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1 FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: KYLE MUNCY, Assistant Director of Athletics/Communications Office ; Fax Home ; Cellular TELEVISION COVERAGE: WTXX-TV, Channel Bob Picozzi (play-by-play), Bob Wenzel (analyst) RADIO COVERAGE: UCONN RADIO NETWORK Joe D Ambrosio (play-by-play), Wayne Norman (analyst); WTIC-Hartford (8-AM); WILI-Willimantic (4-AM); WLIS-Old Saybrook (4-AM); WMRD-Middletown (5-AM); WICC-Bridgeport (6-AM), WSTC-Stamford (4-AM); WNLK-Norwalk (35-AM) UConn Men s Basketball Schedule Date Opponent TV Time NOVEMBER Mon. 3 TEAM NIKE (Ex.) (GP) W, Thurs. 3 BELTWAY BALLERS (Ex.) (HCC) W, -44 Mon. 7 YALE (PNIT st Round) (GP) espn W, 7-6 Wed. 9 NEVADA (PNIT nd Round) (GP) ESPN W, Sat. SACRED HEART (HCC) FOX 6 W, -64 Wed. 6 vs. Georgia Tech (PNIT Semifinals-MSG) ESPN L, 77-6 Fri. 8 vs. Utah (PNIT 3rd Place-MSG) espn W, DECEMBER Mon. LEHIGH (HCC) WTXX W, Sat. 6 ARMY (GP) WTXX W, Sat. 3 QUINNIPIAC (GP) FOX 6 W, Sat. IONA (HCC) WTXX W, 4-54 Sun. 8 BALL STATE (HCC) WTXX : Tues. 3 MASSACHUSETTS (HCC) 7: JANUARY Fri. at Rice 8: Tues. 6 at Rutgers FOX 6 7:3 Sun. OKLAHOMA (GP) CBS 4:3 Wed. 4 GEORGETOWN (GP) WTXX 7:3 Sat. 7 at North Carolina CBS 3:3 Mon. 9 PITTSBURGH (HCC) ESPN 7: Sat. 4 PROVIDENCE (HCC) FOX 6 Noon Wed. 8 at Virginia Tech WTXX 7: Sat. 3 at Boston College FOX 6 4: FEBRUARY Mon. SYRACUSE (HCC) ESPN 7: Sat. 7 WEST VIRGINIA (GP) WTXX : Mon. 9 at Notre Dame ESPN 7: Sun. 5 at Pittsburgh ABC :3 Wed. 8 MIAMI (HCC) WTXX 7: Sat. NOTRE DAME (HCC) CBS : Tues. 4 at St. John s espn 7: Sat. 8 at Villanova ESPN :3 MARCH Mon. SETON HALL (GP) ESPN 7: Sun. 7 at Syracuse CBS : -3 at BIG EAST Tournament ESPN/espn Madison Square Garden, New York All Times Eastern Game # Sunday, December 8, 3, : p.m. Hartford Civic Center (6,94) Hartford, CT # AP & # ESPN/USA Connecticut Huskies (8-) vs. Ball State Cardinals (3-3 as of Dec. ) THE GAME-- Today's game features the Huskies of the University of Connecticut against the Cardinals of Ball State. The Huskies are 8- on the season and have won five straight. UConn comes off a 4-54 win over Iona on December. Ball State is 3-3 entering a game with Western Kentucky on December 3. COACH JIM CALHOUN-- The head coach of Connecticut, in his 8th season with the Huskies, is Jim Calhoun. Coach Calhoun has a career record of in his 3nd season of collegiate coaching. He has a record of 47-6 in his 8th season at UConn and was in 4 seasons at Northeastern. The win over Sacred Heart on November was his 65th career, making him the 3rd coach in Division I history to reach that mark. With the win over Yale on November 7, head coach Jim Calhoun recorded his 4th coaching win at the University of Connecticut. ON THE DEFENSIVE-- For the first time under Jim Calhoun, UConn has held its opponent under 3% shooting in three consecutive games. The Huskies held back-to-back opponents under 3% one time, turning the trick vs. Northeastern and Yale in UConn is holding opponents to 35.9% from the field for the season, but in the current five-game win streak that number is 3.9%. BACK ON TOP OF THE POLL-- The Huskies are once again the No. ranked team in the nation, returning to the top spot in the Associated Press rankings on December 5. UConn is No. in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, behind Kentucky. The Huskies were ranked No. in the country for the season s first two weeks, but fell from the top spot after losing to Georgia Tech in the Preseason NIT semifinals. This marks the fifth time in school history that UConn has risen to the top spot in the Associated Press national rankings and the first time that the Huskies have been ranked No. on two separate occasions during the same season. UConn reached the No. spot in the polls in (one week), ( weeks) and 999- (one week). 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

2 THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR-- Junior center Emeka Okafor, the consensus National Preseason Player of the Year, is off to a stellar start to his junior season. He is averaging 7.4 points,. rebounds and 4.9 blocks on the season. He has four double-doubles and one triple-double. THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, PART -- Junior guard Ben Gordon, also a consensus preseason all-american pick, is off to a strong start to the 3-4 season. He comes off his first career triple-double, scoring 7 points, grabbing 6 boards and handing out assists in the win over Iona. He added five steals and did not turn the ball over. He had a sensational 8- point effort vs. Quinnipiac, hitting on a career-best eight threepointers. Gordon had a phenomenal 37-point career-best performance in the win over Nevada. Through nine games, Ben is averaging 9. points and shooting 5.% from three-point range. BEN PASSES,-- Ben Gordon now has,44 career points (6.4/game) and is now 3rd all-time at UConn. Next on the list are Tate George (,47), Vin Yokabaskas (,75) and Bob Staak (,88)... Gordon scored 3 first half points, and a total of 8 points in Connecticut s win over Quinnipiac. He hit eight three-pointers and was one shy of a school record of nine set by Ray Allen on February 8, 996 against Rutgers... UCONN BASKETBALL ALL-TIME TRIPLE-DOUBLES Player Date, Opponent Stats Ben Gordon //3 vs. Iona 7p, 6r, a Emeka Okafor /6/3 vs. Army 8p, 5r, b Caron Butler /6/ vs. URI 4p, r, a Doron Sheffer /3/95 vs. Hartford p, r, a Donyell Marshall /7/94 vs. Hartford 3p, r, b 3-4 UConn Basketball Roster Ryan Swaller Sr. F Milford, CT/Foran HS 3 Charlie Villanueva Fr. F 6-3 Brooklyn, NY/Blair Academy (NJ) 4 Ben Gordon Jr. G 6-3 Mt. Vernon, NY/Mount Vernon HS 5 Marcus Williams Fr. G 6-3 Los Angeles, CA/Oak Hill (VA) Acad. Hilton Armstrong So. F/C 6-3 Peekskill, NY/Peekskill HS Taliek Brown Sr. G 6-95 Queens, NY/St. John s Prep HS 3 Ryan Thompson Jr. F 6-6 Gold Coast, Australia/W. Nebraska C.C. Josh Boone Fr. F/C 6-3 Mt. Airy, MD/W. Nottingham Acad. 3 Marcus White So. F Chicago, IL/Whitney Young HS 4 Jason Baisch Jr. F Southbury, CT/Pomperaug HS 3 Shamon Tooles Sr. G/F Coatesville, PA/Coatesville HS 3 Rashad Anderson So. G/F 6-5 Lakeland, FL/Kathleen HS 3 Ed Nelson Jr.# F Fort Lauderdale, FL/Georgia Tech 33 Denham Brown So. F Toronto, Canada/West Hill Collegiate 4 Justin Evanovich Sr. G Ann Arbor, MI/E.O. Smith (CT) HS 5 Emeka Okafor Jr. F/C 6-5 Houston, TX/Bellaire HS #-- sitting out the 3-4 season as a transfer Head Coach: JIM CALHOUN, 8th Season at UConn (American International 68) Assistant Coach: TOM MOORE, th Season at UConn (Boston University 87) Assistant Coach: GEORGE BLANEY, 3rd Season at UConn (Holy Cross 6) Assistant Coach: CLYDE VAUGHAN, nd Season at UConn (Pittsburgh 84) Dir. of Basketball Ops.: ANDRE LaFLEUR, 3rd Season at UConn (Northeastern 88) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Rashad Anderson ruh-shod Jason Baisch bye-sh Denham Brown denim Taliek Brown TAH-leek Justin Evanovich ee-van-oh-vitch Emeka Okafor eh-meccaoh-kuh-four Shamon Tooles shuh-mon Charlie Villanueva villa-noo-wayva NCAA CAREER LEADERS BLOCKED SHOT AVERAGE Player Gms. Blks. Avg. Keith Closs, Central Conn Adonal Foyle, Colgate David Robinson, Navy Wojciech Mydra, La.-Monroe Shaquille O Neal, LSU Jerome James, Florida A&M EMEKA OKAFOR, Connecticut Ben s 37-point performance vs. Nevada is tied for the secondhighest point total in Gampel Pavilion. Ray Allen and Lindsey Hunter (Jackson State) each scored 39 points in Gampel, while Gordon joins Chris Smith and Kerry Kittles (Villanova) with 37 points. Gordon s 37 points are the most in a game by a Husky since Richard Hamilton had 39 at Boston College on January 6, 999. GOOD START FOR DENHAM-- Sophomore Denham Brown has started his year in fine fashion, averaging 5.3 points and 5.7 rebounds and shooting 59.4% from three-point range. He comes off a career-high tying points vs. Iona, including six-of-seven shooting from three-point range. His early season efforts earned him a spot on the All-Tournament team for the Preseason NIT. He had back-to-back -point performances in week one, including a career-best points in the win over Nevada. In the win over Utah, Denham was perfect on eight attempts from the field, scoring 9 points, and also handed out a career-best five assists. Brown had a career-best four three s while scoring points vs. Sacred Heart. DOUBLE-DOUBLE UPDATE...-- Emeka Okafor has five double-doubles this season, including a triple-double, and now has 33 in his career, tying Ron Hrubala (33 career doubledoubles) for fifth in UConn history. Toby Kimball (63), Art Quimby (57), Corny Thompson (53) and Bill Corley (53) are the only Huskies with more career doubledoubles. Okafor is also averaging a double-double in his career with.4 points and. rebounds, joining only five other UConn players in history to do so. They are Art Quimby (7.5p,.5r), Toby Kimball (8.4p, 7.9r), Bill Corley (6.9p, 3.7r), Ron Hrubala (3.p,.r) and Al Cooper (.9p,.6r). Detailed statistical records only go back to on a gameby-game basis and some of those records, including those for Quimby (8 missing games), are incomplete. EMEKA OUT OF THE BLOCKS AGAIN-- Emeka Okafor is No. 7 in NCAA Division I history in blocked shots per game at 4.44 per contest and is averaging 4.88 per game this season, currently No. in the nation. His career total of 333 is No. in UConn history and he is on pace to crack the top five in NCAA history before the end of this season. THE,-, CLUB-- Emeka Okafor now has 93 career points (.4) after scoring 4 in the win over Iona and could pass the,-point mark for his career within the next month. He also has 764 career rebounds and is on pace to reach the,-career rebound mark near the conclusion of the 3-4 regular season. Okafor would become only the fourth UConn player to ever surpass, points and, rebounds, joining Art Quimby, Toby Kimball and Corny Thompson. 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

