Connecticut Huskies men 's basketball - wikipedia Connecticut Huskies men 's basketball For the women 's team, see Connecticut Huskies women 's basketball. Connecticut Huskies 2018 -- 19 Connecticut Huskies men 's basketball team University University of Connecticut First season 1901 ( 1901 ) All - time record 1,664 -- 921 (. 644 ) Head coach Dan Hurley ( 1st season ) Conference The American Location Storrs, Connecticut Arena Harry A. Gampel Pavilion 10,167 XL Center 15,564 Nickname Huskies Colors National Flag Blue and White Uniforms Home Away Alternate NCAA Tournament champions 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014 NCAA Tournament Final Four 1999, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2014 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight 1964, 1990, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen 1951, 1956, 1964, 1976, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996 *, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014 NCAA Tournament Round of 32 1976, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 *, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 NCAA Tournament appearances 1951, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1976, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 *, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 * vacated by NCAA Conference tournament champions 1976, 1979, 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2016 Conference regular season champions 1925, 1926, 1928, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1976, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 The Connecticut Huskies men 's basketball program is the intercollegiate men 's basketball team of the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, Connecticut. They currently play in the American Athletic Conference ( The American ) and are currently coached by Dan Hurley. The Huskies have won 4 NCAA Tournament Championships ( 1999, 2004, 2011 and 2014 ), which puts the program at sixth-most all - time. The Huskies have also won seven Big East Tournament Championships, ten Big East regular season titles and one American Athletic Conference Tournament Championship. Numerous players have gone on to achieve professional success after their time at UConn, including Cliff Robinson, Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton, Kemba Walker, Ben Gordon, Emeka Okafor, Caron Butler, Jeremy Lamb, Andre Drummond, Shabazz Napier, and Rudy Gay. The Huskies have participated in 5 NCAA Final Fours ( tied for 13th all time ) and appeared in the NCAA tournament 33 times. The team has been a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament 5 times, most recently in 2009. Contents 1 History 1.1 Early history 1.2 Hugh Greer era 1.3 Jim Calhoun era 1.4 Kevin Ollie era 1.5 Dan Hurley era 2 National Championships 2.1 1999 NCAA Title 2.2 2004 NCAA Title 2.3 2011 NCAA Title 2.4 2014 NCAA Title 3 Postseason 3.1 NCAA tournament results 3.2 NCAA Tournament seeding history 3.3 NIT results 4 Coaches 5 Huskies of Honor 5.1 Players 5.2 Coaches and administrators 5.3 Teams 6 Notable victories 7 Awards 8 Impact on the NBA 9 References 10 External links History This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2016 ) Early history Men 's basketball at UConn began in 1901 with a single game played by Connecticut Agricultural College against Windham High School in January of that year. The college team won, and by 1903 basketball was a varsity sport. Hugh Greer era After graduating from the Connecticut Agricultural College, former player Hugh Greer returned to his alma mater as a freshman coach. He was later named head coach of the Huskies six games into the 1946 -- 47 season. Greer led Connecticut to a perfect 12 -- 0 mark for the remainder of his first season. Posting a record of 16 -- 2, this was the best single season finish in school history to that point. UConn won twelve Yankee Conference titles under Greer in 16 completed seasons, including ten consecutive titles from 1951 -- 60. Greer also led UConn to its first seven NCAA berths and one NIT appearance while compiling an overall head coaching record of 286 -- 112. Greer died of a heart attack in 1963, ten games into the 1962 -- 63 season. He was replaced by assistant George Wigton, who led them to the Elite Eight. UConn men 's basketball was a regional power under Greer, winning 12 Yankee Conference titles, including 10 in a row from 1950 to 1960. Jim Calhoun era Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Connecticut remained a regional power, winning an additional six Yankee Conference titles before the conference dropped basketball in 1975 and earning multiple NCAA tournament berths. In 1979, UConn became one of the seven founding schools of the Big East Conference, which was created to focus on basketball. Prior to the 1986 -- 87 season UConn hired Northeastern head coach Jim Calhoun to take over the program. Calhoun 's first team finished the season with a record of 9 -- 19. In 1988, the team showed significant improvement and gained a berth in the National Invitation Tournament. UConn went on a run in the tournament and defeated Ohio State 72 -- 67 at Madison Square Garden to win the NIT, the school 's first national basketball title. The 1990 `` Dream Season '' would bring UConn basketball back to the national stage. Led by Chris Smith, Nadav Henefeld, Scott Burrell, Tate George, and John Gwynn, UConn went from unranked in the preseason to winning the Big East Regular Season and Tournament Championships, both for the first time. 1990 also marked the opening of Gampel Pavilion, the program 's new on - campus home. In the NCAA Tournament the Huskies garnered a # 1 seed in the East Region, but trailed Clemson 70 -- 69 with 1 second remaining in the Sweet 16. Burrell 's full - court pass found Tate George on the far baseline. George spun, fired, and hit a buzzer - beater that is known in Connecticut simply as `` The Shot ''. They would be eliminated on a buzzer - beater 2 days later by Duke, losing in overtime 79 -- 78. During the 1994 - 1995 campaign, the Huskies hosted Syracuse on ESPN. During an exciting stretch of the second half of that game, ESPN color commentator Dick Vitale claimed that Storrs, CT was the `` basketball capital of the world '' as both the mens and womens teams were having undefeated seasons so far. The Huskies beat Syracuse but then got blown out by Kansas in Kansas City on CBS. Exterior view of Gampel Pavilion UConn continued to rise as a national program throughout the 1990s, winning five more Big East Regular Season and three more Big East Tournament Championships, as well as reaching several regional finals. The Final Four still eluded Calhoun and the program until the 1999 NCAA Tournament. With Richard `` Rip '' Hamilton leading the way, they claimed the program 's first national title that same year. Calhoun 's teams would go on to win two more national championships during his tenure at UConn. Calhoun was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, and officially announced his retirement in September 2012. After the breakup of the old Big East in 2013, UConn remained as a member of the American Athletic Conference, the legal successor to the original conference. It is therefore the only charter member of the original Big East still playing in that conference. Kevin Ollie era Kevin Ollie was hired as UConn 's men 's basketball coach shortly after Calhoun 's retirement. Ollie played for Jim Calhoun from 1991 - 1995 