During halftime of Tuesday’s night’s Elite Eight matchup with the Kentucky Wildcats, UConn Huskies women’s basketball associate head coach Chris Dailey was featured at halftime.
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Since I can’t find a transcript of the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team’s pregame presser before their Elite Eight matchup with the Kentucky Wildcats, I figured the next best thing is the video of it.
Here it is for you to enjoy:
If you would like to watch Kentucky’s press conference, head over to NCAA.com.
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The Penn State Nittany Lions offense had been on fire for the entire 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. Of course they hadn’t played a stifling defense like the UConn Huskies possess.
After a fast start, the Huskies let the Nittany Lions into the game. But tough defense and 11-0 run gave the Huskies control of the game on their way to a 77-59 win at the Ryan Center in Kingston, RI on Sunday afternoon.
With the win, the Huskies (32-4) move on to the Elite Eight where they’ll face the Kentucky Wildcats. The Nittany Lions finish up the season at 26-7.
Bria Hartley led five Huskies in double figures with 20 points and she also had four assists. Kelly Faris chipped in with 15 points, seven rebounds and a team-high five assists while Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds. Tiffany Hayes and Stefanie Dolson rounded out the Huskies in double digits with 10 points each.
Mia Nickson paced Penn State with 19 points and pulled down five rebounds. Caroline Doty’s best friend from home, Maggie Lucas, had a tough shooting night (4-16) but had with 15 points and three assists. Talia East led the Nittany Lions with 10 rebounds to go along with her six points.
Here are the highlights from the game:
UConn Huskies vs Penn State Nittany Lions 2012 Sweet 16 box score
UConn Huskies postgame press conference video
Penn State Nittany Lions postgame press conference video
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Photo credit: Cloe Poisson – Hartford Courant (No. 25 in gallery)
The Kansas State Wildcats had been seeded in the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team in previous years but the two teams have never matched up on the hardwood. After what Geno Auriemma’s team did to the Wildcats on Monday night, they’ll probably be hoping to be seeded somewhere else in coming years.
Once again, UConn’s defense was stifling again and the offense was clicking on all cylinders as they went on to a very easy 72-26 win over the Wildcats in front of 4,372 at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, CT.
With the win, the Huskies (31-4) advance to the Sweet 16 where they’ll take on the winner of Tuesday’s Penn State/LSU matchup on Sunday. It’s the 19th straight year that UConn has advanced to at least the Sweet 16.
Bria Hartley led the Huskies with 16 points, scoring 13 of them in the first half. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added 15 points while Kiah Stokes had a career-high 13 points to go along with nine rebounds and three blocked shots.
Tiffany Hayes rounded out the Huskies in double figures with 11 points and also pulled down nine rebounds. As per her usual, Kelly Faris had a nice all around game with five points, seven rebounds and four assists.
Brittany Chambers paced the Wildcats with 11 points and had six rebounds. Jalana Childs chipped in with six points and six rebounds.
Here are the highlights from the game:
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UConn Huskies vs Kansas State Wildcats 2012 NCAA Women’s Tournament Second Round box score
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Photo credit: John Woike – Hartford Courant (No. 10 in gallery)
One of the great things about college baseball, is you never know what will happen before the game or even during a rain delay.
We’ve seen dance-offs, jousting, using the toilet and even more dance-offs. And now we have the UConn Huskies and Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball teams participating in a post-national anthem standoff before their game on Sunday afternoon in Conway, SC.
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The UConn Huskies women’s basketball team came into this 2012 NCAA Tournament as an underdog. When the NCAA Selection Show was held last Monday, there was barely a mention of UConn other than when they were announced as a No. 1 seed.
So hopefully the Huskies can use that to their advantage on their way to a potential 8th national title. They opened up the 2012 NCAA Tournament on Saturday with the Prairie View A&M Panthers.
The Huskies were able to use the height they have to their advantage and a strong second half defensive effort helped them to a 83-47 win over the Panthers in front of 4,563 at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, CT.
