among the top shot blockers in the history of college basketball. At Connecticut: National Player of the Year candidate who has started all 69 games in his three seasons, averaging 12.0 points, 10.2 rebounds and 4.4 blocked shots per game... Has 30 career doubledoubles... Holds the UConn career record for blocked shots with 303 (4.39/game) and holds the top two single season marks for blocks with 156 (in ) and 138 (in )... His 4.39 career blocked shot average is No. 7 in history and the best overall average in BIG EAST history... His BIG EAST games blocked shot average of 4.41 is the best in league history, surpassing Patrick Ewing of Georgetown (3.98/ Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Steals Minutes 25 Two Times 11 Two Times 16 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 7 Two Times 10 St. John s (1/23/02) 8 Arizona (1/26/02) 14 Seton Hall (3/13/03) 19 Wagner (12/7/02) 4 Syracuse (2/10/03) 7 St. Bonaventure (1/2/03) 9 Four Times 4 Two Times 47 Pittsburgh (3/9/02) EMEKA OKAFOR 25 Boston College (3/8/03) 11 Boston College (3/8/03) 16 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 7 Two Times 10 St. John s (1/23/02) 6 Providence (3/5/03) 11 Villanova (2/15/03) 16 Villanova (2/15/03) 4 Syracuse (2/10/03) 5 Villanova (2/15/03) 9 Three Times 4 Providence (2/5/02) 42 Bos. College (2/16/02) Season 2 9 Yale (11/17/03) 16 Yale (11/17/03) 3 Two Times 6 Yale (11/17/03) 5 Yale (11/17/03) 10 Nevada (11/19/03) 14 Nevada (11/19/03) 2 Nevada (11/19/03) 4 Yale (11/17/03) 5 Nevada (11/19/03) 37 Yale (11/17/03) game)... Has blocked nine shots in a game four times and eight shots in a game on six occasions in his career... The only player in BIG EAST history to block nine or more shots in three BIG EAST games... His field goal percentage of 58.0% is No. 1 all-time at UConn. As a Junior in : Starter at center... Has double-doubles in each game this season, averaging 17.0 points, 13.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks... Had 13 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks in the win over Nevada on November Scored 21 points, grabbed 13 boards and blocked four shots in the opener vs. Yale... Consensus choice as the Preseason National Player of the Year... Top vote getter and near-unanimous choice to the Preseason Associated Press All-American team, receiving 71 of 72 possible votes... Among the candidates for the John R. Wooden and Naismith Player of the Year awards... Preseason All-American choice by Blue Ribbon (Player of the Year), The Sporting News, Basketball News, Athlon Sports, Street & Smith s, Dick Vitale and ESPN.com... Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year... Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST selection. In the Summer of 2003: Represented the USA this summer as a member of the Pan American Games squad... Started all five games, averaging a team-high 12.0 points and shooting 68.3% from the field. As a Sophomore in : Named to the 2003 John R. Wooden Award All-American team... Named to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-American First Team NABC National Defensive Player of the Year... NABC Third Team All-American... ESPN.com Third Team All-American... Basketball Times Third Team All-American... CollegeInsider.com National Defensive Player of the Year... CollegeInsider.com All-American BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year and BIG EAST/Aeropostale Men s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team... Named to the NABC & USBWA All-District I First Team... Started all 33 games at the center position and averaged 15.9 points, 11.2 rebounds and 4.73 blocked shots per game... Led the nation in blocked shots and is currently No. 7 in the country in rebounding... Led the BIG EAST in rebounds, blocked shots and doubledoubles (22)... Scored in double figures 29 times and reached double figures in rebounds 24 times... Averaged 19.7 points, 13.3 rebounds and 4.7 blocks in three contests and earned a spot on the 2003 South Region All-Tournament team... Had 21

