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CONNECTICUT RUMORS & GOSSIP
Touted guard Jalen Adams picks UConn
The Connecticut Huskies landed an important recruit on Monday, as 6′-2″ guard Jalen Adams of Cushing Academy (NH) announced his commitment via Twitter. Adams, who runs on the grassroots circuit for the Mass Rivals, held scholarship offers from the Kansas Jayhawks, Louisville Cardinals and many others before picking his “dream school”, UConn. He joins Georgia guard ...
Heat Pick Shabazz Napier to Lure LeBron Back
Napier led Uconn to the NCAA Championship last season as a Huskies senior.
During the 2014 NBA Draft on Thursday Night, there were many surprising picks and trades. One important one was the Heat’s trading up to pick Shabazz Napier, the raved-about point guard out of Uconn. It is understandable to pick Napier because of his talent, but that is not why the Heat picked him. Sure...
Via The League News
14 days ago
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Napier Ranks UConn Graduation Ahead Of NCAA Title, Draft Night
Shabazz Napier led the Connecticut Huskies to an unlikely NCAA title in April, but he also earned his degree from UConn this spring. Napier will be drafted into the NBA on Thursday. "I’ll tell you something that’s funny and people may think is weird -- I feel as though me walking across the stage for my graduation was more important than me winning a national championship...
Highlight Monday: The Daily Show Destroys the NCAA
Two months ago Jon Stewart and The Daily Show blasted the NCAA for their hypocrisy in the wake of Shabazz Napier's "Hungry Huskies" comments and got the highest honor in college football: a Highlight Monday post on Double Coverage.Stewart was obviously thrilled to add a DC shirt to his case of Emmys, because the show went hard at the NCAA again last week in a segment...
Via Double Coverage Football
25 days ago
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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 6/5
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as the other sports the student-athletes engage in. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a DAILY basis.
Thank you for stopping by and making SOX & Dawgs your home for UConn Huskies news...
Via Sox and Dawgs
June 05, 2014
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Report: Connecticut will have a new rushing leader this season
Report: the University of Connecticut will have a new rushing leader this season. The school announced today that running back Lyle McCombs will not be a part of the 2014 football team. McCombs had led the Huskies in rushing in each of the last 3 seasons, totaling 2,681 yards and 18 touchdowns. His 2013 campaign included 670 rushing yards and five touchdowns, while adding 20...
Via NCAA Football Zone
June 04, 2014
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Lyle McCombs No Longer Part of UConn Football Team
#43 Lyle McCombs of UConn dives in for a touchdown against the Memphis Tigers at Rentschler Field.
It’s a good thing that UConn Huskies football coach Bob Diaco has some depth next season at the running back position. The reason?
The school announced on Wednesday that Lyle McCombs is no longer part of the UConn football team.
Here’s the statement:
University of Connecticut running...
Via Sox and Dawgs
June 04, 2014
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UConn's leading rusher no longer part of the team
The UConn Huskies head into 2014 looking to bounce back from a 3-9 season, but they'll have to do so without their leading rusher. The school announced Wednesday that running back Lyle McCombs was no longer a part of the football team.
That's a big blow to the UConn offense, as McCombs was the team's leading rusher in each of the last three seasons. He rushed for 670...
Via Pro Sports Daily
June 04, 2014
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The AAC Announces 2014-15 League Format
The American, shorter wise known as the AAC, announced their 2014-15 format for this upcoming basketball season. With 11 teams, gone is the round robin. It is replaced by 8 home and home foes, one home opponent and one road opponent.
For example, the defending National Champion Connecticut Huskies will play home and home against Cincinnati, East Carolina, Memphis, South Florida,...
Via Run the Floor
June 02, 2014
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Shabazz Napier graduates from Connecticut
Shabazz Napier contemplated leaving Connecticut for the NBA following his junior season, but ultimately decided to remain in school because of a promise he made to his mother. Carmen Velasquez, a single mom to three kids, wanted her youngest child, Shabazz Bozie Napier, to get his degree. “The only thing that she asks us to do, that if you’re going to start something, you’ve...
Via College Spun
May 12, 2014
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Kentucky’s James Young Throws Down Best Dunk Of NCAA Tournament (Video)
Kentucky’s James Young threw down the biggest dunk of the 2014 NCAA tournament during the biggest game.
With the Wildcats and Connecticut Huskies battling for the national title on Monday night, Young elevated over two UConn defenders, including 7-foot freshman Amida Brimah, and capped off the spectacular left-handed jam.
The freshman followed up his dunk by draining the free...
COMMIT: 2015 G Will Jackson to UConn
The Connecticut Huskies added a second top-50 player in the 2015 class on Monday, snaring a verbal commitment from 6′-5″ guard William “Turtle” Jackson, in news first reported by OnTheRadarHoops.com. The Huskies previously held a verbal pledge from Sagemont School (FL) shooting guard Prince Ali. Jackson and Ali both have prodigious size for future members of the Huskies’...
Video: Geno Auriemma goes on expletive-laced rant about religion in sports
Just as many have argued the place of religion with government throughout history, so have folks with religion as it comes with sports. Namely, Geno Auriemma, the famed coach of the Connecticut Huskies women's basketball program, who went on an expletive-filled rant Friday when asked about his opinion of religion in sports.Here is a quick rundown of his response, courtesy of...
Via Bush League Chronicle
January 18, 2014
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Connecticut Huskies vs. UCF Knights: Odds, Point Spread, Over/Under and tv info
The Connecticut Huskies have the unenviable task of going on the road to play against the No. 23 ranked UCF Knights on Saturday.
UConn (0-6) has been manhandled by opponents this season while UCF is coming off an upset win over then No. 8 ranked Louisville.
Coverage of the game between Connecticut and UCF will air on GamePlan/ESPN3 beginning at 12:00 om ET from BH Networks Stadium...
Via Tireball.com
October 26, 2013
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Connecticut Huskies Officially Have the Coolest Helmets in College Football
It is an absolute shame that the UConn football program does not get much national attention. I so want to see the imaged of a running back bearing down on a poor defensive back or a hulking defensive lineman moments before he sacks the quarterback.
It will be like White Fang attacks.
I know the school said that when they redesigned their logo they took great pains to...
Via FatManWriting
April 18, 2013
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