Nigerian 7-foot-1-inch center Chukwuma Okwandu, apparently a mix between Chumbawumba and Olowakandi, has decided to play for UCONN basketball next season. Okwandu, who made his decision on Wednesday, has already attended Harcum College in Pennsylvania for a year so he will have three years to play   more...
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UCONN's star center Hasheem Thabeet, projected as a first-round pick in the upcoming NBA draft, has decided to stay and play for the Huskies as a junior next season. The 7-foot-3 center ranked third in the nation last season with 147 blocked shots and led UCONN to a 24-9 record, garnering the Big   more...
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After three years in Ohio, Mayo the top ranked 8th grader in the nation back in 2002 will finish his high school career at Huntington in West Virginia. It's unclear if the transfer will affect where Mayo decides to go to school next fall, but below are the 'Big Lead's' list of colleges where OJ   more...
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You may have won last month's March Madness office pool, but can you guess which is the strongest NCAA champion of all time?
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Connecticut's athletic director ordered drug tests for two basketball players on Calhoun's squad. One of 'em was the team's second-leading scorer, Jerome Dyson. Wanna guess what happened? He failed. Have fun on the bench for the next 30 days, Jerome. Calhoun reportedly already had issues with the   more...
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Elena Delle Donne faxed in her letter-of-intent to attend the University of Connecticut finishing off one of the better recruiting efforts in women's basketball. And now that the class is complete, UConn head coach Geno Auriemma can finally make comments about his prized recruits.
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The following rankings are based on Winning Percentages in the last decade.1. Duke (.851)2. Kansas (.793)3. Gonzaga (.792)4. Connecticut (.772)5. Kentucky (.760)
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The Huskies are starting to show signs of serious life. Without Jerome Dyson and Doug Wiggins, they went into Indiana and came out with a W.
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The Syracuse Orange made a strong argument for their NCAA Tournament bid today as they defeated UConn in the first round of the Big East Tournament 78-65. Sporting new uni's the Orange came out to a fast start but UConn made it a game late in the second half with a full court press. Is Syracuse in   more...
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There have been a lot of things said about Calhoun and his coaching prowess, his ability to satisfy both women and men, and the fact that he is basically a god for about a 70 mile stretch of I-95. One thing that is often overlooked though is that he is a coward who apparently hates children with   more...
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Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird and Swin Cash made a triumphant return to the UConn campus as they were part of a Team USA squad that beat the UConn women 90-74 in front of 9,057 at Gampel Pavilion. Taurasi had 14 points, Bird chipped in 8 points and Cash added 4 to the cause. Lisa Leslie led Team USA in   more...
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Quinnipiac tried to use a 2-3 zone on defense and a patient 5-out spread offense to slow down the UConn Huskies but it was not enough to keep the Huskies off the scoresheet. The Huskies dissected the zone in surgical fashion, en route to an easy win over the Bobcats.
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The UConn Huskies used their size and athleticism to get past the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs 78-66 to move on to the finals of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic benefiting Coaches vs Cancer at Madison Square Garden.
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After having won their first two games by a combined 118 points, the UConn women's basketball team faced their first real test of the season against the Stanford Cardinal in the Paradise Jam at the University of the Virgin Islands.
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Does UConn's recent hot streak merit consideration for the final four? Get the scoop on the Huskies chances at MVN.com's Husky Beat.
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