17 points, 17 boards and six blocks in Sweet 16 vs. Texas and was named the CBS Player of the Game... Had 18 points and 15 rebounds vs. Stanford in the Second Round after scoring 20 points, grabbing eight boards and blocking seven shots in the First Round win over BYU and earning CBS Player of the Game honors... Named to the 2003 ConAgra Foods BIG EAST Championship All- Tournament team after averaging 10.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in the three games... Topped the 15-point mark on 20 occasions during the season and scored 20 or more points eight times... Had 11 points, 18 rebounds and four blocked shots in the BIG EAST quarterfinal win over Seton Hall... Had 25 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks in the regular season finale vs. Boston College... Had 13 points, 12 boards and nine blocks in the win over St. John s on February Had 21 points, 13 boards and seven blocks vs. St. John s on January Had 25 points and 11 rebounds in win at Vanderbilt on December 1, earning BIG EAST Player of the Week honors. As a Freshman in : Named a First Team Freshman All-American by the Sporting News, Basketball News and Basketball Times... Named to the All-BIG EAST Third Team and a unanimous selection to the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team... Named to the USBWA All-District I First Team and to the NABC All-District I Second Team... Started all 34 games at the center position... Averaged 7.9 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.1 blocks per game... Led the team in rebounding and blocks... His 138 blocked shots set a UConn single season record, breaking the old mark of 111 set by Donyell Marshall in Led the BIG EAST and was No. 3 in the nation in blocked shots at 4.1 per game... His 9.0 rebounding total was second in the nation among freshmen (45th overall) and is the second highest freshman average in UConn history... He is the first UConn freshman to record 300 or more rebounds... Shot 59.0% from the field, No. 6 on the UConn single season list... Reached double figures in points 11 times, in rebounds 16 times and had seven double-doubles on the season... Named CBS Player of the Game in First Round of the Tournament vs. Hampton after recording his seventh double-double with 12 points, 15 boards and adding five blocks... Averaged 8.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in the Tournament... Averaged 7.7 points and 10.0 rebounds in the BIG EAST Tournament... Nearly recorded a triple-double on two occasions... In the win over Boston College on February 16, he totaled nine points, 11 rebounds and nine blocked shots... In the win at Arizona, he totaled 19 points, 15 rebounds and nine blocks, all career-highs... For his performance against Arizona, Andy Katz of ESPN.com listed Okafor as his national player of the week and Dick Vitale of ESPN had Okafor and teammate Ben Gordon as his Diaper Dandies of the Week... He was also the winner of ESPN s weekly poll Big Man on Campus, which runs throughout the course of the evening during the Big Monday telecasts and was named the Sporting News National Player of the Week... Also had nine blocks in the loss at Rutgers... One of only two players in BIG EAST history to block nine or more shots in a league game twice in his career... Also blocked eight shots in a game on three occasions (Northeastern, Oklahoma and West Virginia)... Three-time BIG EAST Rookie of the Week (December 23, January 14 and January 28)... Received the annual Scholar-Athlete Award, Outstanding Defensive Player and Outstanding Rebounder awards at the team banquet. Personal Information: Chukwuemeka Noubuisi Okafor Born September 28, 1982 Finance major.

18 SHAMON TOOLES Senior, F, 6-5, 230 Coatesville, Pennsylvania At Connecticut: Three-year performer who has seen action in 69 career games, scoring 80 points... Has started three career contests. As a Senior in : Has played 25 minutes in two games off the bench... Averaging 2.0 points and 2.0 rebounds. As a Junior in : Played in 30 games, starting the first three games of the season... Averaged 1.9 points and 2.4 rebounds in 10.8 minutes per game... Had eight points and eight boards in the season opener vs. Quinnipiac... Had a career-high nine points vs. Boston College on February 1. Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Steals Minutes 9 Boston College (2/1/03) 3 Three Times 5 Two Times 3 Boston College (2/1/03) 4 Two Times 4 St. Bonaventure (1/2/03) 5 Quinnipiac (11/23/02) 8 Quinnipiac (11/23/02) 3 Two Times 4 Miami (1/11/03) 3 Villanova (1/25/03) 3 Boston College (2/1/03) 28 Miami (1/11/03) SHAMON TOOLES 9 Boston College (2/1/03) 3 Boston College (2/1/03) 5 Boston College (2/1/03) 3 Boston College (2/1/03) 4 Boston College (2/1/03) 3 Virginia Tech (2/5/03) 4 Two Times 6 Boston College (2/1/03) 1 Miami (1/11/03) 4 Miami (1/11/03) 3 Villanova (1/25/03) 3 Boston College (2/1/03) 28 Miami (1/11/03) 15 Yale (11/17/03) As a Sophomore in : Appeared in 20 games, averaging 4.4 minutes per game... Scored 17 points, 0.9 per game, and grabbed 15 rebounds, 0.8 per contest. As a Freshman in : Saw game action in 17 contests off the bench in first collegiate season Played a total of 44 minutes Scored two points. Personal Information: Shamon Monte Tooles Born December 4, Political science major Season 2 Two Times 1 Two Times 1 Two Times 2 Yale (11/17/03) 2 Yale (11/17/03) 4 Yale (11/17/03) 1 Nevada (11/19/03)

