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Snubbed And Abandoned: The ACC Keeps Rejecting UConn While Big East Charter Members Flee To Other Conferences
The Hartford CourantIn April 2011, UConn was on top of the college sports world. The men's basketball team, led by Kemba Walker, had just won an improbable national title, the third for coach Jim Calhoun. Geno Auriemma's women's team had made it to the Final Four yet...Tags: Justice System, Miami Hurricanes, Christianity, Dee Rowe, Fiesta Bowl
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Curtain Call: Old-Time Big East Exits The Big Stage
NEW YORK — It was about the basketball. Of course, it was about the basketball, but it always was about the stage, too. No stage was bigger or better for three decades than during the March weekend when the best the college game could offer...Tags: Christianity, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Fox Sports (tv network), Big East Conference, Sports Illustrated
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UConn Recruit Kentan Facey Makes Big Strides In Final High School Season
The Hartford CourantIn basketball years, UConn recruit Kentan Facey is just a toddler. Three years ago, he was working on the family farm in Jamaica, playing a little soccer or cricket when he could. He started playing basketball at 15. "Imagine if you decided you were...Tags: XL Center, Science and Technology, Long Island, Sports, Connecticut Huskies
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Kevin Ollie's New Year Might Very Well Start With A New Deal
The Hartford CourantWhen UConn began a national search for a new athletic director last January, President Susan Herbst used two words when asked what qualities she was looking for in that person. "Strong," Herbst said. "Smart." Last February when UConn hired Warde...Tags: Jeff Hathaway, Atlantic Coast Conference, Maryland Terrapins, North Carolina State University, Big East Conference
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Rutgers At UConn
Site: XL Center, Hartford Time: 2 p.m. TV: SNY (Kevin Connors, Tim Welsh) Radio: WTIC-AM 1080 (Joe D'Ambrosio, Wayne Norman) Series history: UConn 34-14. Last meeting: Rutgers, 67-60, Jan. 7, 2012 in Piscataway, N.J. Streaks: Rutgers L2 UConn L2...Tags: Joe D'Ambrosio, XL Center, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Connecticut Huskies, Pittsburgh Panthers
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What Got Into John Rowland?
The Hartford CourantWhat got into John Rowland, everyone was asking after the former governor and now WTIC-AM 1080 talk show host hammered former Republican Attorney General Nominee Martha Dean over her views on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Dean has a...Tags: Radio Industry, Joan Rivers, Republican Party, Rand Paul, Hillary Clinton
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Jim Calhoun Honored Before Quinnipiac-Central Connecticut Game
HAMDEN – Even though he’s done coaching and now has the time, Jim Calhoun has been reluctant to attend a Central Connecticut or Quinnipiac game for the same reason he’s reluctant to attend a UConn road game. He doesn’t want to...Tags: Tom Moore, Howie Dickenman, Human Interest
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Ollie Says Napier Is Healing Well
The Hartford CourantThe seven-day respite in the schedule came at an ideal time for UConn. With leader Shabazz Napier nursing a left shoulder injury, coach Kevin Ollie and his staff had an opportunity to rest him. Ollie, speaking on the Big East coaches media conference...Tags: St. John's Red Storm, Big East Conference, College Basketball, XL Center, Rutgers Scarlet Knights
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Napier Key To UConn's Future Hopes
The Hartford CourantAs everyone at Gampel Pavilion watched a video tribute to a team that, on paper, had little to play for and instead gave and gave each game as if it had everything in the world to play for, Shabazz Napier began to feel the shiver of emotions. As...Tags: Roscoe Smith, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NBA Draft, National Basketball Association, Big East Conference
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Quinnipiac: Becoming A Giant
The Hartford Courant— No matter how many times you make the drive, whether it's the first time or the hundredth, you turn off I-91, travel a few miles west on the connector road. You look up and … Quinnipiac? Wow. "It is the great statement," Quinnipiac...Tags: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Symbols and Symbolism, Boston College, Lobbying, National Economic Council
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Highs And Lows Of UConn's Memorable Season
The Hartford CourantOn Oct. 11, the day of the Husky Run, Kevin Ollie said he wanted teams to walk off the court after playing the Huskies and ask themselves, "Why do they play so hard? They have no postseason to play for; why are they playing so hard?" Right to the end,...Tags: Joe Carr, George Blaney, Sprained Wrist, Big East Conference, Tyler Olander
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Thanks For The Memories: Some Of UConn's Most Memorable MSG Games
UConn won seven Big East tournament titles, starting with its first in 1990 and ending with its final one in 2011. In between the Huskies won in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2004. The Huskies played in numerous memorable games in the March event at...Tags: Syracuse Orange, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Kemba Walker, Big East Conference
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