The up-and-down 2009-10 season has finally come to an end for the UConn Huskies. But it was ending that probably shouldn’t have happened.

Dorenzo Hudson had 27 points, 17 in the second half, to help the Virginia Tech Hokies to a 65-63 win over the Huskies in front of 6,983 raucous fans at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, VA on Monday night.

With UConn up one at 63-62, the Hokies had the ball after a timeout underneath the UConn basket. They ran a play for Hudson who came off a screen and nailed a jumper to put them up 64-63.

After a UConn timeout, Kemba Walker went for the game-winner only to have it blocked. He recovered the ball and got it over to Gavin Edwards who missed an easy layup. Walker fouled Terrell Bell with .7 seconds left. Bell missed the first shot and after a timeout, he made the second one while actually trying to miss it.

Walker’s last ditch effort went for naught as the Hokies survived to see another day.

Had Edwards dunked the ball or gone up strong with the ball, we could be talking about the Huskies advancing to the quarterfinals. Instead, we’ll now be talking about the season that was and that could have been.

The Huskies finish up the season at 18-16 while the Hokies improve to 25-8. The Hokies will take on the Rhode Island Rams later this week to for the right to go to Madison Square Garden.

Walker led the Huskies with 18 points, four assists and had six rebounds. Despite a poor shooting night (4-of-17) and foul trouble, Jerome Dyson had 15 points. Gavin Edwards added ten points and six rebounds while Stanley Robinson had nine points and eight rebounds.

Besides his game-high 27 points, Hudson led the Hokies with nine rebounds. JT Thompson added 10 points and six rebounds off the bench. Virginia Tech’s leading scorer Malcolm Delaney finished with just six points but led them with nine assists.

We could sit here and say what I said earlier about Edwards going up in stronger but in reality, the Huskies are the ones who put themselves in this position. Had they played together as team for the whole, like they did in beating Texas and Villanova, this season could have been a much different story.

Instead the season ends in the NIT with a disappointing loss, apropos of the way the entire season went.

 

Notes and musings:

UConn Huskies @ Virginia Tech Hokies 2nd Round Postseason NIT 3.23.10 box score

The starters for the final time this season were Kemba Walker, Jerome Dyson, Stanley Robinson, Gavin Edwards and Alex Oriakhi.

The Huskies shot 41.6% (25-of-60) from the floor while the Hokies shot 42.1%.

UConn had just seven assists on their 25 made baskets.

The Huskies were 4-of-16 (25%) from three-point land while the Hokies were 2-of-11 (18.2%).

UConn was 9-of-16 (56.3%) from the free throw line. Just think maybe if they made three more they would have won.

The Huskies outrebounded the Hokies 36-35 and outscored them in the paint 34-22.

Virginia Tech had 13 turnovers that UConn turned into nine points. The Hokies had 19 points off of 13 UConn turnovers.

The Hokies outscored UConn 8-2 on the fast break.

Despite the fact that both Boston Red Sox teams who played today had 28 hits and scored 17 runs, they lost both games.

The split-squad who traveled to Jupiter to take on the St. Louis Cardinals fell 13-8 while the one that stayed behind in Ft. Myers fell to the Tampa Bay Rays 11-9.

Michael Bowden made the start against the Cardinals and allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits with a strikeout. Fabio Castro followed with two innings of three-hit relief with three strikeouts. Fernando Cabrera was roughed for two runs on three hits and a walk with a strikeout in 2/3 of an inning while Ramon A. Ramirez gave up four runs on four hits and three walks 1 2/3 innings. T.J. Large was also victimized for three runs on four hits in 2/3 of an inning.

The Red Sox defense didn’t help them out as they had four errors, including two by Bill Hall at shortstop. Since Hall’s been a little shaky at short and today’s two errors won’t help, the Red Sox will now probably have to find someone who can back up at short. Jed Lowrie’s not an option right now since he’s still recovering from mono.

