Connecticut HUSKIES (18-8, 9-6) vs. Boston College EAGLES (17-9, 10-5)

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Game #27-- Saturday, March 8, 2003, 2:00 p.m. Conte Forum (8,606), Chestnut Hill, MA Connecticut HUSKIES (18-8, 9-6) vs. Boston College EAGLES (17-9, 10-5) CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent TV Site Time NOVEMBER Mon. 4 #Louisiana Futures - Storrs, CT W, Sat. 16 #Harlem Globetrotters - Hartford, CT W, Sat. 23 Quinnipiac TV-20 Storrs, CT W, Mon. 25 George Washington - Hartford, CT W, DECEMBER Sun. 1 at Vanderbilt TV-20 Nashville, TN W, Tue. 3 Sacred Heart - Storrs, CT W, Sat. 7 Wagner TV-20 Storrs, CT W, Tue. 10 Massachusetts TV-20 Hartford, CT W, Sat. 21 UNC Asheville TV-20 Hartford, CT W, Sat. 28 Central Connecticut TV-20 Hartford, CT W, JANUARY Thu. 2 St. Bonaventure - Hartford, CT W, Tue. 7 at Oklahoma espn2 Norman, OK L, Sat. 11 *Miami TV-20 Storrs, CT W, ot Tue. 14 *Virginia Tech TV-20 Hartford, CT W, Sat. 18 at North Carolina ESPN Chapel Hill, NC L, Mon. 20 *at Miami ESPN Coral Gables, FL L, Sat. 25 *Villanova TV-20 Hartford, CT W, Mon. 27 *at St. John s ESPN New York, NY W, FEBRUARY Sat. 1 *Boston College TV-20 Storrs, CT L, Wed. 5 *at Virginia Tech TV-20 Blacksburg, VA L, Sat. 8 *at Providence ESPN Providence, RI W, Mon. 10 *Syracuse ESPN Hartford, CT W, Sat. 15 *at Villanova TV-20 Philadelphia, PA L, Wed. 19 *Rutgers TV-20 Hartford, CT W, Sat. 22 *St. John s CBS Storrs, CT W, Mon. 24 *at Notre Dame ESPN South Bend, IN W, MARCH Sun. 2 *at Pittsburgh CBS Pittsburgh, PA L, Wed. 5 *Providence TV-20 Storrs, CT L, Sat. 8 *at Boston College ESPN Chestnut Hill, MA 2:00 Wed.-Sat at BIG EAST Tournament ESPN/espn2 New York, NY All Times Eastern *-- BIG EAST opponent; #-- Exhibition Game University of Connecticut (18-8, 9-6) STATISTICAL LEADERS ## Player Pos. Cl. G/GS Pts. Other 4 Ben Gordon G So. 26/ ast., 4.3 reb. 50 Emeka Okafor C So. 26/ reb., 4.8 blks. 32 Tony Robertson G Sr. 26/ reb. 31 Rashad Anderson F/G Fr. 26/ reb. 33 Denham Brown F/G Fr. 26/ reb. 12 Taliek Brown G Jr. 22/ ast., 2.8 reb. 23 Marcus White F Fr. 16/ reb. 11 Hilton Armstrong F Fr. 25/ reb., 0.9 blks. 30 Shamon Tooles F Jr. 25/ reb. 25 Mike Hayes F Sr. 25/ reb. 20 Justin Brown C Sr. 19/ reb. THE MATCH-UP-- Today's game features the Huskies of the University of Connecticut against the Eagles of Boston College. The Huskies are 18-8 on the season, 9-6 in the BIG EAST Conference. The Huskies come off a loss to Providence Wednesday night in Storrs and have lost two straight. The Eagles are 17-9 overall, 10-5 in the BIG EAST. BC comes off a win over Villanova on Tuesday and has won six straight games and nine of its last ten. OKAFOR NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN-- Sophomore center Emeka Okafor has been named to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-America First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. The three teams were announced Thursday, March 6, Okafor is only the second Academic All- America in UConn men s basketball history, joining Wes Bialosuknia, who was also a first team selection in He is joined on the first team by Matt Bonner of Florida, Clint Cuffle of Evansville, Adam Mark of Belmont and Brett Starkey of Denver. Okafor, a finance major at Connecticut, carries a cumulative grade point average of He has earned 70 academic credits as a member of the honors program, giving him junior academic status. He has been on the Dean s List all three semesters at UConn. THE COACHES-- The head coach of Connecticut, in his 17th season with the Huskies, is Jim Calhoun. Coach Calhoun has a career record of in his 31st season of collegiate coaching. He has a record of in 17 seasons at UConn and was in 14 seasons at Northeastern. Al Skinner is in his sixth year at Boston College and has guided the Eagles to an record. He is in his 15th season as a collegiate head coach and has a career record of LAST TIME OUT FOR UCONN-- Ryan Gomes scored 26 points to lead Providence College to a victory over Connecticut, Wednesday night, before a sellout crowd of 10,167 at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. Providence scored the opening basket of the game and held the lead throughout the opening half, leading by as many as 11 in the opening stanza, at Gomes proved difficult to handle for the Huskies, scoring 16 points before intermission. Connecticut closed the half on an 11-2 run over the final 3:47 to get within two, 34-32, at halftime. The Huskies took their first lead of the game with 17:55 to play on a jumper by Marcus White. After Providence s Rob Sanders made one of two free throws, Denham Brown gave the Huskies their final lead of the game at on a lay up. UConn was able to tie the score at 53 on two free throws by Emeka Okafor with 9:14 to play. The Friars Tuukka Kotti and Donnie McGrath hit decisive three-pointers late in the contest to seal the victory for Providence. Okafor played splendidly for the Huskies, netting a career BIG EAST high in points with 24 and yanking down

2 a game-high 15 rebounds in the process. Okafor hit on 10 of 15 shots from the field. Ben Gordon added 21 for UConn. White came off the bench to score eight points and pull down seven rebounds. The Friars were able to take advantage of 17 Connecticut turnovers, converting those miscues into 17 points. Providence was able to stifle the Connecticut transition game, limiting the Huskies to just three fast break points. Kotti scored 13 for Providence, while Sheiku Kabba chipped in with 10 points. Center Marcus Douthit scored seven points, had eight rebounds and a blocked a career-high nine shots. SCOUTING THE HUSKIES-- Leading the way for the Huskies is the sophomore duo of Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor. Gordon is averaging 20.2 points per game, 4.9 assists and 4.2 rebounds. Okafor has 18 double-double's and is averaging 15.7 points, 10.9 rebounds and 4.8 blocks per contest. Senior Tony Robertson has come off the bench in all but nine games and is averaging 10.5 points, while grabbing 3.2 rebounds. Junior Taliek Brown is averaging 6.9 points and 5.0 assists. He suffered a broken left index finger at Virginia Tech on February 5 and missed four games before returning vs. St. John s on February 22. Freshman Denham Brown has started 25 games at the small forward spot and is averaging 8.0 points. Freshman Hilton Armstrong has started the last 15 games and averages 3.2 points and 3.4 rebounds. Freshman forward Rashad Anderson has provided an offensive boost off the bench, scoring 8.4 points per game, while freshman Marcus White has emerged over the past nine games as a major contributor at the power forward spot and averages 4.1 points and 5.1 rebounds for the season. ONE WIN REACH TEN AGAIN-- UConn is one league win away from the ten-win plateau in the BIG EAST, which would mark the 10th time in Jim Calhoun s 17 seasons that the Huskies will have reached that mark. Syracuse has reached the ten-win mark 17 times UConn Basketball Roster 2 Ryan Swaller Jr. F Milford, CT/Foran 4 Ben Gordon So. G Mount Vernon, NY/Mount Vernon 5 Chad Wise So. G Lonoke, AR/Lonoke 11 Hilton Armstrong Fr. F/C Peekskill, NY/Peekskill 12 Taliek Brown Jr. G Queens, NY/St. John s Prep 20 Justin Brown Sr. C Perth, Australia/Australian Institute 23 Marcus White Fr. F Chicago, IL/Whitney Young 25 Mike Hayes Sr. F Hartford, CT/Arkansas City (KS) JC 30 Shamon Tooles Jr. G/F Coatesville, PA/Coatesville 31 Rashad Anderson Fr. G/F Lakeland, FL/Kathleen 32 Tony Robertson Sr. G Providence, RI/St. Andrew s 33 Denham Brown Fr. F Toronto, Canada/West Hill Collegiate 35 Mike Woodward Sr. G Rocky River, OH/Rocky River 40 Justin Evanovich Jr. G Ann Arbor, MI/E.O. Smith (CT) 50 Emeka Okafor So. F/C Houston, TX/Bellaire Head Coach: JIM CALHOUN, 17th Season at Connecticut (American International 68) Assistant Coach: M MOORE, 9th Season at Connecticut (Boston University 87) Assistant Coach: GEORGE BLANEY, 2nd Season at Connecticut (Holy Cross 61) Assistant Coach: CLYDE VAUGHAN, 1st Season at Connecticut (Pittsburgh 84) Dir. of Basketball Operations: ANDRE LaFLEUR, 2nd Season at Connecticut (Northeastern 88) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Rashad Anderson ruh-shod Denham Brown denim Taliek Brown TAH-leek Justin Evanovich ee-vann-oh-vitch Emeka Okafor eh-mecca oh-kuh-four Shamon Tooles shuh-mon in 24 seasons under Jim Boeheim and Georgetown hit ten wins in league play 13 of 20 seasons under John Thompson. SERIES HISRY & NOTES-- UConn and Boston College will meet for the 87th time in the series history, with the Huskies holding a advantage. The Huskies lead the series as BIG EAST members by a count of BC took the first meeting of the season, 95-71, at Gampel Pavilion on February 1... The Huskies have won 26 of the last 28 meetings and Jim Calhoun has a 28-5 record against the Eagles as the coach at Connecticut... UConn has won 12 of the last 13 meetings in Boston... The following is the game recap from this season s first meeting: 2/1/03 at Gampel Pavilion-- Troy Bell scored 26 points to lead a potent offensive attack as Boston College handed 12th-ranked Connecticut its worst loss ever at Gampel Pavilion, 95-71, Saturday before the usual sellout crowd of 10,167. Boston College seized control of the contest early, bolting from the gates to take a 13-1 lead just 4:47 into the game. Bell scored seven straight points in that key run. UConn was unable to stop the Eagles, as they never were able to get within single digits for the rest of the game. Boston College led at the half, as Bell had 19 points and teammates Andrew Bryant and Ryan Sidney had 12 and 10 respectively in the opening stanza. The 28-point halftime deficit was the largest ever at Gampel Pavilion for UConn. The previous largest deficit at the half for a game at Gampel Pavilion for UConn was nine points, which happened twice. The most recent time was January 6, 2001 when the Huskies trailed St. John s Bryant connected on four of five three-point attempts for his 12 points. The Eagles shot 57% for the half, including seven of 14 from beyond the arc, while holding UConn to just 27% shooting in the first half. The second half saw UConn improve offensively, shooting 51% and scoring 46 points after intermission, however, the Eagles were able to remain in control throughout. Sophomore Ben Gordon led the Huskies with 15 points, while junior point guard Taliek Brown scored 12. Sophomore center Emeka Okafor chipped in with 10 points and eight rebounds. The Huskies did receive solid bench play by junior Shamon Tooles, who set a career-high with nine points and yanked down six rebounds. Joining Bell in double figures were Craig Smith who scored 20, Sidney, who had 17, Bryant with 14 and Jermaine Watson with 10. The loss sets the record for the worst loss ever for UConn at Gampel Pavilion, bettering the loss against Villanova on February 18, BEASTS OF THE BIG EAST-- Since the beginning of the season, UConn has compiled a league record of In this sixseason span, UConn is followed by Syracuse (65-32), St. John s (59-35), and Miami (59-36). Over that time, UConn has won three regular season and three tournament championships. UCONN IN BIG EAST PLAY-- The Huskies have compiled an overall BIG EAST record of Under Jim Calhoun, UConn is in BIG EAST play and the 202 league wins place Calhoun third among all-time winningest coaches in league history. Calhoun trails only Jim Boeheim (282) and John Thompson (231).

