UConn men’s basketball’s Ryan Boatright, Rodney Purvis, Phillip Nolan and Amida Brimah talk about Boatright’s buzzer-beater in the quarterfinals of the 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament at the XL Center in Hartford, CT.
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Video: UConn’s Rodney Purvis On Energy From The Crowd
If you were at the UConn men’s basketball game vs the Cincinnati Bearcats in the 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament quarterfinals at the XL Center in Hartford, CT, you would now how loud the crowd is. You even might have heard it on television.
Watch and/or listen below as UConn Huskies G Rodney Purvis talks about the energy from the crowd.
Video: Redemption! Boat Sends UConn To AAC Semi’s with Buzzer-Beater
UConn men’s basketball senior Ryan Boatright had a chance to get his team a bye in the American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament last week on Senior Night. Unfortunately, his shot didn’t go in.
Just eight days later, Boatright was given that same opportunity. There was no missing the shot this time.
UConn’s Ryan Boatright (11) hoists a three-pointer to win the game during the American Athletic Conference men’s championship quarterfinals between the Cincinnati Bearcats and the UConn Huskies at the XL Center in Hartford, CT.
Boatright’s three-pointer with .2 seconds left gave the UConn Huskies a 57-54 win over the Cincinnati Bearcats in the quarterfinals on Friday night at the XL Center in Hartford, CT.
UConn will take on Tulsa on Saturday afternoon at approximately 5 p.m.
Boatright played all 40 minutes and led the Huskies with 18 points. His backcourt mate Rodney Purvis added 18 points.
Daniel Hamilton had a nice all-around game as well with nine points, eight rebounds and five assists. The latter two led the team for the night.
Troy Caupain led the Bearcats with 12 points. Octavius Ellis chipped in with 11 points and seven rebounds while Shaq Thomas had 10 points and seven rebounds. Gary Clark had 11 rebounds to lead Cincinnati to along with his nine points.
Here are UConn’s postgame quotes.
Here are Cincinnati’s postgame quotes.
Here are the postgame notes from the American.
Photo gallery from the game.
Video: UConn Huskies on Facing Cincinnati In 2015 AAC Tournament
UConn Huskies Men’s Basketball coach Kevin Ollie, Ryan Boatright, Rodney Purvis and Amida Brimah talk about facing the Cincinnati Bearcats again in the 2015 AAC Tournament.
Watch and/or listen below:
Video: UConn’s Ryan Boatright on Amida Brimah Fastbreak Dunk
One of the better plays during the first half of the UConn men’s basketball game vs the USF Bulls on Thursday night was the execution of the fastbreak by Ryan Boatright, Rodney Purvis, Daniel Hamilton and Amida Brimah.
Watch and/or listen below as Boatright talks about the play.
Video: Hamilton Helps UConn To AAC Quarterfinals In 69-43 Win Over USF
UConn’s Ryan Boatright (11) congratulates Daniel Hamilton (5) after a made basket in the second half of the first round of the 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament at the XL Center in Hartford, CT.
UConn men’s basketball freshman Daniel Hamilton had an eventful day on Thursday.
In the morning, he was named the American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year. Then in the evening, he led his team in scoring and to a victory.
Behind Hamilton’s 20 points, the UConn Huskies beat the USF Bulls 69-43 in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament at the XL Center in Hartford, CT.
The No. 6 seed Huskies advance to the quarterfinals of the tourney to face the No. 3 seed, the Cincinnati Bearcats. The two teams split their two games earlier this season. Tip is scheduled for approximately 9 p.m.
Rodney Purvis added 13 points while Ryan Boatright had 12 points and three assists. Amida Brimah and Omar Calhoun each had nine points with Brimah adding five blocked shots.
Phil Nolan led UConn with a career-high tying seven rebounds.
USF was paced by Nehemias Morillo‘s 13 points. Troy Holston, Jr. was the only member of the Bulls to hit double figures with 12. Ruben Guerrero added seven rebounds to go along with his six points.
Here are UConn’s postgame quotes.
Here are USF’s postgame quotes.
Here are the postgame notes from the American Athletic Conference.
Video: UConn’s Daniel Hamiton on Being Named AAC Rookie of the Year
After being named American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, UConn men’s basketball freshman Daniel Hamilton talked about the honor:
Video: 2015 UConn Football Spring Practice Different Than 2014
When the UConn Football head coach Bob Diaco ran his first spring practice in 2014, he was a little green as far as what needed to be done.
It’s not that he didn’t know what he was doing since he’d been through many a spring practice as an assistant coach, it’s that he had never been a head coach and responsible for the entire practice. It took some time for the team to get to what Diaco expected but they did it.
So when the UConn Huskies held their first spring practice in 2015 last Saturday., it was a totally different feeling. The players knew what was coming from Diaco as far as what was expected of them and vice versa.
Watch and/or listen below as Diaco talks about the differences.
Video: Moriah Jefferson Is The Engine That Pushes UConn Women
When you take a look around the locker room, you see star after star on the UConn women’s basketball team.
You have the best player in America in Breanna Stewart. You have the best shooter in Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis.
Part of the reason why both of those players are successful is their point guard Moriah Jefferson.
Of all the players on the team, Jefferson is probably the most improved and one who has taken her game to another level. There’s a pretty good chance she ends up as an All-American this year and possibly win the Nancy Lieberman Award for best point guard.
She’s a big reason why UConn is 32-1 entering the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.
Watch and/or listen below as USF Bulls head coach Jose Fernandez talks about the UConn women’s basketball team and Jefferson being the “engine” that drive the UConn bus.
Video: UConn Women Pass Test; Win AAC Tournament Title
While they’ve been in the American Athletic Conference, the UConn women’s basketball team has been rarely tested by an opponent. And given how they rolled through conference play and the first two games of the conference tournament, you would have thought it would have been an easy game.
However, the South Florida Bulls had other ideas.
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis had 23 points and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament.
They threw their best punches at the UConn Huskies but unfortunately they didn’t get their Buster Douglas beating Mike Tyson moment on Monday night as they lost 84-70 to the Huskies at Mohegan Sun Arena in the 2015 American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship game.
It’s the second straight American Athletic Conference title for the UConn women’s basketball team and the 20th time they’ve won a conference tournament title. It was also the closest game the Huskies have had in their two seasons in the conference.
For the third straight game, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis led UConn in scoring with 23 points and had a team-high six assists. She was named the Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
Both Breanna Stewart and Morgan Tuck added double-doubles for the American champions. Stewart had 22 points and 12 rebounds while Tuck had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Moriah Jefferson chipped in with 14 points, five rebounds and five assists.
Shaleth Stringfield paced the Bulls with 20 points. Tamara Taylor added 17 points while Courtney Williams had 16 points. Alisia Jenkins added 10 points and a team-high four rebounds.
Both teams now await their NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament destination.
The odds are that the UConn women’s basketball team will be the No. 1 overall seed and host a first and second round game. Until that is announced on March 16, UConn will practice and fine tune their well-oiled machine.
Here are the game notes from the American Athletic Conference.
Postgame quotes will be added when they become available.