3 TALIEK NOW FIFTH IN ASSISTS-- Taliek Brown has 5 career assists, good for No. 5 on the all-time UConn assist list. Brown passed Ricky Moore (5) in the win over Quinnipiac. Tate George (677) is the all-time leader, followed by Kevin Ollie (69), Doron Sheffer (559) and Karl Hobbs (534). Taliek leads the Huskies with 5.8 assists per game this season. VILLANUEVA S DEBUT-- Freshman Charlie Villanueva is averaging 5.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and.3 blocks per game in his three contests to date and comes off a 5-point, -rebound double-double vs. Iona. He had 5 points and six boards vs. Quinnipiac. Villanueva made his much-anticipated debut on December 6 vs. Army. Villanueva, a 3 McDonald s High School All-American, scored 6 points on fourof-seven shooting, made a three-pointer, grabbed five boards, blocked three shots and handed out two assists in minutes. Villanueva was held out of the first six regular season games while UConn and the NCAA jointly determined his eligibility status. BOONE GETS A FROSH START-- Freshman Josh Boone became the th freshman in the Jim Calhoun era at UConn to start the season opener and this marks the fourth straight season that a freshman has cracked the season opening starting line-up. The list of freshmen to start the season opener includes: Denham Brown (-3), Emeka Okafor (-), Taliek Brown (-), Khalid El-Amin (97-98), Richard Hamilton and Jake Voskuhl (96-97), Doron Sheffer (93-94), Donyell Marshall (9-9), Scott Burrell (89-9), Rod Sellers (88-89) and Tate George (86-87). SERIES HISTORY & NOTES-- UConn and Ball State will meet for the first time in the sport of men s basketball. UCONN AS THE NO. TEAM-- The Huskies have played 7 games in their history as the No. team in the nation, compiling a 3-4 record in those contests. UConn was the top-ranked team for two games in (-), 7 games in (6-), two games in 999- (-) and six games this season (5-). Broken down further, UConn is - at home as No. (5- in Gampel, 6- in HCC), 9- on the road as the top-ranked team and 3- on a neutral court (- in MSG, - at the United Center in Chicago). THE HUSKIES IN HARTFORD-- UConn will play in the Hartford Civic Center for the 39th time in the game vs. Ball State, including exhibition games. The Huskies have rolled up a mark vs. collegiate opposition, 7-68 including exhibitions. UConn has gone unbeaten at the HCC five times and has had five seasons with only one HCC loss. The Huskies topped the three million mark in attendance in Hartford during the - season. The total attendance for HCC games is 3,4,43, an average of 4,38 per date, including 3 sellouts. UConn is in the Hartford Civic Center under Jim Calhoun... The Huskies are 6-5 at the HCC in BIG EAST play, 97-7 against non-conference opponents. THE NO. BIG EAST TEAM-- Connecticut was a unanimous choice of the league s coaches to capture the BIG EAST title. UConn received all 3 possible first place votes. Coaches could not vote for their own teams. The Huskies were followed in order by Syracuse, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, Boston College, West Virginia, St. John s, Miami, Georgetown, Rutgers and Virginia Tech. THE NO. PLAYERS-- The Huskies also enter the season with two of the top players in the country. Junior center Emeka Okafor is the consensus selection as the Preseason National Player of the Year and is the Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year. Okafor was also the top vote getter on the Associated Press All-America team. Junior guard Ben Gordon is also a National Player of the Year candidate and a consensus preseason all-american selection. Both Okafor and Gordon are Wooden Award and Naismith Award Candidates and were First Team All-BIG EAST preseason picks. Freshman Charlie Villanueva was selected as the Preseason BIG EAST Rookie of the Year. HUSKIES ON TELEVISION-- UConn will have all but one of its regular season contests televised this season, either nationally or locally. The Huskies will appear on national tv as many as 5 times, including as many as appearances on ESPN/ espn, four on CBS and on ABC. The second round and semifinal and championship rounds of the Preseason NIT will be televised by ESPN/espn. UConn will play 3 games produced by ESPN Regional TV to be shown locally on WTXX- or Fox 6. The NATIONAL POLLS HUSKIES IN THE POLLS WEEK-BY-WEEK AP USA/ESPN Preseason Nov. 7 no poll Nov. 4 Dec. 3 4 Dec. 8 3 Dec. 5 Dec. ASSOCIATED PRESS December Team Record Pts. LW. CONNECTICUT () 8-,636. KENTUCKY (5) 6-,64 3. DUKE () 8-, GEORGIA TECH (6) -, ARIZONA () 5-, STANFORD () 7-, OKLAHOMA 8-, WAKE FOREST () 7-, NORTH CAROLINA 6-,6 4. SAINT JOSEPHS 8-,84. MISSOURI 4-,44. KANSAS FLORIDA CINCINNATI GONZAGA PITTSBURGH SYRACUSE TEXAS WISCONSIN LOUISVILLE ILLINOIS PURDUE DAYTON MARYLAND VANDERBILT USA TODAY/ESPN COACHES December Team Record Pts. LW. KENTUCKY (5) CONNECTICUT (4) DUKE GEORGIA TECH () ARIZONA WAKE FOREST OKLAHOMA STANFORD NORTH CAROLINA SAINT JOSEPHS KANSAS CINCINNATI FLORIDA MISSOURI WISCONSIN TEXAS PITTSBURGH GONZAGA ILLINOIS LOUISVILLE SYRACUSE 5-7. PURDUE DAYTON MARQUETTE MARYLAND University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

4 local television for the game at Rice will include live broadcast on Fox New York and tape delay at 9:3 on NESN. The game against Massachusetts will not be televised. HUSKIES ON RADIO-- For the th consecutive season, WTIC-AM 8 will serve as the flagship station of the UConn Radio Network and broadcast the Huskies across the state and the region. Calling the action will be Joe D Ambrosio and Wayne Norman. In addition to WTIC-Hartford (8-AM), other stations carrying the games will be WILI-Willimantic (4-AM); WLIS-Old Saybrook (4-AM); WMRD- Middletown (5-AM); WICC-Bridgeport (6-AM), WSTC-Stamford (4-AM); WNLK-Norwalk (35-AM). LIVE ON THE NET-- This game and 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. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT HCC-- Tickets for selected UConn games at the Hartford Civic Center are on sale now. Tickets are available via TicketMaster by calling (Hartford) or (New Haven), visiting any TicketMaster outlet or ordering online at Tickets are also available at UConn Athletic Ticket Office in the Greer Field House in Storrs, CT, which is open M- F, 9: a.m. 4:3 p.m., cash or check only please. BIG EAST TELECONFERENCE-- The BIG EAST men s basketball coaches will hold a teleconference for the media six times during the -3 season. Each coach will be available for approximately eight minutes. Media representatives wishing to participate in the teleconference should contact the BIG EAST office or consult the weekly press release for the phone number. Remaining calls for this season are scheduled for: Thursday, January 5, Thursday, January 9, Thursday, February, Thursday, February 6, Monday, March 8. The schedule of coaches is as follows (all times Eastern): : a.m. Jay Wright, Villanova; :8 a.m. Mike Brey, Notre Dame; :6 a.m. Al Skinner, Boston College; :4 a.m. Jim Calhoun, Connecticut; :3 a.m. Mike Jarvis, St. John s; :4 a.m. Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh; :48 a.m. Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; :56 a.m. Perry Clark, Miami; :4 p.m. John Beilein, West Virginia; : p.m. Louis Orr, Seton Hall; : p.m. Gary Waters, Rutgers; :8 p.m. Tim Welsh, Providence; :36 p.m. Craig Esherick, Georgetown; :44 p.m. Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech. NEXT ON THE SCHEDULE-- UConn returns to action on Tuesday, December 3 at 7: p.m. in the Hartford Civic Center against the Minutemen of Massachusetts. That game will note be televised. The game can be heard on the UConn Radio Network, with WTIC-AM 8 serving as the flagship station and Joe D Ambrosio and Wayne Norman on the call. Live stats and audio are also available via the official website of UConn Athletics, 3 National Letter of Intent Signees Rudy Gay, 6-9, 5, F, Baltimore, MD, Archbishop Spalding HS-- Among the top high school players in the country... Averaged 4. points, 6.9 rebounds, blocked 85 shots and had 46 steals as a junior... All-State, All-County and All-Metro performer... Was the No. rated player at the Nike All-American Camp this past summer. Coach Calhoun on Rudy Gay Rudy is one of the top five or six high school players in the country. He not only has incredible ability, but also has the potential for even greater things. He has the opportunity to be next in the line of great wing players that we have had at Connecticut. Rudy has been fortunate to be a part of two great prep programs under Mike Glick at Archbishop Spalding High School and for the Cecil Kirk AAU program, coached by Anthony Lewis. A.J. Price, 6-, 7, G, Amityville, NY, Amityville HS-- Among the top prep guards in the country, averaged 5.4 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals as a junior... Made a school-record 63 threepointers... Named the Long Island Suffolk County Player of the Year by Newsday. Coach Calhoun on A.J. Price A.J. is one of the best high school guards in the country. He has a phenomenal combination of speed, shooting and playmaking ability that will enable him to make an immediate impact for us next season. He plays for a high school program coached by Jack Agostino that is widely regarded as one of the best in the Northeast and has put together an unprecendented stretch of success over the past several years. 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

5 8TH SEASON at UConn JIM CALHOUN YEAR-BY-YEAR 3nd Season Won 655, Lost 97 8th Season At Connecticut Won 47, Lost 6 Year 3-4 Record 8- Postseason NCAA NCAA NIT NCAA NCAA* NCAA NIT NCAA NCAA NCAA NIT NCAA NCAA NCAA NIT NIT** *-- NCAA Champions **-- NIT Champions 4 Seasons At Northeastern Won 48, Lost 37 Year Record Postseason NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA During the past 8 years, University of Connecticut head basketball coach Jim Calhoun has steadily built UConn basketball into one of the elite college programs in the nation. The move toward national prominence for the University of Connecticut basketball program began in May of 986 when Jim Calhoun was named head coach. Eighteen years later, UConn Basketball sits atop the college basketball landscape with a National Championship and a regular spot in the top 5 collegiate polls. The Huskies began the 3-4 season as the consensus No. team in the nation and have two National Player of the Year candidates in juniors Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor. Coach Calhoun has reached a pair of milestones this season, notching his 65th career win vs. Sacred Heart and with the season opening win over Yale on November 7, notching his 4th career victory at UConn. In -3, Coach Calhoun faced the biggest challenge of his life and tackled it with the will and determination that college basketball followers have grown to expect from him and his program. On February 3, 3, Jim Calhoun announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He took an immediate leave of absence from the team and underwent surgery on February 6 to have his prostate removed. He was released from the hospital on February 9 and within days was back in the office, involved in the many day-to-day aspects of running the program. On February, Jim Calhoun remarkably returned to the sidelines for the team s match-up with St. John s at Gampel Pavilion, only 3 days after successful surgery to eliminate his prostate cancer. The -3 Huskies finished the season with a 3- overall record, finishing -6 in the BIG EAST. The Huskies captured a share of the BIG EAST East Division title, the program s eighth BIG EAST Regular Season Championship in the past 4 seasons, and lost in the championship game of the BIG EAST Tournament. UConn spent the first 4 weeks of the season ranked in the National Top 5, reaching as high as the No. 3 spot, and finished the year ranked No. in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 3 in the Associated Press rankings. UConn advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the th time under Coach Calhoun, making the program one of only five schools to advance to national postseason play for the last 6 straight seasons and the Huskies were in the NCAA Sweet 6 for the ninth time in trips to the tourney under Coach Calhoun. In 3 seasons as a head coach on the NCAA Division I collegiate level, Jim Calhoun s overall collegiate head coaching record is (68.8% winning effort). That includes a (64.4%) record in 4 seasons as head coach at Northeastern (MA) University and a 46-6 (7.7%) mark in his 8th season at Connecticut. In his first 7 seasons at Connecticut, Jim Calhoun has compiled a stunning 38-3 overall record in national postseason tournament competition (6-9 in NCAA play, -4 in NIT play). His 6 NCAA wins at UConn, all achieved in the past 4 years, far outdistances the entire total of four NCAA victories recorded at Connecticut before Coach Calhoun took over the Husky basketball program in the spring of 986. In addition to directing Connecticut to the 999 NCAA National Championship, Jim Calhoun has led UConn to NCAA bids in the past 4 years. Under Coach Calhoun s direction, UConn has never lost a NCAA First Round game and are - in the First and Second Rounds. The Huskies have earned nine NCAA Sweet 6 berths in the past 4 years, and Connecticut advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight in 99, 995, 998, 999 and. Jim Calhoun and his wife Pat have two sons, James and Jeffrey. James and his wife Jennifer reside in London, England with their daughters, Emily (born 3/5/99) and Katie (born /9/) and son Samuel Patrick (born 6/8/3). Jeffrey and his wife Amy reside in Glastonbury, CT with their daughters Avery (born /6/) and Reese (born 4/7/3). THE CALHOUN COACHING PROFILE Overall Coaching Record: (3nd Season) Coaching Record at Connecticut: (8th Season) Coaching Record at Northeastern: (4 Seasons) NCAA Championship Tournament:...6 Times ( at UConn, 5 at Northeastern) NCAA Championships: NCAA Elite 8:... 5 Times NCAA Sweet 6:... 9 Times National Invitation Tournament (NIT):... 5 Times NIT Championships: Overall National Postseason Record: National Postseason Record at Connecticut: NCAA Record at Connecticut: NIT Record at Connecticut: BIG EAST Regular Season Championships:... Eight... (989-9, , , , , , -, -3) BIG EAST Tournament Record: BIG EAST Tournament Championships:...Five (99, 996, 998, 999, ) 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

6 3-4 Connecticut Basketball CONNECTICUT Extended Season Box Score (as of Dec, 3) All games ECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (8-) (7-) (-) (-) CONFERENCE... (-) (-) (-) (-) NON-CONFERENCE... (8-) (7-) (-) (-) ---TOTAL PTS REBOUNDS---- # Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct 3FG/G FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A APG TO TOPG A/TO Blk BPG Stl SPG Pts Avg Gordon, Ben Okafor, Emeka Brown, Denham Villanueva, Charlie Anderson, Rashad Boone, Josh Brown, Taliek Armstrong, Hilton Williams, Marcus White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Swaller, Ryan Evanovich, Justin Baisch, Jason TEAM Total Opponents SCORE BY PERIODS: st nd Total DEADBALL REBOUNDS: OFF DEF TOTAL CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT Opponents Opponents

7 3-4 UConn Basketball Points-Rebounds-Assists-Blocks/Steals #-- starter; S-- steals; B-- blocks Att. Anderson Armstrong Boone D. Brown T. Brown Gordon Okafor Tooles Villanueva Williams Date Opponent Time/W-L s/o- sellout P-R-A-S P-R-A-B P-R-A-B P-R-A-S P-R-A-S P-R-A-S P-R-A-B P-R-A-S P-R-A-B P-R-A-S /7 Yale (PNIT, gp) W, 7-6,67 s/o # # 4--5-# # -3--4# -4-- DNP /9 Nevada (PNIT, gp) W, 93-79,67 s/o # ---# --3-# # # --- DNP / Sacred Heart (hcc) W, -64 6, # -5--# 6--8-# 7--4-# 3---4# --- DNP /6 vs. Georgia Tech L, , # # 6--6-# 3--3-# # DNP --- Preseason NIT Semifinals, Madison Square Garden /8 vs. Utah W, , # # # -3--# -7--# --- DNP --3- Preseason NIT Third Place Game, Madison Square Garden / Lehigh (hcc) W, 7-6 6, # 3-8--# # # -6--# --- DNP --4- /6 Army (gp) W, 74-46,67 s/o # 6-4--# --4-# 6---# 8-5--# /3 Quinnipiac (gp) W, 88-55,67 s/o # 6-8--# 8--4-# # 8--3-# DNP / Iona (hcc) W, ,94 s/o 5--- DNP 4---# ---# 6--7-# # 4---6# /8 Ball State (hcc) : /3 Massachusetts (hcc) 7: / at Rice 8: /6 *at Rutgers : / Oklahoma (gp) 4:3 /4 *Georgetown (gp) 7:3 /7 at North Carolina 3:3 /9 *Pittsburgh (hcc) 7: /4 *Providence (hcc) Noon /8 *at Virginia Tech 7: /3 *at Boston College 4: / *Syracuse (hcc) 7: /7 *West Virginia (gp) : /9 *at Notre Dame 7: /5 *at Pittsburgh :3 /8 *Miami (hcc) 7: / *Notre Dame (hcc) : /4 *at St. John s 7: /8 *at Villanova :3 3/ *Seton Hall (gp) 7: 3/7 *at Syracuse : Date Opponent Time/W-L s/o- sellout P-R-A-S P-R-A-B P-R-A-B P-R-A-S P-R-A-S P-R-A-S P-R-A-B P-R-A-S P-R-A-B P-R-A-S #-- starter; S-- steals; B-- blocks Att. Anderson Armstrong Boone D. Brown T. Brown Gordon Okafor Tooles Villanueva Williams *-- BIG EAST Conference opponent gp-- Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT hcc-- Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

