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It’s a very busy Saturday to be a fan of UConn Huskies athletics.

The UConn football team is action at 12 p.m. when they’ll host the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Senior Day at Rentschler Field. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2. If you missed my Rutgers vs UConn preview, be sure to check that out.

After being upset yesterday by UCF, the UConn men’s basketball team will take on the Florida State Seminoles in the third place game at the Battle 4 Atlantis at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast nationally on Versus.

The UConn women will also be on the basketball court as they’ll host the Buffalo Bulls at the World Vision Classic at Gampel Pavilion on campus in Storrs, CT. That game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcast locally in Connecticut on CPTV.

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UConn Football links

Preview: Key game for Huskies [Lee Lewis – The Republican-American]

UConn out to deny Rutgers share of Big East title [CT Post]

For UConn’s Seniors, Last Chance To Beat Rutgers [Hartford Courant]

UConn football eager to ruin Rutgers’ holiday [Journal Inquirer]

Huskies must pass a test vs. Rutgers [New Haven Register]

Huskies can spoil Rutgers’ day [The Day]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Central Florida 68, UConn 63: Getting UConn Out of a Comfort Zone [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

VIDEO: Central Florida 68, UConn 63: Jim Calhoun’s Take [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Central Florida 68, UConn 63: Wrapping things up [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Sellers still connected to UConn [Gavin Keefe – The Day]

Notes/Quotes from UCF: “I didn’t keep my guys poised…and I lost the game.” [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

UConn vs. Florida State Preview [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

Paradise Lost [UConn Huskies Basketball]

UConn loses to Central Florida 68-63 [CT Post]

Central Florida 68, UConn 63: What we learned [CT Post]

UCF Erases 17-Point Deficit, Beats UConn Men [Hartford Courant]

Oriakhi Won’t Back Down On His Campaign To Start [Hartford Courant]

Discomfort zone [Journal Inquirer]

With Boatright on board, Napier can catch his breath [Journal Inquirer]

Fourth-ranked Huskies upset by Central Florida [New Haven Register]

Weekend Look Ahead: Losers highlight Bahamas tournament [CBSSports.com]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Geno not happy despite 46-point win [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Traveling On Private Planes Not An Option For Auriemma [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Auriemma Not Pleased At All With 74-28 Win [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Auriemma Hardly Pleased As Huskies Roll Past FDU [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

UConn women thrash FDU [CT Post]

UConn women: What we learned [CT Post]

Huskies Demolish Sleepwalking Knights [Hartford Courant]

Buffalo Nervous Over UConn Game, But Won’t Back Down, Coach Says [Hartford Courant]

Un-Fairleigh matched [Journal Inquirer]

Huskies crush Fairleigh Dickinson [New Haven Register]

Other UConn related links

M. Soccer. Huskies Set For NCAA Third Round vs. James Madison [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Ice Hockey. Late Goals Prove Costly for UConn in Nutmeg Classic Opener vs. Quinnipiac [UConnHuskies.com]

M. Ice Hockey. Huskies Drop 3-1 Result At Air Force [UConnHuskies.com]

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Coming off of an emotional and physical win over the Stanford Cardinal on Monday night, you weren’t sure how the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team was going to respond in their game on Friday night.

Now, folks, there’s a reason why they’ve won seven national titles. Head coach Geno Auriemma knows how to prepare his players for any opponent whether tough or easy.

He really didn’t have too much to worry about on Friday night though as freshman Brianna Banks led a balanced effort from the Huskies with 17 points in their 74-28 win over the Farleigh Dickinson Knights in front of 6,047 at Gampel Pavilion on campus in Storrs, CT in the World Vision Classic.

The No. 2/2 Huskies improve to 4-0 on the young season while FDU falls to 1-4.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was the only other Husky in double figures with 11 points. She just missed a double-double with nine rebounds. Tiffany Hayes added nine points and seven rebounds while freshman Kia Stokes had a nice game with nine points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots. Stefanie Dolson chipped in with eight points and six rebounds while Bria Hartley had eight points and five assists.

The only Huskies not to score were Kelly Faris and Laura Englen as all 11 members of the team saw action in the game.

FDU, who were playing without two players due to injuries, were led by Erika Livermore and Stephanie Issacs who both had six points. Livermore led the Knights with nine rebounds.

This one was pretty much over from the opening tip.

The Huskies started out the game on an 9-0 run before FDU got on the board with a free throw. From there, UConn rattled off a 20-0 run before the Knights finally got their first basket of the half from Mariyah Laurey with 6:40 to go in the first half.

