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Weekly Rewind
The latest UConn athletics news
#UConn announces Tyler Polley is returning for a 5th season pic.twitter.com/dfcoGjKnlc
— Storrs Central (@StorrsCentral) April 14, 2021
- Double-double machine Dorka Juhász grad transfers to UConn after successful stint with Ohio State women’s basketball
- COVID-19 protocols force UConn baseball to miss out on midweek game against Bryant before lingering issues cancel weekend series with Creighton
- UConn football finding success at filling future schedule
- Tomas Vomacka signs with Nashville Predators, ending UConn men’s hockey career
- UConn women’s soccer loses heartbreaker in Big East Championship semis after team’s top players win array of conference awards:
UConn WSOC well-represented in the Big East honors:
— Daniel Connolly (@DanielVConnolly) April 15, 2021
Randi Palacios won Co-Goalkeeper of the Year. Melina Couzis, Jessica Mazo and Palacios made the All-Big East First Team, Yamilee Eveillard made the second team and Lucy Cappadona and Jada Konte made the All-Freshman team.
- Anna Makurat announces plan to play professional basketball in Europe
- UConn field hockey enters upcoming Big East Championship as top seed
- Best walk-up songs for UConn baseball batters ranked
- Expectations sky-high for UConn women’s basketball in 2021-22 thanks to strong showing from talented backcourt and formidable frontcourt this season
- James Bouknight looks primed to be next UConn men’s basketball star picked in first round of NBA Draft:
@jasonrmcintyre has released his latest Mock Draft!
— The Association on FOX (@TheAssociation) April 14, 2021
Do you agree with his picks? pic.twitter.com/sDv1oah2TP
U Gotta See This
Video highlights
- UConn men’s basketball getting a winner in 2022 commit Corey Floyd Jr:
Corey Floyd Jr & Team Final 2-0 today
— CUE THE MUSIC (@Cue_the_Music) April 18, 2021
@CoreyFloydJr @TeamFinalEYBL pic.twitter.com/lV3uOJRw4g
- Jordan Hawkins earns MaxPrep All-American Team honorable mention along with future UConn men’s basketball teammate Rahsool Diggins whose high school career was nothing short of spectacular:
UConn is getting a bucket in point guard Rahsool Diggins @RahsoolDiggins3
— BallerTV (@BallerTV) April 14, 2021
In his senior season he averaged 18.6 PPG, 6.7 APG, 5.2 RPG, and 3.5 SPG and finished as @WoodBoysBball's all-time leading scorer with 1,513 career points. pic.twitter.com/2jEs4JhDsa
Coach’s Corner
Find out what UConn coaches are up to on and off the court
- Coach Rodriguez leading UConn women’s soccer to new heights with trip to Big East Championship serving as strong foundation for future success:
I’m beyond proud of my team. We fought to the end and that shows pride and heart within our culture. We walk off with our heads high because we know this is just the beginning for us. We are just getting started. We will be back hungrier than ever now.
— Margaret Tietjen Rodriguez (@MagsRodriguez12) April 16, 2021
- UConn women’s basketball in need of new assistant coach after Shea Ralph leaves to take reigns at Vanderbilt
- Kevin Freeman moves from assistant coach with men’s basketball program to National C Club leadership role at UConn
- Geno’s coaching tree keeps growing and producing good apples
- UConn women’s hockey loses assistant coach Katelyn Parker to Seattle Kraken youth training and development program
- Dan Hurley discusses current state of college basketball in light of unprecedented transfer activity as 2021-22 roster construction nears completion:
GRID UPDATE
— tcf15 (@tcf_15) April 14, 2021
Huge news as Tyler Polley announced he will return to UConn for the 2021-2022 season.
Both Isaiah Whaley and Tyler Polley do not count against the scholarship count, so UConn currently has three spots remaining on next year's team (unlikely all will be filled). pic.twitter.com/mdn2zHy6E6
Big League Buzz
Catch up on former UConn players working across the sports world
- Kevin Ollie joins Overtime Elite as coach and director of player development
- Breanna Stewart adds Euroleague Final Four MVP to ridiculous resume after leading UMMC Ekaterinburg to third-straight championship:
3x Consensus College National Player of the Year
— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) April 18, 2021
4x NCAA Tournament MVP
2018 FIBA World Cup MVP
2016 WNBA Rookie of the Year
2018 WNBA MVP
2x WNBA Finals MVP
2019 EuroLeague MVP
2021 Euroleague Final Four MVP
(We might have missed a few.) pic.twitter.com/47Cc0WA6EF
- Sue Bird appreciates Geno’s positive impact on her game, opportunities to represent Team USA in Olympics as Tokyo games near
- Andre “Big Penguin” Drummond dishes on nickname’s origin:
Andre Drummond has no idea why people have started calling him Big Penguin
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) April 14, 2021
(via @Lakers) pic.twitter.com/yzLJ2hhqF0
- Giants’ Matt Peart putting in work entering second NFL season
- Gabby Williams dominates EuroLeague Women Awards by winning Defensive Player of the Year and joining Katie Lou Samuelson on All-EuroLeague Women First Team:
The best in the business. Meet the 2021 All-#EuroLeagueWomen First Team!
— EuroLeague Women (@EuroLeagueWomen) April 13, 2021
⭐ Courtney Vandersloot (@Sloot22)
⭐ Alina Iagupova
⭐ Gabby Williams (@gabbywilliams15)
⭐ Katie Lou Samuelson (@33katielou)
⭐ Emma Meesseman (@EmmaMeesseman) pic.twitter.com/B0SjhpPyQ6
Memory Lane
Revisit special moments in UConn sports history
- Nobody broke Blue Devils’ hearts like Coach Calhoun and the Huskies:
https://t.co/BzVRYdiSGC pic.twitter.com/3NEP5jVSFP
— tcf15 (@tcf_15) April 14, 2021
- UConn remains the undisputed top source for WNBA stars:
We won’t have any Huskies drafted today but we’ll still take a sec to make this about us #WNBADraft pic.twitter.com/1QCbjUKBy5
— UConn Women’s Basketball (@UConnWBB) April 15, 2021
UConn football’s apparel deal with Aeropostale in the early 2000s was one of the most peculiar partnerships in recent college sports history:
Old school UConn players and fans looking up the road at the Boston College/New Balance announcement like, "Whatevs." pic.twitter.com/VOOpMrSL7D
— Ryan McGee (@ESPNMcGee) April 13, 2021
- When determining whether recruits were UConn women’s basketball material, body language told Geno everything he needed to know:
In 2016, Geno Auriemma was asked how every single player on his team is so enthusiastic.
— Matt Lisle (@CoachLisle) April 12, 2021
He gave an answer that every young athlete should hear
pic.twitter.com/LEDW3QCj5x
Final Play
A parting sentiment from The Fast Break team
From a facilities standpoint, there’s no better time than now to be a Husky:
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