3 YOUNG AND DEEP HUSKIES-- The Huskies have the current distinction of being the youngest and deepest team in the 17-year tenure of head coach Jim Calhoun. Never in Coach Calhoun s previous 16 seasons has he had a squad with ten players averaging double figure minutes played and he has also never had four freshman averaging double figure minutes. Seven previous seasons have seen nine players average double figure minutes, the most recentbeing the season. UConn won the National Championship that season. The Huskies have had three freshmen average double figure minutes two times under Calhoun, in and UConn went to the NIT both of those seasons. DOUBLE DIGIT LEADS AND DEFICITS-- The first half of games this season have produced an amazing trend through 26 games in In 23 of those 26 games, UConn has either led by double figures or trailed by double figures. In the other three games, UConn built up at least a nine-point first half lead. UConn has led by ten or more points in the first half of 14 games, going 13-1 in those contests. UConn has trailed by ten or more in the first half of ten games, going 4-6. The Huskies are 2-1 in the three games they have led by nine points in the first half. ON THE ROAD AGAIN-- The Huskies will play their 11th road game of the season at Boston College and are 4-6 on the road so far. UConn took a win at Vanderbilt in the road opener on December 1, then suffered a loss at Oklahoma on January 7, a loss at North Carolina January 18 and a heartbreaker to Miami on January 20. The Huskies bounced back with a win at St. John s on January 27, but dropped a decision at VirginiaTech on February 5 and suffered a loss at Villanova on February 15. UConn defeated Providence, 82-68, on February 8 for its third road win and Notre Dame on February 24 for its fourth. UConn lost at Pitt on March 2 in its last road contest. UConn compiled a 14-5 mark in away from the friendly confines of Gampel Pavilion or the Hartford Civic Center. The Huskies were 7-3 in road games and were 7-2 in neutral site contests. ON THE BIG EAST ROAD-- Since winning the first of its seven BIG EAST regular season titles 14 years ago, UConn has made a habit of taking care of business on the road in league play. Since the start of the season, UConn is on the road in league play. Syracuse is the only other league team over the.500 mark during that span at UConn is 4-6 on the road this season, 3-4 in the league. The Huskies went 5-3 on the road in the BIG EAST last season, en route to a 13-3 league record. LEADERS OF THE BLOCK-- UConn is on track to lead the country in blocked shots as a team for the second straight season. With sophomore Emeka Okafor leading the way, UConn is averaging 8.04 blocks per game as a team. The Huskies led the nation in with 6.94 blocks per contest. Since Okafor joined the Huskies a year ago, UConn has had more BIG EAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS through games of March 5 BIG EAST OVERALL EAST W L W L Boston College CONNECTICUT Villanova Providence St. John s Miami Virginia Tech BIG EAST OVERALL WEST W L W L Syracuse Pittsburgh Seton Hall Notre Dame Georgetown West Virginia Rutgers NATIONAL POLLS HUSKIES IN THE POLLS WEEK-BY-WEEK AP USA/ESPN Pre-Season November November December December December December December January January 12 t6 6 January January February February February 16 arv t24 February 23 arv 24 March 2 arv arv ASSOCIATED PRESS P 25 through games of March 2 Team Record Pts. L W 1. ARIZONA (59) , KENTUCKY (13) , FLORIDA , TEXAS , OKLAHOMA , KANSAS , PITTSBURGH , MARQUETTE , WAKE FOREST , DUKE , XAVIER , SYRACUSE MARYLAND ILLINOIS LOUISVILLE NOTRE DAME STANFORD MEMPHIS CREIGHN OKLAHOMA ST DAYN CALIFORNIA MISSISSIPPI ST WISCONSIN GEORGIA Others Receiving Votes: SAINT JOSEPHS 134, UTAH 118, CONNECTICUT 113, MISSOURI 98, SOUTH- ERN ILL 58, BUTLER 50, WEBER ST 10, BOSN COLLEGE 6, GONZAGA 6, KENT ST 6, OREGON 6, PURDUE 6, TROY ST 3, PENN ST 2, BYU 1, HOLY CROSS 1, NC WILMINGN 1, SEN HALL 1. USA DAY/ESPN COACHES P 25 Through Games of March 2 Team Record Pts. LW 1. ARIZONA (29) KENTUCKY (2) FLORIDA TEXAS OKLAHOMA KANSAS PITTSBURGH MARQUETTE DUKE WAKE FOREST XAVIER t. MARYLAND t. SYRACUSE ILLINOIS LOUISVILLE NOTRE DAME STANFORD OKLAHOMA ST CREIGHN CALIFORNIA MISSISSIPPI ST DAYN UTAH WISCONSIN GEORGIA Others Receiving Votes: MEMPHIS 72, CONNECTI- CUT 66, SAINT JOSEPHS 59, MISSOURI 36, BUT- LER 12, SOUTHERN ILL 11, BYU 8, OREGON 4, FRESNO ST 3, CENTRAL MICH 2, WEBER ST 2, BOSN COLLEGE 1, CINCINNATI 1, TROY ST 1.

4 NCAA Division I Winningest Active Coaches Through Games of March 4, Jim Phelan, Mt. St. Mary s Bob Knight, Texas Tech Lou Henson, New Mexico St Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma St John Chaney, Temple Lute Olson, Arizona Mike Krzyzewski, Duke Jim Boeheim, Syracuse Jim Calhoun, Connecticut Hugh Durham, Jacksonville blocks than their opponents in 53 of 60 games. The Huskies blocked 15 shots in the win over St. John s on February 22, the most in the school s BIG EAST history. AN ANNUAL RITUAL-- UConn once again ranks among the national leaders in field goal percentage defense, marking the sixth time in seven seasons that the Huskies are among the country s best in this category. UConn is currently ranked No. 4 through games of March 3, holding opponents to 38.4%. UConn s best ranking came in , finishing No. 4 with a FG% defense of 38.6%. The Huskies finished ranked No. 5 in the country at 38.0%. That mark was the lowest ever for the Huskies under head coach Jim Calhoun, topping the 38.3% mark by the squad. That team finished the year ranked No. 8 in the country. HUSKIES ON ESPN-- The game vs. Boston College will be UConn s 116th game to be televised nationally by ESPN/espn2 during the past 14 seasons (since the start of the season). UConn is overall (69.6%) on ESPN/espn2 during that span. This is the eighth of eight regular season games in scheduled to carried by the worldwide leader. Seven of those eight games are on the road. The Huskies are 4-3 so far this season on ESPN/espn2, dropping games at Oklahoma, North Carolina and Miami and beating St. John s, Providence, Syracuse and Notre Dame. UConn was 9-2 on ESPN/espn2 last season. COACH CALHOUN RETURNS--University of Connecticut head basketball coach Jim Calhoun returned to the Husky sidelines Saturday, February 22 vs. St. John s after a fivegame absence due to prostate surgery. Calhoun announced Monday, February 3 that he has been diagnosed with an early stage of prostate cancer and underwent successful surgery for the removal of his prostate Thursday, February 6. He was released from the hospital on Sunday, February 9 and resumed many everyday activities immediately. He returned to practice on February 20 and made his coaching return in the win over the Red Storm on the 22nd. TALIEK RETURNS ALSO-- University of Connecticut junior point guard Taliek Brown returned to the Husky line-up in the win over St. John s on February 22, after missing four games with a broken left index finger. He underwent surgery to repair his broken left index finger on Friday morning, February 7. He had a plate and several pins placed in the finger. He had the stitches removed from the finger on February 17 and did dress for the game against Rutgers on February 19 but did not see action. Brown was injured with 13:58 left in the game Wednesday night at Virginia Tech when he fell to the floor after being fouled. OKAFOR SETS RECORD-- Sophomore Emeka Okafor is first in the nation in blocked shots, averaging 4.77 per contest. Okafor now has 262 (4.4/game) in his 60-game career as a Husky, first on the UConn career list. Okafor has 124 blocks this season and set a UConn single season record in with 138 blocked shots, finishing No. 3 in the country. Donyell Marshall, currently with the Chicago Bulls, ( ) previously held the career mark of 245 in his 91 career contests. THE KING OF SWAT-- Emeka Okafor is averaging 4.35 blocks per game in his career in BIG EAST games, swatting 135 shots in 31 conference games. That is the best average in league history, surpassing Patrick Ewing of Georgetown, who blocked 247 shots in 62 career league games, a 3.98 average. THE KING OF SWAT II-- By blocking nine shots vs. St. John s, Emeka Okafor became the only player in the history of the BIG EAST Conference to record nine or more blocks in a game on three occasions. Okafor turned the trick at Rutgers and vs. Boston College last season. Seton Hall s Samuel Dalembert is the only other player to reach the nine block mark in a league game two times. OKAFOR FOR TWO-- Emeka Okafor has connected on 58.0% of his field goal attempts in his 60-game career, good for the No. 1 spot in the UConn career record book. Chuck Aleksinas holds down the No. 2 spot at 56.6% from Okafor has hit on 276- of-476 attempts in his career. He is shooting 57.4% from the field in and shot 59.0% in OKAFOR ON THE BOARDS-- Emeka Okafor is No. 10 among the national leaders in rebounding at 10.9 boards per game. He has recorded double figure boards in 19 games this season and has 18 double-doubles. He had his career BIG EAST best total of 16 rebounds in the loss at Villanova. He grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds in the win over Wagner, which tied the Gampel Pavilion record for rebounds in a game with Rod Sellers. He has 25 career double-doubles. PASSING 1,100-- Senior Tony Robertson became the 34th UConn player to reach 1,000 career points with his seven points in the win at St. John s on January 27. He is averaging 10.5 points per game in and continues to climb up the UConn career scoring ladder. He now has 1,110 career points and has moved into 31st place. Next up on the list is Jack Rose (1,116). Tony has played in all 26 games this season, starting nine. He has reached double figures in 11 games this season. NY AS A STARTER-- Tony Robertson has filled in superbly as a starter at one of the guard spots with Taliek Brown s injury. Since the game at Providence, Tony is averaging 10.9 points (87) in eight games. He was averaging 9.9 points on the year before the Brown injury. In his career, Tony has started 43 of his 125 games played. In those 43 starts, Tony is averaging 11.3 points (486), shooting 48.3 ( ) from the field and 43.3 (55-127) from three. In his 82 games off the bench, Tony is averaging 7.6 points, shooting 45.7 from the field and 36.8 from three. GORDON LEADS THE WAY-- Sophomore Ben Gordon leads the Huskies in scoring at 20.2 points per game. He has topped the 20-point mark on 15 occasions and had a career-high 32-point performance at Miami. He also had 31 vs. Sacred Heart and 29 vs. Wagner and UNC Asheville. For the season, he is averaging 20.2 ppg, shooting 45.8 from field, 41.0 from three and 82.1 from the line... He also averages 4.9 assists and 4.2 rebounds... Gordon s numbers to date are very similiar to Ray Allen. Both averaged 12.6 points as a frosh coming off the bench as the sixth man. Ray averaged 21.1 as a sophomore in STARTING HIS OWN CLUB-- Ben Gordon currently sports season averages of 20.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game. If he can keep those averages at their current levels, he will become the first player in UConn history to average 20+ points, 4+

5 rebounds and 4+ assists per game over a season. Ray Allen came the closest, averaging 23.4 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists in GORDON NEARS 1,000-- Ben Gordon enters the game with Boston College with 952 career points. With one regular season games and a minimum of two postseason games to play, Gordon has a chance to become only the fifth sophomore at UConn to reach the 1,000 career point mark. Richard Hamilton, Ray Allen, Caron Butler and Khalid El-Amin each reached the 1,000-point mark in their sophomore years at Connecticut. GORDON FOR THREE-- Ben Gordon has connected on 41.2% of his career threepoint attempts (126-of-306), good for No. 2 on the UConn career list. Gordon trails only Ray Allen, who hit on 44.8% (233-of-520) from long range from Gordon is hitting on 41.0% in (64-of-156) and hit on 41.3% in (62-of-150). DENHAM IN DOUBLES-- Freshman forward Denham Brown has scored in double figures on 11 occasions on the year and has reached double figures in three of the last five games. He has started 25 of 26 games UCONN IN THE STATS NCAA (through games of 3/5) Individuals -- Okafor (1st) Rebounding-- Okafor (10th) BIG EAST (through all games of 3/5) Individuals Scoring-- Gordon (7th), Okafor (18th) Rebounding-- Okafor (1st) FG Pct.-- Okafor (2nd), Gordon (11th) -- T. Brown (3rd), Gordon (5th) Pct.-- Gordon (9th), Robertson (10th) Pct.-- Gordon (3rd) -- Okafor (1st) A/ Ratio-- T. Brown (2nd), Gordon (15th) Team Scoring Offense-- 2nd Scoring Defense-- 12th Scoring Margin-- 4th Free Throw %-- 8th Field Goal %-- 3rd Field Goal % Defense-- 1st Three-Point Field Goal %-- 1st Three-Point FG % Defense-- 6th Rebounding Offense-- 1st Rebounding Defense-- 8th Rebounding Margin-- 2nd Blocked Shots-- 1st -- 4th -- 14th Turnover Margin-- 14th Assist/Turnover Ratio-- 7th for the Huskies at the small forward spot and is fifth on the squad in scoring at 8.0 per game and grabs 3.6 boards per game. He is shooting 44.3% from three-point range, hitting on 27-of-61 attempts. He had nine points and seven boards in the win at St. John s and he had 14 points in the win over Villanova. He had a career-best 18 points in the win over Miami on January 11. That includes 13 points in the road win at Vanderbilt, all of which came in the first half, and 15 in the win over UNC Asheville. TALIEK CONTINUES DISH-- Junior Taliek Brown has 110 assists (5.0 per game) and has committed 52 turnovers in 22 games. Taliek has 439 career assists, 5.0 per game. His 439 assists are No. 7 all-time at UConn. He has had a pair of 10-assist games on the season and seven in his career. That total ties him with Tate George for second place in double-figure assist games. Kevin Ollie holds the school record with nine double figure assist efforts in his career. Ollie also shares the single game record of 14 with Earl Kelley. Ollie reached 14 assists on two occasions. MARCUS MAKES HIS MARK-- Freshman Marcus White has come off the bench in the last nine games and become a major contributor in the Husky frontcourt. In those nine contests, White is averaging 5.7 points and 8.2 rebounds, while getting to the free throw line 30 times, hitting on 21. He has grabbed double figure rebounds on three occasions, including a career-best 14 boards in the win at Notre Dame. He had a ninepoint, nine-rebound performance vs. St. John s. He had five points and ten boards in a career-best 27 minutes at Villanova. In the win over Syracuse, White scored seven points and grabbed eight rebounds, four on the offensive glass. Against Providence, White had three points and four rebounds in a career-high 16 minutes. White grabbed 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. For the season, White has appeared in 16 games off the bench, averaging 4.1 points and 5.1 rebounds. He is averaging 4.4 points and 6.3 boards in 12 BIG EAST contests. INSTANT O FROM ANDERSON-- Freshman forward Rashad Anderson has become a source of instant offense off the UConn bench. Over the past 21 games, Anderson is averaging 10.0 points (209 pts.)... He had a career-best 22 points, including 6- of-9 shooting from three-point range, at Notre Dame. He had 13 points in the win over Syracuse. He 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 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... For the season, he is averaging 8.4 points and 14.2 minutes per game. In the first five games, Anderson played a total of only 25 minutes and scored 10 points. THREE S VS. TWO S-- Rashad Anderson looks like a lock to join a unique group of individuals in UConn basketball history. To date, only three UConn players have gone through an entire season and made more three-point field goals than two-point buckets. Anderson has made 44 three s in and 30 two-pointers. In , Albert Mouring made 86 three s and 80 two s. In , Doron Sheffer made 95 three s and 87 two s. In , Brian Fair made 58 three s and 48 two s. TWO FROSH IN DOUBLES-- UConn has had six games in where two freshmen each reached double figures in scoring. Since UConn joined the BIG EAST, only six seasons have featured more games with multiple frosh in double figures. Ray Allen and Doron Sheffer both reached double figures in the same game 19 times in Most recently, Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor reached double figures in the same game seven times last season. Caron Butler and Taliek Brown did it 11 times in OKAFOR IN THE CLASSROOM-- University of Connecticut sophomore center Emeka Okafor has been named to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-District 1 Men s Basketball team, as selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The team was announced on February 20. Okafor is joined on the five-

