Calhoun scheduled for surgery
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:02:27 GMT

UConn men's basketball head coach Jim Calhoun is set to have surgery on Monday to help him cope with spinal stenosis.


Stony Brook defeats Hartford 74-50
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:00:37 GMT

Bryan Dougher scored 12 of his 17 points in a big second half for Stony Brook, which won for the 16th time in its last 17, routing Hartford 74-50 on Tuesday night.


Connecticut handles Pittsburgh 86-37
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:46:47 GMT

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 23 points to lead No. 4 Connecticut to an 86-37 win over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.


UConn stuns Villanova 73-70 in overtime
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:13:58 GMT

Shabazz Napier swished a 29-footer with 0.6 seconds left in overtime, and Jeremy Lamb scored a career-high 32 points to help Connecticut stun Villanova 73-70 Monday night.


Fairfield defeats slow-starting Marist
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:11:34 GMT

Derek Needham scored 16 points as Fairfield held Marist to 12 first-half points on the way to a 60-49 victory Monday night.


College Beat week of Feb. 20
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:14:21 GMT

Check out this weekend's biggest highlights in the latest edition of College Beat.


Buzz: Fired over a Jeremy Lin headline
Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:05:57 GMT

A headline writer for Bristol-based ESPN has been fired and an anchor suspended over an offensive headline regarding New York Knicks rookie Jeremy Lin.


UConn's home win streak ends at 99
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:47:43 GMT

Geno Auriemma knew UConn's incredible home winning streak would end eventually. He just didn't expect it to come when the Huskies were playing their typical stellar defense.


Robert Morris defeats CCSU 68-60
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:35:28 GMT

Lijah Thompson came off the bench to score 15 points as Robert Morris won its 500th game as a Division I program in a 68-60 victory over Central Connecticut State on Saturday night.


St. Francis edges Sacred Heart 58-56
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:31:52 GMT

Travis Nichols' jumper with 1 second remaining gave St. Francis (N.Y.) a 58-56 victory over Sacred Heart on Saturday night.


Harvard beats Yale 66-51
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:29:19 GMT

Brandyn Curry scored 18 points and Keith Wright tied Harvard's career block record in the Crimson's 66-51 win over Yale on Saturday night.


Hartford defeats Saint Peter's 67-51
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:37:58 GMT

Mark Nwakamma scored 18 points and Hartford had its best shooting game of the season in a 67-51 win over Saint Peter's on Saturday.


No. 12 Marquette beats UConn 79-64
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:57:55 GMT

Jae Crowder had 29 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 12 Marquette to a 79-64 road victory over Connecticut and keep the Golden Eagles in position for a double bye in next month's Big East tournament.


Yale hits free throws to beat Dartmouth
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:24:51 GMT

Austin Morgan scored 17 points, hitting all 12 of his free-throw attempts, as Yale defeated Dartmouth 70-61 Friday night to sweep the season series and keep the Big Green winless in the Ivy League.


UConn trying for 100th straight win
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:24:58 GMT

Connecticut senior Tiffany Hayes has never lost a home game, and is on the verge of helping establish another milestone in women's college basketball.


Red Sox' Wakefield retires
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:49:16 GMT

Tim Wakefield is retiring after pitching the last 17 seasons for the Boston Red Sox.


LIU Brooklyn escapes Sacred Heart
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:43:59 GMT

Jamal Olasewere tallied 27 points and 11 rebounds and Michael Culpo hit six 3-pointers en route to 20 points as LIU Brooklyn beat Sacred Heart 103-91 on Thursday night.


St Francis (NY) beats Quinnipiac
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:22:44 GMT

Jalen Cannon scored 13 points and pulled down 19 boards to lead St. Francis ( N.Y.) to a 64-56 win over Quinnipiac on Thursday night.


Central Conn. State beats St. Francis
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:51:30 GMT

Robby Ptacek scored 22 points, grabbed seven boards and had two steals as Central Connecticut State beat St. Francis (Pa.) 65-60 on Thursday night.


UConn strides to qualify for tournament
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:23:17 GMT

At one time the UConn Huskies men's basketball team was ranked as one of the top five teams in the country, now they have to pull together in order to make it to the NCAA Tournament.


Junior suspended from football team
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:46:43 GMT

A UConn football player has been suspended from the team and will not play in the fall.


Fairfield routs Saint Peter's 61-38
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:02:52 GMT

Rakim Sanders scored 15 points and Fairfield defeated Saint Peter's 61-38 Wednesday night, for its sixth straight win.


Hartford defeats Maine 64-50
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:58:49 GMT

Nate Sikma scored 20 points to lead Hartford over Maine 64-50 on Wednesday night, in an America East Conference game.


Lamb scored 18 and UConn beats DePaul
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:02:08 GMT

Shabazz Napier and Alex Oriakhi each put up double-doubles and Connecticut, playing its fourth straight game without ailing coach Jim Calhoun, beat DePaul 80-54 on Wednesday night.


Lin takes bball world by storm
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:56:11 GMT

Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin continues to take the basketball world by storm, hitting the last six points of the game to lead the Knicks to a comeback victory Wednesday night. And he's done that for six straight games.


Hoop star named McDonald's all-american
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:36:14 GMT

"There's good players that always play in it and it's the best of the best going against each other," said Bria Holmes.


College Beat week of Feb. 13
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:53:54 GMT

Check out this weekend's biggest highlights in the latest edition of College Beat.


UConn freshman earns 7th weekly honor
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:51:03 GMT

Connecticut's Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis has been named the Big East's freshman of the week for a seventh time this season.


Gampel chosen as NCAA first-round host
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:17:25 GMT

The University of Connecticut's Gampel Pavilion has been chosen as one of the 16 sites that will host the first and second rounds of the 2013 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.


New UConn AD has impressive resume
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:21:22 GMT

The question many UConn sports fans may be asking is: just who is Warde Manuel?


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