UConn Huskies men's basketball
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The UConn Huskies men's basketball program is the NCAA Division I men's college basketball team of the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, Connecticut. They currently play in the Big East Conference and are coached by Dan Hurley.
UConn Huskies | ||||
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University | University of Connecticut | |||
First season | 1900-01 (1900-01) | |||
All-time record | 1,805–980 (.648) | |||
Athletic director | David Benedict | |||
Head coach | Dan Hurley (6th season) | |||
Conference | Big East | |||
Location | Storrs, Connecticut | |||
Arena | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion 10,167 XL Center 15,564 | |||
Nickname | Huskies | |||
Colors | National flag blue and white[1] | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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NCAA tournament champions | ||||
1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024 | ||||
NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
1999, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024 | ||||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
1964, 1990, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024 | ||||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1956, 1964, 1976, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996*, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024 | ||||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
1979, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996*, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2023, 2024 | ||||
NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
1951, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1976, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996*, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||||
Conference tournament champions | ||||
1976, 1979, 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2024 | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
1925, 1926, 1928, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2024 *vacated by NCAA |
UConn has won six NCAA tournament championships (1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023 and 2024), which puts the program in a tie with North Carolina for third-most all time and is the most of any program since the tournament expanded to 64 teams. The Huskies have won eight Big East tournament championships (tied for most all time) and 11 Big East regular season championships (most all time). UConn has 36 NCAA tournament appearances (tied for 13th-most all time) and has played in seven NCAA Final Fours (10th-most all time), 13 NCAA Elite Eights (11th-most all time) and 19 NCAA Sweet Sixteens (tied for 11th-most all time). UConn won the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship in 1988 and the NIT third-place game in 1997, with 13 NIT appearances in total. The Huskies also have one American Athletic Conference tournament championship and two ECAC New England regional tournament championships.
Since 1999, the Huskies have won six national championships in a span of 25 years, a run only rivaled by UCLA under John Wooden.[2] In 2024, UConn became the eighth school in NCAA history to win back-to-back national championships, and was the first to do so in 17 years.[3] After the 2023–24 season, Fox Sports dubbed the Huskies' sustained success "the greatest run of the 21st century" and recognized UConn as "one of the greatest programs in the history of college basketball."[4]
Numerous players have gone on to achieve professional success after their time at UConn. In 2011, six former Huskies were included in SLAM Magazine's 500 Greatest NBA Players of All-Time: Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton, Clifford Robinson, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor.[5] Kemba Walker is generally regarded as the greatest player in the history of the Charlotte Hornets franchise.[6][7][8][9] Other successful former Huskies include Andre Drummond, Rudy Gay, Donyell Marshall, Toby Kimball, Jeremy Lamb, Charlie Villanueva, Scott Burrell, Travis Knight, Kevin Ollie, Jake Voskuhl, Shabazz Napier, Marcus Williams and Jordan Hawkins.