Ken Davis Files

Here’s the full poll for this week: The Associated Press Top 25 Poll Rank Team Record Votes Previous 1 Michigan State (51) 3-0 1608 2 2 Kansas (7) 2-0 1523 5 3 Louisville (7) 3-0 1511 3 4 Kentucky 3-1 1410 1 5 Arizona (5) 3-0 1339 6 6 Duke 2-1 1320 4 7 Oklahoma […]

The new Associated Press college basketball poll has been released. Michigan State and Kansas benefit from their wins in Chicago last week, moving up to No. 1 and No. 2. Here’s the initial story from AP: Michigan State is No. 1 in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll for the first time in 13 years. […]

STORRS, Conn. _ What an amazing box score for No. 19 UConn Thursday night from a 101-55 victory over Detroit. The Huskies went on a 21-2 tear in the first half to take control of the game and after leading 48-26 at halftime, it was just a matter of watching the columns of the box […]

STORRS, Conn. – Very cool moment at Gampel Pavilion at halftime of tonight’s UConn game vs. Detroit. The game was the opener of the 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Wounded Warrior Project, which concludes at Madison Square Garden in New York next week. UConn’s honorary captain for the game was Sgt. First Class Micah Welintukonis, a […]

STORRS, Conn. – During a postgame interview, it isn’t unusual to hear a player say he had no clue regarding the number of points, rebounds or assists he had while the game was going on. That’s the politically correct answer – at least it seems that way. The line of thinking: How can a player […]

Michigan State and Kansas emerged victorious at the Champions Classic Tuesday night in Chicago, but the big overall winner was college basketball. It’s hard for college basketball to grab headlines and get the attention of the sporting public at this time of the year. But the two winning teams, along with Kentucky, Duke and the […]

Here is the detailed injury report from UConn regarding the conditions of University of Connecticut women’s basketball players Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Morgan Tuck. Mosqueda-Lewis, a junior guard/forward suffered a nerve contusion of the right elbow early in the second half of top-ranked UConn’s 76-57 victory over No. 3 Stanford on Monday evening. An MRI revealed […]

Here are the headlines from a Veteran’s Day full of Connecticut basketball: — The top-ranked UConn women crushed No. 3 Stanford 76-57 at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs Monday night. The Huskies poured it on and dominated, even though Breanna Stewart played only 17 minutes and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis played just 22 minutes. Both finished with nine […]

Just about ready for tip-off (3 p.m.) at the XL Center in Hartford where the No. 18 UConn Huskies take on in-state rival Yale in men’s basketball. We are going to celebrate the start of the regular season with a mini-marathon of hoops. When this one is over, and interviews have been conducted, I’ll be […]

STORRS, Conn. _ College basketball observers took their eyes off the Connecticut Huskies at the end of last season. It was understandable because, as March Madness approached, everyone knew UConn’s season would end without the Big East tournament or a bid to the NCAA tournament, due to a postseason ban. Outside the Connecticut state border, […]