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 June 17, 2009 This blog will no longer be updated. Please visit our new blogs at http://www.connpost.com/blogs. Posted by Bustraan on 6:45 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) June 7, 2009 UConn guard Scottie Haralson, who spent just one season in Storrs, will transfer to Tulsa the school announced Sunday. Haralson will have to sit out one year before playing for the Golden Hurricane. Harlson is not the only transfer to make a new home in Tulsa. The program also welcomed D.J. Magley of Western Kentucky recently. "Scottie is a great addition to our team. He compliments DJ Magley extremely well for the future, and then obviously losing Ben Uzoh next year he can step in there," Tulsa coach Doug Wojcik said in a release. "Scottie fills a huge need. He's a big, strong and powerful kid who can really shoot the basketball. He was a very exceptional high school player with national recognition." A 6-foot-4 guard, Haralson played in 17 games as a true freshman for the Huskies. He averaged 1.4 points per game. Seven of his eight field goals were 3-pointers.
Posted by Neill on 2:33 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) May 30, 2009 Just saw this from the recent Big East baseball championship. Absolutely great stuff. Do you think Jim (Sr.) and Tom Penders did this kind of thing in the 1965 College World Series?
Posted by Neill on 3:54 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) May 29, 2009 So, Joe Paterno wants the Big Ten to go after Syracuse, Pittsburgh or Rutgers, eh? If ACC Commissioner John Swafford had come out publicly in the summer of 2002 and casually mentioned that his league would like to add a few teams to its league _ perhaps Miami, Boston College and Syracuse, not necessarily in that order _ would there have been such bad blood when the defections of the Hurricanes, Eagles and Virginia Tech Hokies eventually became official? In a word…yes. The venom spewed (perhaps still spewing) at BC athletic director Gene DeFilippo for his role might have been lessened, but the overall feeling the Big East had of being poached wouldn’t have changed much. Which brings us to the Penn State football coach and his call this week for Big Ten expansion. Now, let’s be clear: Advocating expansion and specifically mentioning schools to lure/recruit/entice are two different things. There are a number of Big East football coaches who have openly said the league should add a ninth football-playing member. None to my knowledge have named that ninth member (other than Notre Dame, of course) publicly. It may be a fine line, but it’s not one that very few are willing to cross. But the 82-year-old king/dean of college football coaches didn’t mind doing it Thursday. Lamenting the early end to the Big Ten schedule and the period in which other conferences get most of the media attention, Paterno called for a playoff. "Everybody else is playing playoffs on television," Paterno said. "You never see a Big Ten team mentioned. So I think that's a handicap. “I've tried to talk to the Big Ten people about, ‘Let's get a 12th team _ Syracuse, Rutgers, Pitt _ we could have a little bit of a playoff.’ ” OK, let’s give Paterno partial credit for at least being up front and not pulling the rug out from under the Big East as has already happened this decade. But it still grades as a D-minus in the respect department, doesn’t it? I mean, talking about adding Notre Dame to your conference is one thing. The Irish are an independent and it’s perfectly kosher (Can you say kosher about the pre-eminent Catholic school in the land? Well, anyway..) to talk about wooing ND to your conference. But the Big Ten, not to mention the Big East and everyone else, have been barking up that tree for years. It’s not going to happen as long as Notre Dame still has the cache to sign its own TV deal and print its own money. Paterno named names, something that smacks of a little arrogance, no? Would any of JoePa’s choices fit anyway? Syracuse is a good geographic fit but is a private school in a league made up mostly of state schools. Pittsburgh is also an easy trip for most of the Big Ten, but that wouldn’t help the Big Ten “own” the Pennsylvania media market the way Boston College helps the ACC “own” the Northeast, right? OK, you can stop laughing now. (I still love that gag! We all know that no one in Beantown gives a flying Van Halen album about what Clemson and Georgia Tech do in the NCAA Tournament.) Rutgers is…well, a seemingly more attractive football partner than some. Paterno obviously has a lot of respect for Greg Schiano and what he’s done. But do the Scarlet Knights (and all their wonderful sports) fit in the Big Ten? It just doesn’t sound right. Of course, BC in the ACC sounded funny. And there are schools in Chicago and Milwaukee as part of the Big EAST, so nothing should surprise us now. Let’s not kid ourselves about the Big East’s role in realignment. They were scorned but they too did a little poaching of their own _ albeit in a much more up-front, perhaps polite manner _ by grabbing Louisville, Cincinnati, Marquette, DePaul and South Florida from Conference USA. And if the Big Ten does manage to pluck a Big East team from the fold (we’re a long, long way from that happening, so don’t get too excited), it won’t take the Big East long to go knocking on some doors to find a replacement or two. East Carolina could get a call, maybe Central Florida, etc. It’s OK for flunky journalists like myself to speculate about realignment and which teams could move where, but when the winningest coach in college football history calls schools out, it’s not quite as becoming.
