Here are the highlights of the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team’s 80-37 win over the Cincinnati Bearcats at Gampel Pavilion on Thursday night.

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Here’s the release from the Boston Red Sox announcing a restructuring of their medical staff:

The Boston Red Sox today announced the restructuring of the club’s Major League medical staff.

The announcements were made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Ben Cherington.

Rick Jameyson, ATC joins the Red Sox as Head Athletic Trainer. Jameyson spent the last 20 seasons as an athletic trainer in the Cleveland Indians organization, including the last 10 as Assistant Athletic Trainer for the Major League club after being named to that post in July of 2002.  He began his professional athletic training career in 1992 with Cleveland’s Short-A Watertown club and also served as the trainer at Single-A Columbus (1994-98) and Triple-A Buffalo (1999-2002).  Jameyson earned a degree in health education with specialization in athletic training from Baldwin-Wallace (OH) College.

Mike Reinold, PT, DPT, ATC has been named Head Physical Therapist. Reinold has served as Boston’s Head Athletic Trainer/Assistant Director, Medical Services for the last two years.  He previously held the position of Assistant Athletic Trainer for four seasons from 2006-09, adding the title of Rehab Coordinator prior to the 2008 campaign. Reinold earned a degree in physical therapy from Northeastern University and holds a doctorate in physical therapy from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.

Brad Pearson, MS, ATC has been promoted to Assistant Athletic Trainer. Pearson will be in his 10th year with the Red Sox organization in 2012, serving as the club’s Minor League Athletic Training Coordinator for the past three seasons. He joined Boston’s system as an athletic training intern with the Rookie-level Fort Myers team in 2001 and also has five years of experience as a minor league athletic trainer for Red Sox affiliates. He earned a bachelor of science in athletic training from Springfield College and a master’s degree in exercise science from the University of Massachusetts.

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Pat Sandora, CSCS has been named Strength and Conditioning Coach. Sandora has served as Boston’s Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for the last five seasons. His previous experience includes stints as a minor league strength and conditioning coach in the Rangers (1998-99), Brewers (2005) and Indians (2006) systems, and parts of six years as the Phillies Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator from 1999-04. Sandora graduated from West Virginia University and has a master’s degree in athletic coaching.

Dan Dyrek, PT, DPT joins the staff as a Clinical Consultant. With over 30 years of experience as a physical therapist specializing in orthopedics, he provides consultation services to athletes, teams and clinicians regarding the management of difficult clinical cases, and has treated athletes at the professional, Olympic, international, and collegiate level from across the country.  Dyrek graduated summa cum laude in physical therapy from Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Mike Boyle, ATC has been hired as a Strength and Conditioning Consultant. He has over 30 years experience in the field of strength and conditioning, including over 25 years on the Boston University staff.  Boyle, who is the co-founder of Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning training centers, has been involved in training and rehabilitation with a wide range of athletes and has served as a consultant to players and teams in the NFL, NHL, MLB and NBA, and at the collegiate level. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Springfield College.

Rounding out the training staff, Medical Operations Coordinator Jim Rowe, ATC, Assistant Athletic Trainer Masai Takahashi, MS, ATC, Massage Therapist Russell Nua and Massage Therapist Mitsugi Funatsu will all return in the same positions they held in 2011. In addition, Tom “TJ” Hagan, DC  will serve as a Chiropractor Consultant.

Larry Ronan, MD will continue as the Red Sox Head Team Internist, a position he has held since 2005.  Dr. Ronan is a Staff Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Senior Advisor to the Center for the Medical Integration of Innovative Technology (CIMIT) and the Director of the Thomas S. Durant, MD Fellowship in Refugee Medicine at MGH.  He earned degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.

Peter Asnis, MD has been promoted to Head Team Orthopedist after serving as a Red Sox team physician since 2005.  He is also the head team physician for the NHL’s Boston Bruins and a team physician for the NFL’s New England Patriots.  An Orthopedic Attending in Sports Medicine Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Asnis earned his undergraduate degree cum laude from Harvard College and his MD from Cornell University Medical School with honors in research.

