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UConn Football links

Today’s UConn Football links can be found in the Thursday links section of the Boise State Broncos at UConn Huskies preview.

UConn Women’s Basketball links

UConn Women Release 2014-15 Home Game Sites [sox & dawgs]

U.S. Women’s National Team Wrapped Up Camp in Annapolis [rich elliott – ct post]

Former UConn stars look ahead to playing on 9/11 [jim fuller – new haven register]

SEC Spokesman Won’t Comment On Auriemma Call To Mo’ne Davis [hartford courant]

Geno Auriemma, U.S. Women’s National Team On Display Tonight [hartford courant]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

UConn Men To Play Eight Games Each In Storrs, Hartford [sox & dawgs]

Derrick Jones Looking at Spring Decision, UConn to Visit Thursday [zagsblog]

Other UConn related links

W. Soccer. UConn Hosts St. John’s And UMass This Weekend [uconn huskies]

W. Volleyball. Volleyball Prepares For Third Weekend Tournament [uconn huskies]

Field Hockey. Field Hockey Hits The Road For Two Weekend Games [uconn huskies]

M. Soccer. Huskies Set For Road Matches Against No. 10 Washington, Seattle [uconn huskies]

UConn Beer Billboards Cause Flap [hartford courant]

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 the other sports the student-athletes engage in. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a DAILY basis.

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UConn Football links

UConn Football Depth Chart For Boise State [sox & dawgs]

Breaking Bread with Bob – 9/9/14 [sox & dawgs]

Boyle will play against Boise State [john silver – sny uconn]

UConn teammates feel for Cochran [ct post]

QB Career Over, So It Would Be Nice To Hear From Casey Cochran [hartford courant]

Minus Cochran, UConn Faces Boise State With Whitmer And Boyle [hartford courant]

Musical Chairs At QB [hartford courant]

UConn’s Casey Cochran to remain on scholarship, transition to coaching [new haven register]

On with the show, as Whitmer takes over as UConn QB [the day]

UConn’s Smallwood among Patriots tryouts [espn boston]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Auriemma, Bird, Dolson and Hartley Talk About Day 2 Of Camp [rich elliott – ct post]

Unforgettable day for Geno Auriemma and U.S. national team [jim fuller – new haven register]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Jim Calhoun Helps With Ice Bucket Challenge [uconn huskies basketball]

Other UConn related links

Baseball. Matt Barnes had an impressive debut for the Red Sox [red sox]

Baseball. Matt Barnes Throws 3 Shutout Innings In Red Sox Debut [hartford courant]

Field Hockey. UConn Ranked No. 2 In Weekly NFHCA/Penn Monto National Poll [uconn huskies]

M. & W. Swimming. Swimming And Diving Announces Two Coaching Moves [uconn huskies]

From The Crowd: Football vs. Stony Brook [uconn huskies]

STORRS, Conn. – The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team will play 13 regular season home games during the 2014-15 season, including a December showdown with Duke at the XL Center and a February battle with South Carolina at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. In addition to the regular season tilts, the Huskies will split a pair of exhibition games between Storrs and Hartford.

The 2014 National Champions will play six games at Gampel and six games at the XL Center. Connecticut will also return to the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. for a home game against DePaul on Dec. 19.

UConn will open the exhibition portion of its home schedule on Nov. 2 when it hosts head coach Geno Auriemma’s alma mater West Chester at Gampel at 1 p.m. A week later, the Huskies will round out the preseason with a meeting against Post in Hartford at 4:30 p.m.

The regular season home opener is set for Nov. 23 when Creighton visits Gampel for a 1 p.m. battle. Conference play starts in late December when SMU heads to Gampel on Dec. 27 for a 1 p.m. contest. Last season, the Huskies downed the Mustangs by an average margin of 47 points in two regular season matchups.

The Huskies will face a big test on Dec. 29 when Duke comes to the XL Center for a 9 p.m. game on ESPN2. UConn defeated the Blue Devils, 82-61, on the road last season and is riding a seven-game winning streak against its ACC foe.