8 3-4 UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Team Statistics REB GAME FG FGA Pct. 3FG 3FGA Pct. FT FTA Pct. O D T PF TP A TO B S /7 Yale CONNECTICUT /9 Nevada CONNECTICUT / Sacred Heart CONNECTICUT /6 vs. Georgia Tech Connecticut /8 vs. Utah Connecticut / Lehigh CONNECTICUT /6 Army CONNECTICUT /3 Quinnipiac CONNECTICUT / Iona CONNECTICUT /8 Ball State CONNECTICUT /3 Massachusetts CONNECTICUT / at Rice Connecticut /6 at Rutgers Connecticut / Oklahoma CONNECTICUT /4 Georgetown CONNECTICUT /7 at North Carolina Connecticut /9 Pittsburgh CONNECTICUT /4 Providence CONNECTICUT /8 at Virginia Tech Connecticut /3 at Boston College Connecticut / Syracuse CONNECTICUT /7 West Virginia CONNECTICUT /9 at Notre Dame Connecticut /5 at Pittsburgh Connecticut /8 Miami CONNECTICUT / Notre Dame CONNECTICUT /4 at St. John s Connecticut /8 at Villanova Connecticut 3/ Seton Hall CONNECTICUT 3/7 at Syracuse Connecticut 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

9 3-4 UConn Basketball Team and Opponent Highs and Lows CONNECTICUT - TEAM GAME HIGHS POINTS... vs SACRED HEART (//3) 4 vs IONA (//3) 93 vs NEVADA (/9/3) FIELD GOALS MADE... 4 vs SACRED HEART (//3) 38 vs IONA (//3) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 75 vs IONA (//3) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (33-53) vs UTAH (/8/3).63 (4-68) vs SACRED HEART (//3) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE... 4 vs IONA (//3) vs SACRED HEART (//3) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS... 8 vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 8 vs IONA (//3) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE ( 7-) vs NEVADA (/9/3).57 (-) vs SACRED HEART (//3) FREE THROWS MADE... vs NEVADA (/9/3) 8 vs ARMY (/6/3) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS... 3 vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 9 vs NEVADA (/9/3) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (-9) vs NEVADA (/9/3).75 (8-4) vs ARMY (/6/3) TOTAL REBOUNDS vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 53 vs ARMY (/6/3) 53 vs IONA (//3) OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS... 4 vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 8 vs ARMY (/6/3) DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS... 4 vs IONA (//3) 37 vs SACRED HEART (//3) ASSISTS... 3 vs SACRED HEART (//3) 7 vs IONA (//3) STEALS... 5 vs SACRED HEART (//3) vs LEHIGH (//3) BLOCKED SHOTS... 6 vs ARMY (/6/3) 4 vs SACRED HEART (//3) TURNOVERS... 7 vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 7 vs NEVADA (/9/3) FOULS... vs NEVADA (/9/3) CONNECTICUT - GAME LOWS POINTS... 6 vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 7 vs YALE (/7/3) FIELD GOALS MADE... 5 vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 6 vs YALE (/7/3) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS vs UTAH (/8/3) 55 vs YALE (/7/3) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (5-66) vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3).435 (7-6) vs ARMY (/6/3) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE... vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) vs UTAH (/8/3) vs ARMY (/6/3) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS... 4 vs UTAH (/8/3) vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE.... ( -) vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3).43 ( -4) vs ARMY (/6/3) FREE THROWS MADE... 6 vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 8 vs UTAH (/8/3) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS... vs UTAH (/8/3) 7 vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (-3) vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3).353 ( 6-7) vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) TOTAL REBOUNDS vs UTAH (/8/3) 39 vs YALE (/7/3) OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS... 7 vs UTAH (/8/3) 9 vs SACRED HEART (//3) DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS... 5 vs NEVADA (/9/3) 6 vs LEHIGH (//3) ASSISTS... 3 vs NEVADA (/9/3) 5 vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) STEALS... 3 vs NEVADA (/9/3) 5 vs YALE (/7/3) 5 vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) BLOCKED SHOTS... 3 vs UTAH (/8/3) 7 vs YALE (/7/3) 7 vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) TURNOVERS... 9 vs YALE (/7/3) vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) FOULS... 3 THREE TIMES Opponent - GAME HIGHS POINTS vs NEVADA (/9/3) 77 vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 64 vs SACRED HEART (//3) FIELD GOALS MADE... 3 vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 6 TWO TIMES FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS vs SACRED HEART (//3) 75 vs IONA (//3) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (3-7) vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3).46 (6-6) vs NEVADA (/9/3) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE... 8 vs NEVADA (/9/3) 7 vs LEHIGH (//3) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS... 3 vs IONA (//3) vs ARMY (/6/3) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE ( 8-5) vs NEVADA (/9/3).4 ( 4-) vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) FREE THROWS MADE... 9 vs NEVADA (/9/3) 3 vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS... 9 vs NEVADA (/9/3) vs UTAH (/8/3) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (-5) vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3).684 (3-9) vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) TOTAL REBOUNDS vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 43 vs IONA (//3) OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS... 7 vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 5 TWO TIMES DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 8 vs IONA (//3) ASSISTS... 6 vs SACRED HEART (//3) 4 vs YALE (/7/3) STEALS... vs IONA (//3) 7 TWO TIMES BLOCKED SHOTS... 5 vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 4 vs IONA (//3) TURNOVERS... 3 vs LEHIGH (//3) 3 vs IONA (//3) FOULS... 6 vs NEVADA (/9/3) 3 vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) Opponent - GAME LOWS POINTS vs UTAH (/8/3) 46 vs ARMY (/6/3) FIELD GOALS MADE... 7 vs UTAH (/8/3) 7 vs ARMY (/6/3) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS vs UTAH (/8/3) 5 vs LEHIGH (//3) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (7-6) vs ARMY (/6/3).93 (-75) vs IONA (//3) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE... 4 THREE TIMES 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS... vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) vs UTAH (/8/3) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE (4-3) vs IONA (//3).73 (6-) vs ARMY (/6/3) FREE THROWS MADE... 5 vs YALE (/7/3) 6 FOUR TIMES FREE THROW ATTEMPTS... 8 vs YALE (/7/3) 9 TWO TIMES FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (6-) vs UTAH (/8/3).5 (6-) vs IONA (//3) TOTAL REBOUNDS... 4 vs UTAH (/8/3) 9 vs NEVADA (/9/3) OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS... 9 vs LEHIGH (//3) 9 vs UTAH (/8/3) 9 vs YALE (/7/3) DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS... 5 vs UTAH (/8/3) 5 vs NEVADA (/9/3) ASSISTS... 7 vs LEHIGH (//3) 7 vs ARMY (/6/3) STEALS... 4 vs YALE (/7/3) 5 TWO TIMES BLOCKED SHOTS... vs YALE (/7/3) vs ARMY (/6/3) vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) TURNOVERS... 9 vs YALE (/7/3) 4 vs NEVADA (/9/3) FOULS... 4 vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 5 vs UTAH (/8/3) 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

10 3-4 UConn Basketball Individual Highs and Lows CONNECTICUT - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS POINTS Gordon, Ben vs NEVADA (/9/3) 8 Gordon, Ben vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 7 Gordon, Ben vs SACRED HEART (//3) FIELD GOALS MADE... Gordon, Ben vs NEVADA (/9/3) Okafor, Emeka vs UTAH (/8/3) Gordon, Ben vs SACRED HEART (//3) FIELD GOAL ATT... Gordon, Ben vs NEVADA (/9/3) 6 Gordon, Ben vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 6 Brown, Denham vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 6 Okafor, Emeka vs YALE (/7/3) FG PCT (min 5 made).... ( 8-8 ) Brown, Denham vs UTAH (/8/3).833 ( 5-6 ) Armstrong, Hilton vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 3 PT FG MADE... 8 Gordon, Ben vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 6 Brown, Denham vs IONA (//3) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS... 3 Gordon, Ben vs QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 9 THREE TIMES 3-PT FG PCT (min 3 made).... ( 4-4 ) Gordon, Ben vs SACRED HEART (//3). ( 4-4 ) Gordon, Ben vs NEVADA (/9/3). ( 3-3 ) Brown, Denham vs NEVADA (/9/3) FREE THROWS MADE... 9 Gordon, Ben vs NEVADA (/9/3) 8 Okafor, Emeka vs IONA (//3) FREE THROW ATT... Okafor, Emeka vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) Gordon, Ben vs NEVADA (/9/3) FT PCT (min 4 made).... ( 5-5 ) Brown, Denham vs NEVADA (/9/3). ( 4-4 ) Gordon, Ben vs ARMY (/6/3) TOTAL REBOUNDS... 6 Gordon, Ben vs IONA (//3) 5 Okafor, Emeka vs ARMY (/6/3) 4 Okafor, Emeka vs NEVADA (/9/3) OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS... 6 Boone, Josh vs NEVADA (/9/3) 5 TWO TIMES DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS... 5 Gordon, Ben vs IONA (//3) Okafor, Emeka vs ARMY (/6/3) Okafor, Emeka vs NEVADA (/9/3) ASSISTS... 3 Williams, Marcus vs SACRED HEART (//3) Gordon, Ben vs IONA (//3) STEALS... 5 Gordon, Ben vs LEHIGH (//3) 5 Gordon Ben vs IONA (//3) BLOCKED SHOTS... Okafor, Emeka vs ARMY (/6/3) 6 Okafor, Emeka vs IONA (//3) 6 Okafor, Emeka vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) TURNOVERS... 5 Brown, Denham vs GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 4 SIX TIMES Opponent - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS POINTS... Elder, BJ, GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) Muhammad, Isma il, GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) Snyder, Kirk, NEVADA (/9/3) FIELD GOALS MADE... Elder, BJ, GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 8 Snyder, Kirk, NEVADA (/9/3) FIELD GOAL ATT... 3 Elder, BJ, GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) Snyder, Kirk, NEVADA (/9/3) FG PCT (min 5 made) Muhammad, Isma il, GEORGIA TECH (/6/3).636 Draughan, Edwin, YALE (/7/3) 3 PT FG MADE... 4 FIVE TIMES 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS... Monroe, Rob, QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 3-PT FG PCT (min 3 made)....8 ( 4-5 ) Jacobsen, Nick, UTAH (/8/3).8 ( 4-5 ) Kemp, Marcelus, NEVADA (/9/3) FREE THROWS MADE... 8 Okeson, Todd, NEVADA (/9/3) FREE THROW ATT... 9 Okeson, Todd, NEVADA (/9/3) 9 Snyder, Kirk, NEVADA (/9/3) FT PCT (min 4 made).... ( 5-5 ) Olivero, Jose, LEHIGH (//3) TOTAL REBOUNDS... 9 Jenkins, Greg vs IONA (//3) 9 Moore, Clarence, GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS... 5 Bogut, Andrew, UTAH (/8/3) DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS... 8 Moore, Clarence, GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) ASSISTS... 7 Jack, Jarrett, GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) 6 Monroe, Rob, QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) STEALS... 3 Jacobsen, Nick, UTAH (/8/3) 3 Jack, Jarrett, GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) BLOCKED SHOTS... Schenscher, Luke, GEORGIA TECH (/6/3) Pinkney, Kevinn, NEVADA (/9/3) TURNOVERS... 7 Mims, Kason, QUINNIPIAC (/3/3) 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

