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Big Start For Ollie; Big Finish For Pasqualoni?
The Hartford CourantThis weekend is the beginning of the end and the end of the beginning for UConn. Across the Atlantic Ocean on a military base in Germany on Friday night, Kevin Ollie stops being the practice coach and starts being the game coach for one of the proudest...Tags: Big East Conference, Randy Edsall, Geno Auriemma, Entertainment, Music
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UConn Men's Team Turning A Page
The University of Connecticut men's basketball team begins its season next week with dramatic changes. Longtime coach Jim Calhoun, who brought the program from well-deserved obscurity to national prominence and three NCAA championships, has retired. He...
Tags: Connecticut Huskies, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Basketball, Kevin Ollie, Academic Progress
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Central's Vinales Works Hard Every Day To Get Better
The Hartford CourantOut of nowhere Thursday at the Connecticut 6 Tip-Off Breakfast, Howie Dickenman dropped the Walter Ray bomb. Things were going along smoothly, a few jokes here, a few shout-outs there. Hartford's John Gallagher teased Dickenman about a contract extension...Tags: Howie Dickenman, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Ray Allen, College Basketball, YMCA
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A Heel And A Cheat
The Hartford CourantAs a consolation prize, maybe UConn can play in a make-pretend national basketball tournament for players who attend make-pretend classes and earn make-pretend grades. Maybe UConn can retire Jonathan The Husky as its mascot and replace him with Harvey,...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Periodicals, North Carolina Tar Heels, Entertainment, Cartoons
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Raising Rates (Men) And Lowering Rims (Women)
The Hartford CourantDon't lower the rim of expectations. We're not only talking about Geno Auriemma's ideas for improving women's basketball. We're talking about the academic disaster that was the UConn men's basketball program in the first decade of the 21st century....Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big East Conference, Geno Auriemma, USA Today, Mike Thibault
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Kevin Ollie Receives Highest Of Praise From Rick Pitino
The Hartford CourantIf Kevin Ollie is looking for the highest endorsement possible, he needn't stop at Jim Calhoun. He can find it with one of Calhoun's natural-born adversaries. Rick Pitino says that hiring Ollie as the permanent UConn basketball coach was a "no-brainer."...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big East Conference, Providence Friars, Howie Dickenman, Alex Oriakhi
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Self named Wooden Legends of Coaching recipient
University of Kansas head basketball coach Bill Self will be awarded the John R. Wooden Award’s “Legends of Coaching” honor in 2013, Coach Wooden’s daughter, Nan Wooden Muehlhausen, announced Wednesday at the annual Los Angeles...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Geno Auriemma, Financial Aid, Awards and Prizes, University of Kansas
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Kevin Ollie's Motor Will Take Him To The Top
The Hartford CourantWhether Kevin Ollie gets off to a good start as the new head coach at the University of Connecticut or struggles mightily, know this: His future is in the professional ranks — not college. Ollie will be a star in the big business that is...Tags: National Basketball Association, Basketball, Gampel Pavilion, Kevin Ollie, Ray Allen
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No Longer Coach, Jim Calhoun Will Still Be Paid Nicely At UConn
The Hartford CourantJim Calhoun isn't going to stomp the sidelines at any more UConn games, but he will continue to be paid as if he were among the highest-paid basketball coaches in the nation. In fact, he will earn more not to coach the Huskies this season than he did to...Tags: John Calipari, Connecticut Huskies, Big East Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Wage Contract Issues
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New Coach Will Have Familiar Cast Of Assistants
STORRS — There will be a new man in command in "The Bunker," but the supporting cast will remain the same. "I've got the best staff in America," said Kevin Ollie, UConn's new men's basketball coach, looking out at his assistants. "And guys, we're...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Connecticut Huskies, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Basketball, Gampel Pavilion
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Notebook: Pat Calhoun Wondered If This Day Would Ever Arrive
The Hartford Courant— Jim Calhoun was still playing basketball when he married Pat 46 years ago and their life together has been defined by the game. There was his time coaching in high school before he ascended to a college job in 1972. For more than 40 years, the...Tags: Howie Dickenman, Kemba Walker, Sports, Tom Moore, Connecticut Huskies
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No Guarantees? Kevin Ollie Has Heard That Before
The Hartford CourantSTORRS — Every time Kevin Ollie drives by the State Armory on Capitol Avenue in Hartford, he is reminded of the long road he has traveled. Through the Continental Basketball Association, the United States Basketball League and 12 NBAstops, he had to...Tags: Alex Oriakhi, Kemba Walker, Sports, Roscoe Smith, Tom Moore
Nov 9, 2012
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Nov 2, 2012
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Sep 5, 2012
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Oct 27, 2012
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Oct 17, 2012
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Oct 10, 2012
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Sep 27, 2012
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Sep 19, 2012
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Sep 13, 2012
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Sep 13, 2012
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