The Red Sox had 10 of their 13 hits against old friend Brad Penny. Tug Hulett led the offensive charge with two hits and three RBIs. Jeremy Hermida added two hits and an RBI while Peter Hissey also had two hits.  Josh Reddick, Oscar Tejada and Dusty Brown had the other RBIs.

In Ft. Myers, Red Sox pitchers allowed seven home runs to the Rays. Boof Bonser allowed two, Scott Atchison gave up one, Junichi Tazawa allowed three and Joe Nelson gave up one.

Bonser wasn’t at his best as he allowed five runs on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts in two innings. The only hit and run Atchison allowed was on the home run in his two innings. Tazawa gave up four runs on four hits (three of those were the HRs) while Brian Shouse was perfect in his inning.  Joe Nelson’s only hit and run that he allowed were on the home run in his inning and he also had two strikeouts. Jorge Sosa gave up a hit and had two strikeouts in two innings.

Ray Chang had two hits, including a 3-run homer to lead the Red Sox. Mike Cameron had two hits as did Matt Sheely and Mark Wagner who also had an RBI each.  Derrik Gibson also had a hit and two RBIs while Christopher McGuiness added a hit and an RBI. Dustin Pedroia was hitless in two at-bats but had an RBI on a sac fly.

Instead of having John Lackey pitch against their AL East rivals, he pitched in an intrasquad game at the Player Development Complex down the street. Against the minor leaguers, he allowed a run on three hits with six strikeouts.

The Red Sox will play a night game on Tuesday night when they make the short trip across town to take on the Minnesota Twins at Hammond Stadium at 7:05 p.m. The game will be broadcast on WEEI 850 AM.

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Lackey stretches out in Minors game [Brownie Points] Rough day for Bonser [Clubhouse Insider]

How Mauer’s signing affects Red Sox and Martinez [CSN New England]

Red Sox notes: Bonser takes a step back [CSN New England]

Victor applauds Mauer deal [ESPN Boston]

10 (not-so) Quick Hits: Long day in F-L-A [ESPN Boston]

Lackey throws five [Extra Bases]

Injury for Bonser? [Extra Bases]

NESN picks up tomorrow’s game [Extra Bases]

The catcher who (sort of) got away from the Red Sox [Full Count]

Lackey hones his game for AL East [Full Count]

Postgame(s) Notes: Rays 11, Sox 9; Cards 13, Sox 8 [Full Count]

Bonser upset after tough start [ProJo Sox Blog]

Wagner triples his pleasure, triples his fun [ProJo Sox Blog]

Victor happy for Mauer, wants to stay put [RedSox.com]

Bonser aims to rebound from shaky effort [RedSox.com]

With the UConn Huskies taking on the Temple Owls on Tuesday, March 23rd in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament, ESPN has released the coverage map for the games on ESPN2 at 7 p.m.

The UConn/Temple game will be broadcast in it’s entirety on ESPN2 standard definition in all of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Southeastern PA, Southern Jersey and Northern Maryland. ESPN2HD will have whip-around coverage that brings you the most compelling action from the games. The game will also be shown on ESPN360.com.

Here’s the map for all of the 7:00 p.m. games on ESPN2:

After splitting their squads on Sunday, the Boston Red Sox will once again do the same thing on Monday.

A team of what will likely be bench players plus minor leaguers for the Red Sox will head to Jupiter to take on the St. Louis Cardinals. And back in Ft. Myers, Terry Francona will trot out what appears to be the Opening Day lineup sans the starting pitcher against the Tampa Bay Rays.

The game against the Cardinals will start at 1:05 p.m. and there is no television or radio. The game against the Rays will start at 1:05 p.m. and there is also no television or radio for the game.

Michael Bowden will make the start for the Red Sox against the Cardinals and he’ll be followed by LHP Fabio Castro and RHP Ramon A. Ramirez. Kyle Lohse is scheduled to start for the Cards.