UConn would close out the half on a 15-2 run to take a 44-5 lead into the locker room. The five points allowed in the first half is the lowest amount ever scored by an opponent in UConn women’s basketball history. The previous low before that was six by Providence back in 2005.

FDU did play better in the second half but it didn’t really matter as far as this game was concerned.

Both teams will be back in action tomorrow in the next phase of round robin games during the World Vision Classic. The Huskies will take on the Buffalo Bulls at 7:30 p.m. while the Knights will play the Dayton Flyers at 4:30 p.m.

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Notes and musings:

Farleigh Dickinson Knights @ UConn Huskies 11-25-11 World Vision Classic box score

Here are the postgame quotes from UConn head coach Geno Auriemma and FDU head coach Peter Cinella.

This was the 87th straight home win for the Huskies.

They have won 160 consecutive games at home against teams outside of the top 25 and 253 straight against unranked teams at home.

The starters for UConn were Bria Hartley, Caroline Doty, Tiffany Hayes, Kelly Faris and Stefanie Dolson.

The Huskies shot 42.1% (32-76) from the floor while the Knights shot 16.4% (9-55).

UConn had 18 assists on their 32 made baskets.

The Huskies were just 2-of-13 (15.4%) on threes. FDU wasn’t much better as they were 4-of-19 (21.1%).

UConn was uncharacteristically awful from the free throw line as they were just 8-of-19 (42.1%).

The Huskies dominated the glass, outrebounding the Knights 63-39.

UConn had 20 points off of 17 FDU turnovers. The Knights had just one point off of seven UConn turnovers.

The Huskies outscored the Knights 56-4 in the paint and 28-0 on the fast break.

UConn had 17 second chance points to just four for FDU.

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Photo credit: Bettina Hansen – Hartford Courant (No. 5 in gallery)

Last season when the UConn Huskies went to Maui for the EA Sports Invitational, we caught a glimpse of how good they might be. This year, while in the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis, we were hoping for the same thing.

Instead, we are now left wondering how the team will respond as Marcus Jordan, yes the son of Michael Jordan, put his UCF Knights team on his back in the second half and led them to a 68-63 upset win over UConn in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis at Imperial Arena at Atlantis in the Bahamas.

The No. 4 Huskies, who fall to 5-1 on the season and see their 16-game winning streak snapped, will take on the No. 21 Florida State Seminoles for third place on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. UCF improves to 4-1 and will play the Harvard Crimson for the title at 4:30 p.m. Both of those games will be televised on Versus.

M. Jordan had 20 points and led his team with seven rebounds and seven assists while Keith Clanton also added 20 points and six rebounds. Isaiah Sykes added 10 points. The other son of the MJ, Jeff, had just two points in 21 minutes of action.

The Huskies were led in scoring by Jeremy Lamb who had 15 points. Alex Oriakhi, coming off the bench for the second straight game, had his finest game of the season as he put up 14 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season and had five blocked shots. Andre Drummond just missed a double-double himself with 13 points and nine rebounds to go along with four blocked shots.

Honestly this game was one that UConn probably should have won. I’ve said before this season, this team has been lacking an identity and a killer instinct. It looked as though at one point with the Huskies up 17 points in the second half, they’d easily be moving on to the championship game on Saturday afternoon.

But UCF switched to a zone, made some buckets behind Jordan as the Huskies folded faster than a poker player with an awful hand. For some reason, the Huskies have never been able to figure out zones too well and that was the case. We’ve seen flashes where they can figure out how to beat the zone to get the opposing team out of it but there was none of that in this game.

Shabazz Napier tried to dribble through to it no avail. They tried to run Lamb 1-on-1 at times, that didn’t work. I didn’t see them really try to run a set offense when in UCF was in the zone where someone like a Tyler Olander who flashes to the key in the zone.

It will be really really interesting to see how the Huskies respond to adversity. Will this team come out with a fire tomorrow like nothing happened or will they let what happened in the loss bother them in tomorrow’s game?

How they respond tomorrow will tell us what we can expect for the rest of the season. Knowing Jim Calhoun like we do, I’m guessing the Huskies bounce back nicely.

We will finally get to see Shabazz get some rest and not when he’s in foul trouble as Ryan Boatright will finally make his UConn debut after being suspended for the first six games of the season.

Maybe he’s just what the Huskies need on Saturday.

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Notes and musings:

UCF Knights @ UConn Huskies 11.25.11 Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals box score

Kemba Walker was in the crowd along with his mom to watch the Huskies. Juanita Jordan, MJ’s ex-wife, was there to cheer on the Knights and her two sons.

Former UConn Husky and CSNNE Celtics analyst Donny Marshall did the color on the Versus telecast.