Additional physicians on the club’s medical staff include: Tom Holovacs, MD (Team Orthopedist/Shoulder Consultant), George Theodore, MD (Team Orthopedist/Foot and Ankle Consultant), Eric Berkson, MD (Team Orthopedist), Steve Southard, MD (Team Internist), Jim Januzzi, MD (Team Cardiologist) and Jeff Bostic, MD (Consultant), all from Massachusetts General Hospital; Arun Ramappa, MD (Team Orthopedist) from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and Brian Busconi, MD (Head Minor League Physician) from UMass Memorial Medical Group.

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It’s always nice to see former UConn Huskies come back to Gampel Pavilion as an opposing coach. But sometimes you have to wonder how much they like coming back and being dominated by their mentor.

Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Jamelle Elliott brought her team into a Big East matchup with her college coach and mentor Geno Auriemma hoping to give him a run for his money. Instead she found her team getting thumped.

Tiffany Hayes led the way for the Huskies with 17 points in UConn’s 80-37 win over the Bearcats in front of a small crowd of 6,317 at Gampel on Thursday night.

No. 3 UConn moves to 16-2 (5-1 Big East) while the Bearcats fall to 9-9 (0-5).

Hayes also added seven rebounds and four steals to the cause while Stefanie Dolson had a nice night with 14 points and eight rebounds. While all of the 11 Huskies who played in the game scored at least two points, only Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was able to reach double figures with 10 points and had seven rebounds.

As she seems to do all of the time, Kelly Faris had a nice all around game with eight points, seven rebounds and four assists. Bria Hartley matched Faris with four assists and added six points.

Dayeesha Hollins led all scorers in the game with 18 points and pulled down a team-high four rebounds for the Bearcats. Chanel Chisholm added nine points but had seven turnovers.

Believe it or not, this game was a lot closer than the final score, at least in the early part of the first half.

Hollins did all she could to keep the game close for the Bearcats as she scored her team’s first thirteen points. Her 13th point made it 17-13 UConn with 11:14 to go in the half. Baskets by Dolson and KML pushed the lead to eight before Cincy would get it down to five on an old fashioned three-point play by Bjonee Reaves.

But that’s as close as the Bearcats would get in the game as the Huskies defensive pressure helped shutdown Cincy’s offense. UConn would use that great defense to turn up their offense as they used a 21-3 run to close out the half and take complete control of the game.

It was more of the same in the second half as UConn would continue to wear down Cincinnati while building their lead up.

While I’m sure Auriemma won’t be happy with the effort of his team early and their inability to stop Hollins, he should be pleased with the effort of Dolson down low in the post. She worked hard to get open and her teammates got her the ball, something we’ve only seen on occasion at times this season.

Sure there are times when going to Dolson might not work out depending on whom they play (ie Villanova), but I feel as though when they go through Dolson whether her scoring or her passing the ball, they are a much better team. The more confidence you can give Dolson, the better UConn is as a team.

After spending last Saturday visiting an old friend in Philadelphia, Auriemma will get to see another old friend in Doug Bruno in Chicago on Saturday. The Huskies will take on Bruno’s DePaul Blue Demons at 8 p.m. at McGrath-Phillips Arena. The game will be broadcast locally in Connecticut on CPTV.

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Notes and musings:

Cincinnati Bearcats @ UConn Huskies 1.19.12 box score

Here are the postgame quotes from UConn head coach Geno Auriemma and Cincinnati head coach Jamelle Elliott. There are also UConn player quotes available.

The Huskies have now won 96 straight games at home. Included in that 96 games is 58 consecutive Big East regular season wins.

As has been the case all season, the starting five for UConn was Bria Hartley, Caroline Doty, Tiffany Hayes, Kelly Faris and Stefanie Dolson.

The Huskies shot 52.4% (33-63) from the floor while the Bearcats shot 31.8% (14-44).

UConn had 17 assists on their 33 made baskets. Cincinnati had just three assists on their 14 made baskets.

The Huskies were 8-of-20 (40%) from beyond the arc. The Bearcats were 3-of-13 (23.1%).

UConn was 6-of-9 (66.7%) from the charity stripe.

The Huskies dominated the glass, outrebounding Cincinnati 42-24.

UConn outscored the Bearcats 40-16 in the paint.

Cincinnati outscored the Huskies 13-2 on the fast break.

UConn had 26 second chance points to just three for the Bearcats.

The Huskies had 31 points off of 25 Cincinnati turnovers. The Bearcats had 10 points off of 16 UConn turnovers.