Boof Bonser will make the start for the Red Sox against the Rays and he’ll be followed by RHP Scott Atchison, and RHP Junichi Tazawa. James Shields will start for the Rays and he’ll be followed by RHP Winston Abreu, RHP Richard De Los Santos and RHP Mike Ekstrom.

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1. Bill Hall	SS	1. Skip Schumaker	2B
2. Josh Reddick	CF	2. Brendan Ryan	SS
3. Jeremy Hermida	LF	3. Matt Holliday	DH
4. Tug Hulett	2B	4. Colby Rasmus	CF
5. Anthony Rizzo	DH	5. Jason LaRue	C
6. Dusty Brown	C	6. John Jay	RF
7. Aaron Bates	1B	7. Ruben Gotay	1B
8. Angel Sanchez	3B	8. Tyler Henley	LF
9. Peter Hissey	RF	9. Donovan Solano	3B
Michael Bowden	SP	Kyle Lohse	SP

1. Jason Bartlett	SS	1. Jacoby Ellsbury	LF
2. Carl Crawford	LF	2. Dustin Pedroia	2B
3. Evan Longoria	3B	3. Victor Martinez	C
4. Carlos Peña	1B	4. Kevin Youkilis	1B
5. Ben Zobrist	CF	5. David Ortiz	DH
6. Pat Burrell	RF	6. J.D. Drew	RF
7. Hank Blalock	DH	7. Adrian Beltre	3B
8. Sean Rodriguez	2B	8. Mike Cameron	CF
9. Kelly Shoppach	C	9. Marco Scutaro	SS
James Shields	SP	Boof Bonser	SP

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Nathan clouds Papelbon’s future [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]

Bases have to be covered [Boston Globe]

Outing a real drag for Papelbon [Boston Globe]

Victor Martinez says new Red Sox deal ‘all up to them’ [Boston Herald]

David Ortiz, Sox will deal with it later [Boston Herald]

Daniel Bard happy to change [Boston Herald]

Weary Jonathan Papelbon rocked [Boston Herald]

Dice-K takes minor steps [Boston Herald]

Hulett has a lot to look up to in Sox camp [CSN New England]

A look at the Sox’s starting pitching depth [ESPN Boston]

Bonser: ‘My role is in the pen’ [ESPN Boston]

Roster musings: Searching for backup SS [ESPN Boston]

Big Papi delivers a kind word [Extra Bases]

Dustin Pedroia answers your questions [Extra Bases]

What happened with the Red Sox: Sunday [Full Count]

How Mauer affects the Red Sox [Full Count]

Francona: Mauer deal is ‘really good for the game’ [Full Count]

VMart: Mauer ‘deserved every penny’ [Full Count]

Sox Thoughts [Hit and Run with Dan Roche]

Starting nine: Adrian Beltre [ProJo Sox Blog]

Martinez impressed with Mauer money, making no demands [ProJo Sox Blog]

Tarp stories with Terry Francona [ProJo Sox Blog]

RJ thrilled for son — in exhibition games, anyway [ProJo Sox Blog]

Delcarmen’s velocity is down while he works on mechanics [Providence Journal]

Red Sox journal: Matsuzaka makes progress [Providence Journal]

It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they are in Blacksburg, VA to take on the Virginia Tech Hokies in the second round of the Postseason NIT.

The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. and will be nationally televised on ESPN. The game will also be available on ESPN360. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can listen to the game on the WTIC/UConn Radio Network.