UConn also welcomes South Carolina to Storrs on Feb. 9 in a meeting of two No. 1 seeds in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. The Gamecocks finished last season ranked No. 8 nationally and won the SEC regular season title before bowing out in the NCAA Regional Semifinal.

The Huskies sport a stellar 297-19 (.940) record in their on-campus facility since the building opened in 1990. UConn has been equally impressive in Hartford, winning 69 of its last 72 games.

2014-15 UConn Huskies Women’s Basketball Schedule

STORRS, Conn (Sept. 9, 2014) — The UConn men’s basketball team will play 15 home games during the 2014-15 regular season, bringing national powers Texas and Memphis to Gampel Pavilion in Storrs and Cincinnati and SMU to the XL Center in Hartford.

The 2014 National Champion Huskies will play seven home games on campus at Gampel Pavilion and seven home games at the XL Center, as well as an exhibition game at each venue. In addition, UConn will return to Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport for the second straight season to play one home game.

The home schedule will begin at Gampel with an exhibition game against Southern Connecticut on Nov. 4, followed by a second exhibition game on Nov. 9 against Assumption College at the XL Center. The first regular-season game is slated for Gampel Pavilion on Friday, Nov. 14, against Bryant University.

Texas will visit Gampel Pavilion on Sunday, Nov. 30, marking the Longhorns’ first trip to Storrs since Jan. 23, 2010, when they were ranked No. 1 in the country, only to be upset by the Huskies, 88-74. Memphis comes to Gampel for an American Athletic Conference faceoff on March 5, UConn’s final home game of the regular season.

American power Cincinnati will be at the XL Center to face the Huskies on Saturday, Jan. 10, while SMU makes its first-ever appearance in the XL Center on Sunday, March 1. UConn will also have a New Year’s Eve game at the XL Center, facing AAC opponent Temple at a time to be determined.

UConn, which defeated Eastern Washington at Webster Bank Arena last year, will play host to Columbia this season in Bridgeport on Dec. 22.

The American Athletic Conference Championship will be held at the XL Center from March 12-15.

2014-15 UConn Huskies Men’s Basketball Schedule

UConn Huskies head coach Bob Diaco held his weekly pregame press conference and obviously the big topic at hand was the fact that Casey Cochran has stepped away from football for good due to concussions.

Diaco opened up his weekly presser by talking about how exciting it is to prepare for the following week after a win especially with the energy from the players and staff being different.

He said he first learned about Casey’s medical issue last Wednesday when the sports performance team told him about it. He said, the doctors, himself, Cochran and his family got together to speak about his past medical history. He said that Friday afternoon a decision hadn’t been made by the Cochran’s but he thought it was trending towards him being done.

He said they had another conversation on Saturday about it. Casey was on the sidelines and in uniform on Saturday because no final decision had been made yet.

He talked about UConn’s concussion protocols. He said they are for all sports. He stated they get a baseline from them before the season and use that in testing when a concussion is suspected. He said no one can play until they are back to normal no matter how long that takes.

He stated Casey is excited about still having a role with the team and is eager to learn how to be a coach.

Diaco stated he never once had a concussion. He talked about his playing days from being an 8-year-old all the way through college and how he never got one.

After the game he went over to Cochran and Diaco said he did that because he didn’t want him to feel alone.

Even though he’s the head coach, the medical staff can only disclose so much to him unless the student-athlete has given authorization to do so.

In the first question about Tim Boyle‘s role, Diaco stated that Boyle will play going forward.

Diaco said that Cochran will travel to home and road games with the team and that he expects him to continue to be a leader going forward.

He said Boyle has not improved in his leadership abilities as it relates to game stuff. He did say he has top notch traits in that he’s fast, he’s big, he can see over line. He has good vision, strong arm, good escapability. He needs to get better in communicating, clock management, all the things that go into being a QB.

Diaco said that Boyle was being recruited by Notre Dame when he was there.

He stated that Boise is a really exciting, unique team. They have a very explosive offensive system as evidence by 63 first half plays and almost 700 yards of total offense. He said they play hard on defense.

He’s concerned with Boise State RB Jay Ajayi because he’s fast and hard to tackle.