Cincinnati never led in the game.

Hayes went over the 1500 career point plateau (1,507) with her 17 points.

Caroline Doty now has 100 career three-pointers made.

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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team as they’ll welcome former Husky Jamelle Elliott and her Cincinnati Bearcats to Gampel Pavilion. Tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast locally in Connecticut on CPTV.

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UConn Women’s Basketball links

UConn-dominated U-19 team honored by USA Basketball [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

All three UConn signees nominees for McDonald’s All-American game [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Banks back at practice; cleared to play [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Game preview: UConn women host Cincinnati [Lee Lewis – The Republican-American]

Banks Fully Cleared, Practices In Full Today [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Hayes trying to go out with a bang at UConn [CT Post]

A Special Visit For Cincinnati Coach Jamelle Elliott [Hartford Courant]

Hartley set to square off with one of her mentors [New Haven Register]

Cincinnati visits No. 3 UConn women tonight [The Day]

UConn Women’s Basketball Glance — Cincinnati at UConn [The Hour]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Cincinnati Bungle [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Wrapping Things Up [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Jim Calhoun’s Take [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Cincinnati 70, UConn men 67: the wrap [Ed Daigneault – The Republican-American]

Post-game breakdown, video: Cincinnati [Gavin Keefe – The Day]

Notes/Quotes from Cincinnati: “I couldn’t be more disappointed with some of the guys on the team.” [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

One good dagger deservers another [Neill Ostrout – CT Post]

Deep Problems [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Huskies Come Up Short, Despite Kemba In The House [UConnHuskies.com]

Napier can’t save UConn in loss to Cincinnati [CT Post]

Front-line follies: UConn let down by starting frontcourt [CT Post]

It’s time for Lamb to turn into Kemba [CT Post]

Bearcats Hold Off Desperate Surge By UConn For 70-67 Win [Hartford Courant]

For Ryan Boatright, Another Game Out Of Uniform [Hartford Courant]

UConn Lost In So Many Different Ways [Hartford Courant]

No. 13 Huskies fall to Cincinnati [New Haven Register]

Bearcats have final say [The Day]

Will Huskies become a house of cards? [The Day]

UConn Football links

Surveying Big East attendance in 2011 [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Easley at 100 percent, eager to show Bills what he can do [CT Post]

Other UConn related links

W. Ice Hockey. Skating Strides Clinic a Success [UConnHuskies.com]

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The Cincinnati Bearcats came into Gampel Pavilion on Wednesday night as one of the hotter teams in the Big East nevermind the country. The UConn Huskies were looking to stop the Bearcats momentum along with pickup their third straight win.

But that didn’t happen as the Bearcats lived and died on the three.

Sean Kilpatrick’s three-pointer with 2.7 seconds gave the Bearcats the 70-67 win over the Huskies in front of a sell-out crowd at Gampel and a national audience on ESPN2.

UConn came back from an early second deficit to take a 57-55 lead on three free throws from Jeremy Lamb. But then Cincinnati responded with a 10-0 run to take a eight point lead with 2:53 remaining in the game.

Shabazz Napier got the Huskies to within five points with a three-pointer with 1:28 to go. A Napier foul sent Dion Dixon to the line who hit one-of-two to push the lead back to six for the Bearcats. Napier missed a three and Niels Giffey fouled Kilpatrick who missed the front end of the one-and-one.

Napier brought the Huskies to within three hitting a trey with 1:04 to go. After a Dixon miss on the other end, Napier drove the lane and was fouled. He would hit one-of-two at the line to make a two-point game and would commit the foul to send Dixon to the line where he once again hit one-of-two to push the lead to three again.

During the free throw, UConn head coach Jim Calhoun set up a play so he wouldn’t have to use a timeout. It worked out for him as Napier nailed a three with 9.5 seconds left to tie the game up at 67. Unfortunately for the Huskies, Kilpatrick hit the three to silence the Gampel crowd. After timeouts by both teams, Giffey’s three quarter court shot bounced off the rim to give the Bearcats their seventh straight Big East road win.

Napier led the way for UConn with a career-high 27 points with seven assists and five rebounds. Jeremy Lamb added 14 points, eight rebounds and five assists while Giffey had 10 points and six rebounds.

