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What to know about Stetson, UConn men’s first opponent in the NCAA Tournament
The reigning champion Huskies will meet a school making its March Madness debut in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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Predicting the men's 2024 NCAA tournament final
Vaughn Dalzell of NBC Sports shares his prediction of the top two schools he believes will advance to the final of the 2024 NCAA tournament.
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UConn men grab No. 1 overall seed in NCAA Tournament for first time in school history
UConn is the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. It is the first time in school history the Huskies are the No. 1 overall seed. They will play in the East Regional and take on No. 16 seed Stetson in the opening round at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Friday. Stetson is in DeLand, Florida…
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No. 2 UConn beats No. 10 Marquette 73-57 to win 1st Big East Tournament title since 2011
Donovan Clingan scored 22 points and Jaylin Stewart gave No. 2 UConn an unexpected boost with three second-half 3-pointers during a decisive run as the top-seeded Huskies beat No. 10 Marquette 73-57 on Saturday night to win the Big East Tournament for the first time since rejoining the league four years ago. The Huskies’ eighth Big East Tournament title matched Georgetown…
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UConn fans in NYC for Big East Tournament
UConn fans made their way to Madison Square Garden Friday to watch UConn take on St. John’s in the Big East Tournament semifinals Friday.
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No. 2 UConn opens postseason by routing Xavier 87-60 in Big East quarterfinal
The start wasn’t exactly what UConn envisioned. But boy, what a finish. Tristen Newton and Donovan Clingan each had 13 points and seven rebounds, and the second-ranked Huskies blitzed Xavier in the second half Thursday to open their postseason with an 87-60 blowout in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals. “Thrilled the way we responded to some early adversity,” UConn coach…
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UConn students create metric system to determine life expectancy of small businesses
A group of UConn grad students can now tell you where small businesses across the country have the longest life expectancies. They developed a metric system with a goal of helping small business owners determine whether they need to close up shop or expand.
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UConn's Tristen Newton, Cam Spencer, and Dan Hurley sweep AP's top individual awards in Big East
Tristen Newton, Cam Spencer and Dan Hurley gave Connecticut a sweep of The Associated Press’ top men’s basketball honors in the Big East. Newton is the conference’s player of the year, Spencer is newcomer of the year and Hurley is coach of the year in balloting released Tuesday by 11 journalists who cover the conference. Marquette’s Tyler Kolek and...
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Bueckers scores 27 points as short-handed UConn beats Marquette 58-29 in the Big East semifinals
Injury-decimated UConn needed Paige Bueckers even more than usual on Sunday. The Big East Player of the year came through, scoring 27 points and grabbing 12 rebounds to lead the No. 9 Huskies to a 58-29 win over Marquette in the Big East Tournament semifinals. Bueckers ended the third quarter with a long buzzer-beating 3-pointer. She dribbled across halfcourt, then…
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Man fell from parking garage on UConn's campus in Storrs
A man fell from a parking garage on the UConn campus in Storrs Thursday morning, according to a university spokesperson.
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UConn student dies after falling from parking garage
A UConn student fell from a parking garage on the UConn campus in Storrs Thursday morning and later died, according to a university spokesperson. UConn police and firefighters responded to South Garage on Jim Calhoun Way around 9:30 a.m. They determined a man had fallen from a high level of the garage to the pavement below, the spokesperson said. The…
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UConn addresses hate with new pop-up courses
The free, one-credit classes tackle the topics of antisemitism and anti-Muslim racism.
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UConn students raise over $1.7 million for CT Children's during HuskyTHON
Students at the University of Connecticut danced their hearts out this weekend during the annual HuskyTHON event, which raised more than $1.7 million to benefit Connecticut Children’s. The university said hundreds of students took part in the 18-hour dancing event. They raised a total of $1,736,591.22. Patient families from CT Children’s were also part of the event, including “miracle children”…
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No. 3 UConn routs Seton Hall 91-61 to earn first outright Big East regular-season title in 25 years
No. 3 UConn is the defending men’s national champion. However, the Huskies had not won even a share of the Big East regular-season title in 18 years. Donovan Clingan scored 19 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead a balanced attack and Connecticut clinched its first outright Big East championship in 25 years Sunday with a 91-61 rout of…
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CT hospitals share leap year babies
Babies Lily and Jackson are some of the newest members of an exclusive birthday club. Lily was UConn Health’s first birth on this leap day. She was born just after 4 a.m. to Kelly and Sophia Bodnar of Southington. Jackson was born at the Hospital of Central Connecticut. His parents, Kara and Mike of Plantsville, welcomed the 9-pound, 4.7-ounce...
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UConn student to release organic intimate apparel line
UConn MBA student Christina Phillips is planning on launching Puure, an organic undergarment company, this summer.
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UConn student prepares to launch organic intimate apparel line
For Christina Phillips, being a business owner was always in her DNA. “I came from a family of entrepreneurs, and it was always in my blood, I felt like I was going to have my own business,” Puure Founder and CEO Christina Phillips said. Back in 2016, she launched a clothing line with her sister, but unfortunately it folded during…
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UConn students, nonprofit organization partner to offer free clinic in Willimantic
A group of University of Connecticut students are partnering with a nonprofit to provide free medical, dental and vision care at Windham Middle School in Willimantic. The free clinics will be held on March 2 and 3 in conjunction with Remote Area Medical, a nonprofit that delivers free medical care to underserved and uninsured patients. The students are expecting about…
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Bueckers scores 31 points to lead No. 10 UConn over Villanova 67-46
No. 10 UConn has its outside-inside threat of Paige Bueckers and Aaliyah Edwards dominating opponents as the Huskies head toward the postseason. Bueckers scored 31 points and Edwards added her 16th double-double of the season as the Huskies beat Villanova 67-46 on Wednesday night. Bueckers made 11 of her 15 shots from the floor and Edwards finished with 14 points…
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Coast Guard Athletics gets shot at redemption nearly a century after racist incident
Ninety years after a racist incident, the Coast Guard Academy works with the family of a former UConn basketball player to make a positive impact.