The starters for the Huskies were Shabazz Napier, Jeremy Lamb, DeAndre Daniels, Tyler Olander and Andre Drummond.

The Huskies shot 42.4% (25-59) from the floor while the Knights shot 40% (22-55).

UConn had just seven assists on their 25 made baskets with Shabazz leading the way with five.

The Huskies were just 2-of-18 (11.1%) on threes. On the other hand, UCF was 7-of-17 (41.2%).

As we’ve come to expect with this UConn team, they can’t shoot free throws. They were 11-of-17 (64.7%). Make five of those misses and this game may go to overtime. Oh by the way, UCF, which is an awful free throw shooting team, was 17-of-21 (81%).

The Huskies did win the battle on the boards as they outrebounded the Knights 39-30.

UConn outscored UCF 42-28 in the paint and just 4-2 on the fast break.

The Huskies had six points off of eight Knights turnovers. UCF had 22 points off of 13 UConn turnovers.

UConn had 22 second chance points to 13 for UCF.

I was traveling back today and did my absolute best not to know the final score before getting home. And that explains why this recap is later than normal. My grandmother, despite us telling her not to tell us the score, called my father and let him know the final score. Thankfully my father didn’t ruin it for me as I could honestly say that if I knew they were going to lose, I wouldn’t have watched.

I will have the video of the halftime feature with Jeremy Lamb up on the site in a little while as well.

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This week:

After falling last week, the UConn Huskies will close out the home portion of their 2011 schedule when they host the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Saturday at noon at Rentschler Field.

Here are the rosters for the Huskies and the Scarlet Knights.

The Line/Prediction:

According to Rivals.com odds, Rutgers is favored by four points. The over/under is 40.5 points.

My prediction for the game is Rutgers 24 UConn 13.

Tickets:

According to Ticketmaster.com, there are still some tickets available for the game.

Getting To The Game:

Here is link for the weather report. Here is all the parking info you will need for the game, this link includes directions to Rentschler Field. Here is a Rentschler Field seating chart and here is some general information for Rentschler Field.

The parking lots will open up 4 hours before kickoff. Here is a list of the tailgating rules at the Rent.

At UConn home games, FanFest takes place starting four hours before kickoff up until 30 minutes before the game. This year, it moves to between Gates A and B outside the stadium gates.

The offerings change each game, but activities typically include inflatable games for children, live bands, promotional vehicles and UConn student-athletes from various team signing autographs.

The “Husky Walk” is a chance for fans to welcome the UConn teams as they get off the team buses and head to the stadium. That takes place at approximately two hours and 15 minutes before kickoff between Gates A and B.

Once again this season at the end of home games, the UConn team will sing the “UConn Husky” fight song in front of the student section at Rentschler Field.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Television:

Saturday’s game will be televised nationally by ESPN2. Beth Mowins is on play-by-play while Mike Bellotti is on color.

The game will also be replayed on SNY in a condensed mode on the “Husky Power Hour” on Sunday, Nov. 27 at 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. The game will be replayed in its entirity on Wednesday, Nov.30 at 10:00 p.m.

SNY will also run a “Husky Power House” on Christmas Day, Dec. 25 when eight games will be shown between 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. for holiday viewing.

Radio:

For the 20th consecutive season, WTIC 1080-AM in Hartford serves as the flagship station for the UConn Radio Network. WTIC is the state’s only 50,000 watt signal and can be heard in 23 states and parts of Canada.

Veteran UConn announcer Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) and Kevin Nathan (color) are working the Rutgers game with Bob Joyce on the sidelines.

The UConn pregame show begins 90 minutes prior to kickoff, while home games, the UConn Tailgate Show will air two and a half hours prior to the game with Arnold Dean. 

UConn football games are also broadcast over the internet at WTIC.com. Here is a  full list of stations on the WTIC/UCONN radio network.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Radio:

All Rutgers football games will be broadcast over the Rutgers Radio Network to 50,000 watt WOR 710-AM in New York City, Central Jersey’s WCTC 1450-AM and 97.5 FM The Fanatic in Philadelphia and South Jersey.

Chris Carlin will have the call with Ray Lucas (analyst) and Anthony Fucilli (sideline reporter).

Marc Malusis returns for his third year as the pre-game and post-game host on the Rutgers Radio Network. The pre-game shows starts one hour prior to kickoff while the post-game show stays on the air one hour following the game. Eric LeGrand works as the analyst.

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Last Week:

The Huskies lost to the Louisville Cardinals 34-20. The Scarlet Knights beat the Cincinnati Bearcats 20-3.