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UConn Men’s Basketball links

Sweet Virginia [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Oh, Virginia (Tech) [Ed Daigneault – The Republican-American]

Arriving at Virginia Tech [Gavin Keefe – The Day]

UConn men take on Va. Tech in NIT [CT Post]

UConn Takes Aim At Virginia Tech [Hartford Courant]

UConn Vs. Virginia Tech Capsule [Hartford Courant]

Huskies not ready for season to end [New Haven Register]

Huskies aim to finish on high note [The Day]

UConn men play NIT game at Virginia Tech [The Republican-American]

NIT, Round Two: Hokies on Huskies … [The Virginian-Pilot]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

In case you hadn’t heard, the UConn women will take on the Temple Owls in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament. That game will be played on Tuesday, March 23rd and tip at 7:06 p.m. The game will be regionally televised by ESPN2.

Geno Auriemma: Mr. T on Mrs. T [Jeff Jacobs – Hartford Courant]

Charles, Moore Naismith finalists [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Greene Picks It Up In Second Half/Naismith Finalists [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Another classic appearance for UConn [Roger Cleaveland – The Republican-American]

UConn women off and running in NCAA tournament [CT Post]

UConn women’s notebook [CT Post]

UConn Crushes Southern U. In NCAA Opener [Hartford Courant]

Geno Teases Rizzotti, Bruno For Their Technicals [Hartford Courant]

UConn Name Carries Power [Hartford Courant]

UConn Women’s Extras [Hartford Courant]

The overdogs overwhelm: Tourney favorite UConn draws crowd’s ire on way to rout in opener [The Day]

UConn notebook [The Day]

UConn women roll past Southern in NCAA opener [The Republican-American]

UConn women: sterling execution [The Republican-American]

Education First, Beating UConn a Close Second [NY Times]

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Softball: Huskies Fall 9-1 To BU In Six [UConnHuskies.com]

Softball: Huskies Drop Weekend Finale 5-1 To Hofstra [UConnHuskies.com]

Baseball: Olt, Barnes Help Huskies Past Pioneers 9-2 [UConnHuskies.com]

It was a tough afternoon for both of the Boston Red Sox split-squads on Sunday.

The away split-squad made the 2 hour 20 minute trip up I-75 and I-275 to Dunedin to take on the Toronto Blue Jays only to have rain cancel the game. Back in Ft. Myers, the weather cooperated until the 8th inning when the heavens opened up and gave the Houston Astros a 10-7 rain-shortened win.

Jon Lester had a decent afternoon on the bump as he prepares for the 2010 season. He allowed three runs on five hits with no walks and seven strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. Hideki Okajima came in for him and allowed a run on two hits in 2/3 of an inning.

It was a tough day for Jonathan Papelbon as he was battling the effects of a migraine headache. He allowed six runs (five earned) on five hits and a walk in a 1/3 of an inning. Ramon Ramirez  was perfect in 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout as was Daniel Bard in his inning.

Jacoby Ellsbury led the Red Sox offensive attack with three singles and a stolen base. Dustin Pedroia had two hits, including a 3-run homer and had four RBIs. Mike Cameron also had two hits, including a 2-run homer and a walk. Jason Varitek added two hits and Kevin Youkilis had an RBI.

The Red Sox will play again on Monday with split-squads as a group of mostly minor leaguers will head over to Jupiter to take on the St. Louis Cardinals in a make-up game. Michael Bowden will make that start.

The Tampa Bay Rays will come to City of Palms Park to take on the rest of the Red Sox. Boof Bonser will make the start for the Red Sox. John Lackey will make a start over at the Red Sox Player Development Complex.

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Matsuzaka: ‘Getting closer and closer [Clubhouse Insider]

Papelbon pitched through headache [Clubhouse Insider]

It’s a start for Matsuzaka [CSN New England]

Red Sox notes: Cameron hot, Papelbon not [CSN New England]

Matsuzaka looks sharp in scrimmage [Extra Bases]

Now at shortstop: Dustin Pedroia? [Full Count]

Michael Garciaparra on rumors that he signed with Sox [Full Count]

Papelbon ‘lackadaisical’ due to anti-migraine meds [Full Count]

Red Sox tickets sales strong [Full Count]

Matsuzaka throws 32 pitches in minor-league outing [ProJo Sox Blog]

