Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below.
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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they will take on the Butler Bulldogs in the NCAA Championship Game at Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX. The game is scheduled to begin at approximately 9:23 p.m. and the game will be nationally-televised on CBS. The game is also available online at March Madness on Demand. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the WTIC/UConn Radio Network.
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UConn Men’s Basketball links
41 and Done! [David Borges – New Haven Register]
Kemba’s Dreaming of Cutting the Nets [David Borges – New Haven Register]
Kemba’s Staying! (Late April Fool’s Joke?) [David Borges – New Haven Register]
Final Four Sunday notes, video [Gavin Keefe – The Day]
National championship Monday [Gavin Keefe – The Day]
Our musical preview to final UConn game [Lee Lewis – The Republican-American]
Walker, Oriakhi And Napier On Coach Jim Calhoun [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]
Jim Calhoun On Kemba Walker’s Leadership [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]
Shabazz Napier Aging, And Rewarding, Jim Calhoun [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]
Jim Calhoun And Brad Stevens [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]
Huskies Sit Down With The Media In Houston [UConnHuskies.com]
Fab freshmen help Huskies reach title game [CT Post]
Personal stories add to tonight’s national championship game [CT Post]
One defining moment: NCAA title game offers players shot at fame or infamy [CT Post]
Final Four notebook: Orlovsky picks UConn [CT Post]
UConn’s Jim Calhoun Meet Butler’s Brad Stevens [Hartford Courant]
Freshman Shabazz Napier Causing Jim Calhoun To Age [Hartford Courant]
Hard To Read Kemba Walker Where Future Concerned [Hartford Courant]
UConn Men Face Butler For National Title Monday Night [Hartford Courant]
Call It A Chip Or An Edge — Jim Calhoun Has It [Hartford Courant]
Huskies follow Kemba’s lead [New Haven Register]
Walker leaves door to return slightly ajar [New Haven Register]
Calhoun’s drive and his belief in his players have ignited UConn’s postseason fire [The Day]
UConn notes: Players have some fun at news conference [The Day]
T-shirts will be ready — if the Huskies win [The Day]
UConn men have visions of a national title dancing in their heads [The Day]
Connecticut is 4-point favorite over Butler in NCAA title game [USA Today]
UConn’s Jeremy Lamb emerges at the right time for title charge [USA Today]
Who has the edge when Butler, UConn play for national title? [USA Today]
Shabazz Napier finds mom, and ball finds him [Sporting News]
With 12 games in 31 days, Huskies careful to rest [Sporting News]
How UConn Shook Off Nine Losses [Wall Street Journal]
Learning From His Mistakes, Freshman Grows on Calhoun [New York Times]
Final chapter is on tap [Boston Globe]
Why UConn will win [Yahoo! Sports]
Wildcat Rondo siding with Allen’s Huskies [Worcester Telegram & Gazette]
Kingstonian cheering on UConn [The Kingston Whig-Standard]
The Bronx Will Be Rooting for Kemba Tonight [NBC New York]
UConn Women’s Basketball links
Summing Up Miss Maya [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
Notes From The Semifinal Loss To Notre Dame [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
More On Miss Maya [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
Shea Ralph Says She Plans To Stay [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
What’s Next For Maya Moore? What Isn’t? [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
Hembree Talks Moore, DeShields, Banks At Final Four [Rich Elliott – CT Post]
Moore Wins Elite 88 Award [Rich Elliott – CT Post]
Taurasi Visits Huskies at Final Four [UConnHuskies.com]
UConn women’s basketball notebook [CT Post]
Notre Dame Ends UConn’s Bid For Third Straight National Title [Hartford Courant]
UConn Women’s Notebook: Irish Get Hope From Aggies [Hartford Courant]
Split Weekend For UConn: Women Upset While Men Play On [Hartford Courant]
Final Four Notebook: Huskies Couldn’t Ask For More From Maya [Hartford Courant]
Huskies shocked in 72-63 loss to Notre Dame [New Haven Register]
UCONN WOMEN’S NOTEBOOK: Maya on Geno; Recruiting update [New Haven Register]
End of an era in Indy [The Day]
Has this been Geno’s best coaching job? [The Day]
Notre Dame stuns UConn [Boston Globe]
Mighty UConn beatable after all [USA Today]
Maya Moore leaves incredible legacy [Mechelle Voepel – espnW]
UConn women’s basketball loss is good for women’s basketball [Orlando Sentinel]
UConn Football links
What a year for Connecticut [Brian Bennett – ESPN.com]
DC answered some questions in his mailbag [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Shoemate ready to fill Todman’s spikes at UConn [CT Post]
Other UConn related links
Baseball. Huskies Complete Sweep Of St. John’s With 8-2 Victory [UConnHuskies.com]