6 member team by Marist College senior guard David Bennett, Wagner College senior guard Dedrick Dye, Syracuse sophomore center Craig Forth and Harvard senior guard Elliott Prasse-Freeman. Okafor, a finance major at Connecticut, carries a cumulative grade point average of He has earned 70 academic credits as a member of the honors program, giving him junior academic status. He has been on the Dean s List all three semesters at UConn. CALHOUN ON NAISMITH LIST-- Head Coach Jim Calhoun is among the 25 finalists for the Naismith College Basketball Coach of the Year Award, named annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. The award will be presented this year on April 11 in Atlanta. Coach Calhoun has led the youngest Husky squad in his tenure at UConn to an 18-6 record overall and the team is 9-4 and in first place in the East Division of the BIG EAST Conference. He returned to the sidelines this past weekend after missing five games due to prostate cancer surgery. He is joined on the list of finalists by: Dana Altman, Creighton; Rick Barnes, Texas; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Ben Braun, California; Mike Brey, Notre Dame; Tom Crean, Marquette; Billy Donovan, Florida; Jim Harrick, Georgia; Ben Howland, Pittsburgh; Mike Krzyzewski, Duke; Rick Majerus, Utah; Thad Matta, Xavier; Mike Montgomery, Stanford; Lute Olson, Arizona; Rick Pitino, Louisville; Skip Prosser, Wake Forest; Oliver Purnell, Dayton; Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma; Bill Self, Illinois; Tubby Smith, Kentucky; Rick Stansbury, Mississippi State; Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State; Gary Williams, Maryland; Roy Williams, Kansas. OKAFOR ONE OF 30-- Sophomore Emeka Okafor is one of 30 players across the nation named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top Candidates list. Okafor was one of the 50 original players named and the Wooden Award committee trimmed the list on February 2. The 30 players, listed in alphabetical order, are: Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse; Mario Austin, Mississippi State; Steve Blake, Maryland; Keith Bogans, Kentucky; Matt Bonner, Florida; Nick Collison, Kansas; Brian Cook, Illinois; Erwin Dudley, Alabama; Chris Duhon, Duke; Andre Emmett, Texas Tech; T.J. Ford, Texas; Reece Gaines, Louisville; Jason Gardner, Arizona; Marcus Hatten, St. John s; Jarvis Hayes, Georgia; Kirk Hinrich, Kansas; Josh Howard, Wake Forest; Brandin Knight, Pittsburgh; Kyle Korver, Creighton; Jameer Nelson, St. Joseph s; EMEKA OKAFOR, Connecticut; Hollis Price, Oklahoma; Darius Rice, Miami; Luke Ridnour, Oregon; Mike Sweetney, Georgetown; Chris Thomas, Notre Dame; Dwyane Wade, Marquette; Luke Walton, Arizona; David West, Xavier; Bracey Wright, Indiana. 20 OFF THE BENCH-- Senior Tony Robertson and freshman Rashad Anderson have each connected for 20 points in a game this season off the bench, giving UConn a total of nine players in Jim Calhoun s 17 seasons that a reserve has reached the 20- point mark. Robertson poured in 21 points off the bench against GW, extending his membership in the select group to accomplish the feat. Robertson also scored 22 off the bench vs. Fairfield as a freshman. Anderson hit for 22 points in the win at Notre Dame and in the loss at Virginia Tech. The other players in this group are Brian Fair (9 times in his career), Ben Gordon (5 times), Ray Allen (4 times), Johnnie Selvie (4 times), Phil Gamble (3 times), John Gwynn (2 times), and Rashamel Jones (1 time). UCONN IN THE NATIONAL POLLS-- UConn is among the teams receiving votes in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll (through games of March 2). The No. 3 ranking the week of January 5 was the highest ranking during the regular season since the Huskies were ranked No. 2 on January 4, The Huskies were ranked for the final three polls HUSKIES IN THE NBA through games of March 4, 2003 Player, Team GP GS Min. FG% % Reb. A S Pts. Ray Allen, Milwaukee Seattle Richard Hamilton, Detroit Caron Butler, Miami Donyell Marshall, Chicago Clifford Robinson, Detroit Kevin Ollie, Milwaukee Seattle Jake Voskuhl, Phoenix Travis Knight, New York *-- Allen and Ollie traded to Seattle on February 20 in and five weeks total last season. UConn has been ranked at least one week in the national polls during 14 of the past 15 seasons under Jim Calhoun... UConn has spent a total of 106 weeks in the top ten of the Associated Press poll since the season and made it back to the top ten of the AP poll during the regular season for the first time since January 2, The Huskies finished last season No. 10 in the final AP poll and was No. 6 in the final ESPN/USA Today ranking. COACH BLANEY FILLS IN-- Handling the coaching duties for Connecticut in Jim Calhoun s absence was assistant coach George Blaney. Coach Blaney is in his second season as a member of the UConn coaching staff and brings more than 30 years of collegiate coaching experience to the Husky bench. He was previously the head coach at Stonehill College ( ) for two seasons, coached at Dartmouth College ( ) for three seasons, was the head coach at Holy Cross ( ) for 22 seasons and directed the Seton Hall program ( ) for three seasons. He has totaled a career coaching record of in 30 seasons as a head coach and has directed his teams to four NCAA Tournament berths and six NIT appearances. WITH THE WIN OVER RUTGERS...-- With the win against Rutgers on February 19, UConn recorded its 200th BIG EAST victory under head coach Jim Calhoun. Calhoun is now in BIG EAST play and the 202 league wins place Calhoun third among alltime winningest coaches in league history. Calhoun trails only Jim Boeheim (281) and John Thompson (231). AND WITH THE WIN OVER RUTGERS...-- With the Rutgers win, UConn finished 9-0 at the Hartford Civic Center in , the fifth unbeaten mark at the HCC in school history. UConn finished 12-0 at the HCC in , 9-0 in , 9-0 in and 8-0 in AN UGLY TREND-- UConn started the month of February the same way it spent the month of January-- facing double digit first half deficits. Virginia Tech took a 10- point lead with just under six minutes to go in the first half and led by 16 at the half. BC jumped out to a 10-point lead in the first four minutes and never looked back. Nine times this season UConn has trailed by ten or more points in the first half of a game. For the first six games in the month of January, UConn trailed by double digits in the

7 first half. The Huskies have come back to win four of these games and in three of the losses, at Oklahoma, at UNC, and at Miami, the Huskies nearly overcame their early troubles to win, cutting a 20-point hole to five points at Oklahoma, erasing a 19-point deficit against the Tar Heels to take a onepoint lead in the final minute before losing and taking as big as a five-point lead before losing in heartbreaking fashion at Miami. The Huskies biggest deficit of the year before the Boston College debacle was 25 points to UMass, trailing 34-9 in the first two minutes of the second half. UConn responded with a 29-2 run and won the game by 11 points... In , UConn trailed by double digits in the first half on five occasions and went 1-4 in those games. NOTING AN UNBEATEN START-- UConn s 9-0 start was the fourth time under Jim Calhoun and sixth time in school history that the Huskies started at least 9-0. Only five teams at UConn have bettered a 9-0 start, but each went on to win at least their first 11 games. UConn started 19-0 in , 15-0 in , 14-0 in , and 11-0 in and Husky squads in , , , and each started the year 8-0, but each lost in game nine... This also marked the ninth time UConn has entered the month of January undefeated, four times under Calhoun. A NEW CAPACITY AT GAMPEL-- The Harry A. Gampel Pavilion has a new seating capacity after a six-month renovation project. The new capacity is 10,167, an addition of 140 seats to the arena. The project consisted of the construction of new complexes for both basketball programs, including locker rooms, lounges and staff offices. A new training room, weight room, study hall and office complex for the Athletic Communications staff were also a part of the project. The additional seats are in the two end zones. NEW THE STAFF-- UConn has two new additions to the basketball staff for the season. Assistant Coach Clyde Vaughan joined the staff in May, replacing Dave Leitao, who became the Head Coach at DePaul University. Vaughan is no stranger to fans of BIG EAST basketball, enjoying a standout career at the University of Pittsburgh from Vaughan led the BIG EAST in scoring in and was a twotime All-BIG EAST selection. He is the No. 2 all-time scorer at Pitt. Also joining the basketball support staff is Athletic Trainer Jason Miller. Miller replaces Joe Sharpe, who took a position with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Miller spent the past four seasons as the basketball trainer at Auburn University. Miller is a graduate of Iowa. HUSKIES ON TELEVISION-- UConn will have 24 of its 27 regular season games televised this season, including 10 appearances on national television. The only three games not televised this year were the contests against George Washington, Sacred Heart and St. Bonaventure. UConn will appear two times on CBS (St. John s at Gampel Pavilion, at Pittsburgh), seven times on ESPN (at UNC, at Miami, at St. John s, at Providence, Syracuse at the HCC, at Notre Dame and at Boston College) and once on espn2 (at Oklahoma). The other 14 TV appearances in the regular season will appear locally on WTXX-TV, Channel 20. HUSKIES ON RADIO-- For the 11th 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 (1080-AM), other stations carrying the games will be WILI (1400- AM), WLIS (1420-AM), WMRD (1150-AM) and WICC (600-AM). LIVE ON THE NET-- Every game all season can be heard live on the internet via Fans can also track all home games and selected road games statistically in real time at the same address National Letter of Intent Signees Josh Boone, 6-10, 225, F, Mt. Airy, MD-- Currently attending prep school at West Nottingham Academy in Colora, MD, where he will play this season for Coach Raphael Chillious... Graduated from South Carroll School in Winfield, MD in 2002 with a 3.6 gradepoint 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. Coach Calhoun on Josh Boone Josh is an athletic shot blocker who runs the court extremely well. He has very good hands and is a great passer. He was a dominant defensive player at the high school level, one of the best shot blockers in the country. He has added 20 pounds since the end of his senior year and is preparing himself very well for the rigors of college basketball. He is a also great student who we feel will be a tremendous addition to our basketball family. Marcus Williams, 6-2, 180, G, Los Angeles, California-- Currently attending Oak Hill Academy in Virginia for his senior year... Transferred from Crenshaw School in Los Angeles, CA... Averaging 17 points and eight assists in the early season for Oak Hill... Averaged 26 points and 11 assists last season for Crenshaw. Coach Calhoun on Marcus Williams Marcus is one of the best point guards in the country and is playing for a legendary coach in Steve Smith at Oak Hill. He is a very good passer and tremendous scorer, averaging over 20 points per game in his high school career. He is one of the top players in this recruiting class and someone who we think will be an excellent combination guard, filling the void when Tony Robertson graduates. We look forward to Marcus becoming another standout backcourt performer in our basketball program from the Los Angeles area, much like former standout and current NBA guard Kevin Ollie.

