STORRS, Conn. – University of Connecticut Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jim Calhoun has returned to his position following a medical leave of absence.
Coach Calhoun returned to the office this morning and has assumed his complete coaching responsibilities with no restrictions.
UConn Football links
Looking At The Conference Schedule [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
The Big East’s best: No. 16, Jordan Todman [ESPN.com – Big East Blog]
Big East pre-spring power rankings [ESPN.com – Big East Blog]
UConn football team to meet Big East’s top three at home [Connecticut Post]
Edsall Won’t See As Many Saturday Games [Hartford Courant]
Breaking Down UConn’s 2010 Football Schedule [Hartford Courant]
Huskies will open season at Michigan [New Haven Register]
UConn releases 2010 football schedule [The Day]
Huskies are headed for prime time [The Day]
Just call Tyler Lorenzen a Saint [The Day]
BOSTON, MA-The Red Sox today claimed right-handed pitcher Gaby Hernandez off waivers from the Seattle Mariners and designated right-handed pitcher Robert Manuel for assignment.
The announcement was made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein.
UConn Nike HyperElite Uniforms – Photos courtesy of Nike
UCONN BASKETBALL TEAM TO WEAR NIKE’S LIGHTEST BASKETBALL UNIFORM EVER – THE NIKE HYPER ELITE
New Huskie Uniform Is 70 Percent Lighter Than Traditional
BEAVERTON, Ore. (February 10, 2010) – On Wednesday, February 10, the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team will introduce the Nike Hyper Elite uniform – the lightest elite fit college basketball uniform Nike has ever designed.
UConn will be one of several teams in college hoops that will debut the Nike Hyper Elite uniforms this month, which celebrates the rich spirit, tradition and culture of the nation’s top basketball programs.
Paying tribute to the success and history of UConn basketball, Nike designers worked with the university to create a distinctive look for the Huskies. Inspired in part by the program’s two national championships, the UConn jerseys feature two stars, each one with the year, ’99 and ’04, in which the Men’s basketball team won national titles.
Three oak leaves and two acorns are placed at the top of the design, which represents the potential and the desire to grow toward perfection. The ceiling of the Business Building located on the campus, along with the establishment year of the university, 1881, represents the central focal point of the design. An image of UConn’s famed Husky mascot helps to complete the design.
UConn’s new uniforms incorporate several Nike innovations that were originally introduced in Beijing. The Hyper Elite uniforms take advantage of Nike Aerographics – an engineered mesh providing zoned cooling that reduces up to half the yarn, making the uniforms more lightweight and breathable.
Nike made specific adjustments to the jersey, eliminating 13 inches of material, while the use of Dri-FIT woven fabric in the short reduced its weight to make it Nike’s lightest ever.
Dri-FIT technical fabric is a moisture-wicking material that provides increased comfort and thermo regulation to help enable players to perform at their optimal level on the court. The Nike Hyper Elite uniform is also the fastest drying Nike short ever.
Completing the new elite fit for UConn is the Nike Pro Combat, an ergonomically designed base layer that provides basketball-specific protective padding without restricting mobility on the court.
About Nike
NIKE, Inc. based near Beaverton, Oregon, is the world’s leading designer, marketer and distributor of authentic athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for a wide variety of sports and fitness activities. They make a great stick for beginners which is great for getting kids interested in lacrosse. Wholly owned Nike subsidiaries include Converse Inc., which designs, markets and distributes athletic footwear, apparel and accessories; Cole Haan, which designs, markets and distributes luxury shoes, handbags, accessories and coats; Umbro Ltd., a leading United Kingdom-based global football (soccer) brand; and Hurley International LLC, which designs, markets and distributes action sports and youth lifestyle footwear, apparel and accessories. For more information, visit www.nikebiz.com.
Technical Specifications of Nike HyperElite Uniforms:
Eight universities will debut in 2010 the Nike Hyperelite basketball uniform.
The EliteFit system, a jersey/short layered over a padded base layer, is designed to address the games’ increased physicality.
Aerographics relate team spirit and history in a breathable, lightweight graphical mesh innovation relevant to each school.
Aerographic technology
University Inspiration
Material innovation
Cooling features
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2010 UConn Football Schedule |
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| Day | Date | Opponent | TV/Result | Time/Record |
| Sat. | Sept.4 | at Michigan | TBA | TBA |
| Sat. | Sept.11 | TEXAS SOUTHERN | TBA | TBA |
| Sat. | Sept.18 | at Temple | TBA | TBA |
| Sat. | Sept.25 | BUFFALO | TBA | TBA |
| Sat. | Oct.2 | VANDERBILT (HC) | TBA | TBA |
| Fri. | Oct.8 | at Rutgers* | ESPN | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sat. | Oct.23 | at Louisville* | TBA | TBA |
| Fri. | Oct.29 | WEST VIRGINIA* | ESPN2 | 8:00 p.m. |
| Thur. | Nov.11 | PITTSBURGH* | ESPN | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sat. | Nov.20 | at Syracuse* | TBA | TBA |
| Sat. | Nov.27 | CINCINNATI* | TBA | TBA |
| Sat. | Dec.4 | at USF* | ABC,ESPN or ESPN2 | TBA |
| * – BIG EAST Conference game HC – Homecoming | ||||
STORRS, Conn. – The University of Connecticut football team will play an exciting six-game home schedule, highlighted by the top three finishers in last year’s BIG EAST Conference standings, as the 2010 Husky schedule was announced on Wednesday.
UConn will play host to one Thursday night and one Friday night game in 2010 with the other four games on Saturdays. The six-game home schedule includes contests against BIG EAST opponents Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and West Virginia – who finished 1-2-3 in the 2009 conference standings.
The 2010 UConn football schedule currently has four national television appearances on it with broadcast plans for the other eight games to be announced at a later date.
It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they are at the Carrier Dome for a Big East matchup with the Syracuse Orange.
The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can listen to the game on the WTIC/UConn Radio Network.
It’s also game day for the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team as they are in Chicago for a Big East matchup with the DePaul Blue Demons.
The game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. and will be televised locally here in Connecticut on CPTV. The game is also available on the internet for a fee through Hoop Streams. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, the game will be broadcast live on 96.5 FM WTIC with Bob Joyce (play-by-play) and Kara Wolters (color) on the call.
On Saturday afternoon in El Paso, TX, two UConn Huskies, Marcus Easley and Robert Vaughn, were participants in the Texas vs The Nation game. The game was won by the Texas squad 36-17.
After looking hard all day, I was finally able to come across a box score although it didn’t list defensive statistics.
While I couldn’t find any stats on how Vaughn did in the game, Easley did have 2 catches for 21 yards.
There’s not much else to report as the Texas vs The Nation website doesn’t have any news from Saturday’s game and most major sports media sites just have the AP recap.
If they want this game to become a little more popular and get people talking about it, the information such as the box score, needs to be a little more public. The game happened two days ago and I just now found a box score.
Update 2/10: According to Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant, Vaughn had one tackle in the game.
The UConn Huskies football team will be represented by three players at the NFL Combine which will take place from February 24th to March 2nd at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis, IN.
Lindsey Witten, Andre Dixon and Marcus Easley will all get a chance to show the NFL scouts what they can do as the teams evaluate players before the draft.
Dixon and Easley are scheduled to arrive in Indianapolis on February 25th while Witten will arrive in town on the 26th.
This is the schedule for Dixon (Grp 6) and Easley (Grp 4)
This is the schedule for Witten (Grp 8.)
The NFL Combine will be covered exclusively on the NFL Network.
Full invite list to 2010 NFL Combine