The UConn Blog · Dec 16, 2022
The data behind UConn men’s basketball’s historic start
No. 3 UConn men’s basketball has its highest AP Poll ranking in over a decade, when the Huskies were also ranked No. 3 in the final regular season poll of the 2008-09 season. This year’s team won each of its 11 non-conference games by double digits, with its closest margin coming by 10 points over Oklahoma State.
Since UConn’s first national championship season in 1999, the Huskies have finished non-league play undefeated five times in non-pandemic years: 2022-23, 2010-11, 2008-09, 2005-06. However, each prior iteration experienced a single-digit win.