In case you missed it, here’s the video of the Boston Red Sox being honored by President Obama at the White House on Tuesday.
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UConn Women’s Basketball links
Video: UConn Women Advance To Final Four With Win Over Texas A&M [sox & dawgs]
UConn Huskies Women’s Basketball Final Four Apparel [sox & dawgs]
UConn’s Dolson, Hartley and Stewart Honored as All-Americans by the USBWA [sox & dawgs]
Huskies advance to 7th straight Final Four [carl adamec – snyuconn.com]
KML proves again she’s a prime-time player [carl adamec – snyuconn.com]
UConn Makes The Final Four Again [john altavilla – hartford courant]
UConn Basketball: The Center Of The Universe Again [john altavilla – hartford courant]
Mosqueda-Lewis Named Regional MOP [rich elliott – ct post]
UConn doubling their Final Four pleasure [jim fuller – new haven register]
UConn headed back to Final Four [jim fuller – new haven register]
Last season’s UConn/Texas A&M viewed as ancient history [jim fuller – new haven register]
Ticket and Travel Information for Nashville [uconnhuskies.com]
KML, UConn advance to Final 4 for 7th straight season [ct post]
UConn Women Defeat Texas A&M, Join The Men In Final Four [hartford courant]
Texas A&M’s Blair: UConn’s Football Program Holding It Back [hartford courant]
Numbers Don’t Lie; Huskies Dominate The Game [hartford courant]
UConn women earn seventh straight trip to Final Four [new haven register]
For UConn, that makes it seven in a row [the day]
Two for the Show [the day]
UConn Men’s Basketball links
Video: Shabazz Napier – College Basketball’s Best Player [sox & dawgs]
Video: UConn Huskies vs Florida Gators Final Four Preview [sox & dawgs]
UConn’s Shabazz Napier Named To Wooden All-American Team [sox & dawgs]
UConn’s Shabazz Napier Named AP First Team All-American [sox & dawgs]
Video: UConn Men Are Heading to the Final Four [sox & dawgs]
UConn In Final Four: Window Shopping The Secondary Ticket Market [dom amore – hartford courant]
Huskies-Gators II: Billy Donovan on UConn, Kevin Ollie, Shabazz Napier [dom amore – hartford courant]
Billy Donovan, Kevin Ollie Talk About Upcoming Final Four Matchup [david borges – new haven register]
Final Four: UConn, Florida ready for rematch [john silver – snyuconn.com]
UConn, Florida familiar foes [ct post]
Can UConn Beat Florida In The Final Four? Go To The Tape [hartford courant]
Ollie Proud To Be Role Model For African American Coaches [hartford courant]
UConn hoping for more ‘luck’ vs. Gators [new haven register]
Win against Florida worth playing again [the day]
Shabazz is Shabazz, Kemba is Kemba, Let’s Stop Comparing Them [zagsblog.com]
Despite Jim Calhoun’s presence, Kevin Ollie insists this is his UConn team [ny daily news]
UConn’s star guards carry Huskies into Final Four [usa today sports]
Four questions about each Final Four team: UConn, Florida, Kentucky and Wisconsin [si.com]
UConn Football links
Texas A&M’s Blair: UConn’s Football Program Holding It Back [hartford courant]
Other UConn related links
Baseball. UConn Baseball Set For Midweek Action [uconnhuskies.com]
Softball. Softball Visits Boston University For Tuesday Showdown [uconnhuskies.com]
W. Tennis. Huskies Come Up Short in 4-3 Loss to Temple [uconnhuskies.com]
M. Tennis. Huskies Drop AAC Match to Temple, 5-1 [uconnhuskies.com]
W. Rowing. Rowing Competes At Murphy Cup [uconnhuskies.com]
W. Rowing. Rowing Competes At Miami To End Spring Training [uconnhuskies.com]
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Nelson Cruz‘s home run in the 7th inning helped the Baltimore Orioles to a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards to open the 2014 season.
