1962–63 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

1962–63 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
1962–63 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Yankee Conference Regular Season Champions
NCAA University Division Tournament, First Round
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	18–7 (9–1 YC)
Head coach	Hugh Greer (17th year); George Wigton (1st year);
Assistant coach	George L. Wigton
Home arena	Hugh S. Greer Field House
	Seasons ← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1962–63 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with an 18–7 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 9–1 record. They were the Yankee Conference Regular Season Champions and made it to the first round of the 1963 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 seventeenth-year head coach Hugh Greer and first-year head coach George Wigton.^[1]^[2]

1962–63 Yankee Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Connecticut	9	–	1	.900	18	–	7	.720
Rhode Island	8	–	2	.800	15	–	11	.577
Massachusetts	6	–	4	.600	12	–	12	.500
Maine	3	–	7	.300	8	–	15	.348
Vermont	2	–	8	.200	10	–	13	.435
New Hampshire	2	–	8	.200	7	–	17	.292

Hugh Greer led UConn until he died on January 14, 1963, of a massive heart attack. Assistant George Wigton finished out the season and led them to the NCAA Tournament. UConn credits the first 10 games of the season to Greer and the rest of the season (including the NCAA Tournament) to Wigton.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1962*	at Yale	W 61–49	1–0	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
12/8/1962*	at Boston College	W 63–53	2–0	Roberts Center Boston, MA
12/12/1962	Massachusetts	W 85–61	3–0 (1–0)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/15/1962*	Fordham	L 66–75	3–1	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/17/1962*	American International	W 64–58	4–1	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/18/1962*	at Loyola (New Orleans)	L 49–51	4–2	The Den New Orleans, LA
1/5/1963*	at Holy Cross	L 50–74	4–3	Worcester, MA
1/8/1963	at New Hampshire	W 86–58	5–3 (2–0)	Lundholm Gym Durham, NH
1/11/1963	Vermont	W 88–67	6–3 (3–0)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
1/12/1963	Maine	W 92–64	7–3 (4–0)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
1/24/1963*	Canisius	L 65–74	7–4	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
1/29/1963*	Boston University	W 90–76	8–4	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/2/1963	at Vermont	W 95–62	9–4 (5–0)	Patrick Gym Burlington, VT
2/6/1963*	American International	W 93–67	10–4	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/9/1963	at Maine	W 89–61	11–4 (6–0)	Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME
2/12/1963	at Massachusetts	W 79–66	12–4 (7–0)	Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA
2/16/1963*	Holy Cross	W 85–75	13–4	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/19/1963	at Rhode Island	L 62–65	13–5 (7–1)	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
2/21/1963*	at Manhattan	W 68–64	14–5	New York, NY
2/23/1963*	Rutgers	W 88–63	15–5	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/26/1963	New Hampshire	W 102–72	16–5 (8–1)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
3/2/1963	Rhode Island	W 88–73	17–5 (9–1)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
3/7/1963*	at Syracuse Rivalry	W 92–74	18–5	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
3/9/1963*	at Colgate	L 67–69	18–6	Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY
NCAA Tournament
3/11/1963*	vs. West Virginia First Round	L 71–77	18–7	Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b 2012 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 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 September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2015.

[autogenerated1-1] 2012 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2015.

[2] Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 0794828035.

[3] "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule". UConn Huskies. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2015.

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