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Gampel Pavilion
Location	2095 Hillside Road Storrs, Connecticut, USA 06269
Broke ground	Summer, 1987
Opened	January 21, 1990[1]
Expanded	Summer 1996[1]
Owner	State of Connecticut
Operator	State of Connecticut
Surface	171,000 sq ft (15,900 m2)[1]
Construction cost	$28 million[1] ($49.8 million in 2012 dollars[2])
Architect	Russell Gibson von Dohlen
Capacity	2002–present: 10,167 1996–2002: 10,027 1990–1996: 8,241[1]
Tenants
UConn Huskies (1990–present)

Harry A. Gampel Pavilion is a 10,167-seat multi-purpose arena in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. The arena opened on January 21, 1990^[1], and is the largest on campus arena in New England. It was named after Harry A. Gampel, who donated one million dollars for the construction of the arena. It is about 216,000 sq ft (20,100 m²). Gampel Pavilion is the primary home to the University of Connecticut Huskies men's basketball, women's basketball, and women's volleyball teams. However, the basketball teams now play most of their home games at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, playing eleven out of nineteen home games there and only eight at Gampel.

Construction[link]

It replaced the Hugh S. Greer Field House, which only held 4,604 people and still stands to the northwest of the pavilion. The facility has undergone multiple seating expansions, most recently before the 2002-2003 season.

First Game[link]

The first basketball game was played on January 27, 1990 between the then 20th ranked Connecticut Huskies and the 15th ranked St. John's Red Storm. Connecticut won by the score of 72-58.^[3]

Home court advantage[link]

Since 1990 through 2009 the Huskies have a 125-17 record at Gampel Pavilion. |+  Sources: Statistics published by the University of Connecticut at the end of the 2009 season; page 17 in the Letterwinner History section.^[4]

Banners[link]

Also, the banners for the men's and women's basketball teams have been taken down and in their place are now large boards on the walls listing the years the teams have made the NIT, NCAA Tournament, Sweet 16, and Elite 8, along with their Big East Regular Season and Tournament Championships. The National Championship Banners and NIT Championship Banners have been replaced with newer versions, along with banners commemorating Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma's Hall of Fame inductions.

References[link]

Coordinates: 41°48′19.05″N 72°15′15.10″W / 41.8052917°N 72.254194°W / 41.8052917; -72.254194

Denham W. Brown (born January 6, 1983, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Ciclista Olímpico in the Liga Nacional de Basquet.

High school[link]

Brown attended Bathurst Heights Secondary School in Toronto, and in his junior year, he averaged 30 points per game (ppg) on the basketball team. However, he transferred to West Hill Collegiate Institute for his senior season after Bathurst closed. In 2002, his senior year, Brown was highly celebrated in the media when he scored 111 points in a basketball game against R. H. King Academy. After Brown scored 111 points in a game he was featured in SLAM magazine; not only because of the 111 points, but also because he had committed to an elite college program at the University of Connecticut (UConn).

College[link]

Brown was a sophomore at UConn when the Huskies won the 2004 national championship. In his senior year at UConn (2005-06 season), he averaged 10.7 points, 1.3 assists, and 4.4 rebounds per game. In November the Huskies beat Gonzaga to win the Maui Invitational on a last-second jumper by Brown. His season-high came during a game against Villanova in which he scored 23 points. In the regional finals of the 2006 NCAA Tournament, Brown made a last-second lay-up to force overtime against George Mason. During his tenure with the Huskies, Brown had a reputation for being a clutch performer.

NBA[link]

Brown was selected with the 40th pick in the 2nd round in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. After playing two preseason games with totals of eight points and five rebounds with the Sonics, he was waived by the team on October 26, 2006.^[1] However, the Tulsa 66ers subsequently used the eighth overall pick in the 2006 NBA D-League Draft on Brown.

In his first preseason game with the SuperSonics, Brown scored 8 points in a winning effort against the Portland Trail Blazers. After that game Brown saw little action for the SuperSonics in the preseason appearing in just one more game. He was playing well in the D-League averaging close to 19 ppg for the Tulsa 66ers.

On November 7, 2008, Brown was selected with the 9th pick in the first round of the 2008 NBA D-League Draft by the Utah Flash.^[2] He began the 2008–09 season with the Dakota Wizards.

On December 19, 2008, Brown was waived by the Wizards due to injury.

On March 4, 2009, Brown signed with the D-League's Iowa Energy.

Overseas[link]

Brown left the Tulsa 66ers later in the 2006–07 season, and played in a pro league in Turkey for Galatasaray Café Crown. For the 2007–08 season, he signed with the Serie A Italian team Tisettanta Cantù.^[3]

Brown took his talents to Philippines for three weeks in June 2010, as one of a series of import players for the Philippine Basketball Association's Barangay Ginebra Kings.^[4]

On August 25, 2010, Polish league champion for two straight years, Asseco Prokom Gdynia, added Brown to their roster.^[5]

National team[link]

Brown has extensive experience playing on the Canadian national team. He first made the team in 2003 when he was on the roster for the FIBA Americas Qualification Tournament. At the FIBA Tournament he played in ten games, starting none of them; but he averaged 12.4 ppg, 4.2 rebounds per game (rpg), 1.0 assist per game (apg) and 20 minutes per game (mpg). In 2004, he was on the roster for the Four Nations Tournament. At that tournament, he upped his scoring average to 13.8 ppg, while starting all six games and averaging 23.3 mpg, 5.3 rpg, and 1.3 apg. He also played with the team in 2005, but did not play in 2006, as he was attempting to play in NBA. Brown played for the team during the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship.

NBL Canada[link]

On October 11, 2011, it was announced that Brown had signed a deal with the National Basketball League of Canada's Oshawa Power. Not only does this give him the opportunity to play professionally in his native Canada, but it also marks his return to the Greater Toronto Area, of which Oshawa is a part.^[6][7]

Honours[link]

• NCAA Champion 2004

See also[link]

• List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game

References[link]

External links[link]

• Denham Brown at NBA.com
• UConn Profile
• ESPN Profile
• NBDL stats