UConn Men’s & Women’s Basketball Exhibition Games To Be Streamed Live

UConn HuskiesThis morning I had wrote in the daily UConn roundup that the exhibition game against AIC wasn’t going to be on a television. Well now it turns out that all of the UConn Huskies men’s and women’s basketball exhibition games will be shown live on the internet.

Of course there’s a price to pay. It will cost you $9.95 to catch the games on Husky Vision. And if you do decide to order them, make sure you cancel it afterwards as the $9.95 is a recurring charge per month.

Here’s the press release from the University of Connecticut department of athletics:

STORRS, Conn. – Four University of Connecticut men’s and women’s basketball exhibition games will be available via streaming video at HuskyVision on UConnHuskies.com. The four exhibition games will not be available on commercial television.

A subscription to HuskyVision is required to view the games and is priced at $9.95 and can be purchased at UConnHuskies.com.

The four games that will be streamed will be: Wed., November 4, men vs. AIC, 7:00 p.m. from the XL Center in Hartford; Thur., November 5, women vs. Saint Rose, 7:30 p.m. from Gampel Pavilion in Storrs; Sun., November 8, men’s vs. UMass-Lowell, 1:00 p.m. from Storrs; and Mon., November 9, women vs. Vanguard, 7:00 p.m. from the XL Center.

The games will also be archived on the site for viewing by subscribers.

Red Sox Minor Leaguers In The Arizona Fall League

Arizona Fall LeagueAs we wait for free agency to start in Major League Baseball, there are some members of the Boston Red Sox organization still playing baseball right now. There are currently eight players in the Red Sox organization playing in the Arizona Fall League with the Mesa Solar Sox.

Let’s take a moment and look at their stats through 18 games.

There are also other players in the Sox organization playing in the Caribbean Winter Leagues. You can get to their stats by clicking here.

UConn Women Ranked No. 1 In Coaches Preseason Poll

UConn HuskiesThere’s really not much that can shock us UConn Huskies women’s basketball fans. So it should come as no surprise that UConn women’s basketball team was the unanimous choice at No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Preseason Poll that was released on Tuesday morning.

The Huskies were also the unanimous No. 1 choice in the AP Poll as well.

Joining the Huskies from the Big East in the Top 25 are Notre Dame (7), Louisville (19), Pittsburgh (22) and DePaul (25). Rutgers, Syracuse, South Florida, Georgetown and West Virginia were among the other teams receiving votes.

After exhibition games against St. Rose College (11/5) and Vanguard (11/9), the Huskies will kickoff the 2009-10 season against Northeastern at Gampel Pavilion on November 14th.

Editor’s note: During the season, the two polls will run side-by-side each other in the same post.

ESPN/USA Today Poll
1 Connecticut (31)
0-0 775
2 Stanford 0-0 739
3 Ohio State 0-0 653
4 Baylor 0-0 649
5 North Carolina 0-0 561
6 Duke 0-0 547
7 Notre Dame 0-0 438
8 Oklahoma 0-0 416
9 Tennessee 0-0 412
10 Michigan State 0-0 353
11 Arizona State 0-0 328
12 Florida State 0-0 323
13 California 0-0 314
14 Texas 0-0 311
15 Xavier 0-0 303
16 Texas A&M 0-0 302
17 LSU 0-0 298
18 Virginia 0-0 246
19 Louisville 0-0 232
20 Vanderbilt 0-0 223
21 Maryland 0-0 209
22 Pittsburgh 0-0 127
23 Purdue 0-0 126
24 Iowa State 0-0 125
25 DePaul 0-0 121
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Middle Tennessee State 118, Kansas 110, Rutgers 106, Auburn 84, Georgia 76, Georgia Tech 73, South Dakota State 70, Mississippi State 66, Gonzaga 48, San Diego State 39, Kansas State 39, Florida 31, TCU 12, North Carolina State 11, Michigan 10, Arizona 10, Bowling Green 7, Syracuse 6, South Florida 6, South Carolina 3, Temple 2, Southern Methodist 2, Richmond 2, Georgetown 2, Ball State 2, Arkansas-Little Rock 2, UCF 1, Charlotte 1, Fresno State 1, Hartford 1, Minnesota 1, West Virginia 1, Western Kentucky 1,

Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 11/4

Paw Prints The Daily Roundup

UConn Men’s Basketball links

It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they will take on AIC in exhibition play at the XL Center in Hartford, CT at 7:00 p.m. There is no television coverage but you can listen to the game on the WTIC/UConn Radio Network.

