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Caitlin Clark fever building as Connecticut Sun prepare to host Indiana in WNBA season opener

The countdown for the WNBA season is on as the Connecticut Sun are set to host Caitlin Clark in her professional debut with the Indiana Fever next week. “This one of the biggest games in WNBA history,...

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UConn Huskies Mar 26

Aztecs and UConn to face off in rematch of last year's national title game

The UConn Huskies pretty much wrecked every team they faced in the NCAA Tournament on the way to last year’s championship and the first two games this March Madness look awfully familiar. Up next is a...
UConn Huskies Mar 26

UConn men's basketball gets sweet send off to Sweet 16 in Boston

The UConn men’s basketball program has left Storrs on