1955–56 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
1955–56 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Yankee Conference Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Yankee Conference
1955–56 record	17–11 (7–1 YC)
Head coach	Hugh Greer (10th year)
Home arena	Hugh S. Greer Field House
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The 1955–56 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1955–56 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 17–11 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 7–1 record. They were the Yankee Conference regular season champions and made it to the sweet sixteen in the 1956 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by tenth-year head coach Hugh Greer.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
12/1/1955*	American International	W 91–76	1–0	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/5/1955	New Hampshire	W 83–63	2–0 (1–0)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/7/1955*	Yale	L 87–92	2–1	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/16/1955*	at St. Joseph's (PA)	W 71–66	3–1	Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
12/19/1955*	Manhattan	L 82–85	3–2	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/22/1955*	at NYU	W 90–82	4–2	New York, NY
12/28/1955*	vs. Brown New England Tournament	W 72–66	5–2	Waterville, ME
12/29/1955	vs. Massachusetts New England Tournament	W 73–69	6–2 (2–0)	Waterville, ME
12/30/1955*	at Colby New England Tournament	W 79–71	7–2	Waterville, ME
1/4/1956*	Holy Cross	L 68–85	7–3	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
1/7/1956	at Rhode Island	W 88–86	8–3 (3–0)	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
1/14/1956*	Boston College	W 88–57	9–3	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
1/17/1956	at New Hampshire	W 93–56	10–3 (4–0)	Lundholm Gym Durham, NH
1/27/1956*	at Syracuse Rivalry	L 82–102	10–4	Oncenter War Memorial Arena Syracuse, NY
1/28/1956*	at Colgate	W 82–80	11–4	Hamilton, NY
2/1/1956*	at Fordham	L 72–82	11–5	Rose Hill Gymnasium New York, NY
2/4/1956*	Niagara	L 81–84	11–6	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/6/1956	Maine	W 94–68	12–6 (5–0)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/7/1956*	Rutgers	W 105–85	13–6	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/10/1956	Maine	W 109–96	14–6 (6–0)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/11/1956*	at Colby	L 88–93	14–7	Waterville, ME
2/16/1956*	Northeastern	W 80–74	15–7	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/18/1956	Rhode Island	W 93–90	16–7 (7–0)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/21/1956	at Massachusetts	L 85–87	16–8 (7–1)	Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA
2/27/1956*	at Holy Cross	L 75–84	16–9	Worcester, MA
NCAA Tournament
3/13/1956*	vs. Manhattan First Round	W 84–75	17–9	New York, NY
3/16/1956*	vs. Temple Sweet Sixteen	L 59–65	17–10	Philadelphia, PA
3/17/1956*	vs. Dartmouth Consolation Round	L 64–85	17–11	Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

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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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