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The expectations for UConn men's basketball will be high next season. They could be even higher the year after. The Huskies landed a major Class of 2014 recruit in Daniel Hamilton of Los Angeles, who announced his intention to attend UConn late Friday...

Omar Calhoun had two successful offseason surgical procedures at the UConn Health Center to address discomfort in his hips, a UConn school spokesman confirmed on Wednesday. Calhoun, who will be a sophomore next season, had surgery to address femoral...

Shabazz Napier, Ryan Boatright and DeAndre Daniels all announced Friday they are returning to play for UConn for next season. So the expectations can begin building … and building. "Next year is going to be a great year because we're all hungry,"...

As everyone at Gampel Pavilion watched a video tribute to a team that, on paper, had little to play for and instead gave and gave each game as if it had everything in the world to play for, Shabazz Napier began to feel the shiver of emotions. As...

Ryan Boatright powered his way down the lane as he had done, or tried to do, all year. He bumped with Bryce Cotton and tossed up an off-balance shot. Some of these crazy shots went in for the UConn men's basketball team this year, some of them didn't....

In another twist to a UConn men's basketball season that's had a few of them, the Huskies worst loss of the season came against one of the worst teams in the Big East. Just a week after taking the best team in the league, Georgetown, to double OT, the...

Without Shabazz Napier, the Huskies did most of the things they usually do with him. They grappled, scrambled back from behind and gave themselves a chance to win another game. But, without Napier, out with an injured foot, the Huskies could not get...

The shock and the disappointment were still too fresh for UConn to feel the pride. That will come. But one more big upset, one more coup to show the country, perhaps once and for all, what they were all about, was in their grasp. It got away and, for...

On Oct. 11, the day of the Husky Run, Kevin Ollie said he wanted teams to walk off the court after playing the Huskies and ask themselves, "Why do they play so hard? They have no postseason to play for; why are they playing so hard?" Right to the end,...

Let's take a look at what the UConn men's roster could look like next season. Seniors Shabazz Napier — Scouts and draft experts project Napier as a second-round pick this year. If that's the case, he could decide to stay for his senior season...

The NCAA Tournament teams will be selected Sunday, and then they will be scrutinized, analyzed, criticized. UConn will not be part of the conversation, though, unless one of TV's analysts throws in a glancing reference. So, as the committee puts the...

Once again, things changed for UConn when Shabazz Napier emerged. It wasn't 35 minutes into the game this time, it wasn't in overtime — it was 35 minutes before. "We got our ace back," R.J. Evans said. And when the Huskies had their ace on the...