8 Connecticut Basketball CONNECTICUT Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 05, 2003) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (18-8) (14-2) (4-6) (0-0) CONFERENCE... (9-6) (6-2) (3-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (9-2) (8-0) (1-2) (0-0) ---TAL PTS REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct -A Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A Blk Stl Pts Avg Gordon, Ben Okafor, Emeka Robertson, Tony Anderson, Rashad Brown, Denham Brown, Taliek Hazelton, Scott White, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton Tooles, Shamon Hayes, Mike Wise, Chad Brown, Justin Swaller, Ryan Evanovich, Justin Woodward, Mike TEAM Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS UCONN OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND SCORING /23/02 QUINNIPIAC W per game /25/02 GEORGE WASHINGN W Scoring margin /1/02 at VANDERBILT W FIELD GOALS-ATT /3/02 SACRED HEART W Field goal pct /7/02 WAGNER W POINT FG-ATT /10/02 MASSACHUSETTS W point FG pct /21/02 UNC ASHEVILLE W pt FG made per game /28/02 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT W FREE THROWS-ATT /2/03 ST. BONAVENTURE W Free throw pct /7/03 at OKLAHOMA L REBOUNDS *1/11/03 MIAMI W OT Rebounds per game *1/14/03 VIRGINIA TECH W Rebounding margin /18/03 at NORTH CAROLINA L ASSISTS *1/20/03 at MIAMI L per game *1/25/03 VILLANOVA W TURNOVERS *1/27/03 at ST. JOHN'S W Turnovers per game *2/1/03 BOSN COLLEGE L Turnover margin *2/5/03 at VIRGINIA TECH L Assist/turnover ratio *2/8/03 at PROVIDENCE W STEALS *2/10/03 SYRACUSE W per game *2/15/03 at VILLANOVA L BLOCKS *2/19/03 RUTGERS W per game *2/22/03 ST. JOHN'S W WINNING STREAK *2/24/03 at NOTRE DAME W Home win streak *3/2/03 at PITTSBURGH L ATTENDANCE *3/5/03 PROVIDENCE L Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total CONNECTICUT Opponents

9 Connecticut Basketball CONNECTICUT Extended Season Box Score (as of Mar 05, 2003) All games ECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (18-8) (14-2) (4-6) (0-0) CONFERENCE... (9-6) (6-2) (3-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (9-2) (8-0) (1-2) (0-0) ---TAL PTS REBOUNDS---- # Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct 3FG/G -A Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A APG PG A/ Blk BPG Stl SPG Pts Avg Gordon, Ben Okafor, Emeka Robertson, Tony Anderson, Rashad Brown, Denham Brown, Taliek Hazelton, Scott White, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton Tooles, Shamon Hayes, Mike Wise, Chad Brown, Justin Swaller, Ryan Evanovich, Justin Woodward, Mike TEAM Total Opponents SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total DEADBALL REBOUNDS: OFF DEF TAL CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT Opponents Opponents

10 Connecticut Basketball CONNECTICUT Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 05, 2003) Conference games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (9-6) (6-2) (3-4) (0-0) CONFERENCE... (9-6) (6-2) (3-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) ---TAL PTS REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct -A Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A Blk Stl Pts Avg Gordon, Ben Okafor, Emeka Robertson, Tony Anderson, Rashad Brown, Denham Brown, Taliek White, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton Tooles, Shamon Hayes, Mike Wise, Chad Brown, Justin Swaller, Ryan TEAM Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS UCONN OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND SCORING *1/11/03 MIAMI W OT per game *1/14/03 VIRGINIA TECH W Scoring margin *1/20/03 at MIAMI L FIELD GOALS-ATT *1/25/03 VILLANOVA W Field goal pct *1/27/03 at ST. JOHN'S W POINT FG-ATT *2/1/03 BOSN COLLEGE L point FG pct *2/5/03 at VIRGINIA TECH L pt FG made per game *2/8/03 at PROVIDENCE W FREE THROWS-ATT *2/10/03 SYRACUSE W Free throw pct *2/15/03 at VILLANOVA L REBOUNDS *2/19/03 RUTGERS W Rebounds per game *2/22/03 ST. JOHN'S W Rebounding margin *2/24/03 at NOTRE DAME W ASSISTS *3/2/03 at PITTSBURGH L per game *3/5/03 PROVIDENCE L TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio 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 OT Total CONNECTICUT Opponents

11 Connecticut Basketball CONNECTICUT Extended Season Box Score (as of Mar 05, 2003) Conference games ECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (9-6) (6-2) (3-4) (0-0) CONFERENCE... (9-6) (6-2) (3-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) ---TAL PTS REBOUNDS---- # Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct 3FG/G -A Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A APG PG A/ Blk BPG Stl SPG Pts Avg Gordon, Ben Okafor, Emeka Robertson, Tony Anderson, Rashad Brown, Denham Brown, Taliek White, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton Tooles, Shamon Hayes, Mike Wise, Chad Brown, Justin Swaller, Ryan TEAM Total Opponents SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total DEADBALL REBOUNDS: OFF DEF TAL CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT Opponents Opponents

12 UConn Basketball Results & Individual -Rebounds--/ *-- BIG EAST Conference opponent #-- starter; S-- steals; B-- blocks Att. Anderson Armstrong D. Brown T. Brown Gordon Hayes Okafor Robertson Tooles White Date Opponent Time/W-L s/o- sellout P-R-A-S P-R-A-B P-R-A-S P-R-A-S P-R-A-S P-R-A-B P-R-A-B P-R-A-S P-R-A-S P-R-A-B 11/23 Quinnipiac W, ,167 s/o # # # # # DNP Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT 11/25 George Washington W, , # # # # # DNP Hartford CC, Hartford, CT 12/1 at Vanderbilt W, , # # # # # DNP Memorial Gym, Nashville, TN 12/3 Sacred Heart W, ,167 s/o # # # # # DNP Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT 12/7 Wagner W, ,167 s/o # # # # # DNP Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT 12/10 Massachusetts W, , # # # # # DNP Hartford CC, Hartford, CT 12/21 UNC Asheville W, , # # # # # Hartford CC, Hartford, CT 12/28 Central Connecticut W, ,294 s/o DNP # # # # # Hartford CC, Hartford, CT 1/2 St. Bonaventure W, , # # # # # Hartford CC, Hartford, CT 1/7 at Oklahoma L, , # # # # # DNP Noble Center, Norman, OK 1/11 *Miami W, ot 10,167 s/o # # # # # Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT 1/14 *Virginia Tech W, ,294 s/o # # # # # Hartford CC, Hartford, CT 1/18 at North Carolina L, ,750 s/o # # # # # Smith Center, Chapel Hill, NC 1/20 *at Miami L, , # # # # # DNP Convocation Center, Coral Gables, FL 1/25 *Villanova W, ,294 s/o # # # # # DNP Hartford CC, Hartford, CT 1/27 *at St. John s W, , # # # # # DNP Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 2/1 *Boston College L, ,167 s/o # # # # # Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT 2/5 *at Virginia Tech L, , # # # # # Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, VA 2/8 *at Providence W, ,993 s/o # # DNP-injured # # # Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, RI 2/10 *Syracuse W, ,294 s/o # # DNP-injured # DNP # # Hartford CC, Hartford, CT 2/15 *at Villanova L, , # DNP-injured # # # First Union Center, Philadelphia, PA 2/19 *Rutgers W, , # # DNP-injured # # # Hartford CC, Hartford, CT 2/22 *St. John s W, ,167 s/o # # # # Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT 2/24 *at Notre Dame W, ,418 s/o # # # # # Joyce Center, South Bend, IN 3/2 *at Pittsburgh L, ,508 s/o # # # # # DNP Petersen Center, Pittsburgh, PA 3/5 *Providence L, ,167 s/o # # # # # Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT 3/8 *at Boston College 2:00 Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, MA Date Opponent Time/W-L s/o- sellout P-R-A-S P-R-A-B P-R-A-S P-R-A-S P-R-A-S P-R-A-B P-R-A-B P-R-A-S P-R-A-S P-R-A-B #-- starter; S-- steals; B-- blocks Att. Anderson Armstrong D. Brown T. Brown Gordon Hayes Okafor Robertson Tooles White *-- BIG EAST Conference opponent FACTS AND FIGURES Overall W-L BIG EAST W-L Non-Conference W-L Attendance Avg. Home ,660 13,229 Hartford Civic Center (16,294) ,491 15,610 Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) ,169 10,167 Away ,489 12,249 Total ,149 12,852

13 REB GAME FG FGA Pct. 3FG 3FGA Pct. A Pct. O D T PF TP A B S 11/23 Quinnipiac CONNECTICUT /25 George Washington CONNECTICUT /1 at Vanderbilt CONNECTICUT /3 Sacred Heart CONNECTICUT /7 Wagner CONNECTICUT /10 Massachusetts CONNECTICUT /21 UNC Asheville CONNECTICUT /28 Central Connecticut CONNECTICUT /2 St. Bonaventure CONNECTICUT /7 at Oklahoma Connecticut /11 Miami CONNECTICUT /14 Virginia Tech CONNECTICUT /18 at North Carolina Connecticut /20 at Miami Connecticut /25 Villanova CONNECTICUT /27 at St. John s Connecticut /1 Boston College CONNECTICUT /5 at Virginia Tech Connecticut /8 at Providence Connecticut /10 Syracuse CONNECTICUT /15 at Villanova Connecticut /19 Rutgers CONNECTICUT /22 St. John s CONNECTICUT /24 at Notre Dame Connecticut /2 at Pittsburgh Connecticut /5 Providence CONNECTICUT /8 at Boston College Connecticut UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Team and Opponent Statistics

14 UConn Basketball Miscellaneous Statistics UCONN RECORDS WHEN... OVERALL BIG EAST Leading at the half: Trailing at half: Tied at the half -- Playing overtime: Shooting 50% or better: Shooting less than 50%: Shooting between %: Shooting less than 40%: Opponents shoot 50% or better: Opponents shoot less than 50%: UConn outrebounds its opponent: Opponent outrebounds UConn: Teams are tied in rebounds: UConn has 10 or more steals: UConn shoots 70% or better: Scoring less than 50 points: -- Scoring points: 1-0 Scoring points: Scoring points: Scoring points: Scoring points: 4-0 Scoring 100 points or more: 2-0 Allowing less than 50 points: 1-0 Allowing points: 1-0 Allowing points: Allowing points: Allowing points: Allowing 90 points or more: Bench outscores opponent bench: Playing in Gampel Pavilion: Playing in Hartford Civic Center: Playing on the road: Playing a home BIG EAST game: 6-2 Playing a road BIG EAST game: 3-4 Game is decided by 1-4 points: Game is decided by 5-10 points: Game is decided by 11 points or more: Playing at night: Playing in the afternoon: Playing on Monday: Playing on Tuesday: Playing on Wednesday: Playing on Thursday: 1-0 Playing on Friday: -- Playing on Saturday: Playing on Sunday: Playing on Television: *on CBS: *on ESPN: *on espn2: 0-1 *on ESPN Regional: Ben Gordon leads team in scoring: Ben Gordon scores 20+ points: Ben Gordon leads the team in assists: Emeka Okafor leads the team in scoring Emeka Okafor scores 20+ points: Emeka Okafor has five or more blocks: Emeka Okafor has double-figure rebounds: Emeka Okafor has a double-double: Taliek Brown leads team in assists: Taliek Brown has double-figure assists: 2-0 Tony Robertson leads the team in scoring: Tony Robertson scores 20+ points: STAT LEADERS LED THE TEAM IN SCORING: Gordon (15), Okafor (5), Robertson (4), Anderson (2) REACHED DOUBLE FIGURES: Gordon (25), Okafor (23), D. Brown (11), Robertson (11), Anderson (10), T. Brown (6), Armstrong (1), Hazelton (1) 30+ POINT GAMES: Gordon (2) 20+ POINT GAMES: Gordon (15), Okafor (5), Robertson (2), Anderson (2) 15+ POINT GAMES: Gordon (20), Okafor (14), Robertson (5), T. Brown (3), D. Brown (3), Anderson (3) LED THE TEAM IN REBOUNDING: Okafor (21), Gordon (2), White (2), Armstrong (1), D. Brown (1) DOUBLE-FIGURE REBS: Okafor (19), White (3), Hayes (1) DOUBLE-DOUBLES: Okafor (18), T. Brown (1), Gordon (1) LED THE TEAM IN ASSISTS: Gordon (16), T. Brown (10), Anderson (1), Robertson (1) DOUBLE-FIGURE ASSISTS: T. Brown (2), Gordon (1) LED THE TEAM IN STEALS: Gordon (10), Robertson (8), Okafor (7), T. Brown (5), D. Brown (3), Hayes (2), Anderson (2), Tooles (1), White (1) LED TEAM IN BLOCKS: Okafor (24), Armstrong (3), J. Brown (1), D. Brown (1), Robertson (1), Tooles (1), White (1) includes ties for the team lead GAME STARTERS Quinnipiac, 11/23 Tooles, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown George Washington, 11/25 Tooles, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown at Vanderbilt, 12/1 Tooles, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown Sacred Heart, 12/3 HAYES, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown Wagner, 12/7 Hayes, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown Massachusetts, 12/10 Hayes, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown UNC Asheville, 12/21 Hayes, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown Central Connecticut, 12/28 Hayes, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown St. Bonaventure, 1/2 Hayes, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown at Oklahoma, 1/7 Hayes, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown Miami, 1/11 Hayes, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown Virginia Tech, 1/14 ARMSTRONG, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown at North Carolina, 1/18 Armstrong, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown at Miami, 1/20 Armstrong, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown, ROBERTSON Villanova, 1/25 Armstrong, D. BROWN, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown at St. John s, 1/27 Armstrong, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown Boston College, 2/1 Armstrong, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown at Virginia Tech, 2/5 Armstrong, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, T. Brown at Providence, 2/8 Armstrong, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, ROBERTSON Syracuse, 2/10 Armstrong, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, Robertson at Villanova, 2/15 Armstrong, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, Robertson Rutgers, 2/19 Armstrong, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, Robertson St. John s, 2/22 Armstrong, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, Robertson at Notre Dame, 2/24 Armstrong, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, Robertson at Pittsburgh, 3/2 Armstrong, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, Robertson Providence, 3/5 Armstrong, D. Brown, Okafor, Gordon, Robertson at Boston College, 3/8 Name in BOLD CAPS indicates change in starters STATISTICAL SUPERLATIVES Biggest UConn Lead: 50 points vs. UNC Asheville Biggest UConn Deficit: 31 vs. BC (53-22 w/ :27 left in 1st Half) Biggest UConn Lead in a Loss: 13 at Pittsburgh, 3/2, Two Times in 1st half Biggest UConn Deficit in a Win: 25 vs. UMass, (34-9, 18:37 left in 2nd) Biggest UConn Halftime Lead: 25 vs. Sacred Heart Biggest UConn Halftime Deficit: 28 vs. Boston College (2/1) Best UConn 1st Half FG%: 68.0% vs. Pittsburgh (3/2) Worst UConn 1st Half FG%: 15.4% vs. UMass Best UConn 2nd Half FG%: 69.2% vs. UNC Asheville Worst UConn 2nd Half FG%: 29.4% vs. Virginia Tech (2/5) Best Opp. 1st Half FG%: 57.1% by Boston College (2/1) Worst Opp. 1st Half FG%: 20.0% by Providence (2/8) Best Opp. 2nd Half FG%: 52.9% by Wagner Worst Opp. 2nd Half FG%: 21.2% by George Washington Most Pts by UConn in 1st Half: 59 vs. Sacred Heart Least Pts by UConn in 1st Half: 9 vs. UMass Most Pts by Opp. in 1st Half: 53 by Boston College (2/1) Least Pts by Opp. in 1st Half: 27 by Central Connecticut Most Pts by UConn in 2nd Half: 66 vs. UNC Asheville Least Pts by UConn in 2nd Half: 28 vs. Pittsburgh (3/2) Most Pts by Opp. in 2nd Half: 51 by Virginia Tech (2/5) Least Pts by Opp. in 2nd Half: 18 by UMass DUNKS-- Okafor (39), Armstrong (12), D. Brown (8), Anderson (6), Gordon (6), Robertson (5), White (4), J. Brown (3), Wise (2), Hazelton (1) CLUTCH FREE THROW SHOOTING (single-digit score difference) IN FINAL FIVE MINUTES OF GAME Player M A Pct. Anderson Armstrong Robertson Gordon D. Brown Okafor White T. Brown TEAM TALS IN FINAL TWO MINUTES OF GAME Player M A Pct. Anderson Armstrong D. Brown Gordon Robertson T. Brown Okafor TEAM TALS