UConn advances to the second round on Monday where they’ll take on the Kansas State Wildcats.
Kaleena Mosqueda Lewis led the way for the Huskies (30-4) with 21 points. Those 21 points tie former Husky and current Cincinnati coach Jamelle Elliott for the most by a freshman making their NCAA Tournament debut. KML also led the Huskies with seven rebounds.
Bria Hartley added 18 points, five rebounds and three assists while Stefanie Dolson scored all 15 of her points in the first half. She also had a little bit of an incident towards the end of the game when she was kneed in her private lady parts. Kelly Faris had a great all around game as usual with six points, six rebounds and a team-high eight assists.
Latia Williams paced the Panthers (17-16) with 20 points. JaQuandria Williams added nine points while Kiara Etienne had eight. Larissa Scott led Prairie View A&M with seven rebounds to go along with her four points.
Here are the highlights:
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Prairie View A&M Panthers vs UConn Huskies 2012 NCAA Tournament First Round box score
Note: I could not find the postgame quotes any where on the interwebs.
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Photo credit: John Woike – Hartford Courant (No. 8 in gallery)
We often see men’s college basketball players get hit or kicked in their private parts, especially when they take a charge. But we rarely ever see a women’s college basketball player get hit in her private area.
Well that’s exactly what happened to UConn Huskies women’s sophomore center Stefanie Dolson on Saturday afternoon in UConn’s 83-47 win over the Prairie View A&M Panthers on Saturday afternoon.
Dolson was okay after the incident and was seen laughing with her teammates after it happened.
In case video stops working, click on the following link for the flash file. Mobile users can click here for mobile ready file.
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As they get ready to kickoff a run to hopefully an 8th national title for the program, the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team apparently let off a little steam by having some fun recently.
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What started out as a promising season for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team, ended in disappointment in Louisville, KY on Thursday night.
The Iowa State Cyclones used a 16-0 run in the first half to put the Huskies in a deficit they would never recover from as they fell 77-64 in the second round of the 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at the KFC! Yum Center.
The Cyclones (23-10) advance to the the third round where they’ll face No. 1 overall seed, the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday. For UConn, their season ends at 20-14.
Chris Allen led the way for Iowa State with 20 points. Royce White had a big game with a double-double of 15 points and 13 rebound while Scott Christopherson also had 15 points. Melvin Ejim rounded out the Cyclones in double digits with 11 points.
Shabazz Napier paced the Huskies with 22 points and six assists. Jeremy Lamb was the only other member of the Huskies to hit double figures with 19 points while Ryan Boatright had nine points. Roscoe Smith led the Huskies with five rebounds to go along with his five points scored.
Here are the highlights of the game:
UConn Huskies vs Iowa State Cyclones 2012 NCAA second round box score
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Last year, the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team set New York ablaze with their Big East Tournament run on their way to the NCAA Championship. On Thursday afternoon, the Syracuse Orange were looking to end the Huskies fortunes in NYC.
When UConn went cold late in the second half, the Orange used an 8-0 run to take control as they held on for a 58-55 win over the Huskies in front of a packed house at Madison Square Garden on Thursday afternoon.
The Huskies (20-13) now wait until Sunday night to find out where they’ll go in the NCAA Tournament (yes folks, they are in). Syracuse (31-1) awaits the winner of Georgetown/Cincinnati in the semifinals.
Shabazz Napier led the way for the Huskies with 15 points. Andre Drummond added a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds while Jeremy Lamb was held to 10 points. Tyler Olander had a nice game off the bench with four points, eight rebounds and four assists.
Dion Waters paced the Orange with 18 points while both Kris Joseph and James Southerland both chipped in with 10 points.
Here are the highlights:
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UConn Huskies vs Syracuse Orange 2012 Big East Tournament Quarterfinals box score
UConn Huskies postgame quotes (Jim Calhoun, Shabazz Napier)
Syracuse Orange postgame quotes (Jim Boeheim, Kris Joseph, James Southerland)
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