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Should UConn give Kevin Ollie a real contract?
UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun retired in September, making it clear he wanted his assistant Kevin Ollie to be his successor. Ollie was given a seven-month contract. Should he get a longer-term contract soon? NEWS AND VIEWS It's time...
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Half-Baked Jake Rocks The Vote, Hall And Heisman
The Hartford CourantHalf-baked Jake is back in all his half-bakedness … News: The steroid-dripping Baseball Hall of Fame ballots are distributed. Views: After leaving the box unchecked twice, I'm voting for Killingworth's Jeff Bagwell. My fuller view of one of the...Tags: Barry Alvarez, David Wright, Tim Tebow, Mark Sanchez, College Sports
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UConn Overcomes Some Issues To Beat Wake Forest
The Hartford CourantThe Huskies arrived in their locker room to find the simplest of messages on the chalkboard: "Find a way." "That, to me, means find a way to help your team even if you're not scoring," Shabazz Napier said. "Find a way to get a rebound. It was kind of...Tags: Shabazz Napier, New York Knicks, Enosch Wolf, Tyler Olander, Basketball
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No Letdown In Huskies' 67-49 Win Over Vermont
The Hartford CourantThe Huskies held up their end. No jet lag, no letdown, no excuses. They just punched in and conducted business rather briskly on Tuesday night, beating Vermont 67-49 before 7,963 in their home opener at Gampel Pavilion. "This was a grind-it-out game,"...Tags: Shabazz Napier, Gampel Pavilion, Tyler Olander, Basketball, Sports
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UConn Struggles To Get Past New Hampshire, 61-53
The Huskies stayed a step ahead of their competition — but just a step ahead. Like a runner in a road race who wanted company, rather than a great finishing time, they never did pull away from New Hampshire. "Whatever the competition is, that's...
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UConn Men Use Strong Second Half To Top Stony Brook, 73-62
The Hartford Courant– There is no reason to believe otherwise — what UConn achieves in men's basketball this season will come with great effort and resourcefulness. One player is shut down, or injured, another must step in. One element doesn't work, another way...Tags: Big East Conference, Shabazz Napier, Gampel Pavilion, Stony Brook Seawolves, Tyler Olander
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In Storrs, Waiting By The Phone For The ACC
The Hartford CourantThe sun rose high over eastern Connecticut on Sunday. Storrs had a different look to it. Storrs had a different feel to it. It sort of looked like, yeah, it sort of felt like ACC country. Yet as they stood together in the press box at Morrone...Tags: Miami Hurricanes, Louisville Cardinals, Big Ten Network (tv network), College Sports, Mountain West Conference
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R.J. Evans Steady As A Rock Of Ages
The Hartford CourantDo his teammates tease R.J. Evans about his age? "All the time, every day," Evans said Tuesday night after No. 23 UConn stifled Vermont 67-49 in one of those old-time, grind-it-out New England reunions that reminded everyone so much that the Huskies'...Tags: Shabazz Napier, Enosch Wolf, Jim Calhoun, Tyler Olander, Sports
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UConn Upsets Michigan State, 66-62
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — It would be overstating it to say that the Huskies shocked the world. But they did travel halfway around it to pull off a shocking upset in Kevin Ollie's first game as head coach. Shabazz Napier scored 25 points as...
Tags: Shabazz Napier, Gampel Pavilion, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Jim Calhoun, Tyler Olander
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Before Ollie Gets Extension, Let's See Him Extend Winning Ways
The Hartford Courant— If there is a cautionary tale in this early basketball season, surely it is to be found in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. UConn didn't have one vote in the preseason balloting among the national media. Not one stinking vote. The Huskies...Tags: Shabazz Napier, ESPN (tv network), Gampel Pavilion, Jim Calhoun, Basketball
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THE REPLACEMENTS: Big Shoes To Fill - Calhoun Gone, But Ollie Isn't First Guy To Replace A Legend
The Hartford CourantIt is never easy replacing a legend, someone whose name is synonomous with the program. As they say, though, someone has to do it. In this case, former UConn player Kevin Ollie is replacing Jim Calhoun as UConn men's basketball coach. Calhoun is in the...Tags: Big East Conference, Los Angeles Lakers, St. John's Red Storm, Louisville Cardinals, Jim Calhoun
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