BURLINGTON, MA – Comcast SportsNet will provide viewers with 52 hours of Red Sox Spring Training coverage beginning Friday, February 17 and continuing through Saturday, March 3. Special coverage will include reports from the brand new Red Sox Spring Training facility in Fort Myers, with additional programming coming out of the studios in Burlington.

Spring Training coverage will tip off with Chevrolet SportsNet Central on Friday at 6PM. The show will provide daily reports including news, key storylines developing both on and off the field, player analysis, team review, and one-on-one interviews with players and Red Sox personnel. UNO’s Sports Tonight will immediately follow at 6:30PM and will also include daily guests from Fort Myers breaking down the Red Sox storylines.

Comcast SportsNet’s coverage will be highlighted by six special episodes of The Baseball Show Presented by Twin River Casino beginning Friday at 7PM. Each show will include a live call-in and online interactive component giving fans an opportunity to pose questions to the on-air talent and provide their own insight on the Red Sox and Spring Training.

CSNNE.com, the online home to Comcast SportsNet, will provide breaking news, updates and unique features throughout Spring Training with insight and analysis from Red Sox Insider Sean McAdam.

On-air talent covering the events from Fort Myers includes Jessica Moran, Lou Merloni, Mike Giardi, and McAdam.  Bob Neumeier will anchor coverage from Burlington with appearances from Michael Holley and Tony Massarotti.

Comcast SportsNet’s Spring Training coverage from February 17 through March 3 includes:

THE BASEBALL SHOW

• Friday, February 17, 7-8pm
• Monday, February 20, 7-8pm
• Tuesday, February 21, 7-8pm
• Wednesday, February 22, 11pm -12am
• Thursday, February 23, 7 – 8pm
• Friday, February 24, 7–8pm

SPORTSNET CENTRAL

• Friday, February 17, 6:00pm, 10:30pm, 1am
• Saturday, February 18, 6pm, 10:30pm, 1am
• Sunday, February 19, 10pm, 1am
• Monday, February 20, 6pm, 11pm, 1am
• Tuesday, February 21, 6pm, 10:30pm, 1am
• Wednesday, February 22, 6pm, 10pm, 1am
• Thursday, February 23, 6pm, 10:30pm, 1am
• Friday, February 24, 6pm, 10:30pm, 1am
• Saturday, February 25, 6pm, 10:30p, 1am
• Sunday, February 26, 6pm, 10:30pm, 1am
• Monday, February 27, 6pm, 10:30pm, 1am
• Tuesday, February 28, 6pm, 10pm, 1am
• Wednesday, February 29, 6pm, 10:30pm, 1am
• Thursday, March 1, 6pm, 10:30pm, 1am
• Friday, March 2, 6pm, 10:30pm, 1am
• Saturday, March 3, 8pm, 10:30pm, 1am

SPORTS TONIGHT

• Friday, February 17, 6:30p, 10pm
• Monday, February 20, 6:30pm, 10pm
• Tuesday, February 21, 6:30pm, 10pm
• Wednesday, February 22, 10:30pm
• Thursday, February 23, 630pm, 10pm
• Friday, February 24, 6:30pm, 10pm
• Monday, February 27, 6:30pm, 10pm
• Tuesday, February 28, 10:30pm
• Wednesday, February 29, 6:30pm, 11pm
• Thursday, March 1, 6:30pm, 10pm
• Friday, March 2, 6:30pm, 11pm

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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they’ll host the DePaul Blue Demons tonight at Gampel Pavilion. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised locally in Connecticut on SNY.

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UConn Men’s Basketball links

UConn Injury Updates: Roscoe Smith Joins Lamb, Drummond In ‘Questionable’ Status [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Blaney: Jim Calhoun’s Pain Has ‘Intensified’ [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

UConn’s Tyler Olander: Tweeting For Trouble [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Huskies Get A Visit From Ray Allen [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

UConn Players Inspired by Ray Allen’s Talk [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Notes/Quotes from Valentine’s Day: “He’s a great trainer. If I was on my own, I’d still be stuck in my room to this day.” [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

Calhoun Update: Pain Has Intensified [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

Ray Allen gives inspirational speech to Huskies, plus injury updates, etc. [Gavin Keefe – The Day]

Are the Huskies trying to keep up with this Jones? [John Nash – The Hour]

Huskies trying to get healthy [Neill Ostrout – Journal Inquirer]

Frustrated Tyler Olander lashes out on twitter [The UConn Blog]

Know Your Enemy: Baltimore Trio helping rebuild DePaul [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Injuries another concern for slumping UConn [CT Post]

Ray Allen Tries To Boost Huskies [Hartford Courant]

