Shabazz Napier

The Huskies arrived in Florida with the boots, splints, bandages that have become familiar wardrobe accessories as the season winds down. "We're going to go with what we've got," coach Kevin Ollie said Tuesday. "I'm excited for the challenge. Whoever...

Site: Sun Dome, Tampa, Fla. Time: 9 p.m. TV: ESPNU (Adam Amin, Tim Welsh) Radio: WTIC-AM 1080 (Joe D'Ambrosio, Wayne Norman) Series history: UConn, 10-1 Last meeting: UConn, 69-64 (OT) at Gampel, Feb. 3 Streaks: UConn, L2; USF, W1 UConn (19-9, 9-...

— For the UConn men's basketball team, this has been a season of making do … or doing without. The Huskies have made do with a depleted roster, made do with the loss of their frontcourt to transfers or the NBA, made do despite injuries. As...

CINCINNATI — This was a UConn team held together by duct tape, bandages and lots and lots of heart. If any UConn fan wants to stop here, wants to chalk up this game without Shabazz Napier as proof positive that these Huskies always play with...

Shabazz Napier had never missed a game at UConn, played 102 in a row through various foot and shoulder injuries. But that streak came to end Saturday, when the pain in his right foot had the deciding vote. "I woke up today and I didn't feel 100...

Site: Fifth Third Arena, Cincinnati Time: Saturday, 2 p.m. TV: SNY (Anish Shroff, Bob Wenzel) Radio: WTIC-AM 1080 (Joe D'Ambrosio, Wayne Norman) Series history: UConn, 8-3 Last meeting: UConn, 73-66 (OT), at XL, Feb. 21, 2013 Streaks: UConn, L1,...

As Shabazz Napier walked through the lobby of the team hotel, the cumbersome boot was still on his right foot, but he was smiling. "I'm always smiling," he said. "Got to have a smile on your face every day." Trust that Napier's smile will be wider on...

A good night's sleep, for those UConn players who were able to get it, probably didn't help. In the aftermath of the Huskies' double-overtime loss to Georgetown, Shabazz Napier, for one, was not looking forward to the replay. "You've got to come in...

STORRS — It was a night, a crazy, nutty, heart-pounding night, when we found out again how good Otto Porter Jr. is. It also was a night, a crazy, nutty, heart-pounding, double-overtime night, when we found out how good DeAndre Daniels can be....

Shabazz Napier's right foot has become an issue again. "I just tweaked it," said Napier, who was in a walking boot following UConn's double-overtime loss to Georgetown. "I got out there and played and gave it my best." The foot was a problem much of...

Not many opponents get the last chuckle at the Carrier Dome, but Otto Porter left his calling card all over that building. Last Saturday, in Georgetown's final game at Syracuse as a Big East opponent, Porter had 33 points and eight rebounds to lead the...

Site: Gampel Pavilion Time: 7 p.m. TV: ESPN 2 (Mike Patrick, LaPhonso Ellis) Radio: WTIC-AM 1080 (Joe D'Ambrosio, Wayne Norman) Series history: Georgetown, 34-27 Last meeting: Georgetown, 55-48, Washington, Feb. 1, 2012 Streaks: Georgetown, W9;...