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National Invitation Tournament - First Round - XL Center
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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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Call of Duty (NH Register UConn MBB Blog)
So many fantastic tidbits in David Borges' update from Calhoun's presser Monday prior to the Northeastern game. To name three:
--John Calipari is a slimy SOB (SHOCKER!)
--Jerome Dyson has been playing video games since the St. John's loss
--"No-Nickname" Smith getting plenty of burn. I'm kind of OK with that
So check it out. In the meantime, the post also brings us a fantastic Coach Cal quote:
"I've always tried to control the world, and I never have. But my quest will never end."
Discuss how this quote will change YOUR life in the comments.
Let the UConn invitational begin
by Kevin Meacham on Mar 15, 2010 7:00 PM EDT
24 comments
Tonight is one of the biggest nights of the year in women's basketball: the night that 63 teams get to find out whether or not they will lose to UConn, in which round they will do so, and when Pat Summitt will get her hat and broom handed to her in an epic Geno-delivered beatdown.
In the comments section, you'll see my stream-of-consciousness, mostly-off-the-top-of-my-head quickie live analysis of the bracket. Here's the important information, for the purposes of this blog:
- UConn was seeded No. 1 in the Dayton region, and named the No. 1 overall seed (duh)
- Their first-round pod will take place in Norfolk, Va. First-round games (UConn vs. #16 seed Southern and #8 Temple vs. #9 James Madison) will take place Sunday afternoon.
- UConn-Southern will kick things off at 12:15, with Temple-James Madison to follow 30 minutes after
- The second-round game will take place Tuesday night, either at 7 or 9
- The regionals will take place in Dayton, Ohio the following Sunday (March 28) and Tuesday (March 30)
- The Final Four will be in San Antonio the following Sunday (April 3) and Tuesday (April 5)
- UConn's likely opponent in the Final Four would be archrival Tennessee, the top seed in the Memphis region. They could also play Duke, West Virginia or Baylor
- The top seeds on the other side of the bracket were Stanford (probably the biggest, possibly the only threat to UConn) and Nebraska
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TheBracketChallenge: Something to distract us from the pain
by Andrew Porter on Mar 15, 2010 5:13 PM EDT
13 comments
Welcome to TheUConnBlog's first annual NCAA Tournament Bracket Challenge and (hopefully) last annual NIT Challenge.
As far as the NCAA pool goes, we're using standard operating procedure. The challenge is hosted over at Yahoo, and you can find it here. Our name is TheUConnBlog and the password is "calbertus." Also, despite UConn's dismal failure, we'll be hosting OpenThreads for the NCAA's, so feel free to stop by and chime in.
Now, on to the real matter at hand, the National Invitational Tournament. Wooo. Near as I can tell, no website runs an interactive bracket challenge, nor even makes an interactive bracket available, so we're going to have to do this old-school. You can post your picks in the comments (just go through the games in order, or post a screenshot of a bracket) and I'll keep track by hand and provide regular updates. If you need it, the bracket is here. All brackets for the NIT contest are due by 7 est. Tuesday. Finally, I'm never sure how to score one of these things, I figure for points we can either go 1-2-3-4-5 or 1-2-4-8-16. Vote in the comments and I'll go with whatever is most popular.
Despite our corporate sellout, we're still broke, so there are no elaborate prizes for winners, but I'll see if we can throw something together (guest post, signed copy of Hoop Tales, something along those lines).
Goodluck to all.
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Did you say you were hungry for MORE UConn men's basketball this year?
by Kevin Meacham on Mar 14, 2010 9:44 PM EDT
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I thought you might have.
We (mostly) took the last five days off after UConn's embarrassing blowout loss to St. John's in the Big East tournament. It was a spiritual journey in which we looked deep within ourselves. At the end of any existential journey into one's mind, you realize that, when you consider everything that exists, you have no choice but to conclude that it's all meaningless.
That's just about the best segue I could come up with to announce this:
UConn will host Northeastern in the first round of the NIT Tuesday at 7 p.m. (ESPN2). Get your brackets in now.
More, including the school's official release, after the jump.
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And here's the video, thanks to Dickie V's baby.
2 days ago
UConnBlog Justin
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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)
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UConnBlog Justin
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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.
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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.
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Andrew Porter
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Big East Conference Standings
(updated 3.14.2010 at 3:26 AM EST)
| Conf | Overall | |||
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| W | L | W | L | |
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Syracuse Orange
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15 | 3 | 28 | 4 |
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West Virginia Mountaineers
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13 | 5 | 27 | 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 | 10 |
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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
Next 5 Games
| Northeastern | Tue 03/16 | 7:00 PM EDT |
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 6 days ago
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Let the UConn invitational begin
by Kevin Meacham about 10 hours ago
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UConn quits, gets run off the court by St. John's
by Kevin Meacham 6 days ago
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TheBracketChallenge: Something to distract us from the pain
by Andrew Porter about 12 hours ago
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The Nova Blog
by Andrew Porter 4 days ago
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