15 UConn Basketball Team and Individual and Performances CATEGORY Total Field Goals Made Field Goals Attempted Field Goal Percentage 3-Pt. Field Goals Made 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted Free Throw Percentage Offensive Rebounds Defensive Rebounds Total Rebounds Turnovers Blocked Shots Personal Fouls BY CONNECTICUT BY OPPONENTS 117 vs. UNC Asheville, 12/21/02 95 Two Times 59 vs. Massachusetts, 12/10/02 48 Massachusetts, 12/10/02 47 UNC Asheville, 12/21/02 35 Boston College, 2/1/03 16 vs. Massachusetts, 12/10/02 19 Three Times 84 vs. Sacred Heart, 12/3/02 81 Sacred Heart, 12/3/02 47 vs. Miami, 1/11/03 45 North Carolina, 1/18/ vs. UNC Asheville, 12/21/ Boston College, 2/1/ vs. Massachusetts, 12/10/ Syracuse, 2/10/03 13 vs. Providence, 2/8/03 10 Villanova, 2/15/03 1 vs. Boston College, 2/1/03 2 Two Times 23 Two Times 30 St. Bonaventure, 1/2/03 11 Two Times 13 Two Times.684 vs. Providence, 2/8/ Three Times.067 vs. Boston College, 2/1/ Syracuse, 2/10/03 28 vs. Virginia Tech, 2/5/03 32 Virginia Tech, 2/5/03 5 vs. Oklahoma, 1/7/03 7 Two Times 37 vs. Wagner, 12/7/02 37 Virginia Tech, 2/5/03 9 vs. Providence, 2/8/03 12 Wagner, 12/7/ vs. Rutgers, 2/19/ St. Bonaventure, 1/2/ vs. Oklahoma, 1/7/ Massachusetts, 12/10/02 27 vs. Sacred Heart, 12/3/02 24 George Washington, 11/25/02 7 vs. Miami, 1/11/03 5 North Carolina, 1/18/03 34 Two Times 28 Quinnipiac, 11/23/02 19 vs. Pittsburgh, 3/2/03 14 Central Connecticut, 12/28/02 61 vs. Sacred Heart, 12/3/02 46 George Washington, 11/25/02 27 vs. Pittsburgh, 3/2/03 29 Virginia Tech, 1/14/03 34 vs. Sacred Heart, 12/3/02 23 Wagner, 12/7/02 8 vs. Miami, 1/20/03 7 Vanderbilt, 12/1/02 24 vs. Villanova, 2/15/03 22 UNC Asheville, 12/21/02 10 Three Times 7 St. John s, 1/27/03 15 vs. St. John s, 2/22/03 11 Providence, 3/5/03 2 vs. Providence, 2/8/03 1 Five Times 11 Two Times 16 St. John s, 1/27/03 1 vs. St. John s, 1/27/03 2 Quinnipiac, 11/23/02 28 vs. Virginia Tech, 2/5/03 27 Two Times 13 Two Times 14 Virginia Tech, 1/14/ UCONN AND OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL HIGH PERFORMANCES CATEGORY BY CONNECTICUT BY OPPONENTS 32 Ben Gordon vs. Miami, 1/20/03 43 Darius Rice, Miami, 1/20/03 Field Goals Made 12 Gordon vs. UNC Asheville, 12/21/02 16 Darius Rice, Miami, 1/20/03 12 Gordon vs. Miami, 1/20/03 Field Goals Attempted 19 Gordon vs. Quinnipiac, 11/23/02 27 Darius Rice, Miami, 1/20/03 19 Taliek Brown vs. Wagner, 12/7/02 19 Gordon vs. Oklahoma, 1/7/03 19 Gordon vs. North Carolina, 1/18/03 19 Gordon vs. Villanova, 2/15/03 19 Gordon vs. Notre Dame, 2/24/03 FG Percentage (min. 7 made) 85.7 Gordon (12-14) vs. Miami, 1/20/ Dedrick Dye (7-10), Wagner, 12/7/02 3-Pt. Field Goals Made 6 Gordon vs. Providence, 2/8/03 7 Darius Rice, Miami, 1/20/03 6 Rashad Anderson, vs. Notre Dame, 2/24/03 3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted 10 Gordon vs. UNC Asheville, 12/21/02 12 Darius Rice, Miami, 1/20/03 12 Gary Buchanan, Villanova, 2/15/03 3PT FG Percentage (min. 4 made).800 Tony Robertson (4-5) vs. George Washington, 11/25/ Rashad McCants (4-5), North Carolina, 1/18/ Gordon (4-5) vs. Miami, 1/20/ Rashad Anderson (4-5) vs. Villanova, 1/25/03 Free Throws Made 13 Robertson vs. Rutgers, 2/19/03 10 Hollis Price, Oklahoma, 1/7/03 10 Matt Carroll, Notre Dame, 2/24/03 Free Throws Attempted 13 Robertson vs. Rutgers, 2/19/03 11 Darius Rice, Miami, 1/11/03 10 Matt Carroll, Notre Dame, 2/24/03 Percentage (min. 10 made) Robertson (13-13) vs. Rutgers, 2/19/ Hollis Price (10-10), Oklahoma, 1/7/03 Gordon (11-11) vs. Sacred Heart, 12/3/02 Offensive Rebounds 7 Okafor vs. Wagner, 12/7/02 5 Chris Monroe, George Washington, 11/25/02 5 Torin Francis, Notre Dame, 2/24/03 Defensive Rebounds 12 Okafor vs. Wagner, 12/7/02 9 Micah Brand, UMass, 12/10/02 Total Rebounds 19 Okafor vs. Wagner, 12/7/02 13 Micah Brand, UMass, 12/10/02 10 T. Brown vs. Sacred Heart, 12/3/02 12 Marques Green, St. Bonaventure, 1/2/03 10 Gordon vs. Sacred Heart, 12/3/02 10 T. Brown vs. Quinnipiac, 11/23/02 Turnovers 7 Okafor vs. St. Bonaventure, 1/2/03 8 Jermaine Hall, Wagner, 12/7/02 7 T. Brown vs. North Carolina, 1/18/03 7 Gordon vs. Providence, 3/5/03 Blocked Shots 9 Okafor vs. St. John s, 2/22/03 9 Marcus Douthit, Providence, 3/5/03 4 Okafor vs. George Washington, 11/25/02 4 Bryant Matthews, Virginia Tech, 1/14/03 4 Gordon vs. Miami, 1/20/03 4 Derrick Snowden, Villanova, 2/15/03 39 T. Brown vs. UMass, 12/10/02 43 James Jones, Miami, 1/11/03

16 UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores EX1 Monday, November 4, 2002, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT #14 Connecticut 132, Louisiana Futures 74 LOUISIANA FUTURES T 3-PT REBS 21 Young, Mark f Pixley, John f Curry, Sedric f Davis, Kendrick g Hymes, Demetrius g Pugh, Thomas Washington, Karl Oglesby, Ateya Smith, Terry Willingham, Nantambu TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 29.5% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 29.6% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 74.1% 4 11 Armstrong, Hilton f Hazelton, Scott f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Swaller, Ryan Wise, Chad Brown, Justin White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony Brown, Denham Woodward, Mike TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 60.7% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 50.0% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 66.7% 6 OFFICIALS: Jim Burr, Jim Luchansky, Bill Laubenstein; ATTENDANCE: 10,167 (sellout) Louisiana Futures Connecticut Game Notes: The Huskies scored the first 20 points of the game and never looked back... The Futures cut the lead to 12 on two occasions in the first half, but UConn ended the half with a 19-2 run to open the lead up to 31 poits at the break... Senior Mike Hayes did not dress due to a sprained right wrist. EX2 Saturday, November 16, 2002, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT #14 Connecticut 80, Harlem Globetrotters 65 HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS T 3-PT REBS 08 Hughes, Solomon f Ceballos, Cedric f Coleman, Lorenzo c Nunnery, Ronald g Gray, Chudney g Branch, Aundre Bryson, Tarise Buckley, Monty Bruton, Kris Dean, Brandon Sanders, Alex Williams, Jermaine Polynice, Olden TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 30.4% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 21.1% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 61.9% 4 33 Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka f Brown, Justin c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Armstrong, Hilton Hazelton, Scott White, Marcus Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 43.5% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 11.1% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 86.4% 2 OFFICIALS: Mike Kitts, Bernard Clinton, Ray Perone; TECHNICAL FOULS: Connecticut bench (1); ATTENDANCE: 13,851 Globetrotters Connecticut Game Notes: The Huskies used an 18-4 run at the start of the second half to turn a one-point deficit into a 13-point lead and never looked back... The Globetrotters never got closer than 10 points the rest of the way and the lead swelled to as much as 17 points in the final minutes... The Trotters led by as many as 12 in the first half at 27-15, but UConn responded with an 11-0 run to get the deficit back to one point. #1 Saturday, November 23, 2002, Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT #14 Connecticut 91, Quinnipiac 72 QUINNIPIAC T 3-PT REBS 42 Bishop, Jeremy f Banjo, Rashaun f Vick, C.J. c Monroe, Rob g Mims, Kason g Thornton, Macklin Hunter, Wes Egan, Patrick Benson, Craig Tancredi, Adam TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 40.7% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 33.3% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 76.2% 1 30 Tooles, Shamon f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Armstrong, Hilton Brown, Justin Hazelton, Scott Hayes, Mike Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 51.4% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 23.1% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 55.2% 4 OFFICIALS: Frank Scagliotta, Will Bush, Doug Sirmons; ATTENDANCE: 10,167 sellout Quinnipiac (0-1) Connecticut (1-0) Game Notes: Huskies used a 10-2 first half run to break open a two-point game... Gordon scored 13 of his 22 after halftime... Tooles made his first career start... The win was the 49th straight against teams from Connecticut and 79th in a row against non-big EAST New England teams... Huskies improved to 13-4 in openers under Jim Calhoun. #2 Monday, November 25, 2002, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT #12 Connecticut 67, George Washington 55 GEORGE WASHINGN T 3-PT REBS 01 Williams, Omar f Hall, Mike f Kireev, Alexander c Monroe, Chris g Thompson, T.J. g Miller, Darnell Mensah-Bonsu, Pops Cowan, Jaz Collucci, Greg Akingbade, Dokun TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 30.9% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 25.0% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 53.8% 2 30 Tooles, Shamon f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Wise, Chad Armstrong, Hilton Brown, Justin Hayes, Mike Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 35.6% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 41.2% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 62.1% 9 OFFICIALS: Tim Higgins, Joe Lindsay, Ray Perone; ATTENDANCE: George Washington (0-1) Connecticut (2-0) Game Notes: UConn opened the second half with an 11-2 run to expand a four-point halftime edge to a double-digit lead... Okafor had eight points in the first five minutes of the second half to key the UConn surge... GW got as close as five points, at 54-49, with 5:38 left, but UConn scored the next five points and held on... Robertson had 16 of his game-high 21 in the first half and took only one shot in the second half.

