| 1963–64Connecticut Huskies men's basketball | |
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Yankee Conference Regular Season Co-Champions | |
NCAA University Division Tournament, Elite Eight | |
| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 16–11 (9–2 YC) |
| Head coach |
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| Assistant coach | George L. Wigton |
| Home arena | Hugh S. Greer Field House |
Seasons | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 19 | – | 8 | .704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 11 | – | 10 | .524 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 12 | – | 11 | .522 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 8 | – | 15 | .348 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1963–64 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented theUniversity of Connecticut in the 1963–64 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 16–11 overall record. The Huskies were members of theYankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 9–2 record. They were the Yankee Conference Regular Season co-champions and made it to the Elite Eight in the1964 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Huskies played their home games atHugh S. Greer Field House inStorrs, Connecticut, and were led by first-year head coachFred Shabel.[1][2]
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| 12/4/1963* | American International | W 95–49 | 1–0 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 12/7/1963* | Yale | L 60–64 | 1–1 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 12/10/1963 | at Massachusetts | L 59–60 | 1–2 (0–1) | Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA | |||||||
| 12/14/1963* | Boston College | W 108–81 | 2–2 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 12/18/1963* | at Fordham | W 59–51 | 3–2 | Rose Hill Gymnasium New York, NY | |||||||
| 12/21/1963* | at Canisius | L 66–84 | 3–3 | Buffalo, NY | |||||||
| 1/4/1964* | Manhattan | W 73–57 | 4–3 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 1/9/1964* | at Boston University | L 53–55 | 4–4 | Boston, MA | |||||||
| 1/11/1964 | New Hampshire | W 73–60 | 5–4 (1–1) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 1/13/1964 | Maine | W 71–58 | 6–4 (2–1) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 1/18/1964 | Rhode Island | W 43–41 | 7–4 (3–1) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 1/29/1964* | at Temple | L 45–53 | 7–5 | Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 2/2/1964 | at Vermont | W 79–46 | 8–5 (4–1) | Patrick Gym Burlington, VT | |||||||
| 2/5/1964* | at Rutgers | L 67–68 | 8–6 | College Avenue Gymnasium Newark, NJ | |||||||
| 2/8/1964 | at Maine | W 80–53 | 9–6 (5–1) | Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME | |||||||
| 2/11/1964 | Massachusetts | W 72–50 | 10–6 (6–1) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 2/14/1964 | Vermont | W 90–64 | 11–6 (7–1) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 2/15/1964* | Holy Cross | L 57–62 | 11–7 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 2/19/1964* | at Holy Cross | L 56–60 | 11–8 | Worcester, MA | |||||||
| 2/22/1964* | Colgate | W 100–62 | 12–8 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 2/25/1964 | at New Hampshire | W 58–55 | 13–8 (8–1) | Lundholm Gym Durham, NH | |||||||
| 2/29/1964 | at Rhode Island | L 53–54 | 13–9 (8–2) | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI | |||||||
| 3/4/1964 | at Rhode Island Yankee Conference Play-off | W 61–60 | 14–9 (9–2) | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI | |||||||
| 3/6/1964* | Syracuse Rivalry | L 49–58 | 14–10 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| 3/9/1964* | vs. Temple First Round | W 53–48 | 15–10 | Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 3/14/1964* | vs. Princeton Sweet Sixteen | W 52–50 | 16–10 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | |||||||
| 3/16/1964* | vs. Duke Elite Eight | L 54–101 | 16–11 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | |||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inEastern Time. | |||||||||||