Georgetown at UConn: Time, TV and what you need to know
David Borges
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TV: CBS
Radio: UConn Sports Network (97.9 FM-ESPN Hartford, WAVZ 1300 AM, WICC 600 AM, WINE 940 AM, WGCH 1490 AM, WILI 1400 AM)
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Defense, rebounding: UConn lead the Big East by allowing just 64.3 points per game. The Huskies haven’t allowed more than 70 points since an 80-72 win at Xavier on Feb. 13. In their prior meeting with the Hoyas just 11 days ago in Washington, D.C., UConn held Georgetown to just 36 percent shooting in a 70-57 win.
Georgetown, meanwhile, leads the Big East in rebounding (40.6) and rebounding margin (plus-5.1). However, the Hoyas were outrebounded badly by the Huskies in that previous matchup, 46-30.
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UConn men snare huge win at Seton Hall behind Isaiah Whaley, Adama Sanogo, R.J. Cole
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Twenty years later, and just a few blocks down the road, Hurley added to his legend as a program-builder on Wednesday night at the Prudential Center. Behind Isaiah Whaley’s double-double and defensive dominance and strong efforts by a pair of Jersey Boys, UConn rolled to a 69-58 win over Seton Hall that clinched a third-place finish in the Huskies’ first year back in the Big East and Hurley’s third year at the helm.
“Looking where we were that March/April (2018) when we came in, being a 180 KenPom, the different programs we were sandwiched between, and now, in Year 3, going up in weight and having a chance to go 11-6 if we win on Saturday, and having us back in the NCAA tournament,” Hurley marveled, “we recruited the right guys, we’ve developed them, we’ve built a culture, the players we’ve inherited helped us build a culture. T