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Video: UConn Men Return Home To Beat Vermont 67-49

University of Connecticut Huskies guard Shabazz Napier drives past Vermont Catamounts guard Trey Blue

Given that the UConn Huskies men's basketball team just returned home from Germany over the weekend, you might have thought that the jetlag would have affected them. But that wasn't the case on Tuesday night.

Shabazz Napier led a balanced attack with 13 points to help the Huskies beat the Vermont Catamounts 67-49 in front of 7,962 at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, CT.

The No. 23 Huskies improve to 2-0. The Catamounts drop to 1-1 on the young season.

Freshman Omar Calhoun added 12 points while transfer R.J. Evans added 11 points. Ryan Boatright added nine points and led UConn with seven assists. Tyler Olander also had nine points and led the team with nine rebounds and nine blocks.

Luke Apfeld led Vermont with nine points and eight rebounds. Trey Blue, Sandro Carissimo and Brian Voelkel all chipped in with eight points apiece.

Vermont Catamounts @ UConn Huskies 11.13.12 box score

Here are the postgame quotes from UConn head coach Kevin Ollie and Vermont head coach John Becker.

UConn Huskies postgame notes

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photo credit: richard messina – hartford courant (no. 11 in gallery)

Video: UConn Women Destroy College of Charleston 103-39

If Sunday's opener was any indication, it looks like it's going to be a fun and exciting season in the women's college basketball capital of the world.

Playing without their All-American guard Bria Hartley, the No. 2/2 UConn Huskies women's basketball team had six players in double figures as they went on to an easy 103-39 win over the College of the Charleston Cougars in front of 6,221 at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, CT.

UConn starts the season 1-0 while the College of Charleston drops to 1-1.

Connecticut's Breanna Stewart, right, drives past Charleston's Alyssa Frye during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Storrs, Conn., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012.Freshman Breanna Stewart led the way for the Huskies with 21 points and had five rebounds and four steals. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added 19 points, eight rebounds, four assists and five steals while freshman Morgan Tuck had 15 points, six rebounds and four assists in her debut.

Stefanie Dolson had 11 points and a game-high nine rebounds and eight assists while both Caroline Doty and Brianna Banks both chipped in with 10 points.

Alyssa Frye paced the Cougars with 14 points while Latisha Harris had 13 points. Afreyea Tolbert was the other member of the College of Charleston in double digits with 10 points and led them with five rebounds.

UConn is back in action next Sunday afternoon when they travel to College Station, TX for a matchup with the Texas A&M Aggies. Tip is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

College of Charleston Cougars @ UConn Huskies 11.11.12 box score

Here are the postgame quotes from UConn head coach Geno Auriemma as well as some of his players.

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Video: UConn Men Upset Michigan St. 66-62

Connecticut guard Shabazz Napier (13) controls the ball against Michigan State's Keith Appling (11) and Travis Trice (20) during their NCAA men's basketball game on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, on the Ramstein U.S. Air Force Base, in Ramstein, Germany.

Everyone said this was going to be a down year for the UConn Huskies men's basketball team.

But if they show the same resiliency they did on Friday night in the Armed Forces Classic, they are going to surprise a lot of people and teams across this great nation of ours.

Shabazz Napier had 25 points to lead UConn to the 66-62 upset over the No. 14 Michigan State Spartans in front of 3,100 in the Armed Forces Classic at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

It's the first career win for new UConn head coach Kevin Ollie. Michigan State falls to 0-1 on the very young season.

This was the first time the NCAA has played a basketball game in Europe and it served as a homecoming for UConn's German contingent, Niels Giffey, Enosch Wolf and Leon Tolksdorf. Giffey had three points in the game while Wolf had two. Tolksdorf did not see any action.

Ryan Boatright added 13 points while DeAndre Daniels had 12. The Spartans were led by Keith Appling's 17 points.

UConn Huskies vs Michigan State Spartans Armed Forces Classic 11.9.12 box score

Here are the postgame quotes from UConn head coach Kevin Ollie.

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photo credit: ap photo

Video: UConn Women – All Access

Here's a look at an all access special about the 2012-13 UConn Huskies women's basketball team that aired on SNY.

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