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Roscoe Smith
Position: SF
Rivals: #6 SF, #31 overall
Scout: #6 SF
ESPN: 95/100, #4 SF
Ht: 6'7
Wt: 185 lbs
School: Oak Hill Acad. (Va.)
Jeremy Lamb
Position: SG
Rivals: #17 SG, #68 overall
Scout: #13 SG
ESPN: 91/100, #43 SG
Ht: 6'4"
Wt: 170 lbs
School: Norcross (Ga.)
Michael Bradley
Position: PF/C
Rivals: NR
Scout: #15 C (4 stars)
ESPN: 85/100
Ht: 6'9"
Wt: 215 lbs
School: Tyner Acad. (Tenn.)
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Coach Cal, master of the arts
My guess is this "This Is Sportcenter" commercial featuring leading man Jim Calhoun has less to do with proving that he can connect to younger athletes and more about Cal's plan to take the film industry by storm.
(If anyone can find a video version to embed, send it along)
Calhoun agrees to new deal ... again
Cal's agent has released a statement saying that Calbertus has agreed to a new four-year extension and will sign it in the next few weeks.
Although details are vague at this point, this deal appears to be quite similar to the one reported in December.
1 day ago
UConnBlog Justin
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The Nova Blog
Shortly after the founding of this digest, we began to correspond with the fine folks over at "I Bleed Blue and White," a Villanova blog. Despite beings fans of the cursed Wildcats, the gentlemen over there are an all around good bunch, and so I am happy to note that they are now part of our little corporate SBNation family. They have, however, changed their name (I assume out of admiration for us) to "The Nova Blog." Anyway, civil people that we are, feel free to head over there way and say hello. Also, this means that whatever you do, you should avoid picking 'Nova to go far in March because as we know all too well, the SBNation curse is real.
2 days ago
Andrew Porter
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At some point I will get around to commenting on yesterday's disaster and this season as a whole, but that point is not today, and it probably will not be for a while. In the meantime, I'm going to try and distract myself by learning about, watching and commenting on women's basketball. At least the other UConn basketball team won't break my heart (in theory). I suppose we can start with this video from Jeremy Schapp talking about the comparatively little recognition the women have gotten for their dominance. Deadspin chimed in here, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
2 days ago
Andrew Porter
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UConn quits, gets run off the court by St. John's
by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 4:36 PM EST
14 comments
I love Jim Calhoun, but he didn't follow through on his promise to bench the seniors. And true to recent form, those seniors came up with a whole bunch of nothing. (Neither did anyone else, but the kids weren't the ones Calhoun called out on Saturday).
St. John's 73, UConn 51. It's not hyperbole to call this the program's lowest moment in years. UConn's record is 17-15, the worst (win-percentage wise) since 1987, Calhoun's first season, when UConn went 9-19. An NIT invite isn't guaranteed, and I'm not even sure Calhoun should waste his time trying to coach this group for another two weeks.
Maybe later we can talk about where it all went wrong this year. Maybe later we can speculate on the future of Calhoun, the recruiting class, the hopes (or lack thereof) for next year.
Today, I'd prefer to exert exactly as much effort talking about the game as the team did playing the game.
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TheOpenThread: UConn-St. John's, Big East Tournament Day 1
by Andrew Porter on Mar 9, 2010 12:15 PM EST
328 comments
A reasonable man would assume that at this point, UConn's season is over. Yes, the team will likely play a few days in the Big East Tournament and then burnout early in the NIT, but that is hardly a dignified way to end a season.
However, as it happens, I am not a reasonable man. No, I am a delusional homer, so I refuse to admit the season is over. Not ten minutes after the USF loss I was already plotting UConn's way back into tournament contention. For you see, when I look at this team, I can see its flaws, but I also see its talent, and even, on occasion, have seen them use that talent. I know I am about to have my heart broken, but I am willing to buy in anyway.
UConn starts its march back toward relevance today at 2:30 against St. John's. Please join us in the comments and share your thoughts.
(Ed.: May as well make this a day-long Open Thread, so if you feel the need to comment on the South Florida-DePaul thriller, or the NEW JERSEYYYYYY double-shot night session, go right ahead.)
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TheOpenThread: Women go for 71
by Andrew Porter on Mar 8, 2010 6:34 PM EST
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The UConn women are currently working toward what will undoubtedly be their record 71st straight win. I'm not going to be around for the game, and Meacham has no way to watch it, but we'll have some thoughts on the complete and utter dominance of the women's team later tonight. For now, feel free to mark history in the comments.
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A public service announcement
by Andrew Porter on Mar 8, 2010 6:00 PM EST
7 comments
I would like to take this opportunity to publicly announce that I, Andrew Porter, will not be present for UConn's game against St. John's tomorrow in the opening round of the Big East Tournament. In addition, should the team advance, I have no intention to attend any subsequent games the team may participate in.
As longtime readers know, I attended the Big East tournament for all four of my years as an undergraduate, and, in each of those years, the Huskies were eliminated in their first game, with last year's six overtime loss serving as the cherry on top of my misery sundae. I can only hope and pray that with my absence, the Huskies can once again win in the Big East tournament, and perhaps, if fate is kind, return to their former glory by dominating it. That is all.
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Big East Conference Standings
(updated 3.13.2010 at 3:39 AM EST)
| Conf | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
Syracuse Orange
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15 | 3 | 28 | 4 |
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West Virginia Mountaineers
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13 | 5 | 26 | 6 |
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Villanova Wildcats
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13 | 5 | 24 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Panthers | 13 | 5 | 24 | 8 |
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Marquette Golden Eagles
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11 | 7 | 22 | 11 |
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Louisville Cardinals
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11 | 7 | 20 | 12 |
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Georgetown Hoyas
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10 | 8 | 23 | 9 |
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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10 | 8 | 23 | 11 |
| South Florida Bulls | 9 | 9 | 20 | 12 |
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Seton Hall Pirates
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9 | 9 | 19 | 12 |
| Cincinnati Bearcats | 7 | 11 | 18 | 15 |
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Connecticut Huskies
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7 | 11 | 17 | 15 |
| St. John's Red Storm | 6 | 12 | 17 | 15 |
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Rutgers Scarlet Knights
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5 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
| Providence Friars | 4 | 14 | 12 | 19 |
| DePaul Blue Demons | 1 | 17 | 8 | 23 |
Huskies Basketball Schedule
Last 5 Games
| St. John's | Tue 03/09 | L 51 - 73 |
| St. John's | Tue 03/09 | L 51 - 73 |
| @ South Florida | Sat 03/06 | L 68 - 75 |
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Notre Dame
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Wed 03/03 | L 50 - 58 |
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Louisville
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Sun 02/28 | L 76 - 78 |
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TheOpenThread: UConn-St. John's, Big East Tournament Day 1
by Andrew Porter 4 days ago
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UConn quits, gets run off the court by St. John's
by Kevin Meacham 3 days ago
14 comments | 0 recs
The Nova Blog
by Andrew Porter 2 days ago
12 comments | 0 recs
Well, that's all finished: South Florida 75, UConn 68
by Kevin Meacham 6 days ago
11 comments | 0 recs
A public service announcement
by Andrew Porter 4 days ago
7 comments | 0 recs