and was a key player on those early 90 's Husky teams. During his first season, the Huskies record was 20 -- 10. That year the Huskies were banned from postseason play by the NCAA because of a low APR score in 2010. In Ollie 's second season, the team made the NCAA tournament. On March 30, 2014, Ollie became the first UConn coach other than Jim Calhoun to lead the Huskies to a Final Four. They won the Men 's NCAA tournament on April 7, 2014, defeating the University of Kentucky 60 -- 54. His team was the first # 7 seed to ever win the NCAA tournament. Ollie led Connecticut to the American Athletic Conference tournament championship and another NCAA tournament appearance in 2015 -- 16. The Huskies defeated Colorado 74 -- 67 in the Second Round but were eliminated by the number one overall seed Kansas Jayhawks 73 -- 61 in the third round of the tournament. Kevin Ollie was fired for `` just cause '' related to an NCAA investigation of the program on March 10, 2018. Dan Hurley era Hurley was introduced by UConn on March 23, 2018 to be the next Head Mens Basketball coach following the firing of Kevin Ollie. National Championships This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2016 ) 1999 NCAA title UConn won both the Big East and NCAA National Championships in 2011. The Huskies were the top seed in the West region, and a win over Gonzaga in the regional final sent UConn to Tropicana Field for the program 's first Final Four appearance. They defeated Ohio State 64 -- 58 in the semi-final to face off against Duke in the final. Despite having been ranked # 1 for half of the year, the Huskies entered the national championship game as 9 - point underdogs. UConn won their first national title with a 77 -- 74 victory. Hamilton was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player. 1999 NCAA Tournament Round Opponent Score Round # 1 # 16 Texas - San Antonio 91 -- 66 Round # 2 # 9 New Mexico 78 -- 56 Sweet 16 # 5 Iowa 78 -- 68 Elite 8 # 10 Gonzaga 67 -- 62 Final Four # 4 Ohio State 64 -- 58 Championship # 1 Duke 77 -- 74 2004 NCAA title In 2004, the Huskies returned to the Final Four. Once again they faced Duke, this time in the National Semifinal, and used a late run to beat the Blue Devils 79 -- 78. Two nights later, led by Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon, Connecticut won their second national title with an 82 -- 73 victory over Georgia Tech. Okafor was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player. One day later the UConn women 's basketball team also won a national title, making UConn the first and only school in NCAA Division I history to have its men 's and women 's basketball programs win a national championship in the same season. 2004 NCAA Tournament Round Opponent Score Round # 1 # 15 Vermont 70 -- 53 Round # 2 # 7 DePaul 72 -- 55 Sweet 16 # 6 Vanderbilt 73 -- 53 Elite 8 # 8 Alabama 87 -- 71 Final Four # 1 Duke 79 -- 78 Championship # 3 Georgia Tech 82 -- 73 2011 NCAA title The 2011 Huskies won eleven straight games in postseason play, the final six of which resulted in the program 's third national championship. On April 4, 2011, they defeated the Butler Bulldogs, 53 -- 41. UConn junior Kemba Walker was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player. Many consider UConn 's win in the Championship Game to be a great defensive performance, as the Huskies held Butler to only 18.8 % shooting from the field ( a record for field goal percentage defense in a championship game ) and tied a title game record with ten blocked shots. An analysis by Sports Illustrated columnist Luke Winn credited the Huskies ' defense by demonstrating, for instance, that they blocked or altered a staggering 26.6 % of Butler 's shots -- compared to just 3.8 percent by Pittsburgh and 12.1 percent by VCU in earlier rounds. The 53 points scored by Connecticut was, in turn, the lowest point total by a winning team in a championship game since 1949. 