17 # UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores Sunday, December 1, 2002, Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, TN #12 Connecticut 76, Vanderbilt Tooles, Shamon f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Armstrong, Hilton Brown, Justin Hazelton, Scott Hayes, Mike Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 47.6% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 35.7% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 61.1% 3, 1 VANDERBILT T 3-PT REBS 35 Freije, Matt f Smith, Corey f Thornton, Brian c Holwerda, Jason g Lakey, Russell g Moore,Mario Payton,Adam Przybyszewski, David Hundley, Scott Terrell, Julian TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 44.1% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 13.3% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 84.2% 1, 1 OFFICIALS: Jim Burr, Tim Higgins, Andre Pattillo; ATTENDANCE: 12,490 Connecticut (3-0) Vanderbilt (3-1) Game Notes: Okafor s 25 points were a career-high... Denham Brown scored all 13 of his points in the first half... Connecticut led at the half, and led by as many as 11 at with 15:45 to go... Vanderbilt went on a 17-5 run to take its only lead of the second half at with 10 minutes left. UConn scored the next six points to take the lead for good and led by as many as 10 in the final two minutes... Gordon did not score until there was 2:13 left in the game. #4 Tuesday, December 3, 2002, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT #11 Connecticut 116, Sacred Heart 78 SACRED HEART T 3-PT REBS 02 Queenan, Mike f Spivey, Zach c Wellington, Omar g Samuels, James g Parker, Mike g Assel, Chris Bailey, Maurice James, Justin King, Donnell Tuffel, Jannik TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 37.0% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 33.3% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 64.3% 3 25 Hayes, Mike f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Swaller, Ryan Wise, Chad Armstrong, Hilton Brown, Justin Hazelton, Scott Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony Woodward, Mike Evanovich, Justin TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 50.0% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 26.1% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 76.5% 4 OFFICIALS: John Hughes, Bob Adams, Jeff Clark ; ATTENDANCE: 10, 167 sellout Sacred Heart (0-4) Connecticut (4-0) Game Notes: Gordon set career-highs with 31 points and 10 assists and Okafor notched his fourth consecutive double-double... UConn seized control of the game from the outset, bolting out to a 13-0 lead in the first 3:41, holding Sacred Heart without a point for the first 4:44...The 59 first half points was the most by a UConn squad since November 27, 1998 when the Huskies scored 63 against Wagner... Brown reached double figures in assists for the second time in four games with It was the first time in UConn history that teammates reached double figure assists in the same game. #5 Saturday, December 7, 2002, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT #11 Connecticut 97, Wagner 85 WAGNER T 3-PT REBS 21 Wyatte, Nigel f Hall, Jermaine f Viegas, Doug f McLemore, DeEarnest g Dye, Dedrick g Pritchard, Courtney McCrae, Corey Martin, Kevin Carroll, Teoine TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 48.6% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 47.4% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 66.7% 0 25 Hayes, Mike f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Armstrong, Hilton Hazelton, Scott Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 42.9% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 35.7% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 70.3% 7 OFFICIALS: Fran Connolly, Michael Stewart, Earl Walton ; ATTENDANCE: 10, 167 sellout ; TECHNICAL FOULS: WAGNER-- Pritchard, Courtney (1); CONNECTICUT-- Brown, Denham(1) Wagner (2-3) Connecticut (5-0) Game Notes: The Seahawks got within five as late as with 5:54 to play but Gordon hit a three-pointer. After a Wagner hoop, Hazelton dunked and Taliek Brown hit a jumper to put the Huskies safely ahead by Wagner jumped out to a quick 10-4 lead in the first 2:46 as Dedrick Dye hit two three-pointers but UConn raced back to take the lead for good at on the second of two free throws by Gordon. The Huskies opened up some distance on the Seahawks, leading at the half behind Gordon s 15 and Okafor s The pesky Seahawks opened the second half on a 19-9 run to get within with 13:09 to play... Okafor tied a UConn record with a double-double in his fifth straight game to start a season. #6 Tuesday, December 10, 2002, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT #9 Connecticut 59, Massachusetts 48 MASSACHUSETTS T 3-PT REBS 02 Rogers, Jackie f Lamb, Raheim f Brand, Micah c Anderson, Anthony g Cox, Marcus g Lasme, Michael Lee, Gabe Viggiano, Jeff TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 35.8% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 23.1% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 41.2% 7 25 Hayes, Mike f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Wise, Chad Armstrong, Hilton Brown, Justin Hazelton, Scott Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 33.3% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 42.1% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 79.2% 2 OFFICIALS: Jim Burr, John Cahill, Will Bush ; ATTENDANCE: 14,962; TECHNICAL FOULS: CONNECTICUT-- the bench (1) Massachusetts (1-5) Connecticut (6-0) Game Notes: UConn trailed by 25, 34-9, with 18:37 to play, but responded with a 29-2 run to take a lead with 6:32 left... Included in that run was a 22-0 stretch and seven three-pointers, three by Anderson and two each by Gordon and Denham Brown... The nine points at the half were a Jim Calhoun era-low, outdoing the 13 UConn scored in the first half against St. Peter s on February 3, The 25-point deficit overcome matched the largest UConn comeback in the Calhoun era, equalling a win at Pittsburgh in 1995 in which UConn trailed in the first half... Robertson was limited to 15 minutes due to a stomach virus... The game was the first in in which Okafor did not have a double-double... UMass missed 13 straight second half shots while UConn was in the midst of its run, with Okafor recording three blocks in that stratch.

18 # UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores Saturday, December 21, 2002, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT #8 Connecticut 117, UNC Asheville 67 UNC ASHEVILLE T 3-PT REBS 15 McCullough, Bryan f Barber, Joseph f McGonagil, Ben c Smith, Andre g Kragel, Alex g Collington, Omar Mohn, Chad Holmes, Oliver Carter, Brandon Bivins, KaVoris Creasman, Aaron TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 33.8% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 28.6% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 72.2% 3 25 Hayes, Mike f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Swaller, Ryan Wise, Chad Armstrong, Hilton Brown, Justin White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony Woodward, Mike Evanovich, Justin TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 62.7% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 45.5% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 68.4% 3 OFFICIALS: John Hughes, Bernard Clinton, Bill Laubenstein; ATTENDANCE: 14,102 UNC Asheville (3-4) Connecticut (7-0) Game Notes: UConn went on a 20-2 run in the final seven minutes of the first half to open a 20- point lead... Huskies used a 26-6 run in the second half to increase the bulge to 40 points... Gordon reached the 29-point mark for the third time in seven games. #9 Thursday, January 2, 2003, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT #5 Connecticut 95, St. Bonaventure 78 ST. BONAVENTURE T 3-PT REBS 10 Cheeks, Robert f Prato, Patricio f Terrell, Jamil c Smith, Ahmad g Green, Marques g Gansey, Mike Shepherd, Joe Skinner, Issa Sutton, Cortez Brown, Calvin TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 36.8% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 30.0% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 92.9% 0 25 Hayes, Mike f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Swaller, Ryan Wise, Chad Armstrong, Hilton Brown, Justin White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony Woodward, Mike Evanovich, Justin TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 50.7% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 60.0% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 72.2% 2 OFFICIALS: Mike Kitts, Will Bush, Reggie Greenwood; ATTENDANCE: 15,889 St. Bonaventure (5-7) Connecticut (9-0) Game Notes: UConn used a 15-0 second half run to extend a lead to with 12:44 to play... St. Bonaventure led by as many as 10 points in the first half, 16-6, but the Huskies outscored the Bonnies, 22-12, in the final five minutes of the half to hold a 10-point edge of their own. #8 Saturday, December 28, 2002, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT #6 Connecticut 93, Central Connecticut 65 CENTRAL 15 Robinson, Ron f Scott, Ricardo f Pittman, Rich f Alexander, John g Popofski, Jon g Chiera, Justin Dukes, Mike Jefferson, Lenny Barrett, Robert Hargreaves, Jerome TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 31.4% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 39.1% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 75.0% 2 25 Hayes, Mike f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Swaller, Ryan Wise, Chad Brown, Justin White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony Woodward, Mike Evanovich, Justin TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 60.3% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 57.1% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 60.0% 1 OFFICIALS: Frank Scagliotta, Ray Perone, Jim Luchansky; ATTENDANCE: 16,294 sellout Central Connecticut (3-4) Connecticut (8-0) Game Notes: UConn finished the first half with an 18-6 run that broke open an eight point game... Okafor recorded a double-double for the seventh time in eight games... UConn shot over 60% for the second straight game and reach the 90-point mark for the fourth time in five games... The meeting was the first between the teams since Howie Dickenman, a former UConn assistant coach, took over the Blue Devil program in #10 Tuesday, January 7, 2003, Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, OK #9 Oklahoma 73, #3 Connecticut Hayes, Mike f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Armstrong, Hilton Brown, Justin Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 42.6% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 35.3% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 38.5% 0, 1 OKLAHOMA T 3-PT REBS 34 Bookout, Kevin f Brown, Jabahri c Ere, Ebi g White, Quannas g Price, Hollis g Johnston, Blake Alexander, De Angelo Gilbert, Johnnie Szendrei, Jozsef TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 43.6% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 25.0% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 84.0% 2, 1 OFFICIALS: Tim Higgins, Ed Corbett, Curtis Shaw; ATTENDANCE: 11,638 Connecticut (9-1) Oklahoma (9-2) Game Notes: Oklahoma used a 19-7 run over the final two minutes of the first half and the first five minutes of the second half to open a lead with 15:45 to play in the game... UConn responded with a 19-4 burst over the next 10 minutes to get to within with 5:08 to play... Oklahoma s last field goal came with 5:51 to play and the4 Sooners missed 13 of their last 14 attempts from the field, but made 18-of-19 from the free throw line in the final five minutes to secure the win... UConn hit on only 3-of-19 field goals to start the game and fell behind 22-9.

19 # UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores Saturday, January 11, 2003, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT #3 Connecticut 83, Miami 80 OT MIAMI T 3-PT REBS 21 Rice, Darius f Jones, James f Simmons, Michael g Surratt, Armondo g Hite, Robert g Hamilton, Gary Wilkins, Eric Berumen, Rafael Coelho, Paulo Djahue, Rodrigue N Diaye, Ismael TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % OT: % Game: 39.4% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % OT: % Game: 32.1% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % OT: % Game: 82.6% 4 25 Hayes, Mike f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Armstrong, Hilton Brown, Justin White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % OT: % Game: 55.3% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % OT: % Game: 46.7% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % OT: % Game: 77.4% 6 OFFICIALS: Jim Burr, Mike Kitts, Donnee Gray; ATTENDANCE: 10,167 sellout SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT TAL Miami (7-6, 0-2) Connecticut (10-1, 1-0) Game Notes: Rice hit a leaning three-pointer with two seconds left in regulation to force overtime... Okafor battled foul trouble and did not reach double figures in rebounds for the first time all season... UConn improved to 7-0 in Gampel BIG EAST openers... Denham Brown s 18 points were a career-high and he hit two free throws with 7 seconds left in the overtime to give UConn a three-point lead. #13 Saturday, January 18, 2003, Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill, NC North Carolina 68, #6 Connecticut Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Brown, Justin White, Marcus Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 41.9% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 26.1% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 58.3% 3 NORTH CAROLINA T 3-PT REBS 21 Williams, Jawad f McCants, Rashad f Sanders, Byron c Felton, Raymond g Manuel, Jackie g Scott, Melvin Holmes, Jonathan Grant, Damion Noel, David Johnson, Will TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 42.2% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 47.4% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 70.0% 6, 1 OFFICIALS: Andre Patillo, Bryan Kersey, Ed Corbett; ATTENDANCE: 21,750 sellout Connecticut (11-2) North Carolina (11-5) Game Notes: North Carolina scored the first 13 points of the game and led 23-4 with 10:39 left in the first half... UConn went on a 9-0 run and got to within 11 at the half... Huskies started the second half with an 11-5 run to cut the lead to five...unc led with 3:18 left, but UConn scored the next seven points, culminating in an Okafor dunk with 1:16 left to take only lead of the game, Williams hit a jumper with 56.9 seconds left to give Carolina the lead back and McCants made two free throws with 3.3 seconds left... Gordon missed a 25-footer at the buzzer... UConn trailed by double digits in the first half for the fifth straight game. #12 Tuesday, January 14, 2003, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT #6 Connecticut 83, Virginia Tech 65 VIRGINIA TECH T 3-PT REBS 21 Calloway, Allan f Matthews, Bryant f Taylor, Terry c Chase, Brian g Dixon, Carlos g Branham, Eric Davis, Fabian Smith, Deonte Harris, Shawn Sailes, Markus McCandies, Philip Thompkins, Dimari TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 41.0% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 29.4% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 55.6% 3 11 Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Swaller, Ryan Brown, Justin White, Marcus Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 53.8% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 33.3% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 81.8% 1 OFFICIALS: John Cahill, Doug Shows, Pat Driscoll; ATTENDANCE: 16,294 sellout Virginia Tech (6-8, 0-2) Connecticut (11-1, 2-0) Game Notes: Huskies used a 26-4 second half run to turn a four-point deficit into an 18-point lead and beat the Hokies... UConn trailed by ten points in the first half, the fourth straight game that the Huskies have trailed by double digits in the first half... Armstrong made his first career start... The sellout was the 100th for the UConn men s team in the Hartford Civic Center. #14 Monday, January 20, 2003, Convocation Center, Coral Gables, FL Miami 77, #11 Connecticut Armstrong, Hilton f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Robertson, Tony g Brown, Justin Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Brown, Denham TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 56.3% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 40.0% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 53.3% 5 MIAMI T 3-PT REBS 21 Rice, Darius f Jones, James f Simmons, Michael g Surratt, Armondo g Hite, Robert g Hamilton, Gary Wilkins, Eric Berumen, Rafael Coelho, Paulo Djahue, Rodrigue N Diaye, Ismael TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 45.9% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 39.1% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 66.7% 1 OFFICIALS: Tim Higgins, Ted Hillary, Curtis Shaw; ATTENDANCE: 6,884 Connecticut (11-3, 2-1) Miami (8-7, 1-3) Game Notes: Rice hit a three-pointer with 0.5 seconds left to give the Hurricanes the win... After a pair of free throws by Gordon gave UConn a lead with 8.9 seconds left, Surratt drove the lenght of the floor for a lay-up with 3.0 seconds left... Rice stole the inbounds pass and stepped back behind the free throw line and drained the three... The 43 points are the most against UConn by a BIG EAST opponent... The Huskies trailed by double digits in the first half for the sixth straight game, but roared back in the second half and twice led by as many as five points in the final 1:16... Gordon s 32 ponts were a career-high... Robertson made his first start of the season.

