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Connecticut plan reveals academic makeup of team facing tournament ban – USATODAY.com
In outlining the wide range of steps intended to fix the problem, the document provides a detailed window on the academic environment surrounding Jim Calhoun's program that won the 2011 national championship and appeared in the 2009 Final Four.

The Day - UConn should have cared sooner | News from southeastern Connecticut
UConn's burgeoning persecution complex with the NCAA would have us believe the NCAA is the bad guy here. The NCAA is punishing the kids for someone else's mistake. Then let me suggest this: Let the kids go to the 2013 tournament and suspend Calhoun for its duration.

Jeff Jacobs Column: On UConn's Proposal To NCAA To Penalize Itself - Courant.com
Herbst obviously doesn't want Calhoun to look like he's singularly responsible, that the entire village is culpable. My argument is there is no village without Mayor Calhoun. He is the same man who was in charge when academics fell apart the season the Huskies went to the 2009 Final Four. This is his program. Yes, basketball has improved markedly in the classroom the past year and there have been a number of infrastructure improvements.

Memphis, UConn future foes for Boise State men's basketball team | Sports | Idahostatesman.com
Johnson said Connecticut has also agreed to play Boise State and San Diego State, who are scheduled to join the Big East as football-only members in 2013.

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Former UConn Baseball Players Among Top 100 Best MLB Prospects | Articles
Those names are George Springer and Mike Olt. Law ranks Springer, a member of the Houston Astros organization, as his 60th best prospect. Olt, a member of the Texas Rangers organization, comes in at No. 75.

NCAA Women's Basketball: NCAA BB Sports News at wtvd
Connecticut signees Moriah Jefferson, Breanna Stewart and Morgan Tuck form what is arguably the most star-studded women's basketball recruiting class of all time. But before the trio joins forces next season in Storrs, Stewart, the No. 1 prospect in the class of 2012 according to ESPN HoopGurlz, will face off against Jefferson, who's ranked No. 2, and Tuck, No. 15, on a national stage at the 2012 McDonald's All-American Game on March 28 (7 p.m. ET on ESPNU).

UConn Women's Basketball: UConn Women's Notebook - Hartford Courant
"Caroline Doty had the best game she's had since she was a sophomore," coach Geno Auriemma said. "I didn't think she was going to be able to play that much because she was hurting at practice and at shoot-around she didn't feel great physically.

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I'd be cool with adding this on as well
Let the kids go to the 2013 tournament and suspend Calhoun for its duration.

Get well soon Coach!

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by derbyguy on Feb 10, 2012 11:35 AM EST reply actions  

I have to give props to Jacobs

He got his digs in on Calhoun, which is to be expected, but his piece was a hell of a lot better than the crap produced by Forde and O’Neil yesterday. He at least go everything out there regarding the retroactive nature of this new rule. And as I said above, I think it would be reasonable to suspend Calhoun for the tourney on top of what has already been proposed.

Get well soon Coach!

2011 National Champs in Men's Basketball
FIRE DeLEONE
Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
#TeamKuechly
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by derbyguy on Feb 10, 2012 11:42 AM EST reply actions  

Question.

I posted this on bigeastcoastbias as well. When the Johnnies were banned from the post season in 2005 or 2006, the Big East banned them from the Big East tourny as well. The conference had a rule that if a team was banned from the NCAA tourny, it could not play in the BET because if it won the conference would be denied an automatic qualifier. Do you guys know if that is still in effect and if UConn is out of next year’s BET as well?

by redmen9194 on Feb 10, 2012 3:28 PM EST reply actions  

I don't know for sure

My guess is that this would be the case – I don’t see any reason for the Big East to allow a banned UConn team in their tournament. Which would really, really suck, considering it will be the last real-ish Big East tournament.

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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 10, 2012 7:18 PM EST up reply actions  

That's true.

Didn’t even think of that angle. Will be Pitt and Cuse’s last year in.

by redmen9194 on Feb 10, 2012 8:23 PM EST up reply actions  

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