11 3-4 UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores & Recaps EXHIBITION #-- Monday, November 3, 3, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT # Connecticut 96, Team Nike 78 TEAM NIKE TOT 3-PT REBS 4 Cunningham, Deryl f Wills, Charles f Sheppard, Nick c Williams, Kenny g Boschee, Jeff g Armstead, Lionel White, Wayland Tatum, Justin Sanders, Marshall TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 39.5% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: % ndh: 5-5.% Game: 44.4% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: % Game: 58.8% 3 CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS Armstrong, Hilton f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Williams, Marcus Thompson, Ryan Boone, Josh White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM... 4 TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 46.6% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: % ndh: -9.% Game: 35.7% Rebs FThrow sth: 3-3.% ndh: % Game: 64.3% OFFICIALS: Jim Burr, John Cahill, Bill Laubenstein; ATTENDANCE:,67 (sellout) SCORE BY PERIODS: st nd TOTAL Team Nike Connecticut Junior shooting guard Ben Gordon (Mt. Vernon, NY) scored points and senior point guard Taliek Brown (Queens, NY) had 4 points and nine assists as top-ranked Connecticut opened up exhibition play with a victory over Team Nike before a sellout crowd of,67 at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. Senior All-America candidate Emeka Okafor (Houston, TX) scored 6 points and sophomore forward Denham Brown (Toronto, ON) added 3. Sophomores Rashad Anderson (Lakeland, FL) and Marcus White (Chicago, IL) had and respectively off the bench. The Huskies tried to push the pace of the game and to pound the ball inside to take advantage of their height mismatch. They were successful on both counts, reeling off 34 fast break points and amassing 6 points in the paint. UConn won the battle of the boards, 59-4, led by underclassmen White and Josh Boone (Mt. Airy, MD). White had a game-high 4 rebounds, while Boone snagged in his collegiate debut. The Huskies shot 47% (4 of 88) from the field for the game and dished out 7 assists on their 4 made field goals. Team Nike was held to just 39% shooting (3 of 76). Wayland White scored 5 to lead five Team Nike players in double figures. EXHIBITION #-- Thursday, November 3, 3, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT # Connecticut, Beltway Ballers 44 BELTWAY BALLERS TOT 3-PT REBS Poole, Andre f Pace, Joe f Payne, Terrence f Norris, Kevin g Sneed, Darnell g Wise, Mike White, Greate Ragland, Michael Brandon, Maurice Butler, Gregory TEAM... 3 TOTALS TOT-FG sth: 6-9.7% ndh: % Game:.% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: -9.% ndh: % Game: 7.4% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: % Game: 57.% 3 CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS Boone, Josh f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Williams, Marcus g Swaller, Ryan Armstrong, Hilton Thompson, Ryan White, Marcus Baisch, Jason Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM... 3 TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 6.4% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: 4-4.% ndh: -5.% Game: 33.3% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: % Game: 55.% 3 OFFICIALS: Ed Corbett, Fran Connolly, Paul Faia; ATTENDANCE: 5,57 SCORE BY PERIODS: st nd TOTAL Beltway Ballers 4 44 Connecticut Junior Emeka Okafor (Houston, TX) scored twenty second-half points, and freshman Josh Boone (Mt. Airy, MD) was one blocked shot away from a triple-double, finishing with points and 5 rebounds as the University of Connecticut men's basketball team routed the Beltway Ballers, -44, in the front of 5,57 at the Hartford Civic Center. The contest was the Huskies' last exhibition tune-up of the season. The Huskies stormed out of the gate in this contest and took control immediately, jumping out to a -3 lead with 4:54 remaining in the first half. Ben Gordon (Mt. Vernon, NY) made the first four shots he took, and finished the first half with 3 points. Sophomore wing Denham Brown (Toronto, Ontario) also finished the first half with a bakers' dozen, helping UConn to a 5-4 halftime edge. Connecticut would not take its foot off the gas pedal in the second half, as Okafor went 9-of- from the field in the second stanza, and Boone started the second half with three straight blocked shots. UConn outscored the Ballers 49- in the second session, thanks to a 68.8% shooting clip, and outstanding work on the boards, as UConn out rebounded the Ballers 3-4. Freshman Marcus Williams (Los Angeles, CA) dished out a game-high 5 assists and turned the ball over only twice. Andre Poole led the Ballers with points. 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

12 3-4 UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores & Recaps GAME #-- Monday, November 7, 3, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT # Connecticut 7, Yale 6 YALE TOT 3-PT REBS 33 Vitelli, Paul f Martin, Dominick c Draughan, Edwin g Minoff, Matt g Gamboa, Alex g Hughes, Casey Simon, Justin Gaffield, Scott Lovett, Mark Kaplan, Sam TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 4.4% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: % ndh: -8 5.% Game: 35.7% Rebs FThrow sth: -4 5.% ndh: % Game: 6.5% CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS Boone, Josh f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Williams, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM... TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 47.3% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 47.% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: % Game: 5.6% 3 OFFICIALS: Jim Haney, Ray Perone, Mike Stephens; ATTENDANCE:,67 (sellout) SCORE BY PERIODS: st nd TOTAL Yale (-) Connecticut (-) Junior All-American Emeka Okafor (Houston, TX) notched his 9th career double-double with points and 3 rebounds as top-ranked Connecticut came from behind to defeat Yale, 7-6, in the first round of the 3 Preseason NIT at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. It was the season opener for both squads. With a win over Yale, head coach Jim Calhoun recorded his 4th coaching win at the University of Connecticut. He has a 4-59 record in his 8th season at UConn. Yale was able to control the pace of the game in the opening twenty minutes, leading by as many as five before intermission, at 7-, before settling for a 3-8 halftime lead. UConn shot just 38 percent in the first twenty minutes. The Huskies seized control from the outset of the second half as senior point guard Taliek Brown (Queens, NY) and sophomore forward Denham Brown (Toronto, ON) scored back-to-back lay-ups to give UConn the lead at 3-3, and forcing Yale to call timeout. After the two teams traded hoops, freshman forward Josh Boone (Mt. Airy, MD) dunked off a fast brake pass from Taliek Brown to give the Huskies a lead they would never relinquish. The hoop started a 9- run that was capped by a thunderous slam by Okafor. The Huskies shot considerably better after intermission, hitting of their first 4 shots from the field. They finished the game shooting 47% (6 of 55), including 8 of 7 from beyond the three-point arc. Junior guard Ben Gordon (Mt. Vernon, NY) and Denham Brown each hit three trifectas. Okafor scored of his points in the second half, and added four blocks. Denham Brown finished with 5, while Gordon chipped in with 3. Denham Brown s eight rebounds were one off of his careerhigh. Dominick Martin and Edwin Draughan each scored 4 for the Bulldogs. GAME #-- Wednesday, November 9, 3, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT # Connecticut 93, Nevada 79 NEVADA TOT 3-PT REBS Pinkney, Kevinn f Paul, Sean f Snyder, Kirk g Okeson, Todd g Hill-Thomas, Garry g Taylor, Seth Shiloh, Kyle Kemp, Marcelus Browne, Dean Fazekas, Nick Washington, Jermaine TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 4.6% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 53.3% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: % Game: 65.5% 6 CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS Boone, Josh f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Williams, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 5.6% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: - 5.% ndh: % Game: 63.6% Rebs FThrow sth: 4-7.% ndh: % Game: 75.9% 5 OFFICIALS: Larry Rose, Keith Maxwell, Jamie Luckie; ATTENDANCE:,67 (sellout) TECHINICAL FOULS: Connecticut bench SCORE BY PERIODS: st nd TOTAL Nevada (-) Connecticut (-) Junior guard Ben Gordon (Mt. Vernon, NY) scored a career-high 37 points and sophomore guard Denham Brown (Toronto, ON) also scored a career-high with points as top-ranked Connecticut raced past Nevada, 93-79, in the second round of the 3 Preseason National Invitation Tournament at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. Gordon was amazingly consistent, scoring 9 points in the opening half, mostly on nine free throws, and he scored 8 points after intermission, mostly on the strength of four three-point shots. He finished shooting of, and was a perfect four for four from three-point range. He has now scored, points in his UConn career, moving into a tie for 3th place with Bob Boyd. His 37 points at Gampel Pavilion ties Chris Smith for second on the all-time UConn scoring list behind Ray Allen, who scored 39 against Rutgers on February 8, 996. Nevada played a very efficient first 8:35, leading 8- behind eight quick points by Kevinn Pinkney, but the Huskies stormed back with a - run over the next 3:8 as Brown scored five points and junior center Emeka Okafor (Houston, TX) added four. The Huskies settled in to lead at the half in a foul-filled opening twenty minutes. There were 4 fouls whistled in the first half, as the Huskies made 4 of free throws. The Huskies were forced to play the final 7:5 of the half without Okafor, who was saddled with two fouls. UConn seized control of the contest early in the second half, going on a 3- run to break a deadlock as Brown again keyed the run with five points. His points eclipsed the 8 points he had last season against Miami. Okafor notched his 3th career double-double by snagging a game-high 4 rebounds to go with 3 points, while freshman power forward Josh Boone (Mt. Airy, MD) scored eight and grabbed rebounds in just his second collegiate contest. Freshman point guard Marcus Williams (Los Angeles, CA) gave the Huskies a lift off the bench with seven points and three assists. Kirk Snyder led the Wolfpack with points, while Todd Okeson added 6 points. 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

13 3-4 UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores & Recaps GAME #3-- Saturday, November, 3, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT # Connecticut, Sacred Heart 64 SACRED HEART TOT 3-PT REBS Samuels, James f Spivey, Zach f Mading, Mading c Wellington, Omar g Bailey, Maurice g Queenan, Mike Parker, Mike Frye, Jarrid James, Justin Henley, Joey Trim, Kibwe TEAM... TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 33.8% Deadbl 3pt-FG sth: % ndh: -4 5.% Game: 3.6% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: % Game: 66.7% CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS Boone, Josh f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Swaller, Ryan Williams, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton White, Marcus Baisch, Jason Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Evanovich, Justin TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 6.3% Deadbl 3pt-FG sth: 9-75.% ndh: % Game: 57.% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: % Game: 63.% 4 OFFICIALS: Jim Haney, Pat Driscoll, Bill Laubenstein; ATTENDANCE: 6,85 SCORE BY PERIODS: st nd TOTAL Sacred Heart (-) Connecticut (3-) 6 5 Junior guard Ben Gordon scored 7 points and top-ranked Connecticut shot a sizzling 6% (4 of 68) from the field to give head coach Jim Calhoun his 65th career win, a -64 victory over in-state rival Sacred Heart, Saturday at the Hartford Civic Center. The Huskies bolted out of the gate, making seven consecutive shots in taking an 8-5 lead just 6:4 into the contest. Sophomore guard Denham Brown scored eight and Gordon added five points to put the Huskies in control early. They shot a blistering 7% ( of 8) from the field in the opening twenty minutes in taking a commanding 6-8 lead at intermission. They connected on nine of from beyond the arc in the first half, as Gordon was four for four and Brown was three for three. Gordon is now an amazing for 5 from three-point range on the campaign, 73.3%. Gordon finished the first half with, while Brown added 7. Brown finished with points. UConn hit of three-pointers in the game. Junior center Emeka Okafor was his usual solid self, scoring 3 points and plucking down a game-high rebounds. It was the 3st double-double of his illustrious career. The three Huskies with at least twenty points was the first time since February 6, 996 the Huskies accomplished that feat. In a UConn win over Providence, Doron Sheffer, Ray Allen and Kirk King each scored points. The Huskies received contributions from many sources. Freshman point guard Marcus Williams had the best game of his young career, dishing out a game-high 3 assists, while freshman power forward Josh Boone, had five blocks to go along with seven rebounds. Starting point guard Taliek Brown had six points and eight assists. Sophomore power forward Hilton Armstrong had six points, eight rebounds and four blocks. With his 7 points today, Gordon moved into 7th place on the alltime Husky scoring list passing former UConn greats Brian Fair, Caron Butler and Rod Sellers. By scoring points in the first half, it was the third straight half he had scored at least 8 points. The victory improves Coach Calhoun s career record to a stellar His record at Connecticut is now GAME #4-- Wednesday, November 6, 3, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Preseason NIT Semifinals-- Georgia Tech 77, # Connecticut 6 GEORGIA TECH TOT 3-PT REBS Elder, BJ f McHenry, Anthony f Schenscher, Luke c Jack, Jarrett g Lewis, Marvin g Muhammad, Isma il West, Mario Brooks, Robert Moore, Clarence TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % nd H: % Game: 43.7% Deadball 3-Pt-FG sth: % nd H: -5.% Game: 4.% Rebs FThrow sth: 7-7.% nd H: % Game: 73.3% 3 CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS Boone, Josh f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Williams, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton White, Marcus Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % nd H: % Game: 37.9% Deadball 3-Pt-FG sth: % nd H: -4.% Game:.% Rebs FThrow sth: % nd H: % Game: 33.3% 9 OFFICIALS: Mike Wood, Bryan Kersey, Joe Lindsay; ATTENDANCE: 7,67 SCORE BY PERIODS: st nd TOTAL Georgia Tech (4-) Connecticut (3-) Georgia Tech's one-two punch of B.J. Elder and Isma'il Muhammad proved to be more than the Huskies could handle as the University of Connecticut men's basketball team was defeated 77-6 Wednesday evening in the semifinal round of the Preseason NIT in Madison Square Garden. With the loss, UConn slips to 3- on the year, while the Ramblin' Wreck remain unbeaten at 4-. Muhammad poured in points for Tech on 9-of-3 shooting from the field, and Elder matched him with of his own. Hampered by back spasms, junior Emeka Okafor scored just nine points on -of- shooting, but still managed to snatch a game-high 3 rebounds and block six shots. The Huskies struggled in the first half, falling behind by as many twelve, 4-8, with : remaining in the first session. UConn shot 4.5% from the field, and labored from the charity stripe, missing 3- of-7 first half free-throws. The Huskies showed signs of life late in the first half, as the UConn defense dug in and went on a 7-to- run to end the first stanza, capped by a Marcus White offensive rebound and put-back as time expired as the Ramblin' Wreck took a 4-35 advantage into the locker-room. The Huskies pulled to within six-points, 4-36 in the early goings of the second half, but Georgia Tech would extend its lead to 5 points on two occasions, and led by 7, 75-58, with :5 to go. Free throw shooting was the story of the night as UConn hit on only -of-3 from the line, while Tech made of its 5 attempts. Both Denham Brown and Ben Gordon led UConn with 3 points. 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