OUR HEROES [TheUConnBlog.com]

No Contract For Rudy Gay [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Chad Dawson At UConn Practice [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Tid-Bits from UConn Practice and Media Notes [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Calhoun On Exhibition Opener [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Oriakhi and Okwandu [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Kemba Walker [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Who’ll Be the Big ‘O’? [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Okwandu, Oriakhi sharing duty as UConn center [Connecticut Post]

Exhibition Opener A Speed Check For UConn Men [Hartford Courant]

One Champion To Another [Hartford Courant]

Huskies’ focus now turns to center stage [New Haven Register]

Dawson fighting for Connecticut, not just New Haven [New Haven Register]

Central question for Huskies is at center [The Day]

Men’s basketball season gets under way tonight against AIC [The Daily Campus]

Richard Hamilton in Huskies heaven [Detroit News]

Jim Calhoun’s Huskies Have New Look, Game Plan [AP via NESN.com]

UConn Football links

Depth Chart (Cincinnati) [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Video: Randy Edsall Opens His Weekly Press Conference Tuesday In Storrs [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Weekly Media Day: Edsall On Playing In Prime Time [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Does A UConn Win Saturday Hurt Or Help BE Image? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Tuesday Presser — checking in late [John Silver – Journal Inquirer]

Tuesday’s with Randy [Neill Ostrout – Connecticut Post]

Tuesday’s with Randy Part Deux [Neill Ostrout – Connecticut Post]

Tuesday notes: McEntee, Reggie and “The Big Easley” [Chip Malafronte – New Haven Register]

UConn QB Frazer gets another chance [Connecticut Post]

Huskies Preparing For No. 4 Cincinnati [Hartford Courant]

Pike Put In Splint; Collaros Likely To Start Vs. UConn [AP via Hartford Courant]

UConn not expecting to see Pike [New Haven Register]

Edsall: QB Box will redshirt [The Day]

Huskies ready for prime-time exposure [The Republican-American]

Cincinnati vs. Connecticut [CBSSports.com]

UConn Football and Different Levels of Loss [Sporting News]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Moore Unanimous All-American; Charles Joins Her On Team [Hartford Courant]

Moore, Charles land on All-America team [AP via New Haven Register]

At No. 1, Moore & UConn won’t settle for less than another title [USA Today]

Other UConn related links

UConn wave for ESPN commercial [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Moore, Charles Headline Women’s Preseason AP All-American Team

Connecticut's Maya Moore celebrates with Tina Charles (31) during the national title gameThe Associated Press released it’s women’s basketball Preseason All-American Team on Tuesday afternoon and we find two UConn Huskies student-athletes on the team.

Junior Maya Moore, a unanimous choice, and senior Tina Charles were selected as two of the five student-athletes on the team. They are joined by Stanford’s Jayne Appel, Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender, and Virginia’s Monica Wright.

Moore and Charles become the third pair of UConn teammates to be named to the AP Preseason All-American Team. The others were now University of Hartford head coach Jen Rizzotti and Kara Wolters in 1995-96 and now UConn assistant coach Shea Ralph and Svetlana Abrosimova in 2000-01.

Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 11/3

Paw Prints The Daily Roundup

UConn Football links

Team, League, Family [Big East Sports Blog]

Would You Break Down The Two-Deep By Class? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Why Can’t Kickers Have Two Good Years In A Row? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Remember 300 yards Passing Or 1,000 Rushing? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

What Are Your Thoughts About Frazer Getting Booed? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Dixon’s Lack Of Yards Due To Front 7s Or O-Line? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Cincy QB Pike might be back for UConn [Connecticut Post]

Cincinnati’s Pike Might Return For UConn Game [Hartford Courant]

Rutgers-UConn Rivalry Deserves a Bigger Stage [Connecticut Sports Law]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Countdown: 11 [TheUConnBlog.com]

Alumni Profile: Rip Hamilton [UConn Huskies Basketball]

New-look Huskies to depend on speed, not size [AP via Norwich Bulletin]

Dawson Guests At UConn Men’s Basketball Practise [SecondsOut]

Other UConn related links

Men’s Soccer: Huskies Earn BIG EAST Blue Division Title with 3-0 Win Over Marquette [UConnHuskies.com]

Musburger and Herby To Call UConn-Cincy Game On Saturday

Kirk Herbstreit and Brent Musburger

On Sunday it was learned that the UConn Huskies vs Cincinnati Bearcats game this Saturday at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati would be televised in prime time on ABC at 8 p.m. And now on Monday, we learn that ABC is sending it’s top crew to the game.

According to Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant, Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit will call the game with Lisa Salters on the sideline.

As much as UConn head coach Randy Edsall wants to continue to move forward from the tragic death of Jasper Howard, something tells me it’s going to be a little harder to do this week with the game being in the national spotlight.

The Bearcats are currently fifth in the BCS standings, fourth in the AP Poll and seventh in the coaches poll.

And oh by the way, do you know who was the last team to beat Cincinnati in the regular season? It was the UConn Huskies last year who beat them 40-16 on October 25, 2008 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT.

I wonder if Kevin Youkilis of the Boston Red Sox will be making another appearance like he did last year.

Hazen Is A Stayzen

When Jed Hoyer was hired away from the Boston Red Sox by the San Diego Padres to be their general manager, it was thought that he may try to bring some people over from the Red Sox.

He asked for and received permission from the Red Sox to interview the director of player development Mike Hazen, which he did over the weekend to be his assistant general manager. And according to Peter Gammons on his Twitter page, Hazen was offered the job but declined it to stay with the Red Sox.

Hazen, who grew up in Massachusetts, has been the Red Sox farm director since 2006.

Robbie Frey Named To Big East Honor Roll

Robbie Frey is pursued by Rutgers' Billy Anderson, (35), Khaseem Greene, (20), and Duron Harmon, (32), during a 100-yard kickoff return in the first half - AP Photo/Fred Beckham

The Big East Conference announced it’s weekly football awards on Monday and UConn Huskies kick returner/running back Robbie Frey was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll.

Frey had three kickoff returns for 163 yards and returned one of those three kickoffs for a 100 yard touchdown in the 28-24 loss to Rutgers last Saturday.

Unfortunately, Frey is now out for the season after suffering a torn labrum in his shoulder. He will eventually need surgery.

The Huskies are back in action on Saturday night when they take on the Cincinnati Bearcats at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. The game will start at 8:00 p.m. and will be shown in prime time on ABC.

Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 11/2

Paw Prints The Daily Roundup

UConn Football links

How Does Harrison Get Away;Time For New ST Coach? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

When Is It Time To Get A New Defensive Coordinator? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Are They Purposely Not Playing Box For Redshirt? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

How Many Of These Loses Can Be Blamed On Coaches? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Edsall Post Rutgers [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Week 9 review, Week 10 preview [Big East Blog – ESPN.com]

Big East power rankings, Week 10 [Big East Blog – ESPN.com]

Sunday wrap [John Silver – Journal Inquirer]

Endres has surgery; Frey done, too [Neill Ostrout – Connecticut Post]

More Sunday notes [Chip Malafronte – New Haven Register]

UConn tries to move on from another painful loss [Connecticut Post]

Shoulder Injury Ends Season For UConn’s Frey [Hartford Courant]

UConn’s Frey likely out for season [New Haven Register]

Huskies sure are good theater [The Republican-American]

UConn getting thin at QB with loss of Cody Endres [The Day]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

UConn women look strong in post [The Republican-American]

New UC women’s coach reaches out [Cincinnati Enquirer]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Armstrong and Gay with fantastic finishes [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Other UConn related links

Women’s Ice Hockey: Women’s Ice Hockey Drops Second Shootout of Season to Providence [UConnHuskies.com]

Women’s Volleyball: Huskies’ Fall in Three Sets to Pittsburgh on Sunday’s Senior Day [UConnHuskies.com]