As Kevin Ollie and his staff continue to pursue players for the upcoming college basketball season, UConn received its first commitment from the Class of 2016 on Friday. Mamadou Diarra, a 6-foot-8 power forward who will play at Woodstock Academy next season, announced his decision at a press conference at the school’s library and donned […]
Siena keeps Huskies alive; sets up rematch with Tulane
May 22, 2015 by Leave a Comment
UConn and Tulane will meet for the second time in three days as the American Athletic Conference baseball championship continues Friday in Clearwater, Fla. Vinny Siena, a first-team All-AAC selection and the NEIBA New England Player of the Year, kept UConn’s s season alive in dramatic fashi0n Thursday. His game-winning RBI single in the bottom […]
UConn set to renew football rivalry with Syracuse
May 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
UConn and Syracuse made it official Thursday. The former Big East rivals have schedule a two-game non-conference football series, with games to be played in 2016 and 2018. Syracuse, now in the Atlantic Coast Conference, will visit Rentschler Fieldon Sept. 24, 2016. UConn will travel to the Carrier Dome on Sept. 29, 2018. The Hartford […]
UConn baseball team drops AAC opener
May 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The UConn baseball team faces an elimination game in the American Athletic Conference championship when it takes the field Thursday morning in Clearwater, Fla. The sixth-seeded Huskies (33-24) fell to No. 3 Tulane 3-1 on Wednesday at Bright House Field and dropped into the losers’ bracket of the double-elimination tournament. UConn plays No. 7 seed […]
UConn baseball No. 6 seed in AAC tournament
May 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The UConn baseball team enters the American Athletic Conference tournament as the No. 6 seed and will open play against third-seeded Tulane May 20 at 3 p.m. The championship tournament will be held at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Fla. UConn finished the regular season in a tie for sixth with UCF but received the […]
Huskies upgrade roster with addition of transfer Gibbs
May 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Sterling Gibbs watch has ended. The graduate transfer from Seton Hall concluded his search for a new school with a high degree of predictability late Saturday afternoon, announcing his commitment to UConn on his Twitter account. What does it mean for the Huskies? Well, at least on paper, UConn now has the talent to […]
Samuel transferring from UConn after two years
May 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
This is the time of year when college basketball players come and go. For the second time in a little over a month, a player has announced he is transferring from UConn. Thursday afternoon UConn announced sophomore guard Terrence Samuel has requested and been granted his release. Samuel, who helped UConn win the 2014 national championship […]
UConn’s Davis gets his chance with NY Giants
May 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Despite the fact many prognosticators said he wouldn’t be selected in the NFL Draft, UConn wide receiver Geremy Davis was taken by the New York Giants Saturday. Davis was selected with the 10th pick of the sixth round, pick No. 186 overall. Davis joins cornerback Byron Jones, giving UConn two players taken in the 2015 […]
Cowboys select UConn’s Jones in first round
May 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
UConn cornerback Byron Jones waited almost three hours to hear his name announced at the NFL Draft in Chicago Thursday night. But that was no problem. It was all good. When NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced the pick of the Dallas Cowboys at 11 p.m. (Eastern), Jones became just the second player in UConn history to […]
“Victory Lap” for UConn women on Wednesday
April 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The UConn women are national champs again. Congrats to the Huskies and to coach Geno Auriemma on his 10th NCAA title. That’s amazing. The Huskies will return home from Tampa on Wednesday for a “Victory Lap” through campus in Storrs. UConn released the details Tuesday night. Here you go: STORRS, Conn. (April 7, 2015) — The […]