History:

Saturday’s game will be the 31st meeting between UConn and Rutgers in a series that dates back to 1940. The Scarlet Knights hold a 21-9 edge and Rutgers has won five of the past nine meetings. Seven of the last nine most recent meetings have been settled by a touchdown or less. Since UConn joined the BIG EAST in football in 2004, Rutgers holds a 5-2 edge.

Connections:

• UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni has a 12-2 head coaching record against Rutgers from his time as head coach at Syacuse. The Orange and Rutgers met every year during Pasqualoni’s time at Syracuse. He won his first eight games vs. Rutgers from 1991 to ‘98 and then lost to Rutgers in ‘99 and 2003.
• The UConn roster has eight players from the state of New Jersey on its roster: transfer Ryan Donohue of Montvale, Dwayne Gratz of Piscataway, David Kenney of Highstown, Kashif Moore of Burlington, Andrew Opoku of North Brunswick, Jerome Williams of Burlington Township, Nick Willliams of East Windsor and Ryan Wirth of Medford.
• Rutgers has two players from Connecticut – Marcus Cooper of Bloomfield and Mark Harrison of Stratford.
• UConn offensive line coach Mike Foley worked alongside RU co-defensive coordinator coach Bob Fraser at Colgate from 1998-2005.
• UConn offensive coordinator George DeLeone was an assistant coach on defense at Rutgers from 1980-83.

Other UConn News:

Here is the video of UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni’s press conference. If you don’t have time to watch, here are the quotes from Pasqualoni’s press conference as well quotes from some of the players.

Here is UConn’s depth chart for the game.

Saturday’s game vs. Rutgers will be the final game at Rentschler Field for 13 seniors. This class has been part of two BIG EAST Championships and four bowl games, including UConn’s first in a BCS game.

The seniors are: safety Harris Agbor (Mesquite, Texas), guard Gary Bardzak (Mar Lin, Pa.), linebaker Kijuan Dabney (Houston, Texas), fullback Mark Hinkley (Kanehoe, Hawaii), running back Jonathan Jean-Louis (Cambridge, Mass.), defensive tackle Twyon Martin (Parkland, Fla.), wide receiver Isiah Moore (Cambridge, Mass.), wide receiver Kashif Moore (Burlington, N.J.), center Moe Petrus (St. Laudent, Que.), defensive tackle Kendall Reyes (Nashua, N.H.), offensive tackle Mike Ryan (Tamaqua, Pa.), kicker Dave Teggart (Northborough, Mass.) and cornerback Gary Wilburn (Washington, Ga.)

UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni has won more BIG EAST Conference games (league contests only) than any other coach in history. Pasqualoni has 64 league wins from 1991-2004 and 2011 while Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech is second with 57.

With his four wins this year, Pasqauloni is also first in league history in overall wins with 111 to top the mark of Beamer with 108. The distant third is Don Nehlen of West Virginia at 61.

Pasqualoni became the first Husky coach since 1923 to win his UConn coaching debut. The last coach to win a Husky debut was Sumner Dole in 1923.

With four wins on the season, the Huskies need to win their final two of the regular season to become bowl eligible. The 2010 UConn football team won the BIG EAST Championship and advanced to play in the school’s first-ever BCS game — the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. UConn has made the bowl eligible mark for the sixth time in the past eight seasons — and the fourth consecutive.

A number of members of the 2011 Huskies were named to preseason “Watch Lists” for 2011. They are:

• Sophomore Tight End Ryan Griffin (Londonberry, N.H.)
  
  • John Mackey Award Watch List/Midseason Watch List
• Senior Kicker Dave Teggart (Northborough, Mass.)
  
  • Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Award
• Senior Defensive Tackle Kendall Reyes (Nashua, N.H.)
  
  • Outland Trophy, given to the best interior lineman in the country
  • Bronko Nagurski Trophy, given to the best defensive player in the country;
  • Lombardi Award, given to the best offensive or defensive lineman in the country.
• Senior center Moe Petrus (St. Laurent, Que.)
  
  • Outland Trophy
  • Lombardi Award
• Senior offensive tackle Mike Ryan (Tamaqua, Pa.)
  
  • Lombardi Award

UConn owns an all-time mark of 24-29 in BIG EAST Conference games since joining the league for football in 2004. The Huskies posted their best conference record with a 5-2 mark in 2007 and ‘10.

UConn had a five-game BIG EAST Conference games win streak broken on Oct. 8 at West Virginia. It was the longest in school history.