Jim Calhoun’s Pain Has Intensified Says Acting UConn Coach George Blaney [Hartford Courant]

A Worthy Addition To Huskies Of Honor [Hartford Courant]

Struggling Huskies get a visit from an old star [New Haven Register]

Old pro provides pep talk [The Day]

UConn Men’s Basketball Glance — vs. DePaul [The Hour]

Is the Calhoun era at UConn near its end? [USA Today]

No exceptions for UConn in NCAA ruling [Columbia Spectator]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Big East Business – As Usual – For UConn [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

UConn Women Point Toward Showdown With Notre Dame [Hartford Courant]

UConn Football links

DC answered a question in his mailbag [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

WVU departures impact [John Silver – Journal Inquirer]

UConn Football Intensifying Focus On Class Of 2013 [Hartford Courant]

Other UConn related links

Baseball. WHUS Scheduled to Cover Full Slate of UConn Baseball [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Track. Bikanova & McLaren Earn BIG EAST Field Athletes Of The Week [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Tennis. Women’s Tennis Falls To Stonybrook [UConnHuskies.com]

M. Golf. UConn Defeats Loyola-Chicago [UConnHuskies.com]

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Calhoun Weighing Options; Drummond, Lamb Dealing With Injuries [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Calhoun ‘Really Happy’ About Choice of Warde Manuel [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Drummond will miss practice with ankle sprain [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

Calhoun on new AD Manuel [Neill Ostrout – Journal Inquirer]

UConn Coach Jim Calhoun Likely To Miss Wednesday Game [Hartford Courant]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Auriemma Getting Pumped For The Olympics [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

How Do You Say No To Asjha Jones? [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

The New Boss Leaves Geno A Voice Mail [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Stewart, Jefferson, Tuck Named Naismith Finalists [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

UConn women drop Oklahoma [CT Post]

UConn Overcomes Early Fouls To Defeat Oklahoma [Hartford Courant]

Auriemma Has Tough Act Jugging Two Teams [Hartford Courant]

Huskies beat Oklahoma for 12th straight win [New Haven Register]

Huskies easily handle Oklahoma [Mechelle Voepel – ESPN.com]

Huskies’ Hayes embraces senior role [Mechelle Voepel – ESPN.com]

No. 2 Connecticut routs Sooners [NewsOK.com]

Geno Auriemma sorry to see series vs. Sooners end [NewsOK.com]

UConn Football links

Revised 2011 top 25 countdown: No. 21 Lyle McCombs [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Maryland QB Danny O’Brien Transferring And UConn Is Believed To Be Interested [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Other UConn related links

Q&A: UConn AD Warde Manuel [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Quotes From The Introductory Press Conference Of New AD Warde Manuel [UConnHuskies.com]

Cleaning up APR mess is Manuel’s biggest task [CT Post]

Herbst calls new UConn AD Warde Manuel a ‘rock star’ [New Haven Register]

Manuel brings his vision to Storrs [The Day]

Tests for New Athletic Director at UConn [NY Times]

W. Cross Country. Women’s Cross Country Earn All-Academic Accolade [UConnHuskies.com]

Baseball. Opening Day Nears for UConn Baseball [UConnHuskies.com]

Baseball. Mazzilli Adds Two More Preseason All-American Honors [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Track. Former Husky Shines At Milrose Games [UConnHuskies.com]

M. Golf. UConn Golfers Bow In Match Play Opener [UConnHuskies.com]

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Stepping out of conference this late in the season can be tough for any team, even if you are the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team. When you’re used to one style of play in the Big East, sometimes that doesn’t carry over so well. Case in point was Monday night’s game against the Oklahoma Sooners.

The Huskies had been in some heavyweight brawls their last two times out against Louisville and Georgetown where fouls were called like they were in style. The Big East is a physical conference and UConn can play physical with the best of them. Just ask Sylvia Hatchell, UNC women’s basketball coach who complained about the Huskies strong-arming her team.

So with the whistles blowing again, UConn’s play changed and this allowed Oklahoma back into the game. But fortunately for the Huskies, they were the more talented team and that showed in their 73-55 win over the Sooners in front of 7,954 pink clad fans and a nationally-televised audience on ESPN2 at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, OK.

UConn improves to 24-2 while the Sooners fall to 16-8. The Huskies finish up the non-conference portion of their schedule at 13-1 with their only loss coming to No. 1 Baylor in Waco, TX.

Tiffany Hayes led the way for UConn with 23 points and seven assists to go along with six rebounds and three steals.  Bria Hartley added 20 points and a team-high seven rebounds with three assists and two steals. Stefanie Dolson and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis both added 10 points with five rebounds and four rebounds respectively. KML tied Hayes with a team-high three steals.