14 3-4 UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores & Recaps GAME #5-- Friday, November 8, 3, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Preseason NIT Third Place Game-- # Connecticut 76, Utah 44 UTAH TOT 3-PT REBS 3 Chaney, Richard f Frost, Tim f Bogut, Andrew c Drisdom, Tim g Jacobson, Nick g Olsen, Josh Hawkins, Justin Markson, Bryant TEAM... TOTALS TOT-FG sth: 5-3.7% ndh: % Game: 35.4% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: -3.% ndh: % Game: 36.4% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: 3-5.% Game: 8.6% 6 CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS Boone, Josh f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Swaller, Ryan Williams, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton Baisch, Jason Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Evanovich, Justin TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 6.3% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: -.% ndh: % Game: 5.% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: % Game: 7.7% OFFICIALS: Mike Wood, Bernard Clinton, Ray Natilli; ATTENDANCE: 8,9 SCORE BY PERIODS: st nd TOTAL Utah (3-) Connecticut (4-) Junior Emeka Okafor poured in points on -of-3 shooting Friday evening as the University of Connecticut men's basketball team rebounded from Wednesday's loss and handed Utah its worst defeat under head coach Rick Majerus, 76-44, in the consolation game of the Preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden. UConn seized control of the contest early, storming out to a 5- lead with :4 remaining in the first half. The Husky defense clamped down and forced seven Utah turnovers during the run while allowing the Utes to make just one field goal in the game's first 7:4. Okafor came up huge in the decisive first half, scoring 5 points on seven-ofeight shooting and snatching seven boards. Connecticut held Utah to just % shooting in the first stanza (5-of-3) en route to taking a 37-3 edge into the locker room. The Huskies were just as dominant to start the the second half, out-scoring Utah -to-eight to start the second session, and took their largest lead of the game, 59-, with 9:45 to go on a Ben Gordon fade-away footer off glass. Gordon finished with points on the evening. Sophomore Denham Brown continued his hot shooting, draining all eight shots he took on his way to notching 9 points. Brown also added five assists and seven rebounds and is now shooting a scintillating 6% from the field and 66% from long distance. The Huskies faired much better form the charity stripe, hitting on eight-of- free throws. Utah was just six-of- from the free throw line. UConn was a collective monster on the boards, out-rebounding Utah by a 38-to-4 margin, including 3-to-5 on the defensive glass. Nick Jacobsen paced the Utes with 9 points and teammate Andrew Bogut chipped in with. GAME #6-- Monday, December, 3, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT #3 Connecticut 75, Lehigh 55 LEHIGH TOT 3-PT REBS Monserez, Nick f Nurse, Earl f Mickelson, Dayne c Rowland, Austen g Tiah, Ra g Magebroff, Jason Neptune, Kyle Olivero, Jose Gilfillan, Mitch Callahan, Steve Tempest, Kevin Fischman, Michael TEAM... 3 TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 39.% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: % ndh: -8 5.% Game: 36.8% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: % Game: 6.5% CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS Boone, Josh f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Swaller, Ryan Williams, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton Baisch, Jason Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Evanovich, Justin TEAM... TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 47.4% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: -8 5.% ndh: -4 5.% Game: 33.3% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: % Game: 63.% 4 OFFICIALS: John Cahill, Michael Stephens, Ray Perone; ATTENDANCE: 6,3 SCORE BY PERIODS: st nd TOTAL Lehigh (-3) Connecticut (5-) Junior guard Ben Gordon scored 9 points and snatched a careerhigh five steals to propel third-ranked Connecticut to a victory over Lehigh before a crowd of 6,3 at the Hartford Civic Center. UConn started quickly, scoring the games first seven points, as Lehigh missed its first six shots from the field. The Huskies led 9-, and 9- before the Mountain Hawks battled back to knot the score at 4 apiece on a jumper by Dayne Mickleson. Lehigh had the ball once with a chance to take the lead, but couldn t convert and sophomore guard Rashad Anderson hit two free throws to key a 3- half-ending run. Gordon had five points and Anderson four in the decisive spurt. UConn shot just 39% ( of 8) in the first twenty minutes and committed nine turnovers. The Huskies led 37-6 at intermission, despite five made three-pointers by Lehigh. Lehigh was able to stay close until the Huskies put them away with a -7 run over 9:4 midway through the second half. Anderson capped the run with back-to-back three pointers to give UConn an insurmountable 6-38 lead with 8:5 to play. Gordon finished the game by making six of from the field, and made six of eight from the foul line. Anderson finished with 4 points, while sophomore guard Denham Brown added 3 and grabbed a gamehigh eight rebounds. Junior center Emeka Okafor scored points and grabbed six rebounds. Freshman power forward Josh Boone scored eight points, grabbed six boards and tied his career-high with five blocks. Senior point guard Taliek Brown had six points, six assists and just one turnover. The Huskies shot better in the second half, connecting on 55% (6 of 9) of their shots, to finish at 47% (7 of 57) for the game. UConn outrebounded the Mountain Hawks, 4-3, and outscored their opponents 36- in the paint. Jose Olivero came off the bench to score 7 points for Lehigh. 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

15 3-4 UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores & Recaps GAME #7--Saturday, December 6, 3, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT #3 Connecticut 74, Army 46 ARMY TOT 3-PT REBS Mohr, Bill f Doleac, Kenny f Jackson, Marshall Bell, Matt g g O Keefe, Sean g Stoll, Steve Fredrick, Ray Harris, Colin Owsley, Travis Payton, Joey Sanert, Seth Sinning, Cory Wilson, Josh Amadou, Adeniyi Sewell, Erik TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG sth: 6-7.% ndh: % 3 46 Game: 8.3% 7 6 Deadball 6 3pt-FG sth: - 8.% ndh: % Game: 7.3% Rebs FThrow sth: -4 5.% ndh: 5-5.% Game: 66.7% CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS Boone, Josh f Brown, Denham Okafor, Emeka f c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek Swaller, Ryan g Villanueva, Charlie Williams, Marcus Armstrong, Hilton Baisch, Jason Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Evanovich, Justin TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 43.5% Deadball 6 3pt-FG sth: -.% ndh: -4.% Game: 4.3% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: 5-75.% Game: 75.% 3 OFFICIALS: Bernard Clinton, Frank Scagliotta, John Gaffney; ATTENDANCE:,67 SCORE BY PERIODS: st nd TOTAL Army (3-4) Connecticut (6-) Junior center Emeka Okafor notched the first triple-double of his career, including a career-high blocks, in a game that marked the highly anticipated debut of heralded UConn freshman Charlie Villanueva as the third-ranked Huskies easily out-pointed Army, 74-46, Saturday evening at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. Okafor had his way in the paint throughout the contest, finishing with 8 points and 5 rebounds and his blocked shots tied him with Donyell Marshall for the UConn school-record. Marshall also blocked shots against Hartford on January 7, 994. Okafor's rebound and block totals were a season-high. Even with Okafor s heroics, the highlight of the game was the first action of Villanueva s Husky career. He entered the game with 4:3 to play in the opening half with UConn holding a 4- lead to a thunderous ovation led by the mostly studentfilled crowd. All tickets to the game were sold but the actual attendance was held down due to a snowstorm. It took Villanueva very little time to make an impact, registering his first basket within : and recording his first block just 3 seconds later. He finished the half with six points on two of four shooting. He finished the game with 6 points, five rebounds and three assists in a very impressive debut. UConn was in control from the outset, harassing the Black Knights into missing their first shots before a Joey Payton lay-up with :58 to play in the first half cut the Husky lead to 6-. UConn shot 5% (7 of 34) from the field in the opening minutes and pounded the Black Knights for points in the paint. Freshman point guard Marcus Williams set a career-high with nine points off of the bench, while freshman power forward Josh Boone scored seven and yanked down five boards in just 7 minutes of action. UConn out shot Army 44%-8% for the game and enjoyed a 4- advantage in fast break points. The Huskies out-rebounded their shorter opponents, GAME #8--Saturday, December 3, 3, Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, CT # Connecticut 88, Quinnipiac 55 QUINNIPIAC TOT 3-PT REBS 4 Benson, Craig f Banjo, Rashaun Vick, C.J. f c Monroe, Rob g Mims, Kason Meinbresse, Dale g Crafton, Van Bajda, John Faye, Pierre Burns, Christian Tancredi, Adam TEAM... TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 9.5% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 3.6% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: 9-9.% Game: 68.4% CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS Armstrong, Hilton Boone, Josh f f Brown, Denham f Gordon, Ben Brown, Taliek g g Swaller, Ryan Villanueva, Charlie Williams, Marcus Baisch, Jason Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Evanovich, Justin TEAM... TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 47.4% 3 9 Deadball 5 3pt-FG sth: % ndh: 3-5.% Game: 35.7% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: % Game: 35.3% 3 OFFICIALS: John Cahill, Earl Walton, Bill Laubenstein; ATTENDANCE:,67 TECHNICAL FOULS: QUINNIPIAC- the bench() SCORE BY PERIODS: st nd TOTAL Quinnipiac (-5) Connecticut (7-) Junior guard Ben Gordon exploded for 3 first half points on his way to a game-high total of 8 and sophomore forward Hilton Armstrong notched the first double-double of his career as second-ranked Connecticut drubbed in-state rival Quinnipiac, 88-55, before the usual sellout crowd of,67 at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on Saturday evening. Quinnipiac actually stayed close to UConn in the early going, trailing just 9-4 with 9:35 to play in the first half. However, Gordon took over, hitting three consecutive three-pointers to ignite a 6- run and closed the half with three more consecutive baskets from beyond the arc as the Huskies ripped out to 46- halftime advantage. Gordon made seven three-pointers in the opening twenty minutes and finished the contest with eight, one shy of the school-record of nine set by Ray Allen against Rutgers on February 8, 996. Gordon s 8 points give him,7 in his career, moving into 3rd place on the all-time UConn scoring list, passing both Albert Mouring and Bill Corley. Gordon s offensive fireworks almost overshadowed the best game of Armstrong s career. Armstrong, who started for injured center Emeka Okafor, out with back spasms, set a career-high with his game-high rebounds and came within one of his career-best with points. He also blocked a game-high four shots. Okafor had previously started and played in all 74 games in his UConn career. Also setting a career mark for rebounds was sophomore forward Denham Brown, who snared. Senior point guard Taliek Brown had his most effective game of the young season. He scored six points, dished out a game-high eight assists and committed just one turnover. He now has 54 assists at UConn, moving past Ricky Moore into 5th place on the school career assist list. Freshman forward Charlie Villanueva, playing in just his second game, came off the bench to score 5 points on six of eight shooting, and grabbed six rebounds. Starting power forward Josh Boone had six points and eight rebounds. UConn finished with 3 assists and just turnovers, while limiting the Bobcats to just 3% shooting. The victory was the 54th straight for the Huskies against in-state rivals. 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

16 3-4 UConn Basketball Game-by-Game Box Scores & Recaps GAME #9--Saturday, December, 3, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT # Connecticut 4, Iona 54 IONA TOT 3-PT REBS Smith, Steve f Jenkins, Greg c McCullough, Marvin g Soliver, Ricky g Williams, DeShaun g Dagostino, Kenny Moroney, Pat Burtt, Steve Williams, Randy Bruin, Anthony Marshall, Justin Wachsmann, Kiril Jackson, John TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 9.3% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: -9.% ndh: 3-4.4% Game: 7.4% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: -5.% Game: 5.% 3 CONNECTICUT TOT 3-PT REBS Boone, Josh f Brown, Denham f Okafor, Emeka c Gordon, Ben g Brown, Taliek g Swaller, Ryan Villanueva, Charlie Williams, Marcus Baisch, Jason Tooles, Shamon Anderson, Rashad Evanovich, Justin TEAM TOTALS TOT-FG sth: % ndh: % Game: 5.7% Deadball 3pt-FG sth: 5-4.7% ndh: % Game: 5.% Rebs FThrow sth: % ndh: 6-6.% Game: 63.6% 5 OFFICIALS: Pat Driscoll, Fran Connolly, Paul Faia; ATTENDANCE: 6,94 SCORE BY PERIODS: st nd TOTAL Iona (-5) Connecticut (8-) Ben Gordon notched the first triple-double in his career and Denham Brown matched his career high with points as top-ranked Connecticut drubbed Iona, 4-54, before a sellout crowd of 6,94 at the Hartford Civic Center. Gordon hit a three-pointer for the first points of the game and the Huskies were never headed in a game they dominated from start to finish. Gordon finished the game with 7 points, and career-best totals of 6 rebounds and assists in a virtuoso performance. He added five steals for good measure. Gordon had plenty of company among teammates who had big games against the Gaels. Brown tied his career-high by nailing a career-best six three pointers, while junior center Emeka Okafor had a season-high 4 points to go along with rebounds. His figures generated the 33rd double-double of his illustrious UConn career. Freshman Charlie Villanueva continued to put up big stats by registering the first double-double of his career, with 5 points and rebounds. Sophomore guard Rashad Anderson came off the bench to score 5 points on five three-pointers. Senior point guard Taliek Brown had six points, seven assists and committed only one turnover. Okafor added six blocks, giving him 39 in eight games this season, a 4.9 per game average. The Huskies were never seriously threatened in the game, leading 49-8 at the half. They finished shooting 5% (38 of 75) from the field while holding Iona to just 9% ( of 75) shooting. They made a season-best 4 three-pointers in 8 attempts and scored 3 points off of 3 Gael turnovers. UConn was very unselfish throughout the contest, amassing 7 assists on 38 made field goals. 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- DECEMBER 8, 3 vs. BALL STATE UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