Posted by Neill on 10:07 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) May 27, 2009 UConn guard Kemba Walker has been officially asked to return to USA Basketball this summer. Walker is among 17 players 19-and-under who have been invited to the team trials for the USA U19 National Team. The trials are June 16-18 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Those 17 players will compete for the 12 roster spots open for America's entry into the 2009 U19 World Championships. The championships are in New Zealand, and players who make it will depart June 25 for the other side of the world. Walker, who was named MVP of the 2008 FIBA Americas Championship that qualified the U.S. for this year's World Championship, averaged 13.4 ppg., 5.0 apg., and 4.6 rpg. while leading the his team to a silver medal in 2008. In addition to Walker, Al-Farouq Aminu (Wake Forest / Norcross, Ga.), Dominic Cheek (Villanova / Jersey City, N.J.),and Drew Gordon (UCLA / San Jose, Calif.) have all previously represented the USA. Rounding out the 2009 USA Men's U19 World Championship Team Trials roster are newcomers: Kenny Boynton (Florida / Pompano Beach, Fla.), Darryl Bryant (West Virginia / Brooklyn, N.Y.), DeAngelo Casto (Washington State / Spokane, Wash.), Seth Curry (Duke / Charlotte, N.C.), Gordon Hayward (Butler / Brownsburg, Ind.), Darius Miller (Kentucky / Maysville, Ky.), Arnett Moultrie (UTEP / Memphis, Tenn.), Ralph Sampson III (Minnesota / Duluth, Ga.), John Shurna (Northwestern / Glen Ellyn, Ill.), Tyshawn Taylor (Kansas / Jersey City, N.J.), Howard Thompkins (Georgia / Lithonia, Ga.), Klay Thompson (Washington State / Ladera Ranch, Calif.) and Terrico White (Mississippi / Memphis, Tenn.).
Posted by Neill on 5:12 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) May 20, 2009 Some news from our friends over the border. Ex-UConn guard Doug Wiggins is no longer on the UMass basketball team. Here's a story from Springfield.
Posted by Neill on 10:57 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) May 18, 2009 UConn linebacker Scott Lutrus saw the charge of interfering with an officer he was facing dropped Monday morning. According to Lutrus' attorney, Rob Britt, the facts in the case had been a little bit misstated earlier. Scott Lutrus, one of the Huskies' captains, was arrested April 24 during UConn's Spring Weekend along with his brother Kyle. Britt said that on the night in question Kyle Lutrus was in the process of being arrested by UConn police for his involvement in a fight when Scott tried to make sure his brother was OK. Kyle had been slashed with what appeared to be a box cutter. Scott Luturs told UConn police as he approached, according to Britt, “You don’t understand. That’s my brother.” The police ordered Scott to back up, though the junior from Brookfield only stopped moving forward. He was then arrested. Scott Lutrus may have violated the letter of the law, though Britt called his actions on the night in question “understandable under the circumstances.” The prosecutor in the case apparently agreed. Scott Lutrus did not appear Monday morning in Rockville Superior Court, though he did make a $100 charitable contribution through the court before the charges were dropped. Kyle Lutrus was charged with two counts of interfering with an officer and one count of second-degree breach of peace because of his actions. He applied for accelerated rehabilitation last week.
Posted by Neill on 10:12 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) May 5, 2009 UConn linebacker Scott Lutrus will have to wait to answer a charge of interfering with an officer. Tuesday morning Lutrus' case in Rockville Superior Court was continued to May 18. The Brookfield native was arrested April 24 just off the UConn campus. It was Spring Weekend at UConn, and Lutrus was apparently involved in a fight near the Celeron Square Apartments. Lutrus, 21, was recently named one of the team's captains.
Posted by Neill on 9:40 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) April 28, 2009 Nate Miles, the former UConn basketball player who never actually saw action for the Huskies but who remains a memorable student-athlete, will not be prosecuted for violating a restraining order. That charge, along with three counts of disorderly conduct, were nolled (not prosecuted or dropped) by the state. Miles' attorney Rob Britt appeared in Rockville Superior Court Tuesday morning though Miles did not. Because of Miles' compliance with the court's order to undergo counseling, the case was not prosecuted.
Posted by Neill on 6:00 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) UConn FB coach Randy Edsall announced his two-deep Tuesday heading out of spring practice. “This is where we are after spring ball and headed into summer workouts and preseason camp,” Edsall said in a statement. “Some positions need to be solidified and there can be changes made to this before we have a gameday depth chart for our opener against Ohio University on September 5. “Zach Frazer is our number one quarterback coming out of spring practice and he has earned that spot. However, as we continue over the summer and into fall camp, there is still competition at that position, like there is at each spot on the team.”
