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September 26, 2008
Huskies At Home Or Away
CPTV is offering fans the opportunity to watch the Huskies on-line via Hoop Streams. This is the fifth straight season the service, which provides on-demand access to CPTV produced UConn games, The Geno Auriemma Show, expanded team features, archived games through the 2008-09 season and more, will be available.
The price for Hoop Streams is $49.95 for a full-season pass; $24.95 for a monthly pass; and $9.95 for pay-per-view broadcasts. All that is needed is a high-speed broadband Internet connection, a Mac or PC and Windows Media Player.
Fans can subscribe by logging on to www.cptv.org, keyword: hoopstreams.
Rich
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September 25, 2008
Odds and Ends From Gampel
The Huskies never did use the loss of Kalana Greene and Mel Thomas to season-ending knee injuries as an excuse for any of their shortcomings last season. They were 20-2 without the two starters, winning the Big East regular season and tournament championships and reaching the Final Four for the first time since 2004.
This season UConn will harbor the same mindset. Sophomore All-American Maya Moore said Wednesday that the Huskies have moved on since top recruit Elena Delle Donne decided not to play for the Huskies last month, and instead attend Delaware and play volleyball.
``I think when we are faced with adversity it forces you to make a choice,’’ Moore said. ``I like to believe that our team is going to make the choice to get closer, get tighter, work harder. I think one of the great things about being here is our depth and the fact that we can make adjustments. Thank God, we have enough talent and enough commitment from our players to play more than one position. We have enough cushion to make an adjustment.’’
It’s been just more than 11 months since freshman guard Caroline Doty underwent surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. As the scar begins to fade, her anticipation of beginning her college career heightens.
Doty has experienced no setbacks this preseason. She effortlessly ran down long passes thrown over her head by assistant coach Shea Ralph on both sides of the floor and dribbled up the court, going behind her back around chairs during her individual workout Wednesday.
``I just try not to think about it,’’ said Doty, who is expected to see time at both guard spots this season. ``It doesn’t really affect me at all.’’
The identity of the Huskies’ opponents – Washington, Florida State and Northern Colorado – at the Caribbean Classic in Cancun, Mexico Dec. 18-21 had been known for months. Thursday they learned the path they will take to capture the tournament championship.
UConn will meet Washington in the opener Dec. 18, while Florida State will face Northern Colorado, where Paige Sauer is in her second season as an assistant coach. The Huskies will play Northern Colorado Dec. 19, with Florida State and Washington also meeting. UConn will conclude tournament play against Florida State Dec. 21, with Northern Colorado and Washington meeting in the other game.
The times of the games will be announced at a later date.
Also, the Huskies’ game against Syracuse at the XL Center Jan. 17 is expected to be the Big East Game of the Week. This would move the start time from noon to 2 p.m. It is also expected that CPTV will televise the game along with the Big Network (SNY).
The game times at South Carolina Dec. 28 and at Georgetown Jan. 31 will be 3 p.m.
Several players were raving about the performance of senior Kalana Greene during pick-up games Tuesday. Moore said she asked Greene what she had for lunch and then went out and had the same thing for dinner. It was something spicy. … Junior Kaili McLaren said she suffered a conditioning setback this summer when she went home for a couple of weeks, but has since overcome that and is again making tremendous strides. … Not even a campus-wide power outage stopped the Huskies from playing pick-up Wednesday. There were only a couple of emergency lights lit overhead inside Gampel Pavilion at the time.
``First Night'' kicks off three weeks from tomorrow at Gampel Pavilion.
Rich
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September 19, 2008
Bone nixes Huskies
The off-season addition of 6-foot-5 center Jessica McCormack, a transfer from Washington, is looming larger and larger for the UConn women’s basketball team. It was learned Friday that top recruit Kelsey Bone, a 6-5 senior center from Stafford, Texas, has eliminated the Huskies from the list of schools that she is considering.
Bone is ranked No. 2 in the Class of 2009 by HoopGurlz.com.
UConn has already received an oral commitment from Kelly Faris, a 5-11 senior guard from Plainfield, Ind. It continues to target Krista Gross, a 6-foot swingman from Concord, N.C who is rated No. 23 in the class.
At this point, Gross will be the only undecided member of the Class 2009 making a recruiting visit during the opening weekend of the preseason Oct. 17-18. The visit kicks off with First Night festivities at Gampel Pavilion Oct. 17.
Bone is currently operating with a list of Illinois, Texas A&M, South Carolina, Texas and Tennessee. She averaged 18.8 points and 8.8 rebounds in leading Dulles High to a 34-5 record and an appearance in the state Class 5A Region III semifinals last season.
Rich
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September 3, 2008
2008-09 Schedule Released ... Finally
The event fans -- and media -- have been anxiously awaiting occurred today at 12:27 p.m. when the Huskies' schedule was publicly released. It figures to be an interesting trip as the Huskies look to get back to the Final Four for the second straight year in April and this time take that next step at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.
Here's the schedule. All of the times and TV coverage is still being finalized. But the dates are set so you can start making plans to catch the Huskies live. Enjoy.
Nov. 6 vs. Stonehill (exhibition) (GP), 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 11 vs. Sports Resource Program (exhibition) (XL), 7 p.m.
Nov. 16 vs. Georgia Tech (GP), 2 p.m.
Nov. 20 vs. San Diego State (XL), 7 p.m.
Nov. 22 vs. Rhode Island (XL), 1 p.m.
Nov. 25 at BYU, TBA
Nov. 30 vs. Oklahoma (GP), 8:15 p.m.
Dec. 3 vs. Holy Cross (GP), 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 14 vs. Penn State at Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y., 2:30 p.m.
Dec. 18, 19, 21 at Caribbean Classic, Cancun, Mexico (Florida State, Washington, Northern Colorado), TBA
Dec. 28 at South Carolina, TBA
Dec. 31 vs. Hartford (XL), noon
Jan. 3 vs. LSU (XL), noon
Jan. 6 at South Florida, 7 p.m.
Jan. 10 at West Virginia, TBA
Jan. 13 vs. DePaul (GP), 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 17 vs. Syracuse (XL), noon
Jan. 19 at North Carolina, 7 p.m.
Jan. 24 at Cincinnati, TBA
Jan. 26 vs. Louisville (GP), 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 31 at Georgetown, TBA
Feb. 3 vs. Rutgers (XL), 8 p.m.
Feb. 7 at Marquette, 8 p.m.
Feb. 11 at St. John’s (Carnesecca Arena), TBA
Feb. 15 vs. Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m.
Feb. 18 at Providence (Alumni Hall), 7 p.m.
Feb. 22 vs. Notre Dame (XL), 7 p.m.
Feb. 24 vs. Villanova (GP), 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 28 vs. Seton Hall (XL), 7:30 p.m.
March 2 at Rutgers, 7:30 p.m.
GP – Gampel Pavilion, Storrs
XL – XL Center, Hartford
Rich
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