Lester gaining confidence in changeup [ProJo Sox Blog]

Zoned-out Papelbon gets knocked around [ProJo Sox Blog]

Marlins offer Jimenez back to Boston [RedSox.com]

Papelbon endures migraine, tough outing [RedSox.com]

Dice-K pleased after first spring outing [RedSox.com]

Bard settled in as key to Red Sox’s ‘pen [RedSox.com]

Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester likes his change of pace Sunday [The Republican]

Red Sox outfielder Mike Cameron says it’s hitting that needs his attention this year [The Republican]

Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon’s outing is a headache for all concerned [The Republican]

The road to San Antonio kicked off for the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team on Sunday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Norfolk, VA.

And they had no problems with the Southern Jaguars as they went on to an easy 95-36 win at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.

It’s the 73rd straight win for the Huskies who improve to 34-0. The Jaguars, out of the SWAC, finish up their season at 23-9.

Tina Charles led the way for the Huskies with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Maya Moore added 21 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and three steals. Tiffany Hayes had 12 points and seven assists while Kalana Greene had 12 points and eight rebounds. Meghan Gardler came off the bench to add 10 points.

Hannah Kador paced the Jaguars with 10 points while Ashley Augerson had seven.

The 12 day lay-off for the Huskies seemed to affect them a little bit as they didn’t take great care of the ball. They committed 12 turnovers in the first half.

Southern got out to a quick 2-0 lead but UConn responded with a 15-2 run. With the Huskies leading 20-6, the Jaguars hit back-to-back three pointers to cut the lead to eight.

But that’s as close as they would get as UConn responded with an 18-4 run and never looked back from there as they took a 52-29 lead at the half.

The Huskies were much more crisp in the second half on both sides of the ball as they held the Jaguars to just ten second half points while they shot 66.7%.

It wasn’t pretty for a bit in the first half due to the layoff but Geno Auriemma’s charges got the message in the second half when they looked like the team we’ve seen all season.

The Huskies now await the winner of the Temple/James Madison game that is currently being played. That game will take place on Tuesday, March 23 at time yet to be determined.

Notes and musings:

UConn Huskies vs Southern Jaguars NCAA Women’s Tournament First Round 3.21.10 box score

The starters for the Huskies were Caroline Doty, Tiffany Hayes, Kalana Greene, Maya Moore and Tina Charles.

The Huskies shot 61.5% (32-of-52) from the floor while the Jaguars shot 23.1% (15-of-65).

UConn had 27 assists on their 32 made baskets.

The Huskies were 9-of-16 (56.3%) from three-point land while Southern was just 5-of-26 (19.2%).

UConn dominated the boards holding a 52-22 advantage.

The Huskies outscored Southern 34-10 in the paint and 12-5 on the fast break.

UConn had 20 points off of 11 Jaguars turnovers. Southern had 11 points off of 21 UConn turnovers.

It was a good day for Tim Wakefield and the Boston Red Sox on Saturday afternoon as they beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-0 at City of Palms Park.

Wakefield looked great as he went five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and walking two while striking out three. Manny Delcarmen walked one in his inning while Brian Shouse allowed a hit with a strikeout. Fernando Cabrera threw a perfect inning and Joe Nelson gave up a hit and a walk before striking out the side.

Kevin Youkilis and Marco Scutaro both hit home runs for the Red Sox with Youk’s of the two-run variety and Scutaro’s was a solo shot. Red Sox minor leaguer Peter Hissey came up for the game and had two hits and two RBIs while Daniel Nava had a hit and an RBI. Dustin Pedroia also had two hits.

This afternoon, the Red Sox will be busy as they will send a split-squad to Dunedin to take on the Toronto Blue Jays. The players who don’t make the trip will stay behind to take on old friend Brad Mills and Houston Astros.