Whitney Hand paced the Sooners with 18 points and added six rebounds and three assists. Sharane Campbell was the only other Sooner in double digits with 11 points and she also pulled down seven boards. Jelena Cerina led all rebounders in the game with nine to go along with her seven points.

It really looked as though this game was going to be over early for the Sooners as UConn didn’t waste too much time going on a big run. They started off the game with a 21-4 run over the first eight minutes. Sheri Coale’s team didn’t give up though.

Over the next three minutes, they scored the games next 11 points to cut UConn’s lead down to six points. Kelly Faris ended that run with a jumper. The Huskies would work their lead back up to 11 points at 30-19 with just under six minutes remaining on a Hartley three pointer.

Then for the next two and a half minutes, neither team found the basket until Hand sunk a free throw after missing her first one. Brianna Banks would nail a three to give UConn a 33-20 lead but once again the Sooners made another run. This time it was an 8-0 run that would cut UConn’s lead to five points but the Huskies would score the final four points of the half to enjoy a 37-28 lead at the break.

UConn tried their best to put this one away again right out of the gates in the second half as they opened up with an 8-2 run. The Sooners rallied back again and got it down to 10 points before six straight points by the Huskies pushed that lead back 16.

Oklahoma would eventually wittle UConn’s lead back down to nine points on two Hand free throws with just under six to go in the game. But that’s as close as the Sooners would get the rest of the way as UConn would use a 10-0 run to put this one out of reach.

Another solid win for the Huskies who had to battle adversity at times during this game with the fouls being called early on. But good teams adjust to things and that’s exactly what they did.

The next game for UConn will be Saturday night when the St. John’s Red Storm come to Gampel Pavilion. It’s Senior Night for the Huskies as Hayes will be honored before the game. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised locally in Connecticut on CPTV.

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Notes and musings:

UConn Huskies @ Oklahoma Sooners 2.13.12 box score

UConn leads the all-time series with the Sooners 10-0.

Oklahoma guard Whitney Hand is engaged to Sooners quarterback Landry Jones.

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant was in attendance for the game

The Huskies finished up their non-conference schedule at 13-1 with their only loss coming to No. 1 Baylor in Waco, TX.

The starters for UConn were the usual five suspects of Bria Hartley, Caroline Doty, Tiffany Hayes, Kelly Faris and Stefanie Dolson.

The Huskies shot 39.4% (26-66) from the floor while the Sooners shot 34.5% (19-55).

UConn had 15 assists on their 26 made baskets.

The Huskies were 7-of-24 (29.2%) from beyond the arc. Oklahoma was 3-of-14 (21.4%).

UConn was almost perfect at the free throw line going 14-of-15 (93.3%). The only miss was by Kiah Stokes who was 1-of-2.

The Huskies barely won the battle of the boards, outrebounding the Sooners 40-39.

UConn outscored Oklahoma in the paint 32-22 and 12-2 on the fast break.

The Huskies had 14 second chance points to eight for the Sooners.

Oklahoma’s bench outscored UConn’s 26-16.

The Huskies had 16 points off of 15 Sooners turnovers. Oklahoma had 13 points off of eight UConn turnovers. Geno Auriemma should be much happier with that number considering how much the team has turned the ball over as of late.

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Here’s the press release from the NCAA that announces that Gampel Pavilion, home of the UConn Huskies, will host the first and second rounds of the 2013 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee has announced the selections of the first- and second-round as well as regional sites for the 2013 tournament.

Cities chosen to host first- and second-round games in 2013 include Baton Rouge, La.; Boulder, Colo.; College Park, Md.; College Station, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Durham, N.C.; Iowa City, Iowa; Knoxville, Tenn.; Louisville, Ky.; Lubbock, Texas; Newark, Del.; Queens, N.Y.; Spokane, Wash.; Stanford, Calif.; Storrs, Conn.; and Waco, Texas.

The four selected regional sites are Norfolk, Va.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Spokane, Wash.; and Trenton, N.J.

“As a committee we are excited that in 2013 our championship will be hosted by institutions from nine different conferences, with Delaware and St. John’s hosting for the first time,” said Greg Christopher, chair of the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee and director of athletics at Bowling Green State University. “Having this geographic blend of sites is important to the committee as we continue to grow the game of women’s basketball.”

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The following first- and second-round sites will play host to games either March 23 and 25 or March 24 and 26, 2013 (dates to be determined in June 2012):

The following regional sites will play host to games either March 30 and April 1 or March 31 and April 2, 2013 (dates to be determined in June 2012):

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