17 - Individual Career History (Dec, 3) Anderson, Rashad Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg / / / /8.6 TOTAL / / Armstrong, Hilton Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg / / / /4. TOTAL / / Brown, Denham Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg / / / /5.3 TOTAL / / Brown, Taliek Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg / / / / / / / /4.6 TOTAL / / Evanovich, Justin Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg / / / /.3 TOTAL / /.3

18 Gordon, Ben Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg / / / / / /9. TOTAL / / Okafor, Emeka Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg / / / / / /7.4 TOTAL / / Swaller, Ryan Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg / / / /.3 TOTAL / / Tooles, Shamon Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg / / / / / / / /.6 TOTAL / / White, Marcus Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg / / / /. TOTAL / /3.8

19 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies RASHAD ANDERSON Sophomore, G/F, 6-5, Lakeland, Florida At Connecticut: Has appeared in 4 career games, starting four... Averaging 8.3 points per game. As a Sophomore in 3-4: Averaging 8.6 points per game off the bench... Had 5 points on fiveof-nine shooting from three-point range vs. Iona... Grabbed a career-best six rebounds vs. Army... Scored 4 points in 6 minutes vs. Lehigh... Had 8 points in minutes against Sacred Heart. As a Freshman in -3: Played in all 33 games, starting the last four contests of the regular season... Fourth on the team in scoring at 8. points per game... Second on the team with 55 threepointers... Scored points in the BIG EAST semifinal Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA FT FT Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Blocks Steals Minutes win over Syracuse... Had a career-best points, including 6-of- 9 shooting from three-point range, at Notre Dame... Scored 3 points in the win over Syracuse... Had a career-best points at Virginia Tech on February 5, making him the ninth player in 7 seasons under Jim Calhoun at UConn to score points off the bench in a game... In the win over Villanova, Anderson had a game-high 8 points in only 5 minutes of play... In the win over Virginia Tech on January 4, Anderson scored seven straight points to key a - 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 -point deficit... In the back-to-back wins over UMass (6 points) and UNC Asheville (3 points), Anderson scored points in 35 total minutes off the bench, hitting on 9-of- 7 shots from the field and 7-of-3 from three-point range. He also keyed the comeback in the UMass game, hitting three threepointers in the crushing 9- second half run and knocked down 4-of-6 three s in the win over Asheville. Personal Information: Rashad Shaheed Anderson... Liberal arts major... Born November 9, 983. Career-- All Games Two Times 7 Three Times 3 Three Times 6 Notre Dame (/4/3) 9 Two Times 6 Virginia Tech (/5/3) 7 Virginia Tech (/5/3) 3 Rutgers (/9/3) 6 Army (/6/3) 6 Army (/6/3) 4 Providence (3/5/3) 3 Three Times Five Times Three Times 5 Two Times RASHAD ANDERSON Top Career Performances Career-- BIG EAST Regular Season Games Two Times 7 Two Times 3 Two Times 6 Notre Dame (/4/3) 9 Two Times 6 Virginia Tech (/5/3) 7 Virginia Tech (/5/3) 3 Rutgers (/9/3) 5 Notre Dame (/4/3) 5 Notre Dame (/4/3) 4 Providence (3/5/3) Four Times Three Times Two Times 5 Two Times 3-4 Season 8 Sacred Heart (//3) 6 Sacred Heart (//3) 3 Georgia Tech (/6/3) 5 Iona (//3) 9 Two Times 4 Lehigh (//3) 5 Lehigh (//3) Four Times 6 Army (/6/3) 6 Army (/6/3) Army (/6/3) 3 Iona (//3) Sacred Heart (//3) Sacred Heart (//3) Georgia Tech (/6/3) RASHAD ANDERSON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS REBS 3-4 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S M Yale Nevada Sacred Heart vs. Georgia Tech vs. Utah Lehigh Army Quinnipiac Iona Ball State UMass Rice at Rutgers Oklahoma Georgetown at North Carolina Pittsburgh Providence at Virginia Tech at Boston College Syracuse West Virginia at Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Miami Notre Dame at St. John s at Villanova Seton Hall at Syracuse (s)-- denotes game started 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

20 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies HILTON ARMSTRONG Sophomore, F/C, 6-, 3 Peekskill, New York At Connecticut: Has appeared in 4 career contests, starting 3... Averaging 3. points and 3. rebounds in his career. As a Sophomore in 3-4: Averaging 4. points and 4.3 rebounds in eight games, starting in place of Emeka Okafor in the Quinnipiac game... Missed the game vs. Iona with a sprained right ankle... Notched his first career double-double in the Quinnipiac game, scoring points and grabbing boards and also blocked four shots. As a Freshman in -3: Played in 3 games, starting the last... Averaged.8 points and.8 rebounds... Also blocked 4 shots... Shot 54.5% from Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA FT FT Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Blocks Steals Minutes the field... Had a career-best points, seven boards and three blocks in his first career start vs. Virginia Tech on January 4... Had a career-best five assists in the win over Villanova on January 5. Personal Information: Hilton Armstrong Jr... Liberal arts major... Born November 3, Father Hilton Sr. played at Mount Vernon HS, the same high school that produced current Husky guard Ben Gordon. Career-- All Games Virginia Tech (/4/3) 5 Two Times 8 Virginia Tech (/4/3) n/a n/a 4 Sacred Heart (//3) 9 Sacred Heart (//3) 4 Two Times 8 Quinnipiac (/3/3) Quinnipiac (/3/3) 5 Villanova (/5/3) 4 Two Times 4 Two Times Two Times 6 Quinnipiac (/3/3) HILTON ARMSTRONG Top Career Performances Career-- BIG EAST Regular Season Games Virginia Tech (/4/3) 5 Virginia Tech (/4/3) 8 Virginia Tech (/4/3) n/a n/a 3 Miami (//3) 4 Two Times 3 Three Times 6 Syracuse (//3) 7 Three Times 5 Villanova (/5/3) 4 Two Times 3 Two Times Two Times Virginia Tech (/4/3) 3-4 Season Quinnipiac (/3/3) 5 Quinnipiac (/3/3) 6 Quinnipiac (/3/3) 4 Sacred Heart (//3) 9 Sacred Heart (//3) 4 Quinnipiac (/3/3) 8 Quinnipiac (/3/3) Quinnipiac (/3/3) Two Times Lehigh (//3) 4 Two Times Sacred Heart (//3) 6 Quinnipiac (/3/3) HILTON ARMSTRONG GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS REBS 3-4 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S M Yale Nevada Sacred Heart vs. Georgia Tech vs. Utah Lehigh Army Quinnipiac (s) Iona DID NOT PLAY-- injured Ball State UMass Rice at Rutgers Oklahoma Georgetown at North Carolina Pittsburgh Providence at Virginia Tech at Boston College Syracuse West Virginia at Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Miami Notre Dame at St. John s at Villanova Seton Hall at Syracuse (s)-- denotes game started 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

21 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies DENHAM BROWN Sophomore, F, 6-5, 9 Toronto, Canada At Connecticut: Has appeared in 4 career games, starting Averaging 9.3 points and shooting 47.% from three-point range in his career. As a Sophomore in 3-4: Starter at small forward spot... Tied for third on the team in scoring at 5.3 per contest... Has reached double figures in seven games... Shooting 53.5% from the field and 59.4% from three-point range... Matched his career-high with points vs. Iona, hitting a career-best six-of-seven threepointers... Had a career-high rebounds vs. Quinnipiac... Named to the All-Tournament team for the Preseason NIT... Was a perfect eight-for-eight from the field with 9 points, seven boards and a career-best five assists in the win over Utah... Scored points in the win Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA FT FT Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Blocks Steals Minutes over Sacred Heart, hitting on a career-best four three-pointers... Scored a career-best points in the win over Nevada on November 9... Had 5 points, eight boards and four assists in 34 minutes vs. Yale. In the Summer of 3: Averaged.4 points per game for Canada in the 3 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, finishing second on the team in scoring, a team that included Steve Nash of the Dallas Mavericks... Scored 4 points in win over Mexico, 6 points in a loss to Argentina and vs. Venezuela... Scored eight points in only 6 minutes vs. the United States. As a Freshman in -3: Played in all 33 games, starting 8... Fifth on the team in scoring at 7.7 points per game... Averaged 3.4 rebounds per contest... Reached double figures on occasions... Had a career-high 8 points in the win over Miami on January... Had 5 points in the win over Rutgers... Shot 4.7% from three-point range. Personal Information: Denham Brown... Liberal arts major... Born January 6, 983. Career-- All Games Two Times 8 Two Times 6 Quinnipiac (/3/3) 6 Iona (//3) 7 Iona (//3) 6 Miami (//3) 6 Miami (//3) 5 Two Times 8 Quinnipiac (/3/3) Quinnipiac (/3/3) 5 Utah (/8/3) 5 Georgia Tech (/6/3) Five Times 3 UNC Asheville (//) 35 Rutgers (/9/3) DENHAM BROWN Top Career Performances Career-- BIG EAST Regular Season Games 8 Miami (//3) 6 Two Times Two Times 3 Rutgers (/9/3) 4 Three Times 6 Miami (//3) 6 Miami (//3) 5 Two Times 5 Two Times 9 Providence (/8/3) 4 Boston College (//3) 4 Miami (//3) Four Times Miami (//3) 35 Rutgers (/9/3) 3-4 Season Two Times 8 Two Times 6 Quinnipiac (/3/3) 6 Iona (//3) 7 Iona (//3) 5 Nevada (/9/3) 5 Nevada (/9/3) 3 Two Times 8 Quinnipiac (/3/3) Quinnipiac (/3/3) 5 Utah (/8/3) 5 Georgia Tech (/6/3) Iona (//3) 3 Georgia Tech (/6/3) 34 Yale (/7/3) DENHAM BROWN GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS REBS 3-4 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S M Yale (s) Nevada (s) Sacred Heart (s) vs. Georgia Tech (s) vs. Utah (s) Lehigh (s) Army (s) Quinnipiac (s) Iona (s) Ball State UMass Rice at Rutgers Oklahoma Georgetown at North Carolina Pittsburgh Providence at Virginia Tech at Boston College Syracuse West Virginia at Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Miami Notre Dame at St. John s at Villanova Seton Hall at Syracuse (s)-- denotes game started 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

22 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies TALIEK BROWN Senior, G, 6-, 95 Queens, New York In his fourth season as the Husky starting point guard and is a candidate for the Bob Cousy Award, cosponsored by the Basketball Hall of Fame and the NABC, given to the nation s top point guard. At Connecticut: Four-year starter at the point guard position who has played in 4 games, starting Led the team in assists per game in each of his first three seasons as a Husky... Averaging 8. points in his career (836 points) and has 5 career assists, 5. per game... His 5 assists are No. 5 all-time at UConn. Karl Hobbs (534) is No. 4 on the list... The only player in UConn history to record double-figure assists in consecutive BIG EAST regular season games, a feat he has accomplished two times... Has reached double figures in scoring 35 times in his career. Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA FT FT Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Blocks Steals Minutes As a Senior in 3-4: Starter at point guard... Averaging 5.8 assists per game... Has 5 assists and only two turnovers in the past two games... Had six points, eight assists and five rebounds in the win over Quinnipiac... Is still getting over a case of turf toe on his right foot, which forced him to miss exhibition contest on November 3 and has limited his practice time all season to date. In the Summer of 3: Toured this summer with the NIT All-Stars, averaging.8 points and 7.4 assists over a sevengame trip to the Bahamas. As a Junior in -3: Played in 9 games, starting 5... Averaged 7.7 points and 4.8 assists on the season in 6.8 minutes per game... Missed four games with a broken left index finger suffered in the game at Virginia Tech on February 5... Had surgery on the finger to have a plate and pins inserted... Returned to action vs. St. John s on February, coming off the bench for the first four games back... Had nine points and seven assists in the NCAA Sweet 6 vs. Texas... Averaged.7 points per game in the BIG EAST Tournament, scoring 5 points in the title game vs. Pittsburgh... Returned to the starting line-up at Boston College in the Career-- All Games Two Times 8 Two Times 9 Wagner (/7/) Three Times 4 Maryland (3/4/) 6 Three Times Brigham Young (3//3) 3 Four Times 8 Vanderbilt (/9/) 8 Vanderbilt (/9/) Two Times 8 Providence (/3/) Eight Times 4 Four Times 46 Pittsburgh (3/9/) TALIEK BROWN Top Career Performances Career-- BIG EAST Regular Season Games Bos. College (/3/) 8 Boston College (3/8/3) 5 St. John s (/9/) Bos. College (/3/) 3 Two Times 6 Virginia Tech (//) 8 Two Times Six Times 5 Six Times 6 Miami (/5/) Two Times 8 Providence (/3/) Four Times 4 Two Times 4 Bos. College (/6/) 3-4 Season 6 Three Times 3 Three Times 7 Georgia Tech (/6/3) Utah (/8/3) Three Times Two Times 4 Two Times Lehigh (//3) 4 Lehigh (//3) 6 Lehigh (//3) 8 Sacred Heart (//3) 4 Nevada (/9/3) Two Times Two Times 7 Yale (/7/3) TALIEK BROWN GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS REBS 3-4 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S M Yale (s) Nevada (s) Sacred Heart (s) vs. Georgia Tech (s) vs. Utah (s) Lehigh (s) Army (s) Quinnipiac (s) Iona (s) Ball State UMass Rice at Rutgers Oklahoma Georgetown at North Carolina Pittsburgh Providence at Virginia Tech at Boston College Syracuse West Virginia at Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Miami Notre Dame at St. John s at Villanova Seton Hall at Syracuse (s)-- denotes game started 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

