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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.
I really like the idea of bringing the price down. As a result I took my 11th grade son and two of his friends to go and enjoy a game. Had the price been any higher, I would have stayed home and watched on T.V.
It was an okay game. Luckily UCONN won but barely. It was actually pretty sad that the Northeastern fans, though smaller in number, were much louder than the UCONN fans. UCONN fans didn't get loud until the very end when the game was in doubt. Oh well, I'm glad I went because it will be the last time this year to see them play.
The seats were good. Atmosphere was exciting. The student sections were full of their school spirit..
NIT game was a lot of fun. Cheap price and it's usually tough to get regular season tickets to UCONN. I was able to take the kids. Basketball was just as good as regular season.
Typical up and down play but in the end the team pulled together for the win. I think they can go all the way. Forwards did it in the first half and the guards in the second. They needed Dyson to step up and he did.
great game....lots of action. wasnt sold out, but the seats at gampel are close all over.
It's too bad the refs don't make a call when there's a foul...not for nothing, but the Louisville Cardinals are a very dirty team and they get away with it!!
Great college basketball experience with kudos going to the student section for keeping the energy level up during the game.
It was great to see two of the sport's legendary coaches duking it out, but The Mountaineers had trouble hitting even foul shots last night. It would be nice to see these teams meet again in the Conference Tournament on a neutral court.
awesome game. glad i was there to witness the domination. Calhoun's timeout and technical 47 seconds into the first half. Bob Huggins double technical 47 left in te second half. Kemba Walker's dunk with less than a minute left in the game to seal the deal.
Awesome game - Great to see the XL Center packed with wild UConn fans.
Seats were great. Huskies were terrible. Hope to go again when UConnn is playing better.
Great game. Atmosphere was good. UConn fans were great...that said, being a Bearcat alumni and fan, it was great to see CIncy win. Vaughn played great. He's been the glue that has held together the team between Huggins and Cronin. Can't say enough about him.
Awesome game! Great back and forth game. Great to see Marquette rally back and finally pull out a close win!
It would have been 5 stars if Uconn won! Tickets came very fast.
the seat was very good and it was a chair back. I think you could sell the chairback seats for more money, so you should inform people that they are chairback in advance because they NON-chairback seats are very much undesirable because they cram people in and if you have a few fat people or inconsiderate people in your row, it is just terrible.
XL Center is a great place to watch college hoops. It's not too big - even the upper deck are all good seats.
I ordered these seats within an hour of single game tickets being available and wound up 10 rows from the top of the arena.
UCONN v Notre Dame game was excellent... Nice win!!!
Loved it!!! Cannot wait to go again!The Crowd was fantastic!