Kilpatrick paced the Bearcats with 16 points as he was one of five that scored in double-digits for the victors. Cashmere Wright had 13 points and a team-high five assists while Yancy Gates had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Dion and JaQuon Parker both had 12 points.

After winning two straight, the Huskies fall to 14-4 (4-3 Big East). The Bearcats, who are unranked, improve to 15-4 (5-1).

When Gates got into foul trouble in the first half, Cincinnati went to a four guard lineup and the Huskies had no answers for it. The Bearcats had seven threes in the first half as UConn’s defense was out of sync.

The Huskies would get that defense in order in the second half and that’s what got them back in the game before the decisive 10-0 run by Cincinnati.

Tough loss for the Huskies who were playing their second straight game without Ryan Boatright who is expected to meet with the NCAA in the next day or so. Hopefully all goes well and he’s back in action on Saturday. UConn definitely could have used him especially when Cincinnati was running with four guards and Gates.

The Huskies will step out of the conference for the final time this season when they’ll head to Knoxville, TN for a matchup with the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday afternoon. Tip is scheduled for 4 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on CBS.

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Cincinnati Bearcats @ UConn Huskies 1.18.12 box score

Here are the postgame quotes from UConn head coach Jim Calhoun and Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin. There are player quotes available as well.

This was UConn’s first game at Gampel since December 8, 2011 when they beat Harvard. It was also their first loss of the season at home.

The Charlotte Bobcats were off on Wednesday night and that allowed former Husky All-American Kemba Walker a chance to attend the game with his mother.

The starters for the Huskies were Shabazz Napier, Jeremy Lamb, DeAndre Daniels, Alex Oriakhi and Andre Drummond.

UConn shot 44.1% (26-59) from the floor while the Bearcats shot 41.9% (26-62).

The Huskies had 15 assists on their 26 made baskets.

The big difference in the game came beyond the arc. UConn was 6-of-16 (37.5%) on threes while Cincinnati was 11-of-26 (42.3%).

The Huskies were 9-of-12 (75%) at the charity stripe while the Bearcats were 7-of-11 (63.6%).

UConn won the battle of the boards outrebounding Cincinnati 41-32.

The Huskies outscored the Bearcats 32-16 in the paint and 10-0 on the fast break.

Cincinnati had 16 second chance points to just 10 for UConn.

The Huskies had nine points off of six Cincinnati turnovers. The Bearcats had 17 points off of 11 UConn turnovers.

There were five ties in the game and 17 lead changes.

Cincinnati’s biggest lead was 12 points which came in the first half. UConn’s biggest lead was just two points and that happened a few times during the game.

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Here’s the press release announcing that four UConn Huskies football players have been chosen to play in the end of season college football all-star games:

STORRS, Conn. – Four University of Connecticut senior football players have been invited to play in upcoming postseason all-star games.

Center Moe Petrus (St. Laurent, Que.) will play in the East-West Shrine Game on Sat., January 21 at 4:00 p.m. with coverage on the NFL Network. The game will be played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. Longtime coaching veterans Brad Childress (West) and Bobby Ross (East) will serve as the head coaches for the game.

Offensive tackle Mike Ryan (Tamaqua, Pa.) will play in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl on Sat., January 21 at 6:00 p.m. with coverage on the NBC Sports Network. The game will be played at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles. Ryan will play for the National Team that is being coached by former NFL coach Dick Vermeil.

Defensive tackle Kendall Reyes (Nashua, N.H.) will play in the Senior Bowl on Sat., January 28 at 4:00 p.m. with coverage on the NFL Network. The game is played at Ladd-Pebbles Stadium in Mobile, Ala. Mike Shanahan and the Washington Redskins staff will coach the South team while Leslie Frazier and the Minnesota Vikings staff will work with the North team.

Senior kicker Dave Teggart (Northborough, Mass.) will play in the Players All-Star Classic on Sat., February 4 at 3:00 p.m. with coverage on Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast and Cox Sports Television. The game is being played at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Ariz. Kurt Schottenheimer and Martin Bayless will serve as the head coaches in that game.

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Reyes was a First Team All-BIG EAST Conference pick for the second time in a row this season and also earned All-ECAC honors. He started 41 games during his UConn career and was third on the UConn team with 13.5 tackles for loss while making 46 total tackles in 2011. For his career, he had 32.5 tackles for a loss – tenth in school history.