23 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies regular season finale, scoring 7 points on eight-of-nine shooting and handing out six assists... Reached double figures in scoring eight times and handed out seven assists or more eight times... Had his second career double-double in the opener vs. Quinnipiac, scoring 6 points and registering ten assists... Led the BIG EAST in assist-to-turnover ratio and was No. 5 in the league in assists per game. As a Sophomore in -: Started 3 of 34 games at the point guard spot... Averaged 9. points and 5. assists per contest... His 7 assists led the team and is the second highest total ever for a UConn sophomore... Had three double-figure assist efforts, handing out vs. West Virginia (matching his careerhigh), at Georgetown and in the season opener vs. Vanderbilt... Reached double figures in scoring 5 times on the season, with a season-high at Arizona, also tying his careerhigh...nailed a 3-foot three-pointer with 34.8 seconds remaining to send UConn to a double-overtime victory over Pittsburgh and the program s fifth BIG EAST Tournament Championship... Had points and a pair of three-pointers in Final Eight loss to eventual national champion Maryland... Received the annual Assist Leader Award at the team banquet. As a Freshman in -: Started all 3 games at the point guard position... Averaged 8. points per game and had a team-leading 57 assists (4.9/game)... His 57 assists were the second most ever by a UConn freshman... No. on the squad with 5 steals... Scored in double figures times... Had 3 points and eight assists in BIG EAST Tournament contest vs. Syracuse... Scored a career-high points in win over nationally-ranked Boston College on February 3... Had a career-best assists in overtime win over St. John s on January 6... Followed that performance with a ten point-ten assist double-double against Pittsburgh on January... Third UConn player to record double figure assists in back-to-back games and the first in BIG EAST Regular Season play. Personal Information: Taliek Brown Born June 3, Political science major. 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

24 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies BEN GORDON Junior, G, 6-3, Mount Vernon, New York At Connecticut: National Player of the Year candidate who has appeared in all 76 games in his three seasons, starting Has scored,44 career points (6.4/game) and has added 99 assists (3.9/game) and 68 rebounds (3.5/game)... Has reached double figures 6 times in his career and has cracked the -point mark 4 times, scoring 3 points or more three times... His three-point field goal percentage of 4.6% is No. all-time at UConn, behind only Ray Allen (44.8%)... Has been named to the BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament team in each of his two seasons. Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA FT FT Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Blocks Steals Minutes As a Junior in 3-4: Starter at the shooting guard spot... Averaging 9. points per game and shooting 5.4% from the field and 5.% from threepoint range... Registered his first career triple-double with 7 points, 6 rebounds and assists in the win over Iona... Named the BIG EAST Player of the Week on December for his effort vs. Iona... Had 8 points (3 in the first half), including a career-best eight three-pointers, in the win over Quinnipiac...Had a careerhigh five steals vs. Lehigh... Had 7 points in only 6 minutes of play vs. Sacred Heart, scoring in the first half... Scored a career-best 37 points in the win over Nevada on November 9... Had 3 points and six assists in the opener vs. Yale... Named the ESPN.com and Dick Vitale National Player of the Week and the BIG EAST Player of the Week on November 4... Among the candidates for the John R. Wooden and Naismith National Player of the Year awards... First Team Preseason All-BIG EAST selection... Earned Preseason All-American honors from The Sporting News, Blue Ribbon, Basketball News, Athlon Sports, Street & Smith s, Dick Vitale and ESPN.com... Was seventh in the voting for the Preseason Associated Press All-American team. In the Summer of 3: Represented the USA this summer as a member of the Pan American Games squad... Played in all five games, averaging 4.4 minutes, 5.6 points and. rebounds... Had a team-high points in the bronze medal game. Career-- All Games 37 Nevada (/9/3) Three Times Two Times 8 Quinnipiac (/3/3) 3 Quinnipiac (/3/3) Two Times Two Times 4 Syracuse (3/4/3) 5 Iona (//3) 6 Iona (//3) Iona (//3) 7 Two Times Virginia Tech (/4/3) 5 Lehigh (//3) 4 Miami (//3) BEN GORDON Top Career Performances Career-- BIG EAST Regular Season Games 3 Miami (//3) Miami (//3) St. John s (/9/) 6 Providence (/8/3) St. John s (/9/) Villanova (/5/3) Villanova (/5/3) Three Times 7 Three Times 8 Miami (//3) 9 Boston College (3/8/3) 7 Providence (3/5/3) Virginia Tech (/4/3) 4 Miami (//3) 4 Miami (//3) 3-4 Season 37 Nevada (/9/3) Nevada (/9/3) Nevada (/9/3) 8 Quinnipiac (/3/3) 3 Quinnipiac (/3/3) 9 Nevada (/9/3) Nevada (/9/3) Quinnipiac (/3/3) 5 Iona (//3) 6 Iona (//3) Iona (//3) 4 Three Times Four Times 5 Two Times 36 Yale (/7/3) BEN GORDON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS REBS 3-4 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S M Yale (s) Nevada (s) Sacred Heart (s) vs. Georgia Tech (s) vs. Utah (s) Lehigh (s) Army (s) Quinnipiac (s) Iona (s) Ball State UMass Rice at Rutgers Oklahoma Georgetown at North Carolina Pittsburgh Providence at Virginia Tech at Boston College Syracuse West Virginia at Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Miami Notre Dame at St. John s at Villanova Seton Hall at Syracuse (s)-- denotes game started 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

25 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies As a Sophomore in -3: Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team... Named to the Basketball Times All-Northeast Region squad... Named to the NABC & USBWA All-District I First Teams... Started all 33 games, playing both the point guard and shooting guard positions... Led the team in scoring at 9.5 points per game and in total assists with 56 (4.7/game)... Third on the team in rebounding at 4. per game... Reached double figures in all but one game (at Vanderbilt) and scored or more points 7 times... Had 9 points in the NCAA Second Round win over Stanford, making four-of-five three s and nine-of-nine from the free throw line... Named to the 3 ConAgra Foods BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament team after scoring 5 points in three games (6.7 per game)... Scored 5 points in the quarterfinal win over Seton Hall... Had a career-high 3 points at Miami on January... Had 3 points and ten assists vs. Sacred Heart, his first career double-double... Had 5 points and eight assists in the win at Notre Dame... Scored points, handed out nine assists and had only one turnover in the season finale at Boston College... Named the BIG EAST Player of the Week on December 3... Finished the season No. 7 in the BIG EAST and No. 5 nationally in scoring... Also finished No. 5 in the BIG EAST in assists and No. in three-point field goal percentage. As a Freshman in -: Named to the BIG EAST All- Rookie Team and was a member of the ConAgra Foods BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament team... Appeared in all 34 games, starting two (Quinnipiac and Villanova on February )... Finished No. on the team in scoring at.6 points per game... Also averaged.7 rebounds and 3. assists per game... Led the team with 6 three-pointers and his 4.3% mark from three-point range is No. 8 on the UConn single season list... Reached double figures times... Had points and five assists in NCAA Sweet Sixteen win over Southern Illinois... Tied a career-high three steals versus Hampton in the first round of the NCAA tournament... Averaged 7.6 points and 3.6 assists per game during the BIG EAST Tournament... Two-time BIG EAST Rookie of the Week... Scored a career-best 3 points four times... Recorded 3 against Villanova in the BIG EAST quarterfinals, including the gamewinning three-pointer with.8 seconds remaining that gave the Huskies a 7-7 win...had 3 points in the win at Arizona, including five-of-eight three-pointers, and also added a career-best nine assists with only one turnover... Earned Dick Vitale s Diaper Dandy of the Week status, along with teammate Emeka Okafor, after the win over Arizona... Had 3 points in the overtime loss at St. John s on February 9, including a stretch in the first half where he scored ten straight Husky points... Had a -point effort in the win at Georgetown, including the game-winning three-pointer in the final minute... Was BIG EAST Rookie of the Week on March 3 after scoring 5 points in a pair of wins over BC and Seton Hall to end the regular season... Was the BIG EAST Rookie of the Week on December 3 after scoring 3 points vs. New Hampshire and adding 9 against George Washington... Received the annual Most Improved Player Award at the team banquet. Personal Information: Benjamin Gordon Born April 4, 983 in London, England Pre-business administration major Family moved to United States shortly after his birth. 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

26 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies EMEKA OKAFOR Junior, F/C, 6-, 5 Houston, Texas Consensus preseason national player of the year... The nation s premier defensive player and among the top shot blockers in the history of college basketball. At Connecticut: National Player of the Year candidate who has started 75 games in his three seasons, averaging.4 points,. rebounds and 4.44 blocked shots per game... Has 33 career double-doubles and one career triple-double... Holds the UConn career record for blocked shots with 333 (4.44/game) and holds the top two single season marks for blocks with 56 (in -3) and 38 (in -)... His 4.44 career blocked shot average is No. 7 in NCAA history and the best overall average in BIG EAST history... His BIG EAST games blocked shot average of 4.4 is the best in league history, surpassing Patrick Ewing of Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA FT FT Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Blocks Steals Minutes Georgetown (3.98/game)... Has blocked ten shots in a game once, nine shots in a game four times and eight shots in a game on six occasions in his career... The only player in BIG EAST history to block nine or more shots in three BIG EAST games... His field goal percentage of 58.4% is No. all-time at UConn. As a Junior in 3-4: Starter at center... Has doubledoubles in five games this season, including one triple-double, averaging 7.4 points,. rebounds and 4.88 blocks... Returned to the lineup after a one-game absence and recorded 4 points, ten boards and six blocks in the win over Iona... Missed the game with Quinnipiac due to lower back spasms... Recorded his first career triple-double, scoring 8 points, grabbing 5 boards and blocking a school-record tying ten shots in the win over Army...Had a game-high points in the win over Utah, while scoring nine points, grabbing 3 boards and blocking six shots vs. Georgia Tech... Played both games in New York despite suffering from severe lower back spasms... Had 3 points, ten boards and four blocks vs. Sacred Heart... Had 3 points, 4 rebounds and five blocks in the win over Nevada on November 9... Scored points, grabbed 3 boards and blocked four shots in the opener vs. Yale... Consensus choice as the Preseason National Player of the Year... Top vote getter and near-unanimous choice to the Preseason Career-- All Games 5 Two Times Two Times 6 Notre Dame (/4/3) n/a n/a 8 Iona (//3) Georgia Tech (/6/3) 8 Arizona (/6/) 4 Seton Hall (3/3/3) 9 Wagner (/7/) 4 Syracuse (//3) 7 St. Bonaventure (//3) Army (/6/3) 4 Two Times 47 Pittsburgh (3/9/) EMEKA OKAFOR Top Career Performances Career-- BIG EAST Regular Season Games 5 Boston College (3/8/3) Boston College (3/8/3) 6 Notre Dame (/4/3) n/a n/a 7 Two Times St. John s (/3/) 6 Providence (3/5/3) Villanova (/5/3) 6 Villanova (/5/3) 4 Syracuse (//3) 5 Villanova (/5/3) 9 Three Times 4 Providence (/5/) 4 Bos. College (/6/) 3-4 Season 4 Iona (//3) Utah (/8/3) 6 Yale (/7/3) 8 Iona (//3) Georgia Tech (/6/3) 5 Yale (/7/3) Army (/6/3) 5 Army (/6/3) Two Times 4 Yale (/7/3) Army (/6/3) 3 Lehigh (//3) 37 Yale (/7/3) EMEKA OKAFOR GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS REBS 3-4 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S M Yale (s) Nevada (s) Sacred Heart (s) vs. Georgia Tech (s) vs. Utah (s) Lehigh (s) Army (s) Quinnipiac (s) Iona Ball State UMass Rice at Rutgers Oklahoma Georgetown at North Carolina Pittsburgh Providence at Virginia Tech at Boston College Syracuse West Virginia at Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Miami Notre Dame at St. John s at Villanova Seton Hall at Syracuse (s)-- denotes game started 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