TE 89 John Delahunt RFr. 6-3 255 OR 94 Ryan Griffin RFr. 6-6 247 OR 81 Corey Manning RFr. 6-4 245 93 Derek Chard Jr. 6-3 231 84 Yianni Apostolakos RSo. 6-4 255
LT 73 Dan Ryan RSr. 6-8 305 OR 72 Jimmy Bennett RFr. 6-7 300
LG 66 Mathieu Olivier RJr. 6-4 287 OR 74 Alex LaMagdelaine RSr. 6-2 303 OR 92 Scott Schultz RSo. 6-3 67 Clark Maturo RFr. 6-4 309
C 57 Moe Petrus RSo. 6-2 295 OR 70 Gary Bardzak RSo. 6-2 295 62 Ben Chapman RFr. 6-2 274
RG 78 Zach Hurd RJr. 6-7 300 OR 60 Erik Kuraczea RFr. 6-1 318 63 Adam Masters RFr. 6-4 283
RT 79 Mike Hicks RSr. 6-6 325 OR 71 Mike Ryan RSo. 6-5 323 76 Zac Zielinski RFr. 6-7 333
WR 83 Isiah Moore RSo. 6-0 191 OR 29 Marcus Easley RSr. 6-2 210 11 Brian Parker RFr. 6-3 204
WR 82 Kashif Moore RSo. 5-9 178 OR 80 Michael Smith So. 6-0 190 86 Alex Molina RJr. 6-2 200
WR 3 Brad Kanuch Sr. 6-0 193 88 Gerrard Sheppard RFr. 6-1 201 85 Kevin Poles RJr. 6-0 204
QB 10 Zach Frazer RJr. 6-4 225 12 Cody Endres RSo. 6-3 225 18 Johnny McEntee RFr. 6-2 212 16 Casey Turner RFr. 6-4 234
RB 23 Jordan Todman So. 5-9 190 2 Andre Dixon RSr. 6-1 210 OR 22 Meme Wylie RSo. 5-10 214 OR 44 Robbie Frey RSo. 6-0 198 40 Nathan Sherr RSo. 5-10 197
FB 49 Anthony Sherman Jr. 5-10 237 47 Anthony Davis RJr. 5-10 235 39 Bret Manning RJr. 5-11 246 37 Joss Tillard Jr. 5-10 215
DEFENSE DE 26 Marcus Campbell Jr. 6-2 228 91 Jesse Joseph Fr. 6-4 238 OR 96 A.J. Portee RFr. 6-3 230 48 Trevardo Williams Fr. 6-2 221
DT 99 Kendall Reyes RSo. 6-4 277 54 Alex Polito RJr. 6-5 272 53 Ryan Wirth RFr. 6-2 267
DT 4 Twyon Martin RSo. 6-1 272 52 Brandon Dillon RSr. 6-3 292 75 Beau Brunelli RFr. 6-2 252
DE 9 Lindsey Witten Sr. 6-4 248 56 Mike Cox RJr. 6-2 245 98 Ted Jennings RFr. 6-6 227 97 K.C. Chambers Fr. 6-5 242
SLB 32 Scott Lutrus RJr. 6-2 230 19 Kijuan Dabney Jr. 6-0 215 OR 28 Jory Johnson RFr. 5-11 204
MLB 95 Greg Lloyd Jr. 6-1 241 10 Greg Robinson RJr. 6-1 242 55 Jerome Williams RFr. 6-0 245 41 James Healy RFr. 5-8 212
WLB 8 Lawrence Wilson RJr. 6-1 226 46 Sio Moore RFr. 6-1 221 17 Matt Ashmead RSr. 6-2 230 39 Mark Hinkley RFr. 5-11 218
LCB 42 Robert McClain Sr. 5-9 196 5 Blidi Wreh-Wilson RFr. 6-0 184 21 Gary Wilburn RSo. 5-11 197
FS 33 Robert Vaughn Sr. 6-0 202 25 Harris Agbor RSo. 5-10 185 OR 27 Aaron Bagsby RSo. 6-1 190 30 Matt Edwards RFr. 5-11 187
SS 37 Jonathan Jean-Louis RSo. 5-11 203 15 Jerome Junior RFr. 6-0 212 28 Emmanuel Omokaro RSo. 5-10 208 40 John Yurek Rso. 6-0 198
RCB 6 Jasper Howard Jr. 5-9 171 24 Dwayne Gratz RFr. 5-11 189
SPECIAL TEAMS Punter 13 Desi Cullen Sr. 6-2 200 38 Dave Teggart RSo. 6-0 208
Kicker 38 Dave Teggart RSo. 6-0 208 13 Desi Cullen Sr. 6-2 200
Punt Return 6 Jasper Howard Jr. 5-9 171 42 Robert McClain Sr. 5-9 196 OR 21 Gary Wilburn RSo. 5-11 197
Kickoff Return 44 Robbie Frey RSo. 6-0 198 23 Jordan Todman So. 5-9 190
Holder 13 Desi Cullen Sr. 6-2 200 10 Zach Frazer RJr. 6-4 225
Long Snapper 95 Derek Chard Jr. 6-3 241 40 Nathan Sheer RSo. 5-1 197 Posted by Neill on 5:44 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) |
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