Male Connecticut male basketball experienced a solid February on the first day of the month, winning its biggest victory of the season on Saturday, eliminating Marquette No. 9 on the road, 77-69.
The victory brought the Huskies (16-6 in total, 8-3 in conference) up to 19 in the last survey after top 25, published on Monday, after having barely remaining in the survey in 25th in last week . Uconn is 18th in the USA Today Sports Coaches Poll. Does the decisive victory of the roads on the Golden Eagles point out the turn of a corner for the consecutive champions? This remains to be seen, but the door is now ajar for a solid finish for the game of the regular season of Big East.
Before the match on Saturday evening, Marquette was 9-1 in Big East Play, two games in front of Uconn in the standings. With the victory, Uconn droits in a Marquette and Creighton match, which are tied in the second row of the conference at 9-2. St. John’s remains at the top with a 10-1 record after escaping with a 68-66 victory against Providence this weekend.
The coming week is a central place in the Big East and for Uconn, with matches that could shake the ranking. Marquette goes to New York to play the Red Storm Tuesday in a battle between two of the best teams of the conference. Meanwhile, Connecticut does not see the ground before Friday, when it welcomes St. John’s. Marquette Voyage also to play Creighton at Nebraska on Saturday. These three clashes give the Huskies a significant chance to catch the three programs in front of them in the ranking.
According to the latest projections of the support of Jerry Palm of CBS Sports, Uconn still projects in 8 seeds. Huskies rank 32nd in the Net classificationWith a file of 4-1 in Quadrant 1, and an 8-5 record in the first two quadrants with a loss of quadrant 3.
With two games to play against St. John’s, a Marquette counter, and a total of 6 quadrant 1 and 2 opportunities remaining in regular play, Uconn can always seize quality victories to improve its curriculum vitae, and therefore its sowing in the process.
In addition, another positive for Huskie fans is the imminent return of the first -year student Liam McNeeley. The team expects the former five -star prospect to be back for his match against St. John’s on Friday after missing eight games due to a high ankle sprain. He ranks third for Uconn by scoring with 13.6 points per game, and is second in rebound, with an average of 5.8 per game.
Remaining schedule of male basketball Uconn
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Friday February 7 against St. John’s, 8 p.m.
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Tuesday February 11 @ Creighton, 9 p.m.
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Saturday February 15 @ seton hall, 2:30 p.m.
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Tuesday February 18 against Villanova, 6.30 p.m.
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Sunday February 23 @ st. John’s 12 noon
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Wednesday February 26 against Georgetown, 6.30 p.m.
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Saturday, March. 1 @ Providence, 12 p.m.
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Wednesday March 5 against Marquette, 8:30 p.m.
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Saturday March 8 against Seton Hall, TBD
This article originally appeared on the bulletin: Projections of the male basketball tournament Uconn and remaining schedule
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