Ryan was a First Team All-BIG EAST Conference pick in 2010 and as second team pick in 2011. He started all 12 games for the Huskies in 2011 and started 33 games for UConn over his career. He saw action as both a guard and a tackle during his time with the Huskies.

Petrus was a mainstay on the Husky offense line during his career as he made 52-straight career starts and 39 at center. During his career, he blocked for five individual 1,000-yard rushing seasons.

Teggart was also a First Team All-BIG EAST pick and All-ECAC selection. Teggart was a four-year standout and holds the UConn career records for field goals (74), extra points (128) and points (350). Teggart kicked a field goal in 22 of his final 25 collegiate games and had multiple field goals in eight games this year and had 11 career games with three or more field goals.

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It should come as no surprise that when ESPN announced their 2012 Sunday Night Baseball schedule of telecasts that we’d find the Boston Red Sox playing the New York Yankees twice.

The good thing is that we’ll be able to listen to Terry Francona every Sunday night since he’ll be a part of the broadcast crew replacing new Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine. I do have to wonder if Tito will ask for those nights off since he knows he’ll be at the ballpark broadcasting a game for at least four-five hours.

Here’s the release from ESPN:

ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Taco Bell – the exclusive, national game of the week – will continue to showcase Major League Baseball’s top teams and biggest stars throughout 2012. The Sunday Night Baseball schedule will feature the Los Angeles Angels and offseason acquisition Albert Pujols visiting the New York Yankees and Derek Jeter on April 15; two rivalry matchups between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees (April 22 and July 8); multiple appearances by the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals (May 20 and July 15, in addition to Opening Night April 4); and three appearances by the Texas Rangers – the defending AL pennant winners – April 8 and 29 and May 13.

ESPN’s first seven Sunday Night games will feature at least one playoff team and several of MLB’s biggest stars will be on display, including the Angels’ Pujols; the Yankees’ Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano; Boston’s Adrian Gonzalez, Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury; Texas’ Josh Hamilton; Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria; Philadelphia’s Ryan Howard and Chase Utley; St. Louis’ Matt Holliday and Lance Berkman; Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp; Atlanta’s Chipper Jones and Brian McCann; Chicago’s Paul Konerko; and Washington’s Ryan Zimmerman.

This season will also mark the debut of analyst Terry Francona, who joins play-by-play commentator Dan Shulman and analyst Orel Hershiser in the Sunday Night Baseball booth. Sunday Night games are also available via ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3 and ESPN Mobile TV.

ESPN Radio’s Sunday Night Baseball broadcast team will again be play-by-play commentator Jon Sciambi and analyst Chris Singleton.  ESPN Radio, entering its 15^th season of MLB coverage, will also broadcast a game of the week each Saturday during the regular season, the State Farm Home Run Derby and All-Star Game, and every Division Series, League Championship Series and World Series game.

The Sunday Night Baseball schedule as selected to date follows (all telecasts begin at 8 p.m. ET).  Game selections for the remainder of the season will be made three weeks (June and July 1, 22 and 29) or two weeks (August and September) in advance.

ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball Schedule

MLB Opening Week on ESPN

ESPN’s 23^rd season of Major League Baseball will also include five games April 4-6 highlighted by an exclusive Opening Night telecast when the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals visit the Miami Marlins, in the debut of Marlins Park, Wednesday, April 4, at 7 p.m.

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It looks as though MLB commissioner Bud Selig will have to settle the compensation issue between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs about Theo Epstein.

According to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times and confirmed by Carrie Muskat of MLB.com, the Red Sox have asked Selig to settle the dispute. The Sun-Times states that Theo’s best friend in the Red Sox organization, Larry Lucchino (sense the sarcasm) asked that Selig settled the matter.

As we know, Theo left the Red Sox about a month or so after the season with one year left on his contract. The two teams agreed their would be compensation for Theo leaving to go to the Windy City but for the past two and half months, the sides haven’t been able to come together on something agreeable.

This will be interesting to follow as to what Selig decides as what is “fair” compensation for Theo. While executives have left for other teams in the past, there really is no precedent.

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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they’ll host the Cincinnati Bearcats at Gampel Pavilion. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be nationally televised on ESPN2.