19 MARCUS WHITE Sophomore, Forward, 6-8, 215 Chicago, Illinois As a Sophomore in : Has played 14 minutes in the first two games. As a Freshman in : Played in 23 games off the bench... Second on the squad in rebounding at Points 9 Two Times 5.6 per game and averaged 4.1 points... Grabbed FG Made 3 Syracuse (3/14/03) FG Atts. 8 Syracuse (3/14/03) double figure rebounds on four occasions, including a 3-Pt. FG career-best 14 boards in the BIG EAST semifinal win 3-Pt. FGA 7 Virginia Tech (2/5/03) over Syracuse and in the win at Notre Dame... Had Att. 8 Three Times eight points and nine rebounds in the First Round Off. Reb. 8 Syracuse (3/14/03) Def. Reb. 8 Notre Dame (2/24/03) win over BYU... Had a nine-point, nine-rebound performance vs. St. John s... Had five points and ten boards Assists 3 Providence (3/5/03) Total Reb. 14 Two Times in a career-best 27 minutes at Villanova... In the win TO 2 Six Times 3 Pittsburgh (3/15/03) over Syracuse, White scored seven points and grabbed Steals 2 Providence (3/5/03) eight rebounds, four on the offensive glass... Grabbed Minutes 31 Syracuse (3/14/03) 11 rebounds in only 13 minutes and scored seven points, all from the free throw line, in the game at Virginia Tech on February 5. MARCUS WHITE 9 St. John s (2/22/03) 2 Seven Times 5 Five Times 7 Virginia Tech (2/5/03) 8 Two Times 6 Two Times 8 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 14 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 3 Providence (3/5/03) 2 Four Times 2 Three Times 2 Providence (3/5/03) 28 Pittsburgh (3/2/03) Season 2 Yale (11/17/03) 1 Nevada (11/19/03) 2 Yale (11/17/03) 4 Yale (11/17/03) 2 Nevada (11/19/03) 2 Nevada (11/19/03) 4 Nevada (11/19/03) 1 Nevada (11/19/03) 9 Nevada (11/19/03) Personal Information: Marcus White... Liberal arts major... Born September 27, 1983.

20 JOSH BOONE Freshman, F/C, 6-10, 230 Mount Airy, Maryland As a Freshman in : Starter at the power forward spot... Averaging 7.0 points and 7.5 rebounds through two games... Had eight points, 11 rebounds and three blocks in the win over Nevada on November19... In the opener vs. Yale, Boone became the 12th freshman under Jim Calhoun to start the season opener... Had 12 points, 15 rebounds and nine blocked shots in the exhibition game on November 13. High School/Prep School: Attended prep school at West Nottingham Academy in Colora, MD... Averaged 28 points, 16 rebounds and 9.7 blocks per game at West Nottingham... Graduated from South Carroll High School in Winfield, MD in 2002 with a 3.6 grade-point average and scored 1,200 on his SAT s... His team finished 20-6 as a senior and advanced to the state semifinals... Josh averaged 20 points, 14.4 rebounds and seven blocked shots per game as a senior at South Carroll... Named the Carroll County Player of the Year and First Team All- Metro as a senior... A second team All-Metro pick as a junior. Personal Information: O. Joshua Boone... Born November 21, Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Steals Minutes JOSH BOONE 8 Nevada (11/19/03) 3 Two Times 4 Two Times 2 Nevada (11/19/03) 3 Nevada (11/19/03) 6 Nevada (11/19/03) 5 Nevada (11/19/03) 11 Nevada (11/19/03) 1 Nevada (11/19/03) 3 Nevada (11/19/03) 31 Nevada (11/19/03)

21 RYAN THOMPSON Junior, F, 6-6, 210 Gold Coast, Australia As a Junior in : Has not seen any game action through two games. High School/Junior College: Competed two seasons at WNCC in Scottbluff, Nebraska, averaging 13.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists as a sophomore in Team finished 29-7 and he played in all 36 games, starting Shot 46.3% from the field, 63% from the free throw line and 38% from three-point range (70-184)... Had nine games with 20 or more points, including a career-high 28 vs. NE Nebraska... Played in ten games as a freshman, averaging 13.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists... Attended Lake Ginnidera High School in Canberra Act., Australia. Personal Information: Ryan E. Thompson... Born September 6, Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Steals Minutes RYAN THOMPSON