For a moment late in the game, it looked as though the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team’s chances in the Big East Tournament were about to end. After all, they were trailing by nine points with about four minutes to go to the West Virginia Mountaineers.

But then Shabazz Napier took over on both ends of the floor and got his team back in the game to help force overtime. In the overtime, it was all UConn as the Huskies beat the Mountaineers 71-67 in the second round of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.

The Huskies (20-12) now advance to the quarterfinals where they’ll meet the No. 1 seed Syracuse. Tip-off is scheduled for approximately 12 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.

Napier scored the majority of his 26 points in the second half and also had five rebounds and six assists. Jeremy Lamb added 22 points and eight rebounds while Ryan Boatright chipped in with 10 points.

Kevin Jones led the Mountaineers with 25 points and had 10 rebounds. Darryl Bryant added 20 points while Dominique Rutledge added six points and 11 rebounds.

Here are the highlights:

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UConn Huskies vs West Virginia Mountaineers 2012 Big East Tournament Second Round box score

UConn Huskies postgame quotes (Jim Calhoun, Jeremy Lamb, Shabazz Napier)

West Virginia postgame quotes (Bob Huggins, Kevin Jones, Darryl Bryant)

Postgame notes

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The UConn Huskies women’s basketball team had won four straight Big East Tournament Championships. But going against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who had beaten the Huskies three straight times, it wouldn’t be easy.

But strong offensive performances from Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (19 points) and Bria Hartley (18 points) plus an unrelenting defensive effort, proved to be the difference as the UConn women beat Notre Dame 63-54 in front of 9,227 at the XL Center in Hartford, CT to win the Big East Tournament.

UConn improves to 29-4 and the win gives their head coach Geno Auriemma 800 career wins.

KML was the named the Most Outstanding Player of the Big East Tournament. She was joined on the All-Big East Tournament team by her teammates Bria Hartley and Stefanie Dolson. Also on the team are Kayla McBride (Notre Dame), Devereaux Peters (Notre Dame) and Shenneika Smith (St. John’s).

Here are the highlights:

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UConn Huskies vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2012 Big East Tournament Championship box score

UConn Huskies & Notre Dame Fighting Irish postgame quotes

Big East Championship Tournament postgame notes

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Photo credit: BigEast.org

Nevermind the fact they are the reigning Big East Tournament Champions because the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team is playing for their NCAA Tournament life right now. They need to have a good showing in the Big East Tournament to help themselves out.

The Huskies got off to a nice start of that as they got 25 points from Jeremy Lamb and 19 points from Ryan Boatright in an 81-67 win over the DePaul Blue Demons at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday afternoon.

The Huskies (19-12) advance to the second round where they’ll take on the West Virginia Mountaineers on Wednesday. Tip is scheduled for 12 p.m. and the game will be nationally televised on ESPN.

Here are the highlights:

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DePaul Blue Demons vs UConn Huskies 1st round 2012 Big East Tournament box score

Postgame notes

UConn Huskies postgame quotes

DePaul Blue Demons postgame quotes

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Behind a combined 45 points from Stefanie Dolson (23) and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (22), the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team beat the St. John’s Red Storm 74-43 in front of 8,731 in the semifinals of the Big East Women’s Basketball Tournament at the XL Center in Hartford, CT on Monday night.

UConn will now face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the title on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. The Big East Tournament Championship Game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.

Here are the highlights from the game:

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Here are the postgame quotes and here are the postgame notes.

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Here’s a great video from UConn about UConn Huskies freshman basketball players Andre Drummond & Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis.

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The UConn Huskies men’s basketball team’s NCAA Tournament hopes took a huge hit on Tuesday night when they lost to the Providence Friars 72-70 in front of 11,031 at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI.

The Huskies fall to 17-12 (7-10 Big East) while the Friars improve to 15-15 (4-13).

Andre Drummond led the way for the Huskies with a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds. Ryan Boatright added 13 points, five rebounds and six assists while Jeremy Lamb had 12 points and six rebounds. Roscoe Smith chipped in with 11 points.

Bryce Cotton paced all scorers in the game with 22 points while LaDontae Hinton added 18 points. Gerard Coleman added 13 points and seven rebounds while Kadeem Batts led the Friars with 13 rebounds to go along with his six points.

Here are the highlights or lowlights in my case from the game:

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Despite 22 points from Tiffany Hayes, the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team fell to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 72-59 in front of 15,132 and a nationally televised audience on ESPN2 at the XL Center in Hartford, CT on Monday night.

The win gives the Fighting Irish the outright 2011-12 regular season Big East Championship. The Huskies will be the No. 3 seed in the Big East Tournament that starts on Friday. UConn’s first game will be on Sunday at 8 p.m.

Here are the highlights from the game:

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Here are the postgame quotes from UConn head coach Geno Auriemma and Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw.

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Despite a furious rally in the second half, the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team fell to the Syracuse Orange 71-69 in front of a sold-out crowd and nationally-televised audience on ESPN at Gampel Pavilion on Saturday night.

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Just before their game against the Syracuse Orange on Saturday night at Gampel Pavilion, the ESPN cameras caught UConn Huskies power forward Alex Oriakhi “dancing” in the tunnel before they took the court.

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Behind a career-high 27 points from Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team beat the Marquette Golden Eagles 85-45 in front of 3,609 at the Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee, WI on Saturday.

Here are the highlights from the game:

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