20 #15 Saturday, January 25, 2003, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT #11 Connecticut 74, Villanova 65 VILLANOVA T 3-PT REBS 05 Wright, Ricky f Fraser, Jason c Snowden, Derrick g Foye, Randy g Buchanan, Gary g Sullivan, Andrew Ray, Allan Sumpter, Curtis Austin, Marcus TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 35.7% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 33.3% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 50.0% 4 11 Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Brown, Justin Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 42.4% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 53.8% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 70.8% 2 OFFICIALS: Bob Donato, Reggie Greenwood, Karl Hess; TECHNICAL FOULS: VILLANOVA- the bench(1); ATTENDANCE: 16,294 sellout Villanova (12-6, 5-1) Connecticut (12-3, 3-1) Game Notes: UConn went on a 17-3 second half run to break a tie and go on to the victory... The Wildcats had used a 10-2 run early in the second half to tie the score at Anderson s 18 points were a career-high... UConn led by as many as 12 points in the first half, but Villanova scored the last six points of the half, capped by a Snowden half-court buzzer beater, to cut the deficit at the break to four points... Taliek Brown was limited due to an injured right wrist suffered in the Miami game. # UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores Monday, January 27, 2003, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY #14 Connecticut 74, St. John s Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 53.4% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 27.3% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 64.3% 0, 2 ST. JOHN S T 3-PT REBS 05 King, Eric f Glover, Anthony f Cuffe, Kyle f Hatten, Marcus g Ingram, Elijah g Doyle, Tim Smith, Tristan Keita, Abe Shaw, Willie Reynolds, Grady TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 35.1% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 30.8% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 63.2% 3, 2 OFFICIALS: Jim Burr, Mike Kitts, Frank Scagliotta; ATTENDANCE: 12,010 Connecticut (13-3, 4-1) St. John s (10-6, 3-3) Game Notes: UConn went on a 7-1 run to open an eight-point lead with under four minutes to play and went on to the win... Tony Robertson s driving layup made the score with 3:45 to play and was also Robertson s 1,000 career point, making him the 34th UConn player to reach that milestone... Huskies led by as many as 11 on two occasions... The win was UConn s first over St. John s at the Garden since #17 Saturday, February 1, 2003, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT Boston College 95, #14 Connecticut 71 BOSN COLLEGE T 3-PT REBS 01 Smith, Craig f Sidney, Ryan f Doornekamp, Nate c Bell, Troy g Hinnant, Louis g Watson, Jermaine Zoellner, Kirsten Evans-Miller, Adoyah Hobson, Tavio Jackson, Johnnie Bryant, Andrew DeMong, Adam TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 50.7% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 42.1% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 70.8% 4 11 Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Wise, Chad Brown, Justin White, Marcus Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 41.8% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 06.7% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 58.3% 6 OFFICIALS: Tim Higgins, Joe Lindsay, Andre Pattillo; TECHNICAL FOULS: CONNECTICUT - the bench(1) ; ATTENDANCE: 10,167 Boston College (10-8, 3-4) Connecticut (13-4, 4-2) Game Notes: BC jumped out to a 13-1 lead and UConn never got closer than 10 points the rest of the way... The biggest lead of the first half was 31 points in the final minute and UConn never got closer than 22 points in the second half... The win was BC s first at UConn since 2/26/87... The loss was the worst for UConn in the history of Gampel Pavilion, surpassing a 23-point loss to Villanova in UConn had never trailed by double digits at the half in Gampel. #18 Wednesday, February 5, 2003, Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, VA Virginia Tech 95, #18 Connecticut Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Wise, Chad Brown, Justin White, Marcus Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Robertson, Tony TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 34.4% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 21.1% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 80.0% 3, 3 VIRGINIA TECH T 3-PT REBS 25 McCandies, Philip f Taylor, Terry c Branham, Eric g Matthews, Bryant g Dixon, Carlos g Davis, Fabian Chase, Brian Smith, Deonte Calloway, Allan Harris, Shawn Sailes, Markus Thompkins, Dimari Minor, Luke TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 43.5% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 47.4% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 86.5% 0 OFFICIALS: Bob Donato, Bernard Clinton, Donnee Gray; ATTENDANCE: 4,557 Connecticut(13-5, 4-3) Virginia Tech (9-11, 2-5) Game Notes: Virginia Tech used a first half run to break the game open... The Hokies ledby as many as 23 points in the second half... UConn coach Jim Calhoun missed the game in preparation for surgery for prostate cancer... Taliek Brown left the game with 13:58 left in the game after breaking his left index finger. Brown returned to the bench after x-rays, but did not return to the game... Anderson s 22 points were a career-high.

21 # UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores Saturday, February 8, 2003, Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, RI #18 Connecticut 84, Providence Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Robertson, Tony g Wise, Chad Brown, Justin White, Marcus Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 50.0% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 68.4% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 77.8% 1 PROVIDENCE T 3-PT REBS 03 Gomes, Ryan f Kotti, Tuukka f Douthit, Marcus c McGrath, Donnie g Augustin, Romuald g Kabba, Sheiku Hayletts, Kareem Anrin, Chris Laksa, Maris Sanders, Rob TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 32.2% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 29.2% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 82.1% 2 OFFICIALS: Frank Scagliotta, Jim Haney, Patrick Driscoll; TECHNICAL FOULS: CONNECTICUT- Hayes, Mike (1), PROVIDENCE- AUGUSTIN, Rom (1) ATTENDANCE: 12,993 sellout Connecticut (14-5, 5-3) Providence (10-10, 3-6) Game Notes: UConn held Providence without a field goal for a 13:19 span in the first half, during which the Friars missed 18 consecutive field goal attempts... The Friars went another 6:00 in the second half without a field goal... Taliek Brown missed his first game with a broken left index finger... Head Coach Jim Calhoun missed his second straight game after undergoing prostate surgery... UConn tied the school record for three-pointers made in a BIG EAST game with 13. #21 Saturday, February 15, 2003, First Union Center, Philadelphia, PA Villanova 79, #23 Connecticut Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Robertson, Tony g White, Marcus Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 43.1% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 38.5% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 60.0% 0, 2 VILLANOVA T 3-PT REBS 05 Wright, Ricky f Buchanan, Gary f Fraser, Jason c Snowden, Derrick g Foye, Randy g Sullivan, Andrew Ray, Allan Sumpter, Curtis Austin, Marcus TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 31.3% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 41.7% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 81.8% 1, 3 OFFICIALS: Ed Corbett, Gene Monje, Ray Perone; TECHNICAL FOULS: CONNECTICUT- the bench (1), VILLANOVA- Snowden, Derrick (1); ATTENDANCE: 16,241 Connecticut (15-6, 6-4) Villanova (14-9, 7-3) Game Notes: Villanova outscored the Huskies 14-7 over the final four minutes to extend a twopoint lead... UConn led by as many as nine points in the first half, at 16-9, but Villanova went on a 22-6 run and led by as many as seven before settling for a three-point halftime lead... Gordon scored 22 of his 25 in the second half and Okafor had 11 second half rebounds... UConn s 24 turnovers were a season-high... Taliek Brown missed his third consecutive game with a broken left index finger... Head Coach Jim Calhoun missed his fourth straight game after undergoing prostate surgery. #20 Monday, February 10, 2003, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT #23 Connecticut 75, #17 Syracuse 61 SYRACUSE T 3-PT REBS 01 Warrick, Hakim f Anthony, Carmelo f Forth, Craig c McNamara, Gerry g Duany, Kueth g Pace, Josh Edelin, Billy McNeil, Jeremy TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 29.9% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 11.8% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 82.6% 3 11 Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Robertson, Tony g White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 48.1% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 35.7% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 64.5% 7 OFFICIALS: Tim Higgins, John Cahill, Will Bush; ATTENDANCE: 16,294 sellout Syracuse (16-4, 7-3) Connecticut (15-5, 6-3) Game Notes: UConn held Syracuse without a field goal, missing 14 straight shots, over the first 8:13 of the second half, but the Orange made 13-of-14 free throws in that span to stay within striking distance... The Huskies opened the game with a 16-4 burst, but Syracuse responded with a run to take a lead... UConn scored the final four points of the half to hold the threepoint edge... Taliek Brown missed his second game with a broken left index finger... Head Coach Jim Calhoun missed his third straight game after undergoing prostate surgery. #22 Wednesday, February 19, 2003, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT Connecticut 87, Rutgers 70 RUTGERS T 3-PT REBS 01 Lamizana, Herve f Axani, Sean c Shields, Ricky g Sherrod, Mike g Coleman, Jerome g Hill, Adrian Wiggan, Juel McCoy, Jason Wooten, Calvin Wright, Kareem TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 40.0% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 33.3% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 61.9% 3 11 Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Robertson, Tony g White, Marcus Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 42.2% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 61.5% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 96.2% 0 OFFICIALS: Mike Kitts, Bob Donato, Bernard Clinton; ATTENDANCE: 15,499 Rutgers (11-12, 3-8) Connecticut (16-6, 7-4) Game Notes: UConn opened the second half with an 8-2 burst to gain a 12-point advantage and the Scarlet Knights never got closer than nine points the rest of the way... The Huskies led by as many as 22 points... Robertson s 24 points and effort from the line were career-best totals... The win was UConn s 200th in BIG EAST play under Jim Calhoun... UConn finished the season 9-0 at the Hartford Civic Center... Taliek Brown missed his fourth consecutive game with a broken left index finger... Head Coach Jim Calhoun missed his fifth straight game after undergoing prostate surgery.

22 # UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores Saturday, February 22, 2003, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT Connecticut 77, St. John s 69 ST. JOHN S T 3-PT REBS 22 Glover, Anthony f Shaw, Willie f Keita, Abe c Hatten, Marcus g Ingram, Elijah g Doyle, Tim Smith, Tristan King, Eric Cuffe, Kyle Reynolds, Grady TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 31.9% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 40.0% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 85.0% 2 11 Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Robertson, Tony g Brown, Taliek White, Marcus Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 56.3% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 30.8% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 59.4% 8 OFFICIALS: Jim Burr, Reggie Greenwood, Bryan Kersey TECHNICAL FOULS: ST. JOHN S- TEAM (2); ATTENDANCE: 10,167 sellout St. John s (12-11, 5-8) Connecticut (17-6, 8-4) Game Notes: Jim Calhoun made his return to the bench after missing five games due to prostate surgery... Taliek Brown returned to action after missing four games with a broken left index finger... UConn opened the game with a 20-7 burst, but the Red Storm cut the lead to three points in the final minute of the half before the Huskies settled for a seven point halftime advantage... The Huskies opened the second half with a 14-3 run to open a lead with 14:41 to play... The Red Storm came all the way back to within three points on a Hatten three with 1:09 to play, but UConn scored the final five points of the game. #25 Sunday, March 2, 2003, Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PA #8 Pittsburgh 71, Connecticut Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Robertson, Tony g Brown, Taliek Brown, Justin White, Marcus Hayes, Mike Anderson, Rashad TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 51.0% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 36.4% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 84.6% 1, 1 PITTSBURGH T 3-PT REBS 04 Brown, Jaron f Zavackas, Donatas f Lett, Ontario c Page, Julius g Knight, Brandin g Troutman, Chevon Krauser, Carl Morris, Toree TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 46.4% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 20.0% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 61.5% 5 OFFICIALS: Jim Burr, Tim Higgins, Mike Kitts; ATTENDANCE: 12,508 sellout Connecticut (18-7, 9-5) Pittsburgh (21-4, 11-3) Game Notes: UConn led by as many as 13 points on two occasions in the first half... Okafor was called for his second foul with 8:41 left in the first and did not return... UConn led at the time... Pitt went on a 19-9 run with Okafor out to cut the lead to two points... Panthers used an 11-3 run early in the second half to take a five-point lead... UConn was as close as two in the final minutes and had two shots at a tying three-pointer in the final seconds... UConn had won 36 straight games when leading at the half before the loss. #24 Monday, February 24, 2003, Joyce Center, South Bend, IN Connecticut 87, #9 Notre Dame Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Robertson, Tony g Brown, Taliek Brown, Justin White, Marcus Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 43.1% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 47.4% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 69.6% 6 NOTRE DAME T 3-PT REBS 21 Miller, Dan f Francis, Torin f Cornette, Jordan c Thomas, Chris g Carroll, Matt g Quinn, Chris Jones, Torrian Timmermans, Tom TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 36.8% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 40.9% Rebs hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 70.0% 3 OFFICIALS: Mike Kitts, John Clougherty, Steve Welmer TECHNICAL FOULS: CONNECTICUT- the bench (1), NOTRE DAME- Thomas, Chris (1); ATTENDANCE: 11,418 sellout Connecticut (18-6, 9-4) Notre Dame (21-6, 9-4) Game Notes: UConn made its last ten free throws to seal the win... Huskies went on a 28-8 first half run to erase a five point deficit and open a 15-point halftime lead... Notre Dame used a nd half run to cut the lead to two points in the final nine minutes, but UConn extended a lead to with a 7-0 run and never led by less than four points the rest of the way... Ben Gordon passed the 900-point mark for his career... Taliek Brown was limited to due left knee tendinitis. #26 Wednesday, March 5, 2003, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT Providence 76, Connecticut 70 PROVIDENCE T 3-PT REBS 03 Gomes, Ryan f Sanders, Rob f Douthit, Marcus c McGrath, Donnie g Kabba, Sheiku g Hayletts, Kareem Laksa, Maris Kotti, Tuukka TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 42.4% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 33.3% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 81.3% 1 11 Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Robertson, Tony g Brown, Taliek White, Marcus Hayes, Mike Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TALS T-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 38.8% Deadball 3pt-FG 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 25.0% Rebounds hrow 1stH: % 2ndH: % Game: 68.4% 4 OFFICIALS: John Cahill, Bob Donato, Andre Pattillo; ATTENDANCE: 10,167 sellout Providence (14-12, 7-8) Connecticut (18-8, 9-6) Game Notes: Providence used a 7-0 burst in the final four minutes to break open a back and forth affair... UConn tied the score at with 9:14 to play, but the Friars scored off a Gordon turnover to retake the lead and UConn would never tie the score again... Twice UConn was within two points and twice within three points, but PC responded with a bucket each time... The Friars led by as many as 11 in the first half, but UConn scored the final nine points of the half to cut the lead to

