| Calhoun takes medical leave of absence |
Fri Feb 3 14:11:33 2012 EST |
| evere pain and hampers mobility. The Huskies are 14-7 this season, including 4-5 in the Big East, and have lost four straight games. Calhoun has battled medical issues in the past. He missed seven games during the 2009-10 season for an unspecified problem and is a three-time cancer survivor. He recovered from prostate cancer in 2003 and skin cancer in 2008. The 69-year-old Calhoun guided UConn to its third national championship last spring. He was elected to the basketball Hall of Fame in 2005. |
| Huskies and Hoyas square off Big East action |
Wed Feb 1 11:14:21 2012 EST |
| Washington, D.C. (Sports Network) - The Connecticut Huskies have made their way to the nation's capital for tonight's Big East Conference showdown with the 14th-ranked Georgetown Hoyas. UConn is hoping to put the brakes on a three-game slide as the team fell to 14-6 overall and an even 4-4 in conference after suffering a 50-48 setback at home to Notre Dame on Sunday. It was team's lowest scoring output of the campaign, and it will try to even its record in true road games this season to 3-3 wit |
| Notre Dame routs Rutgers |
Tue Jan 31 21:31:56 2012 EST |
| Monique Oliver dropped in 17 points and pulled down nine rebounds for Rutgers (17-5, 6-3), which dropped its second straight game. Erica Wheeler chipped in eight points for the Scarlet Knights, who will look to bounce back as they travel to No. 3 UConn on Saturday. Kayla McBride made two from the free-throw line capping a 19-4 run for Notre Dame as it took a 30-15 lead with 7:33 left in the first half. Notre Dame controlled the boards in the first half and it translated on the scoreboard as the |
| Hartley, Connecticut smother Duke |
Mon Jan 30 21:41:32 2012 EST |
| ayup just over six minutes in. The edge grew to double figures at 25-15 on Tiffany Hayes' free throw. The Huskies put the stamp on a 12-2 stretch with Dolson's lay-in for a 31-17 game moments later. The Blue Devils scored the final six points, as UConn failed to add on during the stretch run. Dolson scored 10 points on a perfect 4-of-4 shooting half, while Gray led Duke with 11 points and four rebounds. The second half was more of the same, as UConn's defense disrupted Duke's motion sets, while |
| Kentucky keeps top spot in men's hoops poll |
Mon Jan 30 13:32:19 2012 EST |
| nce, the only loss a 78-77 overtime setback to Mississippi State on January 21. Kansas State and Connecticut dropped out this week. The Wildcats had been ranked for four straight weeks and were 22nd last week before a 63-60 home loss to Oklahoma. UConn was a preseason No. 4 in the wake of its 2011 national championship, but has lost three in a row. This week's schedule features a number of ranked matchups, starting Wednesday with a Big Ten tussle between Indiana and Michigan in Ann Arbor. On Sa |
| Assessing March outlook as February beckons |
Mon Jan 30 11:09:53 2012 EST |
| amped the Mountaineers' ticket already. Seton Hall's once solid profile is unraveling in the midst of a four-game slide that includes bad losses to Villanova and South Florida. The Pirates still have wins over St. Joe's, Dayton, West Virginia and UConn, but they need wins, which will be tough to come by with games against Marquette and the Huskies on the horizon. UConn is in a similar spot, losers of three straight and five of seven. The good news is that Ryan Boatright is back, but the bad new |
| Irish escape Connecticut for third straight win |
Sun Jan 29 14:14:37 2012 EST |
| ow came up short. Connecticut trailed for nearly the entire second half, but Lamb drilled a three-pointer to pull the Huskies within 49-47 and Notre Dame's Jerian Grant made only the first of two from the stripe with six seconds remaining to give UConn one last chance. Grant smartly fouled Lamb as he crossed midcourt with 2.3 seconds left to prevent a potential tying three-point try. Lamb made the first free throw and missed the second, but he was able to grab his own rebound along the left sid |
| Irish to try their luck in Big East brawl with Huskies |
Sun Jan 29 10:51:07 2012 EST |
| etwork) - The Notre Dame Fighting Irish conclude their two-game road trip with a visit to the XL Center to square off with the 24th- ranked Connecticut Huskies. This will be the 27th meeting in the all-time series between these programs. Although UConn holds a 17-9 advantage in the rivalry, Notre Dame has won three of the last four encounters. The Huskies won 67-53 in the first meeting this season on Jan. 14th, after they shot 46.3 percent from the field and held the Fighting Irish to 32.3 perc |
| No. 3 UConn takes care of South Florida |
Sat Jan 28 20:32:34 2012 EST |
| Hartford, CT (Sports Network) - Tiffany Hayes recorded a double-double with a game-high 33 points to go with 10 rebounds as No. 3 UConn defeated South Florida, 77-62, at XL Center on Saturday. Stefanie Dolson added a double-double of her own with 22 points and 18 rebounds as UConn (19-2, 8-1 Big East) improved to 14-0 at home and have now won seven straight. Caitlin Rowe had 20 points for South Florida (12-9, 4-3) and Inga Orekhova chipped in 16 points and five boards. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis ca |
| Stanford downs California in OT |
Sat Jan 28 20:11:11 2012 EST |
| to lift No. 4 Stanford to a 74-71 overtime win over California. Nnemkadi Ogwumike posted 12 points and nine rebounds while Toni Kokenis added 18 points and four assists for the Cardinal (18-1, 9-0 Pac-12), who have won 15 straight since a loss to UConn on November 21. Brittany Boyd had 19 points and seven rebounds for the Golden Bears (15-6, 6-3), who had a four-game winning streak stopped. Chiney Ogwumike hit one-of-two free throws with 65 seconds to play in overtime for a one-point lead. Lays |
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