2011 NCAA Tournament Round Opponent Score Round # 2 # 14 Bucknell 89 -- 52 Round # 3 # 6 Cincinnati 69 -- 58 Sweet 16 # 2 San Diego State 74 -- 67 Elite 8 # 5 Arizona 65 -- 63 Final Four # 4 Kentucky 56 -- 55 Championship # 8 Butler 53 -- 41 2014 NCAA title 2014 UConn National Championship teams at the White House In 2014 led by American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Shabazz Napier, UConn became the first # 7 seed to win the NCAA Championship, getting past No. 1 seed Florida, No. 2 seed Villanova, No. 3 seed Iowa State, and No. 4 seed Michigan State, before defeating the Kentucky Wildcats 60 -- 54 in the championship game in Arlington, Texas. UConn is undefeated in the state of Texas in the Final Four ( 6 -- 0 ). As in 2004, the UConn women 's basketball team also won a national title, making UConn the first and only school in NCAA Division I history to have its men 's and women 's basketball programs win a national championship in the same season twice. 2014 NCAA Tournament Round Opponent Score Round # 2 # 10 Saint Joseph 's 89 -- 81 Round # 3 # 2 Villanova 77 -- 65 Sweet 16 # 3 Iowa State 81 -- 76 Elite 8 # 4 Michigan State 60 -- 54 Final Four # 1 Florida 63 -- 53 Championship # 8 Kentucky 60 -- 54 Postseason This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2016 ) NCAA tournament results The Huskies have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 33 times. Their combined record is 59 -- 30. They have been to five Final Fours and are four time National Champions ( 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014 ). Year Seed Round Opponent Result 1951 Sweet Sixteen St. John 's L 52 -- 63 1954 First Round Navy L 80 -- 85 1956 First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game Manhattan Temple Dartmouth W 84 -- 75 L 59 -- 65 L 64 -- 85 1957 First Round Syracuse L 76 -- 82 1958 First Round Dartmouth L 64 -- 75 1959 First Round Boston University L 58 -- 60 1960 First Round NYU L 59 -- 78 1963 First Round West Virginia L 71 -- 77 1964 First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Temple Princeton Duke W 53 -- 48 W 52 -- 50 L 54 -- 101 1965 First Round Saint Joseph 's L 61 -- 67 1967 First Round Boston College L 42 -- 48 1976 First Round Sweet Sixteen Hofstra Rutgers W 80 -- 79 L 79 -- 93 1979 # 5 Second Round # 4 Syracuse L 81 -- 89 # 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight # 16 Boston University # 9 California # 5 Clemson # 3 Duke W 76 -- 52 W 74 -- 54 W 71 -- 70 L 78 -- 79 1991 # 11 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen # 6 LSU # 14 Xavier # 2 Duke W 79 -- 62 W 66 -- 50 L 67 -- 81 # 9 First Round Second Round # 8 Nebraska # 1 Ohio State W 86 -- 65 L 55 -- 78 1994 # 2 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen # 15 Rider # 10 George Washington # 3 Florida W 64 -- 46 W 75 -- 63 L 60 -- 69 1995 # 2 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight # 15 Chattanooga # 7 Cincinnati # 3 Maryland # 1 UCLA W 100 -- 71 W 96 -- 91 W 99 -- 89 L 96 -- 102 # 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen # 16 Colgate # 9 Eastern Michigan # 5 Mississippi State W 68 -- 59 W 95 -- 81 L 55 -- 60 1998 # 2 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight # 15 Fairleigh Dickinson # 7 Indiana # 11 Washington # 1 North Carolina W 93 -- 85 W 78 -- 68 W 75 -- 74 L 64 -- 75 1999 # 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship # 16 UTSA # 9 New Mexico # 5 Iowa # 10 Gonzaga # 4 Ohio State # 1 Duke W 91 -- 66 W 78 -- 56 W 78 -- 68 W 67 -- 62 W 64 -- 58 W 77 -- 74 2000 # 5 First Round Second Round # 12 Utah State # 4 