Coach's Show w/ Randy Edsall 11-5
Joe D talks with the Head Coach about last week's loss against Rutgers and the upcoming game at Cincinnati.
Coach's Show w/ Geno Auriemma 11/3
Kevin Nathan talks with the Head Coach of the UConn women's basketball, Geno Auriemma about the upcoming season as well as your calls.
THURSDAY NIGHT- I can remember listening to Notre Dame football on the radio as far back as 1964 when USC spoiled the Irish dreams for an unbeaten season in Ara Parseghian's 1st year with a come from behind 20-17 win at the mystical Los Angeles Coliseum. I listened to the 10-10 tie with Michigan State on the radio and then the next week, the Irish crused the Trojans 51-0 to finish
Friday PM 11/13: At this time tomorrow night, the season opener will be in the books against Northeastern at Gampel Pavilion. The Boston Based Huskies are a young team that went 12-19 and 8-10 in the CAA. They feature 6-1 Senior Kendra Walton, who attended Wilbur Cross High in New Haven. Imagine what she'll be thinking tomorrow about playing in Storrs ?
Connecticut remains a unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll, with Texas A&M entering the Top 25. The Huskies received all 40 first-place votes Monday from the national media panel. UConn has been the top team the past 26 polls, including the last 17 as the unanimous choice.
UConn's Tina Charles, right, is fouled by Northeastern's Rachael Pecota (1), left, during the second half of their game in Storrs (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Tina Charles scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as top-ranked Connecticut began the defense of its sixth national title with a 105-35 rout of Northeastern on Saturday. Charles, who pulled down her 1,000th career rebound in the first
half, was one of six Huskies in double figures.
UConn running back Jordan Todman (23) scores on a six-yard run in the first half of the UConn-Cincinnati game. Guard Zach Hurd (78) leads the way. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
The Bearcats'Zach Collaro threw for 480 yards and a touchdown Saturday night, ran for two more scores and led a clinching touchdown drive in the closing minutes of a wild 47-45 victory over Connecticut that let Cincinnati match the best start in its history.The Huskies pulled off several big plays that took the game down to the closing minutes, just like all of theirs this season. Connecticut's losses have come by a combined 15 points.
Preseason or postseason, Maya Moore is making a habit of racking up honors. The UConn junior became just the seventh unanimous choice on The Associated Press' preseason All-America team Tuesday, garnering all 40 votes from a national media panel. Moore was joined on the preseason squad by teammate Tina Charles, Stanford's Jayne Appel, Ohio State's Jantel Lavender, and Virginia's Monica Wright. It was the fifth time two players from the same team made the All-America squad.
UConn's Andre Dixon eludes Rutgers' David Rowe. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)
On a day Connecticut wanted badly to win for slain teammate Jasper Howard, one of Howard's best friends won it for Rutgers. Receiver Tim Brown, who grew up with Howard in Miami, scored on an 81-yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds left to give the Scarlet Knights an improbable 28-24 victory over the Huskies in UConn's first home game since Howard was stabbed to death outside a school dance on Oct. 18.
Connecticut picked up right where it left off last season: unanimous No. 1 in the women's basketball poll. The Huskies received all 40 first-place votes Friday from a national media panel. It's the seventh time in school history UConn has held the top preseason ranking by The AssociatedPress. Connecticut was the unanimous choice atop the poll the final 15 weeks last season, winning its sixth national championship to cap a 39-0 run. Huskies coach Geno Auriemma returns four starters from
that team, including player of the year Maya Moore.
University of Connecticut police have arrested a suspect who they say posted threats to witnesses in their investigation into the stabbing death of UConn football player Jasper Howard earlier this month. Police say 18 -year-old Christopher Mutchler of Wethersfield say he has no link to others arrested in the case, and that his postings were actually empty threats.
Connecticut forward Maya Moore, the Big East's top player the last two seasons, is the coaches' choice as the league's preseason player of the year. The Huskies were predicted to win their fourth straight conference championship Thursday.
A University of Connecticut football player has died after being stabbede overnight on campus. 20-year-old starting cornerback Jasper Howard and a second person were stabbed on Hillside Road near the campus center. The stabbing took plade near the student union after a school-sponsored dance. The suspect is still at large.
UConn's Cody Endres throws one of his two touchdown passes against Rhode Island during the first half of UConn's 52-10 victory at Rentschler Field Saturday. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)
Connecticut backup Cody Endres did his best Saturday to start a quarterback controversy. The sophomore made his second start for the injured Zach Frazer and threw for 289 yards and two touchdowns as the Huskies routed Rhode Island 52-10. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)