1962–63 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

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 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 →

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	Rank^#	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

1. (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. . UConn Huskies. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2015.