With both the UConn men’s and women’s basketball teams winning last night, Storrs will remain the basketball capital of the world for another week. It wasn’t a pretty win for the UConn men last night against Michigan who controlled the tempo of the game. But in the end a win is a win and there was a lot for UConn to learn from playing an opponent like Michigan.
For the women, it wasn’t pretty early on either. The play of Meghan Gardler off the bench was excellent again and even Lorin Dixon and Kaili McLaren had good games as well. They were just as big of part of the decisive run in the first half as Maya Moore and Renee Montgomery were. Eventually this UConn team may get tested but I just don’t see anyone beating them unless they get everyone on UConn in foul trouble especially if the role players keep this up.
You’ll notice who was playing at home and who was on the road when going through the links. Blame it on the economy that the UConn women can’t get the same coverage on the road that the UConn men usually do.
UConn men’s basketball links:
David Borges of the New Haven Register, Matt Stout of the Norwich Bulletin, Neill Ostrout of the Connecticut Post all have notes on the UConn men’s win over Michigan.
UConn played ugly in the first half but gutted out a win [New Haven Register]
UConn beat Michigan with a late surge [Hartford Courant]
It was the 11th straight win for the Huskies last night [Connecticut Post]
This UConn team works best when it goes inside-out [New Haven Register]
Here are some extras from the win over Marquette [Hartford Courant]
Jeff Adrien’s final rebound of the night put him in some elite company at UConn [New Haven Register]
The Huskies survived a scare from Michigan [Norwich Bulletin]
Jeff Adrien picked up yet another double-double last night [Connecticut Post]
Jeff Adrien now has 1,436 points and 1,000 rebounds at UConn [Hartford Courant]
Here is how the 5 players compare at UConn who had at least 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds [Hartford Courant]
UConn’s defense came up big in the win over Michigan [The News-Times]
Jeff Adrien joined some elite company at UConn with his 14th rebound in the win over Michigan [Norwich Bulletin]
The UConn men gutted out a win last night [Journal Inquirer]
Michigan pushed UConn to the brink last night [MGoBlue]
Jeff Adrien reached a nice milestone last night [Waterbury Republican-American]
Michigan hung around for 30 minutes but lost to No. 1 UConn [Ann Arbor News]
The UConn men gutted it out last night [Waterbury Republican-American]
It was another Adrien moment last night [New London Day]
David Gillett has his take on the win last night [UConn Huskies Basketball]
Jim Calhoun said his team played with heart last night [NECN]
UConn women’s basketball links:
Maya Moore ignited the UConn women last night [AP via the Norwich Bulletin]
The Marquette Golden Eagles were out of there league last night [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
The UConn women rolled over Marquette last night [Hartford Courant]
The UConn women’s bench helped them to the win last night [New Haven Register]
Kalana Greene is contemplating staying another year at UConn [Hartford Courant]
Here are some extras from the UConn women’s win over Marquette [Hartford Courant]
Kalana Greene will make her decision soon about her basketball future [New Haven Register]
The recent struggles by Tina Charles give Geno Auriemma cause for concern [New London Day]
UConn men’s and women’s hockey links:
The UConn women’s hockey team lost 3-1 to Boston University [UConnHuskies.com]
The UConn men’s hockey team lost 4-1 to the Air Force Academy [UConnHuskies.com]
