Close Encounter of the Gampel Kind

Here’s the link to my story from tonight’s game at Gampel Pavilion. It was an eventful night. I’ve been covering college basketball since 1977 and never had a player come over press row and plow into me. Thanks Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis. AP Photo by Jessica Hill

Kentucky No. 1, KU 5th, UConn 18th

The Associated Press just released its preseason college basketball poll and, to no one’s surprise, Kentucky holds the No. 1 spot. The Wildcats, with their rare group of freshmen All-Americans, received 27 first-place votes and 1,546 points from the 65-member national media poll. Most of my readers are interested in Kansas and Connecticut. The Jayhawks, […]

Kentan Facey tackles new challenge

STORRS, Conn. – When UConn freshman Kentan Facey found out last week that the NCAA had ruled him eligible for this season and given him four seasons to play, there was quite the celebration after he informed his teammates. “Everybody was happy,” junior forward DeAndre Daniels said Tuesday at Gampel Pavilion. “He walked in the […]