Spring Break
Are you 'Moc'-ing us?
Huskies' NCAA dream begins Thursday against Chattanooga
Marc Gauthier
Issue date: 3/19/09 Section: March Madness
Stephen McDowell leads the Mocs in scoring, averaging 18.6 points a game on 45 percent shooting.
"I've seen [McDowell] play and he can really shoot the basketball," Calhoun said.
Nicchaeus Doaks leads the team in rebounding, posting 8.7 boards a game to go along with 13.9 points.
"They're a very, very quick basketball team," Calhoun said. "They're a very athletic team."
Leading the way for the Huskies has been Jeff Adrien, averaging 13.6 points and 10 rebounds a game this season.
Hasheem Thabeet was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year. Thabeet averaged 4.6 blocks a game this year, second among all Division I players. Thabeet also shared Big East Player of the Year honors with Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair.
The Huskies come into the tournament having received an at-large bid by the NCAA committee, and most recently having lost to Syracuse in the Big East quarterfinals, 127-117, in an epic six-overtime battle.
"Never have I been involved in a greater test of what an athlete has inside them," Calhoun said. "So as we leave for Philadelphia on Tuesday I know I'm taking a great bunch of guys with me."
In the history of the NCAA tournament, no 16-seed has ever beaten a No. 1 seed.
The Huskies have won their last two NCAA Tournament games played at the Wachovia Center, beating Kentucky and Albany in the first two rounds of the tournament as the No. 1 seed in 2006.
"I've seen [McDowell] play and he can really shoot the basketball," Calhoun said.
Nicchaeus Doaks leads the team in rebounding, posting 8.7 boards a game to go along with 13.9 points.
"They're a very, very quick basketball team," Calhoun said. "They're a very athletic team."
Leading the way for the Huskies has been Jeff Adrien, averaging 13.6 points and 10 rebounds a game this season.
Hasheem Thabeet was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year. Thabeet averaged 4.6 blocks a game this year, second among all Division I players. Thabeet also shared Big East Player of the Year honors with Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair.
The Huskies come into the tournament having received an at-large bid by the NCAA committee, and most recently having lost to Syracuse in the Big East quarterfinals, 127-117, in an epic six-overtime battle.
"Never have I been involved in a greater test of what an athlete has inside them," Calhoun said. "So as we leave for Philadelphia on Tuesday I know I'm taking a great bunch of guys with me."
In the history of the NCAA tournament, no 16-seed has ever beaten a No. 1 seed.
The Huskies have won their last two NCAA Tournament games played at the Wachovia Center, beating Kentucky and Albany in the first two rounds of the tournament as the No. 1 seed in 2006.
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