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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 […]
Huskies familiar with Final Four venue
April 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
STORRS, Conn. – The Connecticut Huskies held their final practice of the season at Gampel Pavilion Tuesday, then boarded a bus for the airport and their flight to the Final Four in Arlington, Texas. They embarked on their journey not knowing what the next week might hold for them but there is no mystery surrounding […]
Final Four talking points
April 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It’s Final Four week. Four teams left. Four coaches left. Until Saturday night’s national semifinals in Jerry Jones’ Playland, we’re all about the number 4. The NCAA pulled together the four coaches for a conference call with reporters on Monday. From all that pregame chatter, we’ve extracted four – yes, four – talking points. One […]
Awards keep rolling in for Shabazz Napier
March 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
UConn guard Shabazz Napier can have an outstanding day without even playing a game. Napier, who led the Huskies to the NCAA East Regional championship and a berth in the Final Four on Sunday, was named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press and was named to the Wooden Award All-American on Monday. Personally, I […]
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 […]
Jim Calhoun interested in BC? Not likely
March 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Well, Husky Nation, how would you feel about Jim Calhoun coaching basketball at Boston College? Here’s the story that just moved on ESPN.com. Just my opinion, but I think you can forget about this story as soon as you read it. Notice the story makes no mention whether or not Boston College is interested in […]
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 […]