With the deadline for entering the NBA Draft approaching on Sunday, two key members of the national champion UConn Huskies announced their decisions on Friday. Junior DeAndre Daniels has filed paperwork with the NBA to declare himself eligible for the upcoming draft. But junior guard Ryan Boatright has decided to return for his senior season […]
Daniels headed to NBA, tweets UConn fans
April 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Junior forward DeAndre Daniels of the national champions UConn Huskies has decided to leave school after his junior season and enter the NBA draft. Yahoo! Sports was first to report the news, citing NBA sources. There has been no statement from UConn. Daniels, however, has retweeted several messages on his Twitter account congratulating him on […]
Boatright now known as UConn’s Most Valuable Irritator
April 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Daniels gives Huskies that Elite feeling again
March 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
NEW YORK – When DeAndre Daniels hit his third consecutive shot to open the second half and give Connecticut a 14-point lead, Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg felt compelled to use a timeout. When Daniels took a feed from Shabazz Napier and hit a three-pointer four minutes later to extend the lead to 17, it […]
Ollie and Hoiberg reunited again
March 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Iowa State’s Fred Hoiberg and UConn’s Kevin Ollie have emerged as two of the bright, young stars in college coaching and they will be reunited Friday (7:27 p.m.) when their teams meet in an NCAA East Regional semifinal at Madison Square Garden in New York. Hoiberg and Ollie have ties that run deep in their […]
Boatright hoping to create more positive NCAA memories
March 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Guard Ryan Boatright could barely talk. Every word took an effort. Every thought seemed painful that night in Louisville. It was March 15, 2012 and Iowa State had just ended UConn’s season with a 77-64 decision in the NCAA tournament. That’s the only NCAA experience Boatright has ever had. Think about that. He came to […]
USBWA names Napier District Player of the Year
March 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Shabazz Napier of UConn has been named District I Player of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association for the second consecutive season. Only Napier and Creighton’s Doug McDermott (District (VI) have won the awards in back-to-back seasons. Derek Kellogg of UMass was named District I Coach of the Year. Below is the USBWA […]