Tennessee W 75 -- 67 L 51 -- 65 2002 # 2 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight # 15 Hampton # 7 NC State # 11 Southern Illinois # 1 Maryland W 78 -- 67 W 77 -- 74 W 71 -- 59 L 82 -- 90 2003 # 5 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen # 12 BYU # 4 Stanford # 1 Texas W 58 -- 53 W 85 -- 74 L 78 -- 82 # 2 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship # 15 Vermont # 7 DePaul # 6 Vanderbilt # 8 Alabama # 1 Duke # 3 Georgia Tech W 70 -- 53 W 72 -- 55 W 73 -- 53 W 87 -- 71 W 79 -- 78 W 82 -- 73 2005 # 2 First Round Second Round # 15 UCF # 10 NC State W 77 -- 71 L 62 -- 65 2006 # 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight # 16 Albany # 8 Kentucky # 5 Washington # 11 George Mason W 72 -- 59 W 87 -- 83 W 98 -- 92 L 84 -- 86 2008 # 4 First Round # 13 San Diego L 69 -- 70 2009 # 1 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four # 16 Chattanooga # 9 Texas A&M # 5 Purdue # 3 Missouri # 2 Michigan State W 103 -- 47 W 92 -- 66 W 72 -- 60 W 82 -- 75 L 73 -- 82 2011 # 3 Second Round Third Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship # 14 Bucknell # 6 Cincinnati # 2 San Diego State # 5 Arizona # 3 Kentucky # 8 Butler W 81 -- 52 W 69 -- 58 W 74 -- 67 W 65 -- 63 W 56 -- 55 W 53 -- 41 2012 # 9 Second Round # 8 Iowa State L 64 -- 77 2014 # 7 Second Round Third Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship # 10 Saint Joseph 's # 2 Villanova # 3 Iowa State # 4 Michigan State # 1 Florida # 8 Kentucky W 89 -- 81 W 77 -- 65 W 81 -- 76 W 60 -- 54 W 63 -- 53 W 60 -- 54 2016 # 9 First Round Second Round # 8 Colorado # 1 Kansas W 74 -- 67 L 61 -- 73 NCAA tournament seeding history The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition. Year → ' 79 ' 90 ' 91 ' 92 ' 94 ' 95 ' 96 ' 98 ' 99 ' 00 ' 02 ' 03 ' 04 ' 05 ' 06 ' 08 ' 09 ' 11 ' 12 ' 14 ' 16 Seed → 5 11 9 5 5 9 7 9 NIT results The Huskies have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) 13 times. Their combined record is 15 -- 12. They were NIT champions in 1988. Year Round Opponent Result 1955 First Round Saint Louis L 103 -- 110 First Round Quarterfinals St. John 's Boston College W 82 -- 70 L 75 -- 76 First Round South Carolina L 61 -- 71 1980 First Round Saint Peter 's L 56 -- 71 1981 First Round Second Round South Florida Minnesota W 66 -- 55 L 66 -- 84 1982 First Round Dayton L 75 -- 76 First Round Second Round Quarterfials Semifinals Finals West Virginia Louisiana Tech VCU Boston College Ohio State W 62 -- 57 W 65 -- 59 W 69 -- 60 W 73 -- 67 W 72 -- 67 First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Charlotte California UAB W 67 -- 62 W 73 -- 72 L 79 -- 85 First Round Jackson State L 88 -- 90 First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game Iona Bradley Nebraska Florida State Arkansas W 71 -- 66 W 63 -- 47 W 76 -- 67 L 65 -- 71 W 74 -- 64 First Round Second Round South Carolina Detroit W 72 -- 65 L 61 -- 67 First Round Second Round Northeastern Virginia Tech W 59 -- 57 L 63 -- 65 2015 First Round Arizona State L 61 -- 68 Coaches The following is a list of Connecticut Huskies men 's basketball head coaches. The Connecticut Huskies have had 18 coaches in their 116 - season history. The team is currently coached by Dan Hurley. Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. 1900 -- 15 No Coach 15 45 -- 44. 506 1915 -- 19 John F. Donahue 11 -- 23. 324 1919 -- 21 M.R. Swartz 14 -- 14. 500 1921 -- 22 J. Wilder Tasker 15 -- 5. 750 1922 -- 23 Roy J. Guyer 8 -- 6. 571 1923 -- 27 Sumner A. Dole 39 -- 25. 609 1927 -- 31 Louis A. Alexander 35 -- 19. 648 1931 -- 36 John J. Heldman, Jr. 5 19 -- 42. 311 1935 -- 36 J. Orlean Christian ( interim ) 3 -- 10. 231 1936 -- 45 Don White 9 94 -- 59. 614 1945 -- 46 Blair Gullion 14 -- 7. 667 1946 -- 63 Hugh Greer 17 287 -- 113. 