There’s one thing that the seniors on the UConn football team hasn’t done during their time in Storrs, CT. And that’s go to a bowl game.
They are hoping to change that and so far this spring according to head coach Bob Diaco, he is seeing the seniors step up and become leaders of this team.
Watch and/or listen below as Diaco talks about the leadership from the UConn football senior class.
UConn Football coach Bob Diaco talks about FSU transfer LB E.J. Levenberry and what he brings to the team.
When Bob Diaco took over as the UConn football coach, there was a three-way competition for the starting quarterback spot between Chandler Whitmer, Casey Cochran and Tim Boyle.
With Whitmer exhausting his eligibility, Cochran retiring due to concussions, Boyle is the only incumbent left to battle for the starting spot. Bryant Shirreffs, a transfer who sat out last season and ran the scout team, and Tyler Davis, a freshman, are battling for the QB1 spot along with Boyle.
Diaco did say that he wants to have a starting quarterback named by the end of spring and according to his comments on Monday, it’s quite possible that there could be one by the end of the week.
Watch and/or listen below as Diaco talks about the competition at quarterback for the UConn football team:
When the UConn football roster came out for spring 2015 practice, one of the changes to it involved Matt Walsh moving from fullback to linebacker.
Walsh earned the job of starting linebacker for the 2013 season and at the start of the 2014 season. The special teams standout did lose his starting spot to Jazzmar Clax during last season.
So when he was approached by the defensive staff to move to linebacker, Walsh jumped at the opportunity to play there just like his days at Hand High School in Madison, CT.
After UConn football’s fifth spring practice of 2015, head coach Bob Diaco talked about how Walsh’s transition was going.
It was a scene eerily reminiscent of the old Big East days. The UConn Huskies and Rutgers Scarlet Knights women’s basketball teams doing battle on the court.
UConn’s Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis had 23 points in her final game at Gampel Pavilion.
But like the Big East days of yesteryear, the end result was pretty much the same.
Behind an NCAA Tournament career-high of 23 points from Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, the UConn Huskies beat Rutgers 91-55 to advance to the Sweet 16.
UConn (34-1) will head to Albany, NY to take on the Texas Longhorns on Saturday at 12 p.m. Rutgers finishes their season at 23-10.
Moriah Jefferson had 19 points and five assists while Morgan Tuck had 16 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Gabby Williams came of the bench to add a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Tyler Scaife led Rutgers with 16 points. Both Betnijah Laney and Kahleah Cooper had 11 points while Ariel Butts led them with six rebounds along with her five points.
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When you watch the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team, you’ll notice that they seem to pass the ball more than other teams. One could say they are a very unselfish team.
Take a look at the stats:
Moriah Jefferson – 164 assists
Breanna Stewart – 107 assists
Kia Nurse – 106 assists
Morgan Tuck – 96 assists
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis – 89 assists
Jefferson’s 164 assists puts her at 47th in the country. As a team they have 740 assists on 1,197 made baskets (61.8%). That also averages out to 21.8 per game which is tops in the country.
Because of this, many opponents have a tough time stopping the Huskies because they just have too many weapons. Stop one, another one will get ya.
So when the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and UConn take the court on Monday night at 9 p.m., look for C. Vivian Stringer to play a man-to-man defense to try and stop the Huskies passing and scoring attacks.
Watch below as UConn head coach Geno Auriemma and Stringer talk about UConn’s passing abilities.
With the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and UConn Huskies no longer in the same conference, this was the first time that Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer was able to see the Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center.
While she wasn’t able to see the entire inside, she did offer her assessment of the building. UConn head coach Geno Auriemma also offered his thoughts as well.
Watch and/or listen below as they give their opinions:
UConn Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma and Rutgers Scarlet Knights head coach C. Vivian Stringer have faced off against each other countless times as coaches. It dates back to when Stringer was at Iowa.
So you know the pair would have plenty of stories and favorite memories to share.
After UConn beat St. Francis Brooklyn in the first round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament on Saturday night, Auriemma shared a few of his favorite memories while Stringer told hers during the media session on Sunday.
Watch and/or listen below as they share their favorite memories from coaching against each other.
Morgan Tuck missed the 2014 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament for the UConn women’s basketball team with an ACL tear. So you’ll have to excuse her if she was a little excited to play.
Tuck made up for lost time against the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers on Saturday night when she scored 20 of her 26 points in the first half in the 89-33 win. She actually outscored the Terriers 20-14 in the first half.
Oh yeah, Tuck also had a career-high eight assists.
Watch and/or listen below as Moriah Jefferson, Tuck and head coach Geno Auriemma talk about the play of Tuck.
The fans of the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers made the trip to Storrs, CT knowing their team had about .0001% chance of beating the UConn Huskies in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. That didn’t stop them from showing up though.
There was 3,666 fans at the game won by UConn 89-33. At least 1/3 to 1/2 were supporting St. Francis Brooklyn. Sure it helped that they had Canton, CT native Sarah Benedetti but it probably didn’t matter.
This was the first time any basketball team, men’s or women’s, from St. Francis that had made the NCAA Tournament.
And while they didn’t see a win, SFB fans did see their team give a maximum effort for 40 minutes and look like they were enjoying the moment. That’s all you can ask for in a situation like this.
Watch and/or listen below as St. Francis Brooklyn head coach John Thurston talks about the message to his team after the game as well the fan support they received on Saturday night.