{"id":84931,"date":"2013-10-21T09:28:38","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T13:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=84931"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:12:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:12:39","slug":"team-geno-vs-team-kevin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/10\/team-geno-vs-team-kevin\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Geno vs. Team Kevin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans packed Gampel Pavilion Friday for a fun-filled First Night featuring a contest of wits and skills between Husky co-ed teams led by women's basketball head coach Geno Auriemma and men's basketball head coach Kevin Ollie. After a hard-fought scrimmage, Team Geno took the lead in the final seconds to clinch the win 51-49.<\/p>\n

Although First Night is traditionally the start of the basketball season, this year practice opened for the men on Sept. 28 and for the women on Oct. 15. Regular season games will begin on Nov. 8 for the men against the University of Maryland at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Nov. 9 for the women against the University of Hartford at the XL Center.<\/p>\n

\"Fans<\/a>
Fans packed Gampel Pavilion for First Night on Oct. 18, which featured the first co-ed scrimmage between members of the Husky basketball teams. (Steve Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Men's<\/a>
Men's basketball head coach Kevin Ollie, left, and women's basketball head coach Geno Auriemma engage in a friendly exchange at First Night in Gampel Pavilion on Oct. 18, 2013. (Steve Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rodney<\/a>
Rodney Purvis of Team Kevin dunks the ball. (Steve Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Shabazz<\/a>
Shabazz Napier of Team Geno launches a three-pointer. (Steve Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ryan<\/a>
Ryan Boatright of Team Kevin steals the ball. (Steve Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"For<\/a>
For both teams, the good-natured rivalry of UConn's new style First Night was a win-win. (Steve Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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