2004–05 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

2004–05 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
2004–05 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Big East regular season co-champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)\|Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 13
2004–05 record	23–8 (13–3 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Calhoun (19th season);
Assistant coaches	George Blaney; Andre LaFleur; Tom Moore;
Home arena	Gampel Pavilion; Hartford Civic Center
	Seasons ← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2004–05 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 23–8 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with a 13–3 record and were the regular season co-champions. They made it to the Second Round in the 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and they were led by nineteenth-year head coach Jim Calhoun.^[1]^[2]

Roster[]

Listed are the student athletes who were members of the 2004–2005 team.^[3]^[4]

Name	Position	Year
Sami Ameziane	G	FR
Rashad Anderson	G	JR
Hilton Armstrong	C	JR
Jason Baisch	F	SR
Josh Boone	C	SO
Denham Brown	F	JR
Nick Forostoski	F	FR
Rudy Gay	F	FR
Antonio Kellogg	G	FR
Ed Nelson	F	JR
Ryan Thompson	F	JR
Charlie Villanueva	F	SO
Marcus White	F	SO
Marcus Williams	G	SO

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition games
November 4*		Bridgeport	W 97–64		Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
November 11*		Bryant	W 90–65		Hartford Civic Center (15,542) Hartford, CT
Regular Season
November 20* WTXX	No. 8	Buffalo	W 90–68	1–0	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
November 30* WTXX	No. 7	Florida International	W 99–48	2–0	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
December 4* CBS	No. 7	Indiana	W 74–69	3–0	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
December 6* WTIC	No. 7	Northeastern	W 97–60	4–0	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
December 9* ESPN2	No. 7	at UMass	L 59–61	4–1	Mullins Center (9,037) Amherst, MA
December 19* WTXX	No. 11	Rice	W 81–72	5–1	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
December 22* WTIC	No. 11	Central Connecticut	W 87–59	6–1	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
December 28*	No. 11	Sacred Heart	W 73–55	7–1	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
December 30* WTIC	No. 11	Quinnipiac	W 123–71	8–1	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
January 5 WTIC	No. 10	No. 25 Boston College	L 70–75	8–2 (0–1)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
January 8 WTIC	No. 10	at Georgetown Rivalry	W 66–59	9–2 (1–1)	Verizon Center (11,363) Washington, D.C.
January 10* ESPN	No. 12	at No. 25 Oklahoma	L 65–77	9–3	Lloyd Noble Center (12,066) Norman, OK
January 15 WTXX	No. 12	Rutgers	W 77–64	10–3 (2–1)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
January 17 ESPN	No. 16	at Seton Hall	W 77–68	11–3 (3–1)	Continental Airlines Arena (9,429) East Rutherford, NJ
January 22 ESPN	No. 16	No. 21 Pittsburgh College GameDay	L 66–76	11–4 (3–2)	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
January 25 WTXX	No. 19	at West Virginia	W 68–58	12–4 (4–2)	WVU Coliseum (7,713) Morgantown, WV
January 30 CBS	No. 19	at Notre Dame	L 74–78	12–5 (4–3)	Joyce Center (11,418) South Bend, IN
February 2 WTIC	No. 23	No. 24 Villanova	W ^81–76	13–5 (5–3)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
February 5 WTXX	No. 23	St. John's	W 68–46	14–5 (6–3)	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
February 7 ESPN	No. 19	at No. 5 Syracuse Rivalry	W 74–66	15–5 (7–3)	Carrier Dome (27,651) Syracuse, NY
February 13* CBS	No. 19	No. 2 North Carolina	L 70–77	15–6	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
February 15 ESPN2	No. 18	at Providence	W 94–89 ^2OT	16–6 (8–3)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,993) Providence, RI
February 19 ESPN	No. 18	at Rutgers	W 85–63	17–6 (9–3)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (8,011) Piscataway, NJ
February 21 ESPN	No. 17	Notre Dame	W 88–74	18–6 (10–3)	Hartford Civic Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
February 26 CBS	No. 17	at No. 18 Pittsburgh	W 73–64	19–6 (11–3)	Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh, PA
March 2 WTXX	No. 15	Georgetown Rivalry	W 83–64	20–6 (12–3)	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
March 5 CBS	No. 15	No. 13 Syracuse Rivalry	W 88–70	21–6 (13–3)	Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
Big East Tournament
March 10 ESPN2	No. 12	vs. Georgetown Second Round/Rivalry	W 66–62	22–6	Madison Square Garden (19,528) New York, NY
March 11 ESPN	No. 12	vs. No. 18 Syracuse Semifinals/Rivalry	L 63–67	22–7	Madison Square Garden (19,528) New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
March 18* CBS	(2 S) No. 13	vs. (15 S) Central Florida First Round	W 77–71	23–7	DCU Center (13,009) Worcester, MA
March 20* CBS	(2 S) No. 13	vs. (10 S) NC State Second Round	L 62–65	23–8	DCU Center (13,009) Worcester, MA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. S=Syracuse Region. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in EST.

Schedule Source:^[5]^[6]

References[]

^ 2015-16 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 978-0794828035.
^ "2004-05 UConn Huskies Roster and Stats".
^ "Connecticut Roster". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
^ 2011-12 UCONN Men's Basketball Info Guide. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
^ "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule". UConn Huskies. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

[cstv-1] 2015-16 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[2] Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 978-0794828035.

[3] "2004-05 UConn Huskies Roster and Stats".

[4] "Connecticut Roster". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[5] 2011-12 UCONN Men's Basketball Info Guide. Retrieved April 24, 2013.

[6] "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule". UConn Huskies. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

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v t UConn Huskies men's basketball
Venues	Willis Nichols Hawley Armory (1914–1954) Hugh S. Greer Field House (1954–1989) XL Center (1975–present) New Haven Coliseum (1978–1987) Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (1990–present) Webster Bank Arena (2013–2014)
Rivalries	Georgetown Syracuse
Culture & lore	Jonathan the Husky "" 6-overtime game 2011 Miracle Run
People	Huskies of Honor Statistical leaders
	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Boston College	13	–	3	.813	25	–	5	.833
No. 13 Connecticut	13	–	3	.813	23	–	8	.742
No. 19 Villanova	11	–	5	.688	24	–	8	.750
Pittsburgh	10	–	6	.625	20	–	9	.690
Notre Dame	9	–	7	.563	17	–	12	.586
Georgetown	8	–	8	.500	19	–	13	.594
West Virginia	8	–	8	.500	24	–	11	.686
Providence	4	–	12	.250	14	–	17	.452
Seton Hall	4	–	12	.250	12	–	16	.429
Rutgers	2	–	14	.125	10	–	19	.345
St. John's*	3	–	13	.188	9	–	18	.333
No. 11 Syracuse†**	0	–	5	.000	12	–	7	.632


† 2005 Big East Tournament winner As of April 4, 2005; Rankings from AP Poll Did not qualify for 2005 Big East Tournament. *Syracuse had 15 regular season games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Syracuse′s disputed record was 27–7, 11–5.