Today was supposed to be the happy day. Maui sunshine. Surf and sand. All the glorious advantages of island life in Hawaii and basketball at the Lahaina Civic Center. UConn plays Oklahoma State Monday night in the first round of the 2016 event. UConn’s Rodney Purvis and Oklahoma State’s Tyrek Coger couldn’t wait. Just imagine […]
UConn men selected for high-profile, 16-team tournament in 2017
September 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The UConn men will participate in one of the largest regular-season tournaments in college basketball history in November 2017, it was announced Wednesday.The PK80 has been created to honor Nike-co founder Phil Knight in advance of 80th birthday. The other teams participating are Arkansas, Butler, Connecticut, Duke, Florida, Georgetown, Gonzaga, Michigan State, North Carolina, Ohio State, […]
UConn men to open AAC schedule at home against Houston
September 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The American Athletic Conference has completed its work on the 2016-17 men’s basketball league schedule. All the dates, times and television schedules have been finanalized and plugged into place. That allowed UConn to release its complete schedule for the upcoming season on Thursday. UConn’s non-conference schedule, highlighted by the Maui Invitational, was released in July. […]
UConn schedule features Maui, Syracuse, Ohio State, Georgetown
July 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment
UConn announced its men’s basketball non-conference schedule Thursday and, in addition to the Maui Invitational, the Huskies will face some interesting challenges. There were no surprises in the press release. Most of the matchups had trickled out in the news over recent months. A stop in Los Angeles to play Loyola Marymount of the West […]
Ollie’s search for new UConn assistant coach ends at Temple
July 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
It took a little longer than expected, but the UConn men’s basketball program has hired a fulltime assistant coach to fill the spot vacated when Karl Hobbs left in the spring to join the staff at Rutgers. UConn coach Kevin Ollie announced Wednesday that Dwayne Killings, an assistant at Temple since 2011, will join the […]
Huskies face uphill climb after loss to Florida
June 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Huskies Magic has been strong for the UConn baseball team the past month. Saturday night in Gainesville, Fla., there simply wasn’t enough elixir remaining to take down No. 1 Florida. The Huskies were close. They chased Gators starter A.J. Puk, the possible No. 1 pick in next week’s MLB Draft, after five innings, rallied from […]
Huskies headed to Gator territory, but play Georgia Tech first
May 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
STORRS, Conn. – The Connecticut Huskies are headed to Gainesville, Fla., to open play in the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. Here are the basics you need to know about the tournament bracket and field of 64 teams. The Huskies, an automatic qualifier after winning the American Athletic Conference championship on Sunday, received the […]
Huskies headed to American title game
May 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment
UConn’s 11-game win streak ended Saturday in the semifinal round of the American Athletic Conference baseball championship but, given a second chance in the double elimination tournament, the Huskies bounced back with a 5-0 victory over Memphis to advance to the championship game. UConn, the No. 3 seed, will meet fifth-seeded Houston for the AAC’s […]
UConn baseball advances to AAC semifinals
May 27, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Tim Cate’s week began with the news he had been named Rookie Pitcher of the Year in the American Athletic Conference. But as UConn baseball coach Jim Penders said Thursday night, there are no more freshmen at this point of the season. Cate, a southpaw from Manchester, Conn., proved that with a veteran performance […]
Plans being made to nominate UConn’s Rowe for HOF
May 4, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The New England Basketball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday it will take the lead role in nominating former UConn coach Donald “Dee” Rowe for 2017 induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in the category of contributor. Rowe became a New England legend at Worcester Academy before turning around the UConn program when he […]