718 1963 George Wigton ( interim ) 11 -- 4. 733 1963 -- 67 Fred A. Shabel 72 -- 29. 713 1967 -- 69 Burr Carlson 16 -- 32. 333 1969 -- 77 Donald `` Dee '' Rowe 8 120 -- 88. 577 1977 -- 86 Dominic `` Dom '' Perno 9 139 -- 114. 549 1986 -- 2012 Jim Calhoun 26 625 -- 243. 720 2012 -- 2018 Kevin Ollie 6 127 -- 79. 617 2018 -- present Dan Hurley 0 -- 0. 000 As of the end of the 2011 -- 2012 season ( 111th season ), the Huskies had 17 coaches, and had amassed a record of 1567 wins to 877 losses ( a. 641 winning percentage ). Its current record, after 116 seasons with Ollie as its head coach, is 1664 wins to 921 losses ( winning percentage,. 644 ). Huskies of Honor This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2016 ) Main article : Huskies of Honor On December 26, 2006, UConn announced inaugural inductees into the `` Huskies of Honor '' recognition program, a class of 13 players and 3 coaches that were later introduced at halftime during the February 5, 2007 UConn - Syracuse game. Former athletic director John Toner was inducted on February 28, 2009. On April 5, 2011, Kemba Walker was the first men 's basketball player to be added to the program since the inaugural inductees, an honor he was bestowed after leading the team to a national championship. The Huskies of Honor are each recognized by a four by five foot panel which displays his name, jersey number and years of service, and a plaque which summarizes each 's career accomplishments ; Both the panels and the plaques are on permanent display at Gampel Pavilion on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs, Connecticut. Players Ray Allen 1993 -- 96 Wes Bialosuknia 1964 -- 67 Walt Dropo 1942 -- 47 Khalid El - Amin 1997 -- 2000 Rudy Gay 2004 -- 06 Richard Hamilton 1996 -- 99 Tony Hanson 1973 -- 77 Toby Kimball 1961 -- 65 Donyell Marshall 1991 -- 94 Caron Butler 2000 - 02 Shabazz Napier 2010 -- 14 Emeka Okafor 2001 -- 04 Art Quimby 1951 -- 55 Clifford Robinson 1985 -- 89 Chris Smith 1988 -- 92 Corny Thompson 1978 -- 82 Kemba Walker 2008 -- 11 Coaches and administrators Jim Calhoun, Head Coach, 1986 -- 2012 Dee Rowe, Head Coach, 1969 -- 77 Hugh Greer, Head Coach, 1946 -- 63 John Toner, Athletic Director, 1969 -- 87 Teams 1999 National Championship Team Notable victories This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2016 ) February 27, 1954 -- Worthy Patterson 's buzzer - beater at Holy Cross gave UConn an upset of the then - powerhouse Crusaders, 78 -- 77. March 14, 1964 -- UConn upset Princeton and star forward Bill Bradley 52 -- 50 in the Sweet 16. The victory was sealed when Dom Perno stole the ball from Bradley with 19 seconds to play. Perno would later become UConn 's coach. February 28, 1970 ( `` The Slowdown Game '' ) -- With four players unavailable and a share of the Yankee Conference Regular - Season Championship on the line, UConn beat Rhode Island 35 -- 32 at the Field House. Played before the shot clock - era, UConn dribbled endlessly for 38 minutes to make up for the limited roster. March 30, 1988 -- UConn defeated Ohio State 72 -- 67 at Madison Square Garden to win the NIT. January 27, 1990 -- UConn beat # 15 St. John 's 72 -- 58 in the first game played at Gampel Pavilion. March 11, 1990 -- UConn beat Syracuse 78 -- 75 at Madison Square Garden to win its first Big East Tournament Championship. March 22, 1990 ( `` The Shot '' ) -- Tate George made a shot at the buzzer to beat Clemson 71 -- 70 in the 1990 Sweet 16 at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. March 9, 1996 -- With 4 minutes remaining, UConn trailed Georgetown 74 -- 63. The Huskies closed the game with a 12 -- 0 run and won the Big East Championship 75 -- 74 on an off - balance floater from All - American Ray Allen at Madison Square Garden. March 20, 1998 ( Hamilton `` Rips '' Washington 's heart out ) -- Down 74 -- 73 in the Sweet Sixteen to the eleven seed Washington Huskies, two seed UConn gets three shot attempts off in the final 15 seconds with Rip Hamilton 's buzzer beating jumper winning it 75 - 74. March 29, 1999 -- UConn won its first NCAA Championship, defeating Duke 77 -- 74 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. April 5, 2004 -- UConn won its second NCAA Championship, defeating Georgia Tech 82 -- 73 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. March 28. 