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NO. 11 FLORIDA STATE vs. UCONN

When: Saturday, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey Records: UConn 7-2, Florida State 7-1

TV: ESPN2

Radio: UConn/IMG Sports Network, WAVZ-New Haven (1300 AM), 97.9 FM-ESPN Hartford

KEEP AN EYE ON

BIG-GAME ERIC: Hurley has no answers for why senior center Eric Cobb is averaging 13.6 points and 10 boards against Power 5 foes (Syracuse, Iowa, Arizona), but only 2.6 points and 2.3 rebounds in six games against mid-to-lowmajors.

That said, he’s anticipating some good production from Cobb on Saturday, telling him, “I guess we’ll be seeing you, big fella, on Saturday. Big Game Eric.”

Hurley did offer one theory on the discrepancies in Cobb’s performance.

“I think it’s a function of, when you play the low-to-mid (majors), they are so small and they’re running this Princeton stuff with the centers being 30 feet from the basket. Eric’s been really good offensively, really good on the offensive glass. He has struggled at times defensively and on the defensive glass. I think that gets exposed when you get stuck in space, playing against real sophisticated concepts. Obviously, we’re playing a team that’s real physical, real tall. So, this is a game that we expect Eric to be ready to play in.”