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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they are in Louisville to take on Rick Pitino’s Cardinals. Tip is scheduled for 7 PM and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN. For the Huskies, it will most likely be their first game as the No. 1 team in the country since 2006.

Matt Stout of the Norwich Bulletin and David Borges of the New Haven Register have some notes on the UConn men’s basketball team.

Matt Stout has some audio from the Louisville coaching staff [Matt’s UConn men’s basketball blog]

David Gillett has some audio of Hasheem Thabeet talking about his triple-double [UConn Huskies Basketball]

The Huskies and Cardinals are ready for a high-stakes showdown [New Haven Register]

UConn is ready for their first game as the No. 1 team [Connecticut Post]

UConn will look to jump past Louisville in the Big East [Norwich Bulletin]

Here are scouting reports for tonight’s game against Louisville [Connecticut Post & Norwich Bulletin]

Here’s a look at the UConn men’s history as the No. 1 team [Waterbury Republican-American]

After being crowned No. 1 this afternoon, UConn will meet the press of Louisville [Hartford Courant]

Louisville will be a dangerous foe for the Huskies tonight [Waterbury Republican-American]

Here’s a preview of the UConn-Louisville game tonight [Collegehoops.net]

Louisville is bracing for another test from a No. 1 team [International Herald Tribune]

UConn now has to prove it’s the No. 1 team in the country [New London Day]

The trip to Washington, D.C. was all business for the Huskies [New Haven Register]

With both teams likely to be No. 1 , Geno Auriemma will use that to his advantage with recruiting [Norwich Bulletin]

The UConn women have been winning with balanced scoring [Hartford Courant]

The UConn women always expect the best from their opponents [Journal-Inquirer]

The UConn football program felt right for St. Paul’s Marcus Aiken [Hartford Courant]

Nicole Tritter’s goal in overtime gave the UConn women’s hockey team a 2-1 win over Providence [UConnHuskies.com]