2009 -- defeated Missouri 82 -- 75 to win the Arizona Regional Final and advance to their third Final Four March 10, 2011 - In the quarterfinal of the 2011 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament, the 9th seeded Huskies ( ranked 21st nationally ) defeated the 1st seeded Pittsburgh Panthers ( 4th nationally ) by a score of 76 - 74. Kemba Walker scored 24 points and hit a famous game winning step - back shot at the buzzer to advance. March 12, 2011 -- In the final of the Big East Tournament, the Huskies defeated Louisville by a score of 69 -- 66 to claim their seventh Big East Championship. The victory capped an unprecedented run wherein the Huskies won five tournament games in five consecutive days. Four of those wins came against top - 25 opponents. Junior All - American guard Kemba Walker scored a tournament - record 130 points in the five - game run, and was named tournament MVP. April 4, 2011 -- The Huskies defeated Butler 53 -- 41 to claim the NCAA Championship in Houston 's Reliant Stadium. November 9, 2012 -- In Kevin Ollie 's first game as Connecticut head coach the Huskies beat the # 14 Michigan State Spartans 66 -- 62 in Ramstein Air Base, Germany. February 13, 2013 -- In the final conference game against rival Syracuse the Huskies defeat the # 6 Orange 66 -- 58, at the XL Center. December 3, 2013 - In a highly anticipated non-conference game, the 12th ranked Huskies played underdog to the 15th ranked Florida Gators at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. Senior guard Shabazz Napier hit a game winning shot from the foul line with 0.7 seconds to go to win 65 - 64. March 30, 2014 -- The Huskies defeat Michigan State 60 -- 54 at Madison Square Garden to advance to the Final Four for the fifth time. April 7, 2014 -- The Huskies defeated Kentucky 60 -- 54 to win the 2014 NCAA Championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. March 11, 2016 - With 0.8 seconds remaining and UConn down by 3, Freshman point guard Jalen Adams hits a 60 - foot 3 pointer to tie an American Conference tournament quarterfinal game vs Cincinnati and force a fourth overtime. UConn would win the game 104 - 97 and the final against Memphis two days later and advance to the NCAA tournament. Awards This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2016 ) AP National Coach of the Year Jim Calhoun -- 1990 NABC National Player of the Year Emeka Okafor -- 2004 Consensus First Team All - Americans Donyell Marshall -- 1994 Ray Allen -- 1996 Richard Hamilton -- 1999 Emeka Okafor -- 2004 Kemba Walker -- 2011 Shabazz Napier -- 2014 National Defensive Player of the Year Emeka Okafor -- 2003 Emeka Okafor -- 2004 Hasheem Thabeet -- 2008 Hasheem Thabeet -- 2009 Pete Newell Big Man Award Emeka Okafor -- 2004 Bob Cousy Award Kemba Walker -- 2011 Shabazz Napier -- 2014 Big East Player of the Year Donyell Marshall -- 1994 Ray Allen -- 1996 Richard Hamilton -- 1998 Richard Hamilton -- 1999 Caron Butler -- 2002 Emeka Okafor -- 2004 Hasheem Thabeet -- 2009 AAC Player of the Year Shabazz Napier -- 2014 Big East Defensive Player of the Year Donyell Marshall -- 1994 Emeka Okafor -- 2003 Emeka Okafor -- 2004 Josh Boone -- 2005 Hilton Armstrong -- 2006 