The UConn men’s basketball team has announced the suspensions of four players for tonight’s Puerto Rico Tip-Off championship game against West Virginia. Here is the statement released from the school in Puerto Rico. That’s all the details for now. STATEMENT ON UCONN SUSPENSIONS — 11/23/14 UConn players Omar Calhoun, Rakim Lubin, Dan Guest, and Marcel […]
Notre Dame, PC take positive steps in Hall of Fame Tip-Off
November 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – I spent my afternoon at Mohegan Sun Arena, covering the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic. It was an interesting doubleheader with Notre Dame remaining undefeated with an 81-68 victory over UMass and Providence looking exceptional with an 80-54 victory over UCLA. Here is a look at the stories I wrote working for […]
Kentucky tops Week 1 Power Rankings on FoxSports.com
November 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
2014-15 College Basketball Power Rankings: Week 1 It took Kentucky just one game on a big stage to put the rest of the nation on alert. John Calipari’s two-platoon system looked more than solid as the Wildcats used defense to rip apart the Kansas Jayhawks, ranked No. 5 by The Associated Press, in the Champions Classic […]
NCAA names preliminary sites for 2016-18 tourneys
November 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee announced preliminary round hosts for the 2016-18 tournaments on Monday. Included in the selections are two sites -Brooklyn and Des Moines – that have never hosted NCAA tournament games and six cities – Dayton, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Mo., and Charlotte – that have […]
Mackey Award semi-finalists include Mundine of Kansas
November 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Kansas senior Jimmay Mundine, who caught seven passes for 137 yards and one touchdown Saturday in a 34-30 loss to No. 4 TCU, was named one of eight semi-finalists for the 2014 John Mackey Award on Monday.The award is given annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end. Mundine, a 6-2, 240-pound senior from Denison, […]
Champions Classic to feature 10 Wooden nominees
November 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
When Kansas and Kentucky meet Tuesday night in the Champions Classic in Indianapolis, the Wooden Award will be represented by eight of the award’s preseason top 50 candidates named on Monday. Both the Jayhawks and the Wildcats placed four players on the preseason watch list announced on ESPN’s SportsCenter and on ESPN.com. Cliff Alexander, Kelly […]
UConn receives signed letters from Adams and Enoch
November 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
UConn recruits Jalen Adams and Steve Enoch tweeted last week that they had signed their NCAA letters of intent and sent them to Storrs. The two officially became members of the Class of 2015 Monday when UConn confirmed it had received letters from both. Adams is a 6-2 guard from Roxbury, Mass. He attends Brewster […]
Boatright proves defensive skills are still there
November 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
STORRS – You could say Ryan Boatright picked up exactly where he left off last season in Arlington, Texas. No, the stage wasn’t the Final Four. The opponent wasn’t Kentucky or Florida or Michigan State or Iowa State. This was Friday night at Gampel Pavilion and it was the 2014-15 season opener against Bryant. But […]
Boatright ignites UConn victory in season opener
November 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
STORRS – Senior point guard Ryan Boatright woke up a sleepy UConn offense as the No. 17 Huskies, defending NCAA men’s basketball champions, rallied from a nine-point deficit to open their season with a 66-53 victory over Bryant University Friday night before a sellout crowd at Gampel Pavilion. Boatright (24 points) sparked the comeback with […]
Purvis must wait one more game
November 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
STORRS — Rodney Purvis will have to wait until Nov. 20 for his regular season debut in a UConn basketball uniform. Purvis sat out Friday’s season opener against Bryant at Gampel Pavilion under penalty from the NCAA. UConn was informed Thursday that the NCAA suspended Purvis for one game because of his summer league participation. […]