SMU coach Larry Brown was upset Sunday in Hartford. More upset than last year, he said, when his Mustangs were left out of the NCAA tournament. This Selection Sunday, Brown was mad because SMU and Cincinnati were the only teams from the American Athletic Conference selected for the NCAA tournament. He believes Tulsa, UConn and […]
UConn to play Arizona St. in NIT
March 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
UConn’s basketball season is not over, despite a disappointing 62-54 loss to SMU in the American Athletic Conference championship game at the XL Center Sunday. A victory Sunday would have put the Huskies (20-14) in the NCAA tournament with the AAC automatic bid. Instead, the Huskies have accepted an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament […]
UConn vs. SMU definitely worth the price of admission
March 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
HARTFORD, Conn. – So, here is what we have left in college basketball’s Rodney Dangerfield Conference – otherwise known as the American Athletic Conference. The tournament championship game will be played Sunday (3:15 p.m., ESPN) in the XL Center. The conference’s best team, No. 20 SMU, will be on one bench. At the other end […]
Boatright gets it right again for UConn
March 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
HARTFORD, Conn. – In the aftermath of UConn’s 47-42 victory over Tulsa in the American Athletic Conference semifinals Saturday, you could have witnessed many people walking the hallways of the XL Center and shaking their heads in disbelief. UConn has worked this type of magic before. Kemba Walker directed the movie in 2011. Shabazz Napier […]
Boatright wasn’t going out on a missed free throw
March 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
HARTFORD, Conn. – The Cincinnati Bearcats could not have realized it at the moment, but the free throw UConn’s Ryan Boatright missed with 25.5 seconds remaining Friday was a very bad thing for them. It would be inaccurate to say it was the worst thing. The worst thing was Boatright’s step-back 3-point shot with :0.2 […]
Tulsa next up for UConn in the AAC semifinals
March 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
HARTFORD, Conn. – Had a chance to cover the Houston Cougars Friday night for the Houston Chronicle. Here’s the link to my game story as Tulsa eliminated Houston with a 59-51 victory. Tulsa advances to the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference tournament and will play UConn at approximately 5 p.m. at the XL Center. […]
Huskies take solid first step in AAC tournament
March 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
HARTFORD, Conn. – One down. Three to go. That’s the only way UConn can approach the task ahead. It’s tournament time, the turnaround from one night to another is quick, and game two promises to be another rock fight with an old foe from Big East Conference days. The defending national champion Huskies began their […]
UConn cruises past USF into AAC quarterfinals
March 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
HARTFORD, Conn. – One down. Three to go. The defending national champion UConn Huskies began their rather complicated march to madness with a 69-43 victory over USF Thursday night in the first round of the American Athletic Conference tournament at the XL Center. This one started out with an 8-0 lead that mushroomed to 25-5. […]
UConn’s Hamilton, Lenehan earn AAC trophies
March 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
HARTFORD, Conn. – UConn might be the No. 6 seed in the American Athletic Conference championship tournament, but the Huskies certainly are walking away from the XL Center this week with plenty of hardware and awards. Before the games began Thursday, UConn players won two of the four major individual awards handed out by the […]
Final FoxSports.com power rankings before Selection Sunday
March 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
2014-15 College Basketball Power Rankings: Week 18 The clock is ticking as we continue the countdown to Selection Sunday. This is, without a doubt, the most intense week of the season. Some things are already in place, but so much is unknown. As the NCAA men’s basketball committee gathered in Indianapolis Wednesday to go through its […]