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UConn Men’s Basketball links

New-Look Cincy Comes to Town [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Jim Calhoun Looking To Win Charity Challenge [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

UConn: Notes From Tuesday’s Men’s Basketball Practice [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

UConn preparing for Cincinnati [Gavin Keefe – The Day]

Notes/Quotes: Jan. 18 [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

Midseason Report: All the Other Stuff [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

Game preview: UConn men host Cincinnati [Lee Lewis – The Republican-American]

Streaking Bearcats headed to Storrs [Neill Ostrout – Journal Inquirer]

No. 11 Huskies Set For Home Contest Against Cincinnati Wednesday [UConnHuskies.com]

New-look Cincy to test UConn men [CT Post]

UConn Faces Big Test Against Cincinnati Without Boatright [Hartford Courant]

Bearcats Grew Up Quickly After Ugly Fight With Xavier [Hartford Courant]

For Dave Leitao, Donyell Marshall, A Long Way From The Spotlight [Hartford Courant]

New-look Cincinnati faces Huskies [New Haven Register]

No. 13 UConn men host Cincinnati tonight [The Day]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Cincinnati up next [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Hartley joined 100 3-pointer club; Doty is next [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Video of UConn target Taya Reimer’s most recent game [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Stokes Responds To Benching By Producing First Double-Double [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Benching Jolts UConn’s Kiah Stokes Into Solid Game Vs. UNC [Hartford Courant]

Kiah’s play vs. UNC stokes optimism [New Haven Register]

UConn Football links

UConn Coaching Changes? News And Notes… [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

UConn Coach Foley Moving To Tight Ends: DeLeone To O-Line And Remains Coordinator [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Foley, DeLeone Switching Coaching Roles At UConn [Hartford Courant]

Cochran now officially part of UConn football family [The Day]

Other UConn related links

W. Track. Crevoiserat Named BIG EAST Track Athlete of the Week [UConnHuskies.com]

M. Soccer. Nickardo Blake Taken By Toronto In MLS Supplemental Draft [UConnHuskies.com]

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Here’s the release from UConn announcing that UConn Huskies men’s basketball sophomore guard Jeremy Lamb has been named to the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 list.

STORRS, Conn. – UConn sophomore guard Jeremy Lamb (Norcross, Ga.) has been named a Top-25 candidate for the Wooden Award, as announced today by The Los Angeles Athletic Club.  Lamb is one of four BIG EAST Conference selections for one of the nation’s most prestigious awards.

The Huskies had two player selected to the preseason Wooden Award Watch List.  Junior big man Alex Oriakhi (Lowell, Mass.) was not selected for the Midseason Top-25.

Lamb has guided Connecticut to a 14-3 overall record and a 4-2 mark in the BIG EAST Conference.  UConn is currently ranked No. 13 in the AP and No. 11 in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.

The sophomore wing has recorded six games with 20-plus points, including 30 in the season opener.  Lamb has led UConn in scoring nine times and has shot 50-percent on the year.

Joining Lamb from the BIG EAST are Marquette’s Darius Johnson-Odom, West Virginia’s Kevin Jones and Syracuse’s Kris Joseph.  North Carolina led all teams with three players selected.

Lamb and the Huskies will face Cincinnati at Gampel Pavilion on Wednesday, January 18.  The game will be televised on ESPN 2 and can also be heard on 1080am, the UConn Radio Network

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Here are the 25 players who made the Wooden Award Top-25 List:

Harrison Barnes, North Carolina

Will Barton, Memphis

William Buford, Ohio State

Anthony Davis, Kentucky

Marcus Denmon, Missouri

Draymond Green, Michigan State

John Henson, North Carolina

John Jenkins, Vanderbilt

Orlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara

Darius Johnson-Odom, Marquette

Kevin Jones, West Virginia

Perry Jones III, Baylor

Kris Joseph, Syracuse

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky

Jeremy Lamb, Connecticut

Damian Lillard, Weber State

Scott Machado, Iona

Kendall Marshall, North Carolina

Doug McDermott, Creighton

Mike Moser, UNLV

Arnett Moultrie, Mississippi State

Thomas Robinson, Kansas

Mike Scott, Virginia

Jared Sullinger, Ohio State

Cody Zeller, Indiana

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