{"id":50059,"date":"2023-11-23T16:32:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T16:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/?p=5988483"},"modified":"2023-11-23T14:20:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T14:20:35","slug":"uconn-men-look-to-tie-double-digit-nonconference-win-record-against-manhattan-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/23\/uconn-men-look-to-tie-double-digit-nonconference-win-record-against-manhattan-on-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn men look to tie double-digit nonconference win record against Manhattan on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winning the Empire Classic gave this year’s UConn men’s basketball<\/a> team a trophy of its own, and, the Huskies hope, will help propel them to future success as other in-season championships have done in the past.<\/p>\n

It’s the way UConn’s last three national championship seasons began: the 2010-11 season started with a Maui Invitational title<\/a>, then there was the 2k Sports Classic<\/a> to begin 2013-14 and, of course, last year’s Phil Knight Invitational<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Huge momentum for us,” redshirt sophomore Alex Karaban<\/a> said after leading the way with 20 points \u2013 12 in the second half \u2013 against No. 15 Texas on Monday<\/a>. “We had the same thing happen last year in Oregon and it just continued momentum for us heading into the other nonconference games. This right here, with a new team experiencing the feeling of a championship is something special and just a little taste of what we want in the future with the Big East and the national championship. Just something great to build on.”<\/p>\n

Monday’s championship win marked 22 consecutive double-digit nonconference wins for the reigning national champions. They have a chance to tie North Carolina’s record 23-straight, from Nov. 2008 to Nov. 2009, against Manhattan at the XL Center on Friday. According to ESPN Stats and Information<\/a>, it is the longest such streak in the past 40 years.<\/p>\n

Manhattan (3-1), coached by former University of Hartford head coach John Gallagher, comes into the game after beating Central Connecticut, 67-63, on Sunday. The Jaspers’ only loss came to No. 1 Kansas, 99-61, on Nov. 10.<\/p>\n

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Dom Amore: The nightmares of UHart behind him, John Gallagher settles in to a posh, new neighborhood at Manhattan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n