1955–56 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1955–56 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball | |
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Yankee Conference regular season champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 17–11 (7–1 YC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Nick Rodis |
Home arena | Hugh S. Greer Field House |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 6 | – | 1 | .857 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 17 | – | 6 | .739 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | 11 | – | 14 | .440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 3 | – | 5 | .375 | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 0 | – | 10 | .000 | 2 | – | 15 | .118 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1955–56 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1955–56 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 17–11 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 7–1 record. They were the Yankee Conference regular season champions and made it to the sweet sixteen in the 1956 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by tenth-year head coach Hugh Greer.[1][2]
Schedule
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
12/1/1955* | American International | W 91–76 | 1–0 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/5/1955 | New Hampshire | W 83–63 | 2–0 (1–0) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/7/1955* | Yale | L 87–92 | 2–1 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/16/1955* | at St. Joseph's (PA) | W 71–66 | 3–1 | Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
12/19/1955* | Manhattan | L 82–85 | 3–2 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/22/1955* | at NYU | W 90–82 | 4–2 | New York, NY | |||||||
12/28/1955* | vs. Brown New England Tournament | W 72–66 | 5–2 | Waterville, ME | |||||||
12/29/1955 | vs. Massachusetts New England Tournament | W 73–69 | 6–2 (2–0) | Waterville, ME | |||||||
12/30/1955* | at Colby New England Tournament | W 79–71 | 7–2 | Waterville, ME | |||||||
1/4/1956* | Holy Cross | L 68–85 | 7–3 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/7/1956 | at Rhode Island | W 88–86 | 8–3 (3–0) | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI | |||||||
1/14/1956* | Boston College | W 88–57 | 9–3 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/17/1956 | at New Hampshire | W 93–56 | 10–3 (4–0) | Lundholm Gym Durham, NH | |||||||
1/27/1956* | at Syracuse Rivalry | L 82–102 | 10–4 | Oncenter War Memorial Arena Syracuse, NY | |||||||
1/28/1956* | at Colgate | W 82–80 | 11–4 | Hamilton, NY | |||||||
2/1/1956* | at Fordham | L 72–82 | 11–5 | Rose Hill Gymnasium New York, NY | |||||||
2/4/1956* | Niagara | L 81–84 | 11–6 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/6/1956 | Maine | W 94–68 | 12–6 (5–0) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/7/1956* | Rutgers | W 105–85 | 13–6 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/10/1956 | Maine | W 109–96 | 14–6 (6–0) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/11/1956* | at Colby | L 88–93 | 14–7 | Waterville, ME | |||||||
2/16/1956* | Northeastern | W 80–74 | 15–7 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/18/1956 | Rhode Island | W 93–90 | 16–7 (7–0) | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/21/1956 | at Massachusetts | L 85–87 | 16–8 (7–1) | Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA | |||||||
2/27/1956* | at Holy Cross | L 75–84 | 16–9 | Worcester, MA | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
3/13/1956* | vs. Manhattan First round | W 84–75 | 17–9 | New York, NY | |||||||
3/16/1956* | vs. Temple Sweet Sixteen | L 59–65 | 17–10 | Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
3/17/1956* | vs. Dartmouth Consolation round | L 64–85 | 17–11 | Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
- ^ a b 2012 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- ^ Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 0794828035.
- ^ "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule". UConn Huskies. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2015.