He was happy with the improved defensive effort against Stony Brook.  The communication was better, tackling was better and overall the team went from eight penalties to three.

After watching the film, he was happy with Chandler Whitmer‘s decisions to run.

He said the team needs to continue to have a winning focus. It’s not all about winning or losing the game. It’s about winning the day, the task, the moment. It’s all part of the process.

He stated that it’s important that Chandler slides when he can. He said he needs to get as many yards as he can then slide.

He said that Andreas Knappe is back and healthy. He’ll battle with Dalton Gifford for the starting right tackle spot.

There is no set plan for how many snaps Boyle will get in the game. They’ll go over his participation on Thursday.

He said Boise QB Grant Hedrick is a dual threat. He’s faster than BYU QB Taysom Hill but not as big. He’s a make you miss type of runner.

He said it will take all three phases of the game to limit the number of plays by Boise.

He was not pleased with the one big drive by Stony Brook but overall things were good. He thought the coverage was good despite the two big catches.

He said the tight ends having no catches was a by product of the game. He said there some near misses and had they caught them that the question wouldn’t have been asked.

He ended by talking about it’s a good thing for the players to understand how Boise plays since it’s similar to BYU. It’s still going to be a challenge though.

We’ll have more coming up over the coming days about reactions from the players on the Cochran news, what they think about Casey being a coach, and a few other things.

Ahead of Tuesday’s pregame press conference for the Boise State Broncos game this Saturday, UConn Huskies football coach Bob Diaco has released his two-deep for the game and there are some changes to it from the one versus Stony Brook.

The most obvious change is at quarterback where Tim Boyle moves into the number two spot behind Chandler Whitmer after the announcement yesterday of Casey Cochran‘s career being over due to concussions. Redshirt freshman Will Rishell is listed third on the depth chart as well at quarterback.

Dalton Gifford is now in an “OR” situation with Andreas Knappe at right tackle. Knappe had missed the first two games with a lower leg injury. Thomas Hopkins, who was backing up Gifford, is no longer listed on the depth chart.

We’ll learn more today about how Diaco will move forward with the quarterbacks so be sure to check back later this afternoon.

Offense

LT: 71 Richard Levy (RSo., 6-6, 305)
74 Paul Nwokeji (RJr., 6-6, 287)

LG: 65 Gus Cruz (RSr., 6-4, 296)
77 Trey Rutherford (Fr., 6-5, 289)

C: 73 Alex Mateas (RSr., 6-4, 309)
70 Kyle Bockeloh (RSo., 6-3, 284)

RG: 60 Tyler Samra (Jr., 6-2, 288)
63 Ryan Crozier (Fr., 6-4, 297)

RT: 78 Dalton Gifford (RJr., 6-4, 304)
53 Andreas Knappe (RSo., 6-8, 300)

TE: 49 Sean McQuillan (RJr., 6-3, 239)
80 Tommy Myers (RFr., 6-5, 238)

WR: 85 Geremy Davis (RSr., 6-3, 216)
8 Thomas Lucas (RFr., 6-2, 198) OR
5 Noel Thomas (So., 6-1, 187)

QB: 10 Chandler Whitmer (RSr., 6-0, 192)
14 Tim Boyle (So., 6-3, 216)
16 Will Rishell (RFr., 5-10, 185)

FB: 34 Jazzmar Clax (RFr., 5-11, 241)
36 Matt Walsh (So., 6-1, 227)

TB: 44 Max DeLorenzo (RJr., 5-11, 210)
26 Joshua Marriner (RFr., 5-9, 193)

WR: 4 Deshon Foxx (Sr., 5-10, 172)
9 Kamal Abrams (RJr., 5-11, 182) OR
1 Dhameer Bradley (So., 5-9, 166)

Defense

DE: 56 Angelo Pruitt (RSr., 6-2, 287)
93 Folorunso Fatukasi (RFr., 6-4, 307)

NG: 90 Julian Campenni (RJr., 6-0, 299)
92 Mikal Myers (RSo., 6-1, 312)

