It’s game day for the No. 1 UConn Huskies women’s basketball team as they are in Chapel Hill, NC to take on the No. 2 North Carolina Tar Heels. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 PM and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
The news wasn’t good yesterday for Caroline Doty who learned that she had tore her left ACL for the second time in 15 months.
Since she’s played in more than half of the games this year, Caroline Doty won’t be eligible for a medical redshirt.
All eyes in the women’s basketball world will be on UConn and North Carolina tonight.
Here are some things to look for in the UConn/UNC game tonight.
There are plenty of differences between the UConn women and North Carolina.
The injury to Caroline Doty shifts the focus for UConn tonight.
UNC and UConn are looking to light up the scoreboard tonight.
Here’s a look at the season-ending injuries suffered by players in the UConn women’s program since the 1995-96 season.
Rich Elliot of the Connecticut Post has some morning notes from Chapel Hill as does Jim Fuller of the New Haven Register and John Altavilla of the Hartford Courant.
David Borges of the New Haven Register, Matt Stout of the Norwich Bulletin, Gavin Keefe of the New London Day and Neill Ostrout of the Connecticut Post all have some postgame notes from the UConn men’s win over Seton Hall yesterday.
Stanley Robinson found himself in Jim Calhoun’s doghouse during the win over Seton Hall.
The UConn men had a Famous visitor yesterday.
David Borges of the New Haven Register has some other UConn men’s recruiting news.
The Huskies relied on a 3-guard look for most of the game yesterday.
Here are some quotes from the postgame press conferences yesterday.
The Huskies were downright awful at the free throw line yesterday.
Hasheem Thabeet answered an early wake-up call during the game yesterday.
David Gillett has his take on yesterday’s win over Seton Hall.
Former UConn men’s player and assistant coach Steve Pikiell has led Stony Brook to their best start in 15 years.
The UConn football team picked up a committment from a running back yesterday.
