Spring Break
Before the men's basketball team's final exhibition game last weekend, senior guard Jerome Dyson stubbed his toe entering the building. Badly. As coach Jim Calhoun was quick to point out after the game - in which Dyson dropped 32 points on UMass- Lowell - it wasn't the first time he'd stubbed his toe, so to speak. (0) comments
Last year was easy. I'm talking about Geno-Auriemma-pushing-the-easy-button-every-night-of-the-season-easy. And why shouldn't it have been? The Huskies had Player of the Year Maya Moore paired down low with last year's Most Outstanding Player of the 2009 NCAA Final Four Tina Charles. (0) comments
Most Division I women's basketball coaches would gladly trade their fortunes for Geno Auriemma's. They'd do it in a heartbeat. There aren't too many resumes in the women's coaching ranks that his wouldn't eclipse by leaps and bounds. Still, the longtime UConn fixture - a six-time National Champion, six-time Naismith National Coach of the Year and the odds-on favorite to raise another banner after the 2009-10 season - broached an interesting point when he addressed the media at an open practice at Gampel Pavilion this preseason. (0) comments
Darius Smith knows a little something about the cold weather we face at UConn. After all, he's from the coldest and greatest city in the world - all self-proclaimed, of course. "Chicago, man, it's the best city in the world; the windy city," Smith said. "It's nothing; I'm pretty much used to [the cold]. (0) comments
The headline above Indiana's Basketball Hall of Fame Web site reads: "In 49 states, It's just basketball…This is Indiana!" This is a tribute to the amazing collection of talent that has come out of the Hoosier state, including greats like Oscar Robertson and Shawn Kemp and recent players like Mike Conley Jr. (0) comments
The Husky Run typically serves to kick off the practice season for the men's basketball team. And there's a reason why coach Jim Calhoun chooses to start the season with a 5K. His teams like to run - a lot. And the 2009-2010 squad is no different. What the Huskies lost in size down low from last year, with the departures of Hasheem Thabeet and Jeff Adrien, has been made up for in speed. (0) comments
It happened to Shea Ralph three times while she was in Storrs. Mel Thomas and Kalana Greene both suffered the same fate in the span of a month one season. When Caroline Doty planted to haul in a Maya Moore feed on a fast break in the first half of a January meeting with Syracuse at the XL Center last season, there was hardly any doubt - on her part or the part of anyone else - that she would soon be in the same category. (0) comments
When I sat down to write this column last year, I started by talking about my first encounter with Ater Majok. A year has gone by and yet, here I am, in very much the same position. We don't know anything about Majok. He still hasn't suited up in a game for us and he won't suit up until the end of this semester. (0) comments