23 RASHAD ANDERSON Fr., G/F, 6-5, 210 Lakeland, FL Averaging 8.4 points in 14.2 minutes per game in 26 games off the bench... Has scored 209 points in the last 21 games (10.0/ game)... Hit for 22 points and six-of-nine from three in the win at Notre Dame... Scored a career-best 22 points at Virginia Tech on February 5... Scored 13 points in 16 minutes vs. Syracuse... Had 18 points in only 15 minutes of play in the win over Villanova... Scored 16 points to spark comeback win over UMass. HILN ARMSTRONG Fr., F/C, 6-10, 210 Peekskill, NY Averaging 3.2 points and 3.4 rebounds in 25 games, starting the last 15 at the power forward spot... Had eight points and seven rebounds in the win over Syracuse... Had seven points, six rebounds and two blocks at UNC... Made his first career start in the game vs. Virginia Tech on January 14, notching career-highs with 12 points, seven boards, two assists and three blocks... Missed the Central Connecticut game with a sore ankle. DENHAM BROWN Fr., G/F, 6-5, 205 Toronto, Canada Starter at the small forward spot in 25 of 26 games... Did not start at Miami... Averaging 8.0 points and 3.6 rebounds... Has reached double figures in 11 games... Had a career-best nine rebounds in the win at Providence... Scored a career-best 18 points in BIG EAST debut vs. Miami on January Scored 14 in the win over Villanova on January Had 15 points vs. UNC Asheville... Scored 13 points in the win at Vanderbilt, all coming in the first half. JUSTIN BROWN Sr., C, 7-0, 252 Perth, Australia Among the competitors for frontcourt playing time in Has played 82 minutes in 19 games... Fifth-year performer who has played in 85 career games... Was redshirted during the season. Att. Att. Att. Att. 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) 3 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) 1 Five Times 2 Three Times 25 Two Times 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 Three Times 1 Three Times 2 Two Times 25 Two Times HILN ARMSTRONG 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) 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) DENHAM BROWN 18 Miami (1/11/03) 7 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) 12 Two Times 3 Three Times 5 Two 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 Three Times 3 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) 35 Rutgers (2/19/03) 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 Three Times 2 Miami (1/20/03) 35 Rutgers (2/19/03) JUSTIN BROWN 8 George Wash. (12/2/01) 3 Providence (2/6/01) 6 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 1 Fairfield (12/22/00) 4 George Wash. (12/2/01) 4 Two Times 6 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 6 UMass (12/12/00) 7 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 1 Nine Times 4 UMass (12/12/00) 4 George Wash. (12/2/01) 2 West Virginia (2/23/02) 17 Two Times 7 Providence (2/6/01) 3 Providence (2/6/01) 5 Providence (2/6/01) 1 Providence (2/6/01) 2 Five Times 3 Virginia Tech (1/10/02) 4 Virginia Tech (1/2/02) 5 Virginia Tech (1/10/02) 1 Four Times 1 Twelve Times 2 Two Times 2 West Virginia (2/23/02) 17 Miami (1/5/02) Season 6 Central Conn. (12/28/02) 2 Two Times 6 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 2 Central Conn. (12/28/02) 4 Central Conn. (12/28/02) 6 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 3 Central Conn. (12/28/02) 7 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 1 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 1 Four Times 3 Central Conn. (12/28/02) 16 Central Conn. (12/28/02)

24 TALIEK BROWN Jr., G, 6-1, 200 Queens, NY Third-year starter at the point guard position who has played in 88 career games, starting Returned vs. St. John s after missing four games with a broken left index finger, suffered vs. Virginia Tech on February 5... Had surgery on February 7... Leads the Huskies at 5.0 assists per game in , totaling 110 assists and 52 turnovers... Averaging 6.9 points per game... Averaging 8.3 points in his career (722 points) and has 439 career assists, 5.0 per game... His 439 assists are No. 7 all-time at UConn... Khalid El-Amin is No. 6 on the list at 479. JUSTIN EVANOVICH Jr., G, 6-3, 195 Ann Arbor, MI First-year walk-on who has appeared in four games, vs. Sacred Heart, UNC Asheville, Central Connecticut and St. Bonaventure. BEN GORDON So., G, 6-2, 195 Mt. Vernon, NY Second-year performer who has started all 26 games... First on the team in scoring at 20.2 ppg... Had 25 points and eight assists in the win at Notre Dame... Notched a career-high with 32 points in the loss at Miami... Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on December Scored 26 in BIG EAST opener vs. Miami on January Scored a then-career-high 31 points and added a career-best 10 assists in the Sacred Heart win, his first career doubledouble... Has scored over 20 points in 15 games in after reaching the 20-point mark five times in 34 games as a freshman. MIKE HAYES Sr., F, 6-8, 236 Hartford, CT Started eight games at the power forward spot... Averaging 1.8 points and 3.0 rebounds in 25 games... Averaging 11.5 minutes... Grabbed a career-best 11 rebounds in the win over Wagner... Battled with a sprained right wrist throughout preseason... Second-year performer who played in 33 games off the bench in his first season in as a junior college transfer. Att. Att. Att. Att. TALIEK BROWN 21 Two Times 8 Arizona (1/26/02) 19 Wagner (12/7/02) 2 Three Times 4 Maryland (3/24/02) 6 Two Times 8 Three Times 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) 21 Bos. College (2/13/01) 7 Bos. College (2/13/01) 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 Five 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) JUSTIN EVANOVICH 2 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) 1 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) 1 Two Times 3 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 2 Central Conn. (12/28/02) 3 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 1 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) 2 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) BEN GORDON 32 Miami (1/20/03) 12 Two Times 20 St. John s (2/9/02) 6 Providence (2/8/03) 10 Two Times 11 Two Times 12 Villanova (1/25/03) 2 Seven Times 7 Four Times 8 Miami (1/11/03) 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) 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) 8 Three Times 7 Providence (3/5/03) 2 Virginia Tech (1/14/03) 4 Miami (1/20/03) 41 Miami (1/11/03) MIKE HAYES 9 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 4 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 5 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 5 West Virginia (2/23/02) 6 Wagner (12/7/02) 5 Wagner (12/7/02) 6 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 11 Wagner (12/7/02) 2 Providence (3/5/03) 2 Seven Times 1 Eight Times 3 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 25 UMass (12/10/02) 7 West Virginia (2/23/02) 1 Seven Times 2 Five Times 5 West Virginia (2/23/02) 5 West Virginia (2/23/02) 3 Two Times 3 Two Times 5 Georgetown (2/19/02) 2 Providence (3/5/03) 2 Five Times 1 Five Times 1 Six Times 22 St. John s (2/9/02) Season 16 Quinnipiac (11/23/02) 6 Wagner (12/7/02) 19 Wagner (12/7/02) 1 Vanderbilt (12/1/02) 3 Vanderbilt (12/1/02) 6 Quinnipiac (11/23/02) 7 Two Times 3 Wagner (12/7/02) 5 St. Bonaventure (1/2/03) 7 Wagner (12/7/02) 10 Two Times 7 North Carolina (1/18/03) 1 Four Times 3 Two Times 39 UMass (12/10/02) Season 32 Miami (1/20/03) 12 Two Times 19 Five Times 6 Providence (2/8/03) 10 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) 11 Two Times 12 Villanova (1/25/03) 2 Four Times 7 Three Times 8 Miami (1/11/03) 10 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 7 Providence (3/5/03) 2 Virginia Tech (1/14/03) 4 Miami (1/20/03) 41 Miami (1/11/03) Season 9 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 4 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 5 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 3 Wagner (12/7/02) 6 Wagner (12/7/02) 5 Wagner (12/7/02) 6 Two Times 11 Wagner (12/7/02) 2 Providence (3/5/03) 2 Four Times 1 Three Times 3 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 25 UMass (12/10/02)

25 EMEKA OKAFOR So., F/C, 6-9, 252 Houston, TX All-American candidate who is among the top big men in the country... Averaging 15.7 points, 10.9 rebounds and 4.8 blocked shots... Has 18 double-doubles and has double figure rebounds in 19 games... Had 24 points and 15 rebounds in the loss to Providence... Had 13 points, 12 boards and nine blocks in the win over St. John s on Feb Notched 18 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks in the loss at Villanova... Had 21 points, 13 rebounds and seven blocks in the win at St. John s... Had 23 points, 19 rebounds and eight blocks in win over Wagner... Scored a career-best 25 points in the win at Vanderbilt... Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on December 2... Has nine blocks in a game four times in his career and eight blocks on six occasions in two seasons... Has 24 career double-doubles. Att. EMEKA OKAFOR 25 Vanderbilt (12/1/02) 11 Vanderbilt (12/1/02) 16 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 7 Two Times 10 St. John s (1/23/02) 8 Arizona (1/26/02) 12 Wagner (12/7/02) 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) 24 Providence (3/5/03) 10 Three Times 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 25 Vanderbilt (12/1/02) 11 Vanderbilt (12/1/02) 16 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 7 Rutgers (2/19/03) 8 Three Times 7 Wagner (12/7/02) 12 Wagner (12/7/02) 19 Wagner (12/7/02) 4 Syracuse (2/10/03) 7 St. Bonaventure (1/2/03) 9 St. John s (2/22/03) 4 Geo. Wash. (11/25/02) 39 Syracuse (2/10/03) NY ROBERTSON Sr., G, 6-2, 200 Providence, RI Fourth-year performer who has scored 1,110 career points (8.9 points) in 125 career contests... Third on the team in scoring at 10.5 per game in 25.0 minutes per game... Has started nine games in , the game at Miami on January 20 and the last eight contests... Had a career-high 24-point effort in the win over Rutgers, where he also had a career-best 13-of-13 performance at the free throw line... Reached the 1,000-point mark in the win at St. John s on January Scored 16 points in the win at Providence on February 8...Had a team-high 16 points at Oklahoma... Had a gamehigh 21 points in the win over George Washington, including 16 in the first half... Scored 19 points in only 20 minutes of play vs. Central Connecticut... Has scored in double figures 51 times in his career. Att. NY ROBERTSON 24 Rutgers (2/19/03) 8 Three Times 13 Two Times 4 Three Times 6 Three Times 13 Rutgers (2/19/03) 13 Rutgers (2/19/03) 3 Two Times 6 Two Times 7 Geo. Wash. (11/25/02) 5 Three Times 6 Villanova (2/15/03) 2 Two Times 3 Three Times 41 Pittsburgh (3/9/02) 24 Rutgers (2/19/03) 8 Bos. College (2/16/02) 13 Two Times 4 Providence (1/16.02) 6 West Virginia (2/23/02) 13 Rutgers (2/19/03) 13 Rutgers (2/19/03) 3 Two Times 5 Two Times 6 Villanova (1/25/03) 5 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 6 Villanova (2/15/03) 1 Nine Times 3 Two Times 35 Rutgers (2/19/03) Season 24 Rutgers (2/19/03) 8 Central Conn. (12/28/02) 13 Providence (2/8/03) 4 Geo. Wash. (11/25/02) 5 Three Times 13 Rutgers (2/19/03) 13 Rutgers (2/19/03) 2 Five Times 6 Geo. Wash. (11/25/02) 7 Geo. Wash. (11/25/02) 5 Notre Dame (2/24/03) 6 Villanova (2/15/03) 2 Wagner (12/7/02) 3 Two Times 35 Rutgers (2/19/03) RYAN SWALLER Jr., F, 6-5, 208 Milford, CT Second-year walk-on who has played in five games, vs. Sacred Heart, UNC Asheville, Central Connecticut, St. Bonaventure and Virginia Tech. Att. RYAN SWALLER 4 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) 1 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) 3 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) 2 UNC Asheville (12/21/02) 2 Two Times 2 Two Times 1 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 3 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 1 Sacred Heart (12/3/02) 1 St. Bonaventure (1/2/03) 2 Central Conn. (12/28/02) 1 Virginia Tech (1/14/03)