After a closed practice Friday, members of the UConn men's basketball team spoke to the media, along with head coach Jim Calhoun. UConn beat Purdue Thursday to advance to the NCAA Elite Eight Saturday - Richard Messina/Hartford Courant

My apologies for this getting up a little late today. I woke up at around 2:30 AM in extreme pain. After laying around for a bit, the pain subsided a bit so I went back to bed at about 4:30 AM. Within minutes of being back in bed, the pain came back worse than it was before so I headed off to New Britain General Hospital. After undergoing some tests, it turns out the pain I have was from kidney stones. So I’ll be resting comfortably numb all day I hope and drinking lots of fluids to get rid of them. But enough about me already.

It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they are in Glendale, AZ for the finals of the West Regional where they will take on Missouri Tigers for the right to go to the Final Four in Motown next weekend. The tip is scheduled for around 4:40 and the game can be seen on CBS or CBS online. And for those in Connecticut, you can always catch on WTIC 1080 AM on your radio dial. Due to NCAA regulations, WTIC isn’t able to stream the game online.

UConn Men’s Basketball links

<a href="http://www.joost.com/098uj4s/t/3-Missouri-vs-1-UConn-Preview">3 Missouri vs. 1 UConn Preview</a>

Fun with Sticks, Friday’s press conferences, UConn-Missouri [UConn | Men’s Basketball]

Calhoun Q&A in Glendale [UConn | Men’s Basketball]

Reaction times [In Storrs Now]

Modern Day Cowboy [In Storrs Now]

‘Hashan TheBeast’ [Emeka, Nadav and Corny]

My Name Is … [Emeka, Nadav and Corny]

[1] Connecticut Huskies vs. [3] Missouri Tigers West Region [The Washington Post]

For UConn, Trouble Ahead and Behind [New York Times]

Calhoun, UConn battle adversity [Arizona Republic]

Did UConn Athletic Department Do Its Job? [Hartford Courant]

5 Keys to Beating UConn [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

Coaches weigh in on UConn troubles [The State News]

UConn-Missouri: Who Will Set The Pace? [Hartford Courant]

West Regional Final Preview: Missouri Vs. UConn [Hartford Courant]

UConn’s Administrative Oversight Of Sports Programs Faces Scrutiny [Hartford Courant]

Calhoun: Mistakes possible, but unintentional [Waterbury Republican-American]

Road to Final Four opens up for UConn [Waterbury Republican-American]

Missouri has the edge in numbers [Waterbury Republican-American]

Huskies ready for next test [Waterbury Republican-American]

Tigers standing in Huskies way [Norwich Bulletin]

Excited Missouri faces daunting task in UConn [Norwich Bulletin]

Allegations against UConn basketball team display Internet’s muscle [Norwich Bulletin]

Rell, Nixon place wager on UConn-Missouri Elite 8 match-up [Norwich Bulletin]

Focused Huskies not looking ahead [New Haven Register]

Calhoun: says errors were possible in courting of Miles [New Haven Register]

UConn’s wild West showdown [New Haven Register]

UConn’s Calhoun: Conscience clear [Connecticut Post]

Missouri’s plan: Make UConn’s Thabeet run [Connecticut Post]

UConn men’s game day [Connecticut Post]

UConn vs. Missouri: 5 important questions [Connecticut Post]

UConn vs. Missouri: Who has the edge? [Connecticut Post]

Thin Huskies must play it smart today [New London Day]

This is too serious to dismiss [New London Day]

So how will the West be won? [New London Day]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Maria Conlon: What’s better than a good steak and a top seed? [UConn | Women’s Basketball]

UConn women win “Hangman” national championship [UConn | Women’s Basketball]

Would you trade Trenton for Glendale? [UConn | Women’s Basketball]

On the defensive [Elm City to Eagleville]

McLaren Makes An Impact [Rich Elliott – UConn women’s basketball]

Fans Logging On [Rich Elliott – UConn women’s basketball]

Cal vs. UConn preview [BearTerrritory.net]

UConn tall order for Cal women [Contra Costa Times]

UConn’s Buck healthy, but still on the bench [Waterbury Republican-American]

UConn Football links

C.Brown And Mel KiperJr. Tomorrow [UConn | Football]

Other UConn related links

Baseball Games Against South Florida Date and Time Changes [UConnHuskies.com]

Baseball: Huskies Down South Florida 2-0 To Earn First BIG EAST Win Of The Year [UConnHuskies.com]

Lacrosse Holds Off Cincinnati for 11-9 Victory [UConnHuskies.com]

Softball To Take On DePaul And Syracuse In Home Opener [UConnHuskies.com]