Jon Lester made his fourth consecutive Opening Day start and took the loss. Grady Sizemore had two hits to lead the visiting nine and had his first home run in the big leagues since June of 2011.
Zach Britton picked up the win while Tommy Hunter got the save.
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For the second straight game, the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team found themselves in an unfamiliar position. They were trailing early in the game after a slow start.
And for the second straight game, they recovered despite another bad shooting night.
It was Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, who was named the Lincoln Region Most Outstanding Player, who got the Huskies going on their way to a 69-54 win over the Texas A&M Aggies at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, NE on Monday night.
UConn moves to 38-0 on the season while Texas A&M finishes at 27-9.
KML paced the Huskies with 17 points and pulled down seven rebounds. Stefanie Dolson fell two blocks short of a triple-double as she had 14 points, 10 rebounds and eight blocked shots while Bria Hartley also had 14 points.
Breanna Stewart, who spent the final eight minutes of the first half on the bench with two fouls, finished with 13 points. Moriah Jefferson had a nice all-around game with 11 points, six rebounds and seven assists.
Courtney Walker led the Aggies with 14 points. Courtney Walker added 13 points and six rebounds while Jordan Jones had 12 points and a team-high seven rebounds.
UConn found themselves down seven at 11-4 before they went on a 7-0 run in just under a minute and a half to tie the game when KML drained a three. After trading baskets, a Hartley layup gave the Huskies the lead for good at 17-15.
They used a 13-2 run to build the lead up to 13 capped off by a Jefferson three and would enjoy an 11 point lead at the half.
Texas A&M didn’t lay down though.
They battled back scoring the first six points of the second half to cut the lead down to five. After more basket trading, the Aggies got the lead down to three before the Huskies went on a 10-0 run to seize control of the game and a plane trip to Nashville.
UConn will take on the winner of Tuesday night’s game between North Carolina and Stanford on Sunday in Nashville. Game time is to be determined.
UConn Huskies vs Texas A&M Aggies 2014 Elite Eight box score
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Huskies All-Access gives us a look back at the UConn Huskies 60-54 win over the Michigan State Spartans to advance to the Final Four in Arlington, TX next weekend.
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STORRS, Conn. – University of Connecticut senior guard Shabazz Napier (Roxbury, Mass.) was named a first team All-American by the Associated Press on Monday.
Today’s announcement marked the third time Napier has earned First Team All-America honors this season. He was named a first team All-American by both the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association earlier this month after leading the Huskies to a 24-7 regular season record and a berth in the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
The UConn guard has led Connecticut in points (18.1), rebounds (5.9) assists (4.9) and steals (1.7) this season, and he was named the East Regional’s Most Outstanding Player this weekend after tallying 93 points through four games of NCAA Tournament, good for the second highest total among all players. Napier and the Huskies will face top-seeded Florida in the Final Four on Saturday after UConn knocked off fourth-seeded Michigan State, 60-54, on Sunday behind 25 points from the senior guard. Connecticut was the last team to beat Florida this season, defeating the Gators, 65-64, at Gampel Pavilion on a Napier buzzer-beater.
Napier was joined on the first team by Creighton senior forward Doug McDermott, Louisville senior guard Russ Smith, Cincinnati senior guard Sean Kilpatrick and Duke freshman forward Jabari Parker. Napier beat out Smith and Kilpatrick for Player of the Year honors in the American Athletic Conference, which became the first league to have three players be named AP first team All-Americans since the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2001-02.
Connecticut’s game against Florida is set to tip off in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas at 6:09 p.m. Saturday. The game will be televised on TBS and it can be heard on the UConn IMG Radio Network.
2014 AP All-American First Team
Doug McDermott, Creighton, 6-8, 225, Senior, Forward, Ames, Iowa
Shabazz Napier, Connecticut, 6-1, 180, Senior, Guard, Roxbury, Mass.
Jabari Parker, Duke, 6-8, 235, Freshman, Forward, Chicago, Ill.
Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, 6-4, 210, Senior, Guard, Yonkers, N.Y.