Here are the categories where UConn is ranked in the top 40 in the 2011 NCAA statistics:

• Rushing Defense – 6th at 93.50 yards (First in BIG EAST)
• Kickoff Return – 34th at 23.26 yards (Fourth in BIG EAST)
• Turnover Margin – t34th at 0.3 (Fourth in BIG EAST)
• Sacks – 22nd at 2.60 (Sixth in BIG EAST)
• TFL – 22nd at 7.00 (Sixth in BIG EAST)

Individual leaders

• Rushing – Lyle McCombs, 22nd at 101.50 (2nd in BIG EAST)
• FGoals – Dave Teggart, t8th at 1.60 (t1st) in BIG EAST)
• Sacks – Trevardo Williams, t10th at 0.85 (2nd in BIG EAST)
• TFL – Sio Moore, t25th at 1.30 (Fourth in BIG EAST)
  Kendall Reyes, 48th at 1.15 (Ninth in BIG EAST)

Notes from this week’s opponent Rutgers:

Here’s the video of Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano’s press conference. If you don’t have time to watch the video, here’s the transcript of Schiano’s press conference.

Rutgers will look to become the first team in BIG EAST history to go from last place to first place with a win Saturday at Connecticut. No team in the BIG EAST has ever finished in last place in one season and win the league championship the following season.

For just the second time in school history, Rutgers plays its final game of the regular season with a share of first place in the BIG EAST on the line Saturday vs. Connecticut. The Scarlet Knights can earn a share of the conference title if they defeat the Huskies.

Rutgers was selected to finish last in the 2011 BIG EAST Media Preseason Poll. With a win Saturday, the Scarlet Knights would become the first team in league history to earn a share of the conference title after being selected last in the preseason poll.

A victory Saturday vs. UConn would give Rutgers a nine-win regular season for the sixth time in school history. It would mark only the second nine-win regular season since Rutgers has played a schedule of mostly Football Bowl Championship opponents.

Rutgers became bowl-eligible for the sixth time in seven years with its 20-17 overtime victory over USF on Nov. 5. The Scarlet Knights have been to five bowls over the previous six seasons, including four straight wins in post-season play.

Mohamed Sanu is third nationally with 100 receptions in 2011. Sanu has gone over the 100-yard mark in six games in 2011 and has six games of double-digit receptions this season.

The Rutgers defense has been at its best in forcing turnovers in 2011. The Scarlet Knights are tied for third nationally with 30 turnovers gained. In 2010, RU forced just 22 turnovers the entire season. Rutgers has forced four or more turnovers in five games in 2011.

Rutgers has assembled one of the top pass defenses in the country. The Scarlet Knights are ninth in pass defense, allowing just 173.5 yards per game. Rutgers is also seventh in pass efficiency defense (103.26) and ninth nationally in scoring defense (16.8).

RU has allowed just one opponent to throw for over 300 yards this season – Ohio (339).

Friday UConn Football Links:

Game Preview – Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Connecticut Huskies [BigEast.org]

Football Recruits On Official Visits At UConnThis Weekend [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Next Week:

The Huskies take to the road to close out their 2011 season as they’ll be at Nippert Stadium for a noon kickoff against the Cincinnati Bearcats.

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Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they’ll take on the Central Florida Knights in the second round of the Battle 4 Atlantis. Tip is scheduled for 2 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on Versus.

It’s also game day for the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team as they’ll take on the FDU Knights in the first round of the World Vision Classic. Tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast locally in Connecticut on CPTV.

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UConn Football links

The UConn football links can be found in the Friday football links section of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs UConn Huskies preview.

UConn Men’s Basketball links

UConn 73, UNC Asheville 63: Jim Calhoun’s take [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

UConn 73, UNC Asheville 63: Wrapping Things Up [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Notes/Quotes from UNC Asheville: Big men still struggling [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinal: UCF vs. UConn [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

Alex Oriakhi is about to get benched, lose his twitter privileges for a long time [The UConn Blog]

Flaws in Paradise [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Lamb, Napier lead UConn [CT Post]

UConn men: What we learned [CT Post]

TV rights not a priority yet for Battle 4 Atlantis [CT Post]

UConn Defeats UNC Asheville 73-63 In Battle 4 Atlantis [Hartford Courant]

Huskies Up Against Jordan Brand [Hartford Courant]

UConn win their first game, but what’s their mindset? [HDNet]

Jim Calhoun, UConn Seek to Defend National Title Without Kemba Walker, Appear Up to Challenge [NESN.com]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Hayes Doing Much More Than Scoring For The Huskies [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Huskies Host World Vision Classic This Weekend [UConnHuskies.com]

Kiah Stokes ready to contribute [New Haven Register]

UConn women play first of three straight games tonight [The Day]

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