ARLINGTON, Texas – Kentucky freshman Aaron Harrison has become the darling of the NCAA tournament or, depending on your perspective, a devil in a Wildcat blue uniform. His deep, deep 3-pointer with 5.7 seconds left Saturday night lifted Kentucky past Wisconsin and into Monday night’s national championship game against Connecticut. Harrison is breaking hearts across […]
UConn Final Four notebook
April 6, 2014 by Leave a Comment
ARLINGTON, Texas – Some UConn notes from the 63-53 win over Florida Saturday night at the Final Four: – Coach Kevin Ollie is the first coach to reach the national championship game within his first two seasons since interim coach Mike Davis led Indiana to the 2002 title game. – UConn is now 4-1 in […]
Huskies embrace “giant killer” role once again
April 6, 2014 by Leave a Comment
ARLINGTON, Texas – Like a skilled Texas holdem poker player, Connecticut coach Kevin Ollie never tips his hand. With outsiders labeling UConn’s December victory over Florida a “fluke” and siding with the Gators before Saturday night’s national semifinal game at gigantic AT&T Stadium, Ollie kept his best card concealed until the Huskies took the court. […]
UConn’s Final Four video and player introductions
April 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Here’s the way it looked inside AT&T Stadium when UConn was introduced before the national semifinal game against Florida at the North Texas Final Four. Click here for video.
Final Four Quotebook
April 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
FINAL FOUR QUOTEBOOK UCONN COACH KEVIN OLLIE: I’m not chasing championships. I want championships to chase me. A few notable comments from Kevin Ollie and the Huskies at Friday’s Final Four press conference: Kevin Ollie: “Having this ability to coach this program has been great. I don’t look at it like a lot of people […]
Talk Radio: UConn, Madison Square Garden, Final Four
April 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Neil Haley, The Total Tutor host of Author’s Corner, interviewed Ken Davis to find out about his experience at the East Regional Finals at Madison Square Garden, the history of UConn basketball, and his Final Four prediction. Click here to listen to the interview.
Huskies, Gators both built off earlier meeting
April 4, 2014 by
ARLINGTON, Texas – Florida big man Patric Young was hard on himself after the Gators lost to Connecticut back on Dec. 2. He stood in a hallway of Gampel Pavilion, surrounded by a small group of reporters, and tried to explain the series of events that led to Shabazz Napier’s winning basket in a 65-64 […]
UConn’s Dolson wins Senior CLASS Award
April 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Make room for another award on Stefanie Dolson’s trophy shelf. The Connecticut All-American was named winner of the Senior CLASS awards, which recognizes student-athletes in four areas of excellence – classroom, community, character and competition. Earlier in the week, UConn’s Shabazz Napier was named a men’s Senior CLASS Award Second-Team All-American. Creighton’s Doug McDermott won […]
Florida’s Donovan respects Napier’s game
April 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
ARLINGTON, Texas – Florida coach Billy Donovan was asked Thursday if Connecticut guard Shabazz Napier reminds him of himself as a senior at Providence. “If I reminded myself of him or him of me, I would not be coaching right now,” Donovan said. I would be playing in the NBA right now.” Donovan reminded members […]
The NCAA cup police pushed to the limit
April 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The facts in this story are true. I witnessed the events of the cat mug myself. It all took place one row in front of me.