Corley, Patterson To Be Inducted Into - University of Connecticut Official Athletics Site
Former University of Connecticut men's basketball stars Worthington "Worthy" Patterson and Bill Corley will be inducted into the school's "Huskies of Honor" at the men's basketball game vs. DePaul on Wednesday, February 15 in the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion.

UConn Recruits: Looking Back At UConn Football Recruits - Courant.com
Signing day is Wednesday, so expect to hear about the five-star recruits and glowing reports from analysts. The truth is, we won't know how good UConn's 2012 recruiting class is for another four years and the best players could be the least touted. A decade into life as a Division I-A program, UConn already has a history of hits and misses on the recruiting trail. We rate the best, the busts and a few surprises.

UConn Women's Basketball: Recruit Breanna Stewart gets glimpse of her future at UConn - Courant.com
As first-rate as the Huskies have been this season, most suspect that they will be even better next season when Stewart leads the Class of 2012. Stewart, the potential national high school player of the year, will be joined by two other All-Americans, forward Morgan Tuck and guard Moriah Jefferson.

Hayes leads UConn women past Syracuse 95-54 - Boston.com
Hayes was 11 of 15 from the floor, 7 of 7 from the free-throw line, matched her career high with six 3-pointers in eight tries, and had seven rebounds. "She's really in a good place right now -- physically, mentally," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "Tonight was probably a perfect example of all the things Tiffany can do on any given night. She used to have nights like this when she was a freshman, but since then she's struggled a little bit to find herself, find her game. Tonight was kind of, `Here I am, this is what I do. I'm a senior.'

UConn-Syracuse Notebook: After she sat out UConn's win over Syracuse, Doty will play Saturday, Auriemma says - Courant.com
Junior guard Caroline Doty, who did not play Wednesday after bruising her left knee at DePaul last week, will return to practice Friday and is expected to play Saturday against South Florida at the XL Center.

UConn freshman DeAndre Daniels not having the year he'd envisioned- The Register Citizen
Long after the sellout crowd had departed and another unproductive night for Daniels was in the books, the UConn freshman was the last man in the gym, hoisting up jumpers and lending credence to his high school coach’s assertion that Daniels worked "harder than anyone I’ve ever coached." "It’s an experience for me," Daniels said after going scoreless in six minutes of play. "I’m just trying to get better each and every day, just keep working harder and keeping my head up and going from there."

UConn pulls one from The Hun School - On The Trail Blog - ESPN (Insider)
Post-graduate inside linebacker Wyatt Vinci (Princeton, N.J./The Hun School) has given the Huskies his commitment, multiple sources report. He was in Storrs, Conn. last weekend for an official visit.

Season grade: UConn - Big East Blog - ESPN
You have to say UConn took a step back because it finished with a losing record for the first time since 2006. A transition to a new head coach and new schemes on offense and defense meant an expected rough patch. Factor in no development or improvement at quarterback, and you get a 5-7 record. The Huskies were close in several early games against Iowa State, Vanderbilt and Western Michigan. Wins in any of those would have gotten them back to a bowl game. But they blew fourth quarter leads in each and only beat one team with a winning record this season. To me, a .500 season equates a C, so the Huskies have to drop a notch below that. Grade: D.

As new photos come in (with better lighting), it appears that while still gray, the new UConn uniforms are slightly more...UConn-y. What appeared to be black trim is, in fact, national flag blue. There are also some stylistic shout-outs to previous uniforms, such as an homage to the 99-07 era side paneling.

Nike chose schools that have all won National Championships while wearing Nike (UConn was the only school whose men's and women's teams were chosen) so the National Championship stars are prominently displayed. This move the players' names below the stars on the back. (That's a Syracuse picture, but it's the same for all. Incidentally it looks like there was probably room for Scoop Jardine's name and Syracuse's one star above the numbers, but, as you'll see below, UConn's stars take up more real estate.) The uniforms also come with specific shoes and socks (we'll see if Shabazz has other plans, however).

Check out the images below and fill out the poll at the bottom to let us know how you feel about the new look.

More photos (including the widely praised warmup jacket) after the jump!

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Here are your first photos of the new Nike Hyper Elite Platinum uniforms the UConn men and women will each wear this season. The men will don theirs this Sunday vs. Notre Dame, and the women will wear theirs when they face the Irish on February 27.

It appears for now that the uniforms are scheduled as a one-off design, so for the rest rest of the year the teams will be rocking their boring old Nike Hyper Elite uniforms -- no platinum.

The men and women are two of nine programs chosen to debut the Platinum line. The others are: Arizona, the Baylor women's team, Duke, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina and Syracuse. All of those teams have won national titles in Nike gear.

Photos courtesy of Ian from Sox&Dawgs.

UConn expects Ryan Boatright ruling this week - NCAA Basketball - Sporting News
The ongoing eligibility saga involving Connecticut freshman guard Ryan Boatright is expected to come to an end Tuesday or Wednesday. That's when Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun expects to hear from the NCAA in the case, according to the Connecticut Post.

Big East adds Navy as football-only member - Houston Chronicle
The Big East Tuesday announced that Navy will join as a football-only school effective July 1, 2015. "The academy's decision to join the Big East conference -- it's first-ever home after over 100 years of independence, underscores the long-term viability of the Big East," league commissioner John Marinatto said on a conference call..

Adding Navy all about pure survival for besieged Big East - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com
But will the Big East survive? I'm probably in the minority on this, but I think so. No matter what happens in 2014 (BCS or non-BCS AQ leagues), the Big East (even without WVU, Pitt and Syracuse) is still, at worst, the nation's sixth-best football conference and a much stronger league than the Mountain West, Conference USA or even a combination of the Mountain West and C-USA. So whether the AQ BCS status remains, the league will still command on much better television deal when it signs a new contract in a year or two.

UCONN MEN'S BASKETBALL: Jeremy Lamb seeks an answer for his 'struggles'- The New Haven Register - Serving New Haven, Connecticut
Jeremy has learned from his father’s teachings and is implementing them now as he goes through a rough stretch. "Jeremy and I have been talking regularly, and he’s realizing that part of character is that you’re going to go through some tough times," Rolando said. "It’s not what you go through, it’s how you go through it."

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