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UConn Huskies at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion and the XL Center
The Huskies split their home games between the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut, and the larger XL Center in Hartford. Gampel opened in 1990 and seats more than 10,000 fans, while the XL Center, formerly the Hartford Civic Center, opened in 1975 and has a capacity of nearly 16,000 for basketball games. Home games feature a boisterous student section and the charming Big Red tradition. When the Huskies make a run or score a big bucket, a longtime redheaded superfan named Tom Emery leads the arena in a "U! C! O! N! N! UConn! UConn! UConn!" chant.
UConn Huskies Men's Basketball History
Entering the 2019–2020 season, the UConn Huskies men's basketball team had won more national championships since 1999 than any other program in the country — four in all, three of them under coach Jim Calhoun and one under his successor, former point guard Kevin Ollie. Their title seasons featured some of the best players in the college game, among them Richard Hamilton in 1999, Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor in 2004, Kemba Walker in 2011, and Shabazz Napier in 2014.
It was Calhoun who turned a regional power into a national power. Under longtime coach Hugh Greer, the Huskies won 12 Yankee Conference titles in 16 full seasons but made it beyond the NCAA tournament's first round only once. Greer died of a heart attack in 1963, having won 286 games and lost 112, a winning percentage of .719 clip. Calhoun was hired away from Northeastern in 1986 and by the end of the decade he'd fashioned UConn into a team worthy of a top seed in the NCAA tourney. That 1989–90 "Dream Season" included a memorable Sweet 16 victory over Clemson. With a second remaining and the Huskies trailing by a point, Scott Burrell fired a full-court pass to Tate George, who dropped in his turnaround jumper to give UConn the win. Calhoun wrapped up his career in Storrs in 2012 with a 629-245 record and a .720 winning percentage.
UConn is now a reliable pipeline of NBA-worthy talent. Among the future pros who passed through Connecticut: Ray Allen, Caron Butler, Andre Drummond, Rudy Gay, Jeremy Lamb, Donyell Marshall and Clifford Robinson.
people are funny... a lot of fans in the arena for the Huskies but they were very quiet! Its a great place to watch sports or a concert.. Looking forward to next year and hoping the tix prices will come down so I can get closer to the action!
Great venue for Basketball. Wonderful for locals in Fairfield County. Looking forward to seeing the Women play on January 11.
It was great to go to a UConn game in Bridgeport. It was so convenient. Harbor Yard is a great venue. Wish they had more games here. Can't wait to go see the women play on Jan. 11. The only negative was the price of parking. $20 was a little steep. $10 would have been so much more reasonable.
Great event, great venue, amazing scoreboard. Game was slow to begin, but, good second half.
Excellent seating ....anywhere actually even if I hadn't bought tickets early.
Great game and great seats. Could practically step on the court. Great view and great time. Would defiantly do it again.
Glad to see UConn outreach to Fairfield County and number of families with young children the game game attracted.
I bought these tickets for my son for Xmas. The seats were great right behind the announcers bench right at the mid court line 1st row. It was our 1st time at Webster Bank Arena, the parking was great and even the food was better than other places we have gone to watch Uconn.
Venue is great, intimate. Overall a nice place to see a game and kid friendly. Even the highest seats are still a great view to the court. Only spot to avoid is directly behind the baskets as the seats are flat on the floor so after the first couple rows it would be tough to see. I would have rated a 5 out of 5 but parking was $20 and getting out of the parking lot was a nightmare. There were no attendants organizing and directing cars out of the lot yet there were police officers everywhere directing traffic AFTER you finally got out of the lot where there was no help needed at that point. It was like a cattle herd or cars. I hope we can get more UConn games here so the Fairfleld County crowd can see more games live.
The Webster arena is a great venue for a game. All seats provide a good view. The game was great and it is nice to have UConn closer.
Not a bad seat in the place. Much better than XL center
A great afternoon of college basketball was enjoyed by a full house of fans! The hotdogs were great. Surprisingly, I found the roast beef carving station the tastiest food item @ half time. The seating was visually good no matter where you were situated in the arena. The police, security & usher personnel were courteous, friendly & helpful.
First time at a Uconn game... My son and I had a great time! Hope the Huskies Men have more games in Bridgeport.
Well organized first run at 'big time' men's basketball for the arena. Well done!
The game was great but for the price of the seats we couldn't see much
It's unfortunate that the Fairfield County "wine and cheese" crowd decided to come out in full force. If I wanted a game with no juice, could have gone to the XL Center to watch them sleepwalk through a game against University of Hartford. The Webster Arena should have made a major marketing push to get Uconn students from the area who were coming home on semester break to show up in large numbers. I'd have paid an extra 10 bucks a ticket to subsidize lower cost tickets for students in order to get some life in the arena. Also wouldn't hurt to have them playing a bit more competitive an opponent.
The event was excellent. The location and experience were exceptional.
Loved watching UConn @ bridgeport! Come back again!
Webster Bank Arena is a great setting for a basketball game.
The UCONN game was a good one…nice to see them in Fairfield County. I hope they come back. We were at the Arena just two nights earlier for a hockey game. Parking in the garage was $10 and raised to $20 on Saturday. I get the joke, but really--it's unnecessary and so we walked in from downtown on principle alone. Glad it was a nice day out. We have tickets for another event in January…will be interesting to see what they do with parking prices...
