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Storming The Floor's West Region Preview


After our cheap, quick-hit, easy looks at each bracket, the gang at Storming The Floor take considerably closer looks, game-by-game. Here's the West Regional preview, the last of the four. More »

4:10 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By storming the floor
3,604 views, 25 comments

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NCAA Pants Party: Connecticut Vs. San Diego

Connecticut Huskies (24-8) vs. San Diego Toreros (21-13)
When: Friday, 3 p.m.
Where: Tampa More »
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Connecticut Huskies

1. Our Little Baby's All Growns Up! Since the Huskies won their second national championship in 2004, UConn fans haven't had that much to cheer about. In 2004-05, the Huskies couldn't rebound from the loss of Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon, sleepwalked through the season and got knocked out by NC State in the second round of the NCAAs. In the 2005-06 Elite Eight, despite a rotation featuring five future NBA draft picks, UConn played the role of Michigan to George Mason's Appalachian State. Last season, after a mass exodus to the NBA, UConn was the youngest team in the country (its roster included five sophomores, eight freshmen and zero upperclassmen), and it showed; the team lost 11 out of its last 15 games and didn't even garner an NIT bid despite winning 17 games. Without any significant changes to the roster, fans were not optimistic that this season would be much different, and this skepticism appeared to be justified by several close early-season losses to ranked teams. But following a loss to Providence on January 17, the young Huskies matured overnight, and proceeded to knock off 10 straight opponents, often in dramatic fashion. Interestingly, eight of those wins came after the program suspended guards Jerome Dyson and Doug Wiggins. (Dyson, who led the team in scoring — and apparently was a big fan of Funyuns and the movie Friday — at the time of his suspension, has struggled since returning in late February.) The team has benefited from the major improvement of 6'2" point guard AJ Price, whose career did not begin until last season after being initially delayed by a brain hemorrhage and then a brain fart (he was involved in a laptop theft). Price has raised his game this year, averaging 15 points and six assists per game. Other standouts include 6'6" junior bruiser Jeff Adrien (15 points and nine rebounds per game) and the Tanzanian Devil, 7'3" sophomore center Hasheem Thabeet (10 points, 8 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game). Price and Adrien were named to the All-Big East First Team and Thabeet was voted the conference's Defensive Player of the Year. More »

7:07 PM on Sun Mar 16 2008
By Leitch
17 views, Comment

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ESPN Visits Can Lead To Later Visits From The NCAA

We've never actually been to Bristol, Conn., but we'll confess to being somewhat curious about a tour of the offices. Heck, apparently mascots and professional athletes hang out there all the time; that sounds fun! But careful, young basketball recruit; visiting Bristol can put your eligibility in question. More »

11:40 AM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Leitch
4,438 views, 60 comments

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Jim Calhoun Has A Knack For Agate Type

Jonah Keri writes the college basketball closer (more or less) daily. E-mail your questions, comments or Clarence Ceasar-related memories to jonahkeri@gmail.com. More »

12:00 PM on Mon Jan 21 2008
By Jonah Keri
3,024 views, 14 comments

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A Full Weekend Of Losing

David Hirshey writes regular for Deadspin about soccer.

While I know my mustache could stand to drop a few pounds, it wasn't until this weekend that I realized I should be a contestant on "The Biggest Loser." After all, everyone I rooted for — UConn, Arsenal, Ricky Hatton, Lute Olsen's wife — looked worse than Amy Winehouse on your average Sunday morning. And I didn't look all that frisky either when I stumbled into Kinsale at 8 a.m., my beehive resembling a fallen souffle, as I sought to erase the pain of the previous day and raise a few dozen pints to the last unbeaten team in the Premiership.

