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Men's Basketball

Oriakhi will take on different role

Alex Oriakhi begins the 2011 season in an uncertain position. For the first time since he was 14 years old, Oriakhi will be playing on a team without Jamal Coombs-McDaniel.
Lamb and Napier look to celebrate again

When Jeremy Lamb came away with the rebound off a Matt Howard miss with eight seconds left in the 2011 NCAA national championship game, the freshman was about to fulfill a childhood dream.
Drummond headlines freshman class

When Tropical Storm Irene hit the Storrs campus, so did Andre Drummond.
Column: Walking the walk without Walker

Tonight the men's basketball team will officially begin its title defense. The championship banner will be unveiled, tributes will be paid and the Huskies will take the court for the first time in a meaningful game since winning the championship in Houston.

Lone senior Hayes hopes to go out on top

When Tiffany Hayes arrived at UConn in the summer of 2008, she was part of a loaded four-member recruiting class that included top-ranked prospect Elena Delle Donne, No. 10 Caroline Doty and No. 31 Heather Buck.
Freshman has massive shoes to fill

The expectations for 2011 ESPNU's highest-ranked recruit, who will be coming to women's basketball's most successful program of the last 10 years, were already high enough. Those expectations increased exponentially when she took UConn legend and recent graduate Maya Moore's number, 23.
Doty to make long-awaited return

After missing all of last season with ACL injury, junior guard ready to make up for lost time

On Sunday, shooting guard Caroline Doty will return to the court for the first time in a year and a half. After three ACL tears, she'll put her rehab, attitude and body to the test.
Column: Huskies are out of the spotlight

Pressure is a funny thing. Physics tells us it's a matter of force and area, yet the growing pit we all get in our stomachs as the clock ticks tells us something entirely different.