Spring Break
It took 16 seconds for Hasheem Thabeet to score the first points of the game - and he was hardly done there. Thabeet exploded for 23 points, 17 rebounds and five blocks in UConn's 81-55 victory over Western Carolina. "What you saw today from Hasheem," said forward Jeff Adrien. (0) comments
It took a late push, but No. 1 UConn avoided the sting of an opening day upset by Georgia Tech at Gampel Pavilion Sunday. Georgia Tech trailed by only three points with just under four minutes to go, but the Huskies closed the game on a 15-7 run to win 82-71. (0) comments
For most of his first two seasons, Jerome Dyson attacked the basket like a kamikaze pilot. Driving into the lane almost recklessly at full speed, Dyson would crash into whoever got in his way to get to the basket. Using the style that would define his play, the guard racked up points - over the past two seasons, he has averaged 13. (0) comments
A.J. Price's regular-season return didn't go exactly to plan. Price, who suffered a torn ACL in UConn's NCAA Tournament opening-round loss to San Diego in March, committed five turnovers and failed to score in the Huskies' win over Western Carolina Saturday. (0) comments
Fifteen years ago, the women's basketball team began a path that people would not have predicted. In fact, 1994-95 became a hallmark season. "It was a perfect storm of things, you know?" said Rebecca Lobo before Sunday's game. "Hockey was on strike, ESPN was in our backyard, people looking for something to believe in whether it was in Connecticut or elsewhere and our team became that. (0) comments
Center Tina Charles needed just four points heading into the season opener to reach 1,000 for her career. With 11:16 left in the game, Charles caught a pass from forward Maya Moore and laid it in to reach the milestone. Charles said that she thought the accomplishment, which took her just 75 games to accomplish, was "cool," but that there was someone else who was likely even more excited than her for it. (0) comments
Game of the week: No. 8 Duke 2, No. 5 Field Hockey 1 (Saturday) - The Blue Devils' Marian Dickinson scored in the 55th minutes to send the Huskies packing after just one game in the NCAAs. Senior all-everything Lauren Aird scored UConn's lone goal in the final game of her brilliant career. (0) comments
Game of the week: NY Jets 34, New England Patriots 31 (OT, Thursday) - The battle for control of the AFC East looked early on to be all in favor of the Jets, who took a commanding 24-13 lead into halftime. A second-half surge by the Patriots, which included an incredible touchdown catch by Randy Moss in the final second, tied things up and sent the teams into overtime. (0) comments