Russ Smith, Louisville, 6-0, 165, Senior, Guard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Los Angeles (March 31, 2014)— The 10-player John R. Wooden Award All American Team was released today by The Los Angeles Athletic Club and announced on the ESPNU show “Katz Korner.” The 10 players were selected by a voting base of nearly 1,000 college basketball experts throughout the nation and by fans through the Fan Voting site woodenawardvote.com.
The Top 5 vote-getters have been invited to Los Angeles for the Wooden Award Gala presented by Wendy’s on April 11 and were highlighted on the show. In alphabetical order, the invited players are Wichita State’s Cleanthony Early, Arizona’s Nick Johnson, Creighton’s Doug McDermott, Duke’s Jabari Parker, and Louisville’s Russ Smith.
The All American Team is made up of the 10 student-athletes who received the most votes, with voters ranking the balloted players from 1 to 10. All players have proven to their universities that they are making progress toward graduation and are maintaining at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA, an important component of the Award insisted upon by Coach Wooden. Voters could consider performance during the first three rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Women’s All American team will be released Wednesday.
Rounding out the All American Team, also in alphabetical order, are Sean Kilpatrick of Cincinnati, Shabazz Napier of Connecticut, Casey Prather of Florida, Nik Stauskas of Michigan and Andrew Wiggins of Kansas. The John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy’s Men’s Player of the Year will be announced on ESPN’s SportsCenter on Friday, April 4 in Dallas, Texas. The 38th Annual Wooden Award Gala presented by Wendy’s will honor the male and female Wooden Award winners, and will include the presentation of the Wooden Award All American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, this year given to Stanford Head Women’s Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer. The Gala will take place April 11, 2014 at The Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Creighton senior forward Doug McDermott, a Wooden Award All American in 2012 and 2013, is the only returner to the team and is the first three-time selection on the men’s side since North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough (2007-09). McDermott is the nation’s leading scorer at 26.7 points per game, and his 3,150 career points puts him No. 5 on the NCAA all-time scoring list. He led the Bluejays to the last three NCAA Tournaments.
Early of Wichita State led the Shockers to an amazing 34-0 regular season record, averaging 16.4 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 84% from the free throw line. Johnson of Arizona did it all for the Wildcats, pouring in 16.3 points and adding 4.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists while taking his team to the Elite Eight. Parker was one of two freshmen chosen to the All American team; he averaged 19.1 points and 8.7 rebounds for Duke. Smith led Louisville to the American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles, averaging 18.2 points and 4.6 assists.
The American Athletic Conference placed the most players on the John R. Wooden Award All American Team with three. The Pac-12, Big 12, SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Missouri Valley and Big East each had one selection.
2013-14 John R. Wooden Award®
Presented by Wendy’s®
2013-14 All American Team
| Name | Ht. | Yr. | Pos. | School | Conference |
| Cleanthony Early | 6-8 | Sr. | F | Wichita State | Missouri Valley |
| Nick Johnson | 6-3 | Jr. | G | Arizona | Pac-12 |
| Sean Kilpatrick | 6-4 | Sr. | G | Cincinnati | The American |
| Doug McDermott*# | 6-8 | Sr. | F | Creighton | Big East |
| Shabazz Napier | 6-1 | Sr. | G | Connecticut | The American |
| Jabari Parker | 6-8 | Fr. | F | Duke | ACC |
| Casey Prather | 6-6 | Sr. | F | Florida | SEC |
| Russ Smith | 6-0 | Sr. | G | Louisville | The American |
| Nik Stauskas | 6-6 | So. | G | Michigan | Big Ten |
| Andrew Wiggins | 6-8 | Fr. | G | Kansas | Big 12 |
Players listed alphabetically
* indicates player chosen to the 2013 Wooden All American Team
# indicates player chosen to the 2012 Wooden All American Team
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Campus Insiders’ Bonnie Bernstein and Jordan Cornette preview Saturday’s Final Four matchup between the UConn Huskies and Florida Gators.
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Campus Insiders’ Jordan Cornette tells us why UConn Huskies point guard Shabazz Napier is the best college basketball player in America.
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