27 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies Associated Press All-American team, receiving 7 of 7 possible votes... Among the candidates for the John R. Wooden and Naismith Player of the Year awards... Preseason All-American choice by Blue Ribbon (Player of the Year), The Sporting News, Basketball News, Athlon Sports, Street & Smith s, Dick Vitale and ESPN.com... Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year... Preseason First Team All-BIG EAST selection. In the Summer of 3: Represented the USA this summer as a member of the Pan American Games squad... Started all five games, averaging a team-high. points and shooting 68.3% from the field. As a Sophomore in -3: Named to the 3 John R. Wooden Award All-American team... Named to the 3 Verizon Academic All-American First Team NABC National Defensive Player of the Year... NABC Third Team All-American... ESPN.com Third Team All-American... Basketball Times Third Team All-American... CollegeInsider.com National Defensive Player of the Year... CollegeInsider.com All-American BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year and BIG EAST/Aeropostale Men s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team... Named to the NABC & USBWA All-District I First Team... Started all 33 games at the center position and averaged 5.9 points,. rebounds and 4.73 blocked shots per game... Led the nation in blocked shots and is currently No. 7 in the country in rebounding... Led the BIG EAST in rebounds, blocked shots and doubledoubles ()... Scored in double figures 9 times and reached double figures in rebounds 4 times... Averaged 9.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.7 blocks in three NCAA contests and earned a spot on the 3 NCAA South Region All-Tournament team... Had points, 7 boards and six blocks in NCAA Sweet 6 vs. Texas and was named the CBS Player of the Game... Had 8 points and 5 rebounds vs. Stanford in the NCAA Second Round after scoring points, grabbing eight boards and blocking seven shots in the First Round win over BYU and earning CBS Player of the Game honors... Named to the 3 ConAgra Foods BIG EAST Championship All- Tournament team after averaging.3 points,.3 rebounds and 4. blocks in the three games... Topped the 5-point mark on occasions during the season and scored or more points eight times... Had points, 8 rebounds and four blocked shots in the BIG EAST quarterfinal win over Seton Hall... Had 5 points, rebounds and six blocks in the regular season finale vs. Boston College... Had 3 points, boards and nine blocks in the win over St. John s on February... Had points, 3 boards and seven blocks vs. St. John s on January 7... Had 5 points and rebounds in win at Vanderbilt on December, earning BIG EAST Player of the Week honors. As a Freshman in -: Named a First Team Freshman All-American by the Sporting News, Basketball News and Basketball Times... Named to the All-BIG EAST Third Team and a unanimous selection to the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team... Named to the USBWA All-District I First Team and to the NABC All-District I Second Team... Started all 34 games at the center position... Averaged 7.9 points, 9. rebounds and 4. blocks per game... Led the team in rebounding and blocks... His 38 blocked shots set a UConn single season record, breaking the old mark of set by Donyell Marshall in Led the BIG EAST and was No. 3 in the nation in blocked shots at 4. per game... His 9. rebounding total was second in the nation among freshmen (45th overall) and is the second highest freshman average in UConn history... He is the first UConn freshman to record 3 or more rebounds... Shot 59.% from the field, No. 6 on the UConn single season list... Reached double figures in points times, in rebounds 6 times and had seven double-doubles on the season... Named CBS Player of the Game in First Round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Hampton after recording his seventh double-double with points, 5 boards and adding five blocks... Averaged 8.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament... Averaged 7.7 points and. rebounds in the BIG EAST Tournament... Nearly recorded a triple-double on two occasions... In the win over Boston College on February 6, he totaled nine points, rebounds and nine blocked shots... In the win at Arizona, he totaled 9 points, 5 rebounds and nine blocks, all career-highs... For his performance against Arizona, Andy Katz of ESPN.com listed Okafor as his national player of the week and Dick Vitale of ESPN had Okafor and teammate Ben Gordon as his Diaper Dandies of the Week... He was also the winner of ESPN s weekly poll Big Man on Campus, which runs throughout the course of the evening during the Big Monday telecasts and was named the Sporting News National Player of the Week... Also had nine blocks in the loss at Rutgers... One of only two players in BIG EAST history to block nine or more shots in a league game twice in his career... Also blocked eight shots in a game on three occasions (Northeastern, Oklahoma and West Virginia)... Three-time BIG EAST Rookie of the Week (December 3, January 4 and January 8)... Received the annual Scholar-Athlete Award, Outstanding Defensive Player and Outstanding Rebounder awards at the team banquet. Personal Information: Chukwuemeka Noubuisi Okafor Born September 8, 98 Finance major. 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

28 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies SHAMON TOOLES Senior, F, 6-5, 3 Coatesville, Pennsylvania At Connecticut: Three-year performer who has seen action in 76 career games, scoring 9 points... Has started three career contests. As a Senior in 3-4: Has played 88 minutes off the bench... Averaging.6 points and. rebounds. As a Junior in -3: Played in 3 games, starting the first three games of the season... Averaged.9 points and.4 rebounds in.8 minutes per game... Had eight points and eight boards in the season opener vs. Quinnipiac... Had a career-high nine points vs. Boston College on February. Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA FT FT Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Blocks Steals Minutes Career-- All Games 9 Boston College (//3) 3 Three Times 5 Two Times n/a n/a 3 Boston College (//3) 4 Two Times 4 St. Bonaventure (//3) 5 Quinnipiac (/3/) 8 Quinnipiac (/3/) 3 Two Times 4 Miami (//3) 3 Villanova (/5/3) 3 Boston College (//3) 8 Miami (//3) SHAMON TOOLES Top Career Performances Career-- BIG EAST Regular Season Games 9 Boston College (//3) 3 Boston College (//3) 5 Boston College (//3) n/a n/a 3 Boston College (//3) 4 Boston College (//3) 3 Virginia Tech (/5/3) 4 Two Times 6 Boston College (//3) Miami (//3) 4 Miami (//3) 3 Villanova (/5/3) 3 Boston College (//3) 8 Miami (//3) 3-4 Season 4 Georgia Tech (/6/3) Georgia Tech (/6/3) 3 Georgia Tech (/6/3) Yale (/7/3) Yale (/7/3) Six Times 4 Yale (/7/3) Three Times Three Times Sacred Heart (//3) 5 Yale (/7/3) As a Sophomore in -: Appeared in games, averaging 4.4 minutes per game... Scored 7 points,.9 per game, and grabbed 5 rebounds,.8 per contest. As a Freshman in -: Saw game action in 7 contests off the bench in first collegiate season Played a total of 44 minutes Scored two points. Personal Information: Shamon Monte Tooles Born December 4, Political science major. SHAMON TOOLES GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS REBS 3-4 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S M Yale Nevada Sacred Heart vs. Georgia Tech vs. Utah Lehigh Army Quinnipiac Iona Ball State UMass Rice at Rutgers Oklahoma Georgetown at North Carolina Pittsburgh Providence at Virginia Tech at Boston College Syracuse West Virginia at Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Miami Notre Dame at St. John s at Villanova Seton Hall at Syracuse (s)-- denotes game started 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

29 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies MARCUS WHITE Sophomore, Forward, 6-8, 5 Chicago, Illinois As a Sophomore in 3-4: Played 7 minutes in the first four games, while battling a bulging disk in his back... Has not seen any action since fourth game and is expected to sit out the remainder of the season... Averaging. points and.3 boards. As a Freshman in -3: Played in 3 games off the bench... Second on the squad in rebounding at 5.6 per game and averaged 4. points... Grabbed double figure rebounds on four occasions, including a careerbest 4 boards in the BIG EAST semifinal win over Syracuse and in the win at Notre Dame... Had eight points and nine rebounds in the NCAA First Round win over BYU... Had a nine-point, nine-rebound performance vs. St. John s... Had five points and ten boards in Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA FT FT Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Blocks Steals Minutes a career-best 7 minutes at Villanova... In the win over Syracuse, White scored seven points and grabbed eight rebounds, four on the offensive glass... Grabbed rebounds in only 3 minutes and scored seven points, all from the free throw line, in the game at Virginia Tech on February 5. Personal Information: Marcus White... Liberal arts major... Born September 7, 983. Career-- All Games 9 Two Times 3 Syracuse (3/4/3) 8 Syracuse (3/4/3) n/a n/a 7 Virginia Tech (/5/3) 8 Three Times 8 Syracuse (3/4/3) 8 Notre Dame (/4/3) 4 Two Times 3 Providence (3/5/3) Six Times 3 Pittsburgh (3/5/3) Providence (3/5/3) 3 Syracuse (3/4/3) MARCUS WHITE Top Career Performances Career-- BIG EAST Regular Season Games 9 St. John s (//3) Seven Times 5 Five Times n/a n/a 7 Virginia Tech (/5/3) 8 Two Times 6 Two Times 8 Notre Dame (/4/3) 4 Notre Dame (/4/3) 3 Providence (3/5/3) Four Times Three Times Providence (3/5/3) 8 Pittsburgh (3//3) 3-4 Season 4 Georgia Tech (/6/3) Georgia Tech (/6/3) 3 Georgia Tech (/6/3) Yale (/7/3) 4 Yale (/7/3) Two Times Nevada (/9/3) 4 Nevada (/9/3) Two Times 9 Two Times MARCUS WHITE GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS REBS 3-4 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S M Yale Nevada Sacred Heart vs. Georgia Tech vs. Utah DID NOT PLAY Lehigh DID NOT PLAY Army DID NOT PLAY Quinnipiac DID NOT PLAY Iona DID NOT PLAY Ball State UMass Rice at Rutgers Oklahoma Georgetown at North Carolina Pittsburgh Providence at Virginia Tech at Boston College Syracuse West Virginia at Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Miami Notre Dame at St. John s at Villanova Seton Hall at Syracuse (s)-- denotes game started 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

30 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies JOSH BOONE Freshman, F/C, 6-, 3 Mount Airy, Maryland As a Freshman in 3-4: Starter at the power forward spot... Averaging 5.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and.3 blocks... Shooting 56.4% from the field... Has had a career-best five blocks on two occasions, vs. Lehigh and Sacred Heart... Had eight points, rebounds and three blocks in the win over Nevada on November 9... In the opener vs. Yale, Boone became the th freshman under Jim Calhoun to start the season opener... Had points, 5 rebounds and nine blocked shots in the exhibition game on November 3. High School/Prep School: Attended prep school at West Nottingham Academy in Colora, MD... Averaged 8 points, 6 rebounds and 9.7 blocks per game at West Nottingham... Graduated from South Carroll High School in Winfield, MD in with a 3.6 gradepoint average and scored, on his SAT s... His team finished -6 as a senior and advanced to the state semifinals... Josh averaged points, 4.4 rebounds and seven blocked shots per game as a senior at South Carroll... Named the Carroll County Player of the Year and First Team All-Metro as a senior... A second team All-Metro pick as a junior. Personal Information: O. Joshua Boone... Born November, 984. Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA FT FT Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Blocks Steals Minutes JOSH BOONE Top Career Performances Career-- All Games 8 Two Times 3 Six Times 6 Two Times Three Times 6 Two Times 6 Nevada (/9/3) 6 Sacred Heart (//3) Nevada (/9/3) 3 Utah (/8/3) Lehigh (//3) 5 Two Times Georgia Tech (/6/3) 3 Nevada (/9/3) Career-- BIG EAST Regular Season Games JOSH BOONE GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS REBS 3-4 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S M Yale (s) Nevada (s) Sacred Heart (s) vs. Georgia Tech (s) vs. Utah (s) Lehigh (s) Army (s) Quinnipiac (s) Iona (s) Ball State UMass Rice at Rutgers Oklahoma Georgetown at North Carolina Pittsburgh Providence at Virginia Tech at Boston College Syracuse West Virginia at Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Miami Notre Dame at St. John s at Villanova Seton Hall at Syracuse (s)-- denotes game started 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

31 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies RYAN THOMPSON Junior, F, 6-6, Gold Coast, Australia As a Junior in 3-4: Has not seen any game action this season and is expected to be a redshirt. High School/Junior College: Competed two seasons at WNCC in Scottbluff, Nebraska, averaging 3. points, 4.4 rebounds and. assists as a sophomore in Team finished 9-7 and he played in all 36 games, starting Shot 46.3% from the field, 63% from the free throw line and 38% from three-point range (7-84)... Had nine games with or more points, including a career-high 8 vs. NE Nebraska... Played in ten games as a freshman, averaging 3.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and.4 assists... Attended Lake Ginnidera High School in Canberra Act., Australia. Personal Information: Ryan E. Thompson... Born September 6, 98. Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA FT FT Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Blocks Steals Minutes RYAN THOMPSON Top Career Performances Career-- All Games Career-- BIG EAST Regular Season Games 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL

32 3-4 UConn Basketball Updated Player Biographies CHARLIE VILLANUEVA Freshman, F, 6-, 3 Brooklyn, New York As a Freshman in 3-4: Averaging 5.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and.3 blocks in three games... Recorded his first career double-double with 5 points and rebounds in the win over Iona... Made his collegiate debut in the win over Army, scoring 6 points and grabbing five boards... Also had two assists and three blocks in minutes of action... Had 5 points in the win over Quinnipiac... Declared eligible by the NCAA on December 5, 3 after being withheld from competition through the exhibition games and six regular season games while UConn and the NCAA reviewed his eligibility status... Named the Preseason BIG EAST Rookie of the Year. High School: Among the top prep stars in the nation, earning consensus All-American honors as a senior at Blair Academy... Participated in the McDonald s All-American game and the EA Sports Roundball Classic... Named USA Today All-USA Second Team... Among the ten finalists for the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award... New Jersey State Co-Player of the Year... Three-time All-State selection... Has earned 5 different all-tournament and tournament MVP honors during summer competition... Entered the NBA Draft, but withdrew at the June 9 deadline... Averaged 9 points, rebounds, 4 blocks, 3 assists and 3 steals in helping Blair go 5-4 and finish as state runner-up for the second straight year as a senior... Blair won the Mid- Atlantic Prep League title in all three of his seasons. Personal Information: Charlie Alexander Villanueva... Born August 4, 984. Points FG Made FG Atts. 3-Pt. FG 3-Pt. FGA FT FT Att. Off. Reb. Def. Reb. Total Reb. Assists TO Blocks Steals Minutes CHARLIE VILLANUEVA Top Career Performances Career-- All Games 6 Army (/6/3) 6 Two Times 3 Iona (//3) Army (/6/3) 4 Army (/6/3) 7 Army (/6/3) 9 Army (/6/3) 4 Iona (//3) 7 Iona (//3) Iona (//3) Army (/6/3) Iona (//3) 3 Army (/6/3) Quinnipiac (/3/3) 6 Iona (//3) Career-- BIG EAST Regular Season Games CHARLIE VILLANUEVA GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS REBS 3-4 FG-A 3FG-A FT-A OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S M Yale DID NOT PLAY Nevada DID NOT PLAY Sacred Heart DID NOT PLAY vs. Georgia Tech DID NOT PLAY vs. Utah DID NOT PLAY Lehigh DID NOT PLAY Army Quinnipiac Iona Ball State UMass Rice at Rutgers Oklahoma Georgetown at North Carolina Pittsburgh Providence at Virginia Tech at Boston College Syracuse West Virginia at Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Miami Notre Dame at St. John s at Villanova Seton Hall at Syracuse (s)-- denotes game started 3-4 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes-- UPDATED PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES UCONN HUSKIES BASKETBALL