Gampel Pavilion

In the summer of 2011, Rodney Purvis sat in the men's basketball coaches' office at UConn and left a strong impression … and vice versa. "Just his personality," said Kevin Ollie, who was then an assistant coach, "his family. We knew he was a...

UCONN IN THE FINAL FOUR 1991: Lost to Virginia 61-55 in semifinal. 1995: Beat Stanford 87-60; beat Tennessee 70-64 in final. 1996: Lost to Tennessee 88-83 (OT) in semifinal. 2000: Beat Penn State 89-67; beat Tennessee 71-52 in final. 2001:...

— Vanderbilt point guard Jasmine Lister led the SEC in minutes per game, averaging 36.4. The junior may have to play all 40 minutes handle UConn's defensive pressure if the No. 8 seed Commodores have a chance of upsetting the No. 1-seeded Huskies in...

— Recruiting can be an exhausting process for program and player. Sometimes a UConn recruit decides right away, the way Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis did. Sometimes players wait and decide to go someplace else, like Diamond DeShields and Xylina McDaniel...

UConn will open up Gampel Pavilion to the general public Tuesday night for anyone wanting to watch the Huskies take on Louisville in the NCAA women's basketball national championship game. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m., an hour before tipoff, and the...

What's basketball without hope that the stars might align to make it possible for the virtually impossible to occur? They did in Oklahoma City on Sunday night when Louisville, almost a 30-point underdog, dethroned defending national champion Baylor with...

You figured Vanderbilt's hang time in Monday's NCAA Tournament second-round game would vastly surpass that of Idaho on Saturday. To put it into geographic context, the Commodores, despite multiple injuries, seemed as distant from the Vandals as...

The first sign that normalcy had returned to UConn was tied in a Windsor knot around Geno Auriemma's neck. It was a tie, the accessory strangely excluded from Auriemma's business attire during the Big East tournament. And Saturday's was a birthday tie;...

— Four years after leaving Connecticut for Philadelphia, Ashley Prim has returned to her home state for what could be the end of her college basketball career. Prim, a senior guard for St. Joseph's, is from Ansonia and graduated from Kolbe...

— It has been a very good week for Geno Auriemma. First, high school junior Sadie Edwards gave him a promise to play at UConn in 2014. Then he had a chance to promote his new line of wine to thirsty friends and merchants. But this time of year,...

Site: Gampel Pavilion, Storrs Time: 1:30 p.m. TV: ESPN2 (Dave O'Brien, Doris Burke) Radio: WTIC 1080-AM, WILI 1400-AM (Bob Joyce and Debbie Fiske) Series history: First meeting Streaks: UConn L1; Idaho W3 Idaho (17-15) t 1 CHRISTINA SALVATORE, G,...

UConn defeated Notre Dame in the 2012 Big East tournament final, but starting with the 2011 NCAA Tournament semifinals, the Huskies have had a rough stretch. A look at the Irish wins in the 2011 and 2012 national semifinals and the three games played this...