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UConn coach Jim Calhoun will miss first-round game

By David Wharton
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Connecticut Coach Jim Calhoun will miss his team’s first-round NCAA tournament game against Chattanooga at Wachovia Center in Philadelphia today.

‘Coach Calhoun has not been feeling well for the past several days, and it is best that he not coach the team today for precautionary reasons,’ said Dr. Jeff Anderson, the school’s director of sports medicine.

There was no indication of when Calhoun, who took part in a news conference on Wednesday, might be able to rejoin the team.

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Earlier in the season, when Calhoun missed part of a game against Rutgers, the university announced that he was battling shingles.

The No. 1-seeded Huskies are big favorites to defeat No. 16 Chattanooga. Associate Head Coach George Blaney will lead the team.

-- David Wharton

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David Wharton

David Wharton has filled an array of roles – covering the courts, entertainment, sports and the second Persian Gulf War – since starting as a Los Angeles Times intern in 1982. His work has been honored by organizations such as the Society for Features Journalism and Associated Press Sports Editors and has been anthologized in “Best American Sports Writing.” He has also been nominated for an Emmy and has written two books, including “Conquest,” an inside look at USC football during the Pete Carroll era.

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