Hasheem Thabeet -- 2008 Hasheem Thabeet -- 2009 AAC Defensive Player of the Year Amida Brimah -- 2015 Big East Tournament MVP Chris Smith -- 1990 Khalid El - Amin -- 1998 Kevin Freeman -- 1999 Caron Butler -- 2002 Ben Gordon -- 2004 Kemba Walker -- 2011 AAC Tournament MVP Daniel Hamilton -- 2016 Big East Coach of the Year Jim Calhoun -- 1990 Jim Calhoun -- 1994 Jim Calhoun -- 1996 Jim Calhoun -- 1998 Big East Rookie of the Year Earl Kelley -- 1983 Nadav Henefeld -- 1990 Doron Sheffer -- 1994 Khalid El - Amin -- 1998 Rudy Gay -- 2005 NCAA Tournament MOP Richard Hamilton -- 1999 Emeka Okafor -- 2004 Kemba Walker -- 2011 Shabazz Napier -- 2014 AAC Rookie of the Year Daniel Hamilton -- 2015 Impact on the NBA This section relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. ( May 2016 ) Since the 1990s, UConn has been recognized as being a consistent pipeline for players to enter the National Basketball Association. During the 2006 -- 2007 season, there were an NBA - high 14 former Huskies on active rosters. During the 2013 -- 14 season, 13 former Huskies were on active NBA rosters. UConn has had 13 players selected as lottery picks in the NBA Draft : UConn Lottery Picks Player Year Pick # Team Donyell Marshall 1994 Minnesota Timberwolves Ray Allen 5 Minnesota Timberwolves Richard Hamilton 1999 7 Washington Wizards Caron Butler 2002 10 Miami Heat Emeka Okafor Charlotte Bobcats Ben Gordon Chicago Bulls Charlie Villanueva 2005 7 Toronto Raptors Rudy Gay 2006 8 Houston Rockets Hilton Armstrong 2006 12 New Orleans Hornets Hasheem Thabeet 2009 Memphis Grizzlies Kemba Walker 2011 9 Charlotte Bobcats Andre Drummond 2012 9 Detroit Pistons Jeremy Lamb 2012 12 Houston Rockets The 2006 Draft class was notable for tying the record of most first - round picks from one school, with four. With five players drafted in the two rounds, UConn tied for the second-most ever taken in an NBA draft. Two players ( Clifford Robinson, 1992 -- 93, and Ben Gordon, 2004 -- 05 ) have been winners of the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award. Emeka Okafor was the winner of the 2004 -- 05 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Ray Allen was the winner of the 2002 -- 03 NBA Sportsmanship Award, and is the NBA all - time leader in 3 - point field goals made. Five players ( Scott Burrell, ' 97 -- ' 98, Travis Knight, ' 99 -- ' 00, Richard Hamilton, ' 03 -- ' 04, Ray Allen, ' 07 -- ' 08 and ' 12 -- ' 13, Caron Butler, ' 10 -- ' 11 ) have won NBA championships. NBA Players Past and Present Adrien, Jeff 2010 -- 2015 Aleksinas, Chuck 1984 -- 1985 Allen, Ray 1996 -- 2014 Armstrong, Hilton 2006 -- 2014 Bialosuknia, Wes 1967 -- 1968 Boone, Josh 2006 -- 2010 Burrell, Scott 1993 -- 2000 Butler, Caron 2002 -- 2016 Drummond, Andre 2012 -- present Dyson, Jerome 2012 El - Amin, Khalid 2000 -- 2002 Foster, Jimmy 1974 -- 1975 Gay, Rudy 2006 -- present George, Tate 1990 -- 1994 Gordon, Ben 2004 -- 2015 Hamilton, Daniel 2017 -- present Hamilton, Richard 1999 -- 2013 Kimball, Toby 1966 -- 1974 Knight, Travis 1996 -- 2002 Kuczenski, Bruce 1983 -- 1984 Lamb, Jeremy 2012 -- present Marshall, Donny 1995 -- 2002 Marshall, Donyell 1994 -- 2009 Napier, Shabazz 2014 -- present Okafor, Emeka 2004 -- 2013, 2018 - present Ollie, Kevin 1997 -- 2010 Patterson, Worthy 1957 Price, A.J. 2009 -- 2015 Rodney Purvis 2018 -- present Robinson, Clifford 1989 -- 2006 Smith, Chris 1992 -- 1994 Thabeet, Hasheem 2009 -- 2014 Thompson, Corny 1982 -- 1983 Villanueva, Charlie 2005 -- 2016 Voskuhl, Jake 2000 -- 2009 Walker, Kemba 2011 -- present Williams, Marcus 2006 -- 2010 References Jump up ^ `` Brand identity Standards '' ( PDF ). 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Question: when was the last time uconn won the ncaa tournament
Answer: 2014