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R.J. Evans Steady As A Rock Of Ages
The Hartford CourantDo his teammates tease R.J. Evans about his age? "All the time, every day," Evans said Tuesday night after No. 23 UConn stifled Vermont 67-49 in one of those old-time, grind-it-out New England reunions that reminded everyone so much that the Huskies'...Tags: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Sports, Basketball, Niels Giffey, Connecticut Huskies
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UConn Upsets Michigan State, 66-62
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — It would be overstating it to say that the Huskies shocked the world. But they did travel halfway around it to pull off a shocking upset in Kevin Ollie's first game as head coach. Shabazz Napier scored 25 points as...
Tags: Tyler Olander, Sports, Michigan State Spartans, Jim Calhoun, Basketball
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Before Ollie Gets Extension, Let's See Him Extend Winning Ways
The Hartford Courant— If there is a cautionary tale in this early basketball season, surely it is to be found in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. UConn didn't have one vote in the preseason balloting among the national media. Not one stinking vote. The Huskies...Tags: Geno Auriemma, Sports, Jim Calhoun, Basketball, ESPN (tv network)
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THE REPLACEMENTS: Big Shoes To Fill - Calhoun Gone, But Ollie Isn't First Guy To Replace A Legend
The Hartford CourantIt is never easy replacing a legend, someone whose name is synonomous with the program. As they say, though, someone has to do it. In this case, former UConn player Kevin Ollie is replacing Jim Calhoun as UConn men's basketball coach. Calhoun is in the...Tags: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Sports, National Invitation Tournament, Basketball, UCLA Bruins
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DEANDRE DANIELS: Time For California Kid To Rebound
The Hartford CourantCollege began with wonder for DeAndre Daniels. A kid from Woodland Hills, Calif., he knew he would see what snow was like sooner or later, but never dreamed he would see it in October. But there he was on the UConn campus when the rare pre-Halloween snow...Tags: Sports, Halloween, Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Shabazz Napier
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KEVIN OLLIE: A Street-Wise Basketball Nomad Is At Home At UConn
The Hartford Courant— Long before the one-year audition, long before the nomadic decade of 10-day contracts strung together in the NBA, and long before his first meeting with Jim Calhoun, Kevin Ollie was learning the art of survival in the most real sense of that word....Tags: Oklahoma City Thunder, Anglicanism, Allen Iverson, Sports, Los Angeles Riots (1992)
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FRESHMAN CLASS: Something Old, Something New
The Hartford CourantSTORRS — Things had rarely looked so bleak in UConn Nation. The Huskies were ousted from one NCAA Tournament and barred from the next, and players were leaving left and right. Jeremy Lamb and Andre Drummond left for the NBA. Alex Oriakhi, Roscoe...Tags: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Kemba Walker, Sports, Basketball, Skype
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Big Start For Ollie; Big Finish For Pasqualoni?
The Hartford CourantThis weekend is the beginning of the end and the end of the beginning for UConn. Across the Atlantic Ocean on a military base in Germany on Friday night, Kevin Ollie stops being the practice coach and starts being the game coach for one of the proudest...Tags: Geno Auriemma, Sports, Basketball, Paul Pasqualoni, Cincinnati Bearcats
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UConn Men Make Time For Some Air Base Kids
The Hartford CourantRAMSTEIN AIR BASE – UConn players and coaches ran a one-hour clinic for the children of service men and women stationed here. As you can imagine, there are a lot of young moms and dads with small children growing here on the base, and it gives a...Tags: Sports, Basketball, ESPN (tv network), Eastern Connecticut State University, Entertainment Events
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UConn Puts In Full Effort In 100-62 Win Over UMass Lowell
The Hartford Courant— For UConn, on many levels, this was more like it. "That's the way it's supposed to play out," said Ryan Boatright, after scoring 22 points in the Huskies' 100-62 victory over UMass Lowell on Sunday in their second and final exhibition game. "We'...Tags: Tyler Olander, Sports, Basketball, Niels Giffey, XL Center
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UConn Men's Team Turning A Page
The University of Connecticut men's basketball team begins its season next week with dramatic changes. Longtime coach Jim Calhoun, who brought the program from well-deserved obscurity to national prominence and three NCAA championships, has retired. He...
Tags: Sports, Jim Calhoun, University of Hartford, Basketball, Academic Progress
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UConn Opens With Victory In Exhibition Game Against AIC, 78-63
The Hartford CourantBefore Kevin Ollie walked out onto Gampel Pavilion, George Blaney handed him a little note that said, "Enjoy it." Ollie took his time. He walked out slowly, his staff behind him to a warm round of cheers. "I don't know if I enjoyed it," he said. "When...Tags: George Blaney, Sports, Tyler Olander, Basketball, Niels Giffey
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