Both games will start at 1:05 p.m. and the game against the Blue Jays will be available on MLB GameDay audio. You can also catch it on the MLB At Bat app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

The game against the Astros will be broadcast on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you can’t watch the game on television, it will be broadcast on WEEI 850 AM. It is also available on MLB.com if you have the MLB.tv or Gameday Audio package. You can also catch it on the MLB At Bat app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Felix Doubront, who was sent down yesterday, will come up and make the start against the Blue Jays. He’ll be looking to continue his seven inning scoreless streak during spring training. Shaun Marcum will start for the Blue Jays.

Jon Lester will make the start against the Astros and he’ll be followed by Jonathan Papelbon,  Hideki Okajima, Ramon Ramirez and Daniel Bard. Bud Norris will start for the Astros and he’ll be followed by Chris Sampson and Brian Moehler.

The Red Sox yesterday optioned left-handed pitcher Felix Doubront and catcher Mark Wagner to Triple-A Pawtucket and re-assigned infielder Gil Velazquez to minor league camp. John Lackey is scheduled to pitch for Single-A Salem in a minor league game vs. the Minnesota Twins Single-A affiliate on Monday at the Red Sox Player Development Complex beginning at 1 p.m.

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Here are the lineups for both games today:

1. Bill Hall	LF	1. Jose Bautista	3B
2. Josh Reddick	CF	2. Aaron Hill	2B
3. J.D. Drew	DH	3. Adam Lind	DH
4. Adrian Beltre	3B	4. Vernon Wells	CF
5. Tug Hulett	2B	5. Lyle Overbay	1B
6. Jose Iglesias	SS	6. Jeremy Reed	RF
7. Aaron Bates	1B	7. Travis Snider	LF
8. Mark Wagner	C	8. Alex Gonzalez	SS
9. Che-Hsuan Lin	RF	9. Jose Molina	C
Felix Doubront	SP	Shaun Marcum	SP

1. Jason Bourgeois	CF	1. Jacoby Ellsbury	LF
2. Kazuo Matsui	2B	2. Dustin Pedroia	2B
3. Geoff Blum	1B	3. Kevin Youkilis	1B
4. Jason Michaels	LF	4. David Ortiz	DH
5. Chris Johnson	3B	5. Jason Varitek	C
6. Cory Sullivan	RF	6. Mike Lowell	3B
7. German Duran	SS	7. Mike Cameron	CF
8. Humberto Quintero	DH	8. Jeremy Hermida	RF
9. Jason Castro	C	9. Marco Scutaro	SS
Bud Norris	SP	Jon Lester	SP

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FenwayNation.com would like you to send well wishes to Ryan Westmoreland [FenwayNation.com]

After pitch is made, Red Sox sign Embree [Boston Globe]

Wakefield hitting spots in bid to land one [Boston Globe]

Mike Lowell bears watching [Boston Herald]

Some left in tank [Boston Herald]

Tim Wakefield rotation-ready [Boston Herald]

New game for men in middle [Boston Herald]

Slow sales for Sox tix [Boston Herald]

Nelson harbors no animosity towards Embree [Clubhouse Insider]

Morning notes: Delcarmen, Ramirez getting on track [Clubhouse Insider]

Matsuzaka throws [Clubhouse Insider]

Wakefield: Erase the question mark [ESPN Boston]

Wrapping it up from Fort Myers [Extra Bases]

Tarp on field in Dunedin [Extra Bases]

How Jason Kidd prepared Joe Nelson for his predicament [Full Count]

Why Mike Lowell is affected by return of Rule 5 pick [Full Count]

Matsuzaka smooth in tune-up [Full Count]

Starting nine: J.D. Drew [ProJo Sox Blog]

Spring training evaluations always dangerous [ProJo Sox Blog]

Embree joins lefty-reliever mix [Providence Journal]

Quick worker Lackey is an overlooked asset to Sox defense [Providence Journal]

Red Sox Journal: Embree enters the mix for a bullpen spot [Providence Journal]

Wakefield continues to stand test of time [RedSox.com]

It’s game day for the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team as they will open up the NCAA Tournament against the Southern Jaguars in Norfolk, VA.

