1965–66 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
1965–66 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Yankee Conference Regular Season Co-Champions
Conference	Yankee Conference
1965–66 record	16–8 (9–2 YC)
Head coach	Fred Shabel (3rd year)
Home arena	Hugh S. Greer Field House
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The 1965–66 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1965–66 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 16–8 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 9–2 record. They were the Yankee Conference Regular Season Co-Champions. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by third-year head coach Fred Shabel.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
12/1/1965*	at American International	W 89–72	1–0	Springfield, MA
12/4/1965*	Yale	W 95–73	2–0	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/7/1965*	Manhattan	W 76–55	3–0	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/11/1965*	Boston College	L 74–90	3–1	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/13/1965	at Maine	W 84–69	4–1 (1–0)	Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME
12/18/1965*	at Syracuse Rivalry	L 62–87	4–2	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
12/21/1965*	at Fordham	L 62–72	4–3	Rose Hill Gymnasium New York, NY
12/28/1965*	at Baylor	W 96–88	5–3	Extraco Events Center Waco, TX
12/30/1965*	at Southern Methodist	L 66–80	5–4	Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX
1/5/1966*	Holy Cross	L 72–73	5–5	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
1/12/1966	New Hampshire	W 119–74	6–5 (2–0)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
1/15/1966	at Rhode Island	L 68–82	6–6 (2–1)	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
1/28/1966*	Colgate	W 97–94	7–6	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
1/29/1966	Vermont	W 96–64	8–6 (3–1)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/2/1966	at Massachusetts	W 90–60	9–6 (4–1)	Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA
2/5/1966	Maine	W 114–58	10–6 (5–1)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/8/1966*	at Boston University	W 62–43	11–6	Boston, MA
2/12/1966*	at Holy Cross	L 70–73	11–7	Worcester, MA
2/15/1966	at New Hampshire	W 113–62	12–7 (6–1)	Lundholm Gym Durham, NH
2/19/1966	Massachusetts	W 91–64	13–7 (7–1)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/23/1966*	at Rutgers	W 96–84	14–7	College Avenue Gymnasium Newark, NJ
2/26/1966	at Vermont	W 92–70	15–7 (8–1)	Patrick Gym Burlington, VT
3/1/1966	Rhode Island	W 96–74	16–7 (9–1)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
3/4/1966	Rhode Island Yankee Conference Play-off	L 62–67	16–8 (9–2)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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v t e Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Venues	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)
Rivalries	Georgetown Syracuse
Culture & lore	Jonathan the Husky "UConn Husky" 6-overtime game 2011 Miracle Run
People	Head coaches Huskies of Honor
Seasons	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 1999–00 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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