DT: 97 B.J. McBryde (RSr., 6-5, 304)
95 Kenton Adeyemi (RJr., 6-4, 268)

DE: 47 Reuben Frank (RSr., 6-4, 246)
57 Cole Ormsby (RFr., 6-3, 248)

LB: 46 Marquise Vann (RJr., 6-0, 226)
55 Jon Hicks (RSo., 6-2, 236)

LB: 32 Jefferson Ashiru (RSo., 6-2, 233)
39 Junior Joseph (RFr., 6-1, 242)

LB: 2 Graham Stewart (RJr., 6-1, 227)
10 Cameron Stapleton (RFr., 6-4, 226)

CB: 16 Byron Jones (RSr., 6-1, 196)
7 John Green (RSo., 5-10, 179)

S: 22 Andrew Adams (RJr., 6-0, 197)
28 Jordan Floyd (RSo., 6-0, 206)

S: 20 Obi Melifonwu (RSo., 6-3, 210)
23 Junior Lee (RJr., 6-0, 214) OR
19 Ellis Marder (RSo., 6-1, 193)

CB: 6 Jhavon Williams (RSo., 5-10, 190)
21 Jamar Summers (Fr., 6-0, 180)

Special Teams

K: 17 Bobby Puyol (RSo., 5-10, 174)
94 Chase Briley (Fr., 5-11, 165)

P: 42 Justin Wain (RSo., 6-3, 204)
94 Chase Briley (Fr., 5-11, 165)

HL: 82 Blake Feagles (RFr., 5-10, 205)

KR: 4 Deshon Foxx (Sr., 5-10, 172)
26 Joshua Marriner (RFr., 5-9, 193)

PR: 4 Deshon Foxx (Sr., 5-10, 172)
18 Brian Lemelle (So., 5-10, 165)

LS: 66 Dominick Manco (RJr., 6-0, 213)
67 Adam Mueller (RSr., 6-1, 212)

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 the other sports the student-athletes engage in. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a DAILY basis.

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UConn Football links

Breaking News: UConn QB Casey Cochran’s Playing Career Over Due To Concussions [sox & dawgs]

Video: UConn Football Coach Bob Diaco On Importance of His First Win [sox & dawgs]

Deshon Foxx Named AAC Special Teams Player of the Week [sox & dawgs]

UConn QB Casey Cochran Done With Football, A Few Thoughts From His Dad [desmond conner – hartford courant]

Report Card: UConn Vs. Stony Brook [desmond conner – hartford courant]

UConn suddenly extremely thin at quarterback [jim fuller – new haven register]

Boise State to be shorthanded this week as well [jim fuller – new haven register]

UConn alumni report: Week 1 [jim fuller – new haven register]

Wrapping up The American Week 2: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly [john silver – sny uconn]

Tale of the Tape: UConn defense vs. Stony Brook [the uconn blog]

Davis Continues To Shine [uconn huskies]

UConn football coach Bob Diaco Knows What Huskies Face In High-Powered Boise State [hartford courant]

What’s Happening To Attendance At UConn Home Football Games? [hartford courant]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Stewart, Team USA Open Training Camp Today [rich elliott – ct post]

Auriemma, Bird, Moore Talk First Day Of Camp [rich elliott – ct post]

UConn’s Auriemma moving on from most publicized phone call of his career [jim fuller – new haven register]

Source: Tennessee did not report UConn over phone call to Mo’ne Davis [knoxville news sentinel]

Other UConn related links

Baseball. Former Husky Matt Barnes Called Up To Big Leagues By Red Sox [sox & dawgs]

Field Hockey. Field Hockey Moves Past Columbia, 4-0 [uconn huskies]

Field Hockey. Nina Klein Named Conference Defensive Player of the Week [uconn huskies]

M. Cross Country. Men’s Cross Country Opens 2014 Season On Saturday [uconn huskies]

W. Soccer. Hill’s Brace Leads UConn Past Stony Brook, 4-0 [uconn huskies]

W. Soccer. Incredible Goal By UConn Women Soccer’s Rachel Hill [uconn huskies youtube]