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12:55 PM on Mon Dec 10 2007
By Leitch
3,570 views, 47 comments

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More People Angry About ESPNU

For fans of college football and college basketball, there's not much more depressing than learning one of your team's games is on ESPN-U. We repeat, and repeat, and repeat: Not allowing customers to pay for your product — when they are begging to pay for your product — is never, ever a smart business decision, short-term or long-term. Now even the network's homestate pals are mad at them. More »

4:40 PM on Thu Nov 1 2007
By Leitch
12,270 views, 42 comments

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A Couple Of Expensive Six Packs

We are aware that it's very possible there's much more to come out about the story than has been released, but, taken at face value, the Connecticut football team is awfully strict about player discipline. More »

12:45 PM on Wed Oct 11 2006
By Leitch
484 views, 52 comments

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College Athletes Continue To Disgrace Rap Music

Quickly: Which member of the UConn Huskies men's basketball team would you say is least likely to record a rap song? More »

2:35 PM on Sat Apr 1 2006
By mjdeadspin
1,714 views, 8 comments

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George Mason Makes The World A Better Place

Obviously, we'll be talking about this all week, but we'd just like to start off by saying a world in which George Mason can beat Michigan State, North Carolina and Connecticut in the span of a week is a world we feel newly invigorated about living in. More »

9:20 AM on Mon Mar 27 2006
By Leitch
201 views, 13 comments

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Order Some Oversized Shorts For George Mason


They're going to need them in Indianapolis, because these guys have huge balls. They just beat UConn in overtime, 86-84. The amount of poise they showed down the stretch was amazing. Their post players in particular made plays down the stretch that were calm, poised, and smooth. More »

4:47 PM on Sun Mar 26 2006
By mjdeadspin
604 views, 19 comments

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George Mason Continuing To Fight The Good Fight

If you're not watching it, I think you probably should be. George Mason has battled back to take the lead again over UConn with about 11:00 to play, forcing the Huskies to take a timeout. They've got heart, these Patriots. Even with all the ridiculous games the tournament has had so far, this one, right now, is the most exciting. More »

4:08 PM on Sun Mar 26 2006
By mjdeadspin
87 views, Comment

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Mason Doesn't Know It's A Show, They Think It's A Damn Fight

Actually, UConn leads by 9, which doesn't make it sound like it's that close of a game. But it was just a couple of minutes ago that Mason did briefly hold the lead, before UConn started burying three-balls like Larry Bird on All-Star Saturday Night. After that, the Huskies responded to close the half on a 15-5 run and they lead 43-34 at the half. More »

3:22 PM on Sun Mar 26 2006
By mjdeadspin
40 views, Comment

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Poor UConn Just Can't Catch A Break

UConn head coach Jim Calhoun certainly was at his whiny best last night, which is odd, considering that Washington was hit with 33 fouls, while UConn had just 20. I'd go so far as to say that he was behaving like Jim Boeheim... if Jim Boeheim was a 10-year-old Girl Scout who couldn't sell any of her Lemon Pastry Cremes. More »

1:58 PM on Sat Mar 25 2006
By mjdeadspin
138 views, 14 comments

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Sweet 16 Pants Party: Connecticut Vs. Washington

Connecticut Huskies (29-3) vs. Washington Huskies (26-6)
When: Tonight, 9:57 p.m. ET
Where: Washington, D.C. More »

4:15 PM on Fri Mar 24 2006
By Leitch
125 views, 1 comment

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NCAA Pants Party: Connecticut Vs. Albany

Connecticut Huskies (27-3) vs. Albany Great Danes (21-10).
When: Friday, 7:25 p.m.
Where: Philadelphia More »
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Connecticut Huskies

1. Rashad Anderson, Loveable Flake. According to various reports, Anderson greeted coach Jim Calhoun on his first recruiting visit wearing a wig, floor-length chinchilla coat and fake teeth. Not soon after in his first semester at Storrs, Rashad thought it would be funny to jump out of the bushes in front of a dorm wielding a fake plastic knife and wearing the mask from "Scream." Police found Anderson hiding in the woods, and he was arrested for threatening and breach of peace. When asked by a team manager if this was the first time he's been arrested, Rashad responded "In Connecticut?" More »

12:00 AM on Fri Mar 10 2006
By Leitch
117 views, Comment

college basketball

Today In College Hoops...

UConn just put their thing down against Villanova this afternoon, winning by a score of 89-75 and avenging their earlier loss to the Wildcats. This is probably as much talent as is possible to put on one college basketball floor at one time this year. UConn's talent, however, is much taller. More »

4:23 PM on Sun Feb 26 2006
By mjdeadspin
67 views, 4 comments

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