The game will start at 12 p.m. and will be televised regionally in Connecticut on ESPN2 standard defintion. If you’re unsure of what game you’ll be getting where you live, check out the coverage map for the 12 p.m. games. The game will also be available on ESPN360. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can listen to the game on the WTIC/UConn Radio Network.

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Hotties of the 2010 NCAA Women’s Tournament [SOX & Dawgs]

Norfolk Nuggets [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

No Change For The Huskies [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Huskies As Relaxed As You Can Get [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Crockett Changes Course; Now Coaching At Temple [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Huskies To Play In Maggie Dixon Classic [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Newsflash: All is not perfect for the UConn women [Roger Cleaveland – The Republican-American]

Exciting new view for Huskies’ Doty [Roger Cleaveland – The Republican-American]

Yes, it’s seriously a NCAA Women’s Tournament preview [The UConn Blog]

Why I like women’s basketball [Vickie Fulkerson – The Day]

Huskies Begin NCAA Postseason Quest in Norfolk, Va. [UConnHuskies.com]

UConn Happy to Hit Road on Quest for NCAA Repeat [UConnHuskies.com]

NCAA Tournament First Round – Press Conference Quotes [UConnHuskies.com]

With NCAA tournament beginning, UConn not lacking confidence [CT Post]

Temple’s Cardoza has prospered, and UConn may get closer look [CT Post]

UConn women, from the top [CT Post]

UConn women’s notebook: Doty excited about tournament debut [CT Post]

UConn women’s game day: vs. Southern [CT Post]

UConn Women Focused On Ultimate Goal [Hartford Courant]

Crockett Making Impact As Temple Assistant [Hartford Courant]

Temple Coach Cardoza May Face Auriemma, Her Mentor [Hartford Courant]

UConn Women Vs. Southern Capsule [Hartford Courant]

Hayes a perfect sidekick [New Haven Register]

Geno has some fun at expense of Cardoza [The Day]

Pugh: Jaguars ‘are gonna battle’ [The Day]

No. 1 UConn vs. No. 16 Southern [The Day]

Can the UConn women be defeated? [The Republican-American]

Can’t help the comparisons [ESPN.com]

Southern U.-Connecticut Preview [FOXSports.com]

Auriemma and Cardoza could meet in 2nd round [SI.com]

UConn’s dominance may be good for women’s basketball [Kansas City Star]

Minisink’s Dolson named PARADE all-American [Record Online]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Virginia Tech Has Incentive Vs. UConn [Hartford Courant]

UConn Football links

Practice 3 Notes And Update [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Edsall Thoughts From Practice 3 [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Full Metal Jacket [Neill Ostrout – CT Post]

Campbell, Bridgeport’s Williams making most of UConn’s board drills [CT Post]

UConn’s Edsall Has Secondary Concerns [Hartford Courant]

Other UConn related links

Softball: Pride Blanks Huskies 3-0 In Game One Of Hofstra Tourney [UConnHuskies.com]

Softball: Huskies Fall 6-4 To Boston University [UConnHuskies.com]

Baseball: Huskies Fall in 11-8 Baseball Game Against Sacred Heart on Saturday [UConnHuskies.com]

With the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team kicking off their run for San Antonio tomorrow at 12:00 p.m., I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the coverage map for tomorrow’s game against the Southern Jaguars.

The game will be broadcast in it’s entirety on ESPN2 in standard definition. If you’re like me and want to watch it in HD, unfortunately we are SOL. And if you’re like my brother and live in Hawaii, you’re screwed like a good portion of the country who will get whip-around coverage in standard definition.

As evidenced by the map below, ESPN2 will have whip-around coverage on ESPN2HD.