HARTFORD – Kevin Ollie spoke an obvious truth Saturday afternoon when he said his UConn team is “still forming.” The Huskies have a packing crate of new players still with the bubble wrap intact. Wichita State guard Austin Reaves voiced…

HARTFORD – UConn isn’t about to become Syracuse on the defensive end of the basketball court. It is, however, looking more and more different on that side of things. UConn coach Kevin Ollie employed zone defense for most of Saturday’s…

HARTFORD – In a few ways, this was a flashback game for the UConn men’s basketball team. Big opponent. Sellout crowd. CBS national broadcast. Jim Calhoun at courtside. Really, it was just like it was nightly for a couple of…

HARTFORD – The UConn men are now officially without point guard Alterique Gilbert for the remainder of the season. They rank 349th of 351 Division I teams in assists per game. They are 328th in field-goal percentage and 308th in…

When: Noon today Where: XL Center, Hartford TV, radio: WFSB-3, WTIC-AM (1080) Records: UConn 7-5, 0-0 AAC; No. 8 Wichita State 10-2, 0-0 Series: UConn leads, 1-0. The only meeting took place in the 2010 Maui Invitational with UConn grabbing…

STORRS – When the UConn women’s basketball team went into this season, it looked as if the Huskies could have one of their deepest teams of the past decade. They returned four of five starters, were adding two quality transfers…

UConn coach Ollie on team entering AAC play; injured guard

UConn coach Ollie on team’s rough road trip

STORRS – UConn announced redshirt freshman point guard Alterique Gilbert will miss the rest of this season and will likely undergo another surgery on his injured left shoulder. Gilbert, who originally dislocated the shoulder in high school, was granted an…

Associated Press TORONTO (AP) – Katie-Lou Samuelson scored a season-high 33 points, Kia Nurse had 24 and No. 1 UConn posted its biggest victory of the season, routing Duquesne 104-52 on Friday. Samuelson made 8 of 9 3-point attempts, including…

  Former Sacred Heart High star Mustapha Heron will play against his home-state team today for the second time. Heron had 15 points and eight rebounds in last year’s 70-67 victory over the Huskies at the XL Center. “They’re a…

STORRS – When Kia Nurse was in seventh grade, one of her teachers asked her to create a dream chart listing some of her most important goals in life. On that wish list, she wrote that she wanted to play…

STORRS – Alabama football coach Nick Saban is not a fan of the new early signing period, which hit the scene for the first time Wednesday. New Arkansas coach Chad Morris, who just left SMU, doesn’t like it. Most college…

Geno’s 1,000th win: the scene (more)

Geno’s 1,000th win: the scene

UConn coach Geno Auriemma: On what 1,000th win means

UNCASVILLE – The game itself wasn’t exactly indicative of the way UConn coach Geno Auriemma’s teams have dominated women’s college basketball, but the celebration certainly was a fitting tribute. The No. 1-ranked Huskies beat Oklahoma, 88-64, on Tuesday night at…

STORRS – While many people thought that Geno Auriemma was crazy 32 years ago to leave Virginia and the basketball-rich Atlantic Coast Conference to accept the women’s head coaching job at UConn with a tradition of losing and a dilapidated…

UNCASVILLE — While Geno Auriemma has been and will continue to be properly lauded for not only winning 1,000 games but for doing it in such an incredibly short period of time, basketball fans shouldn’t lose sight of the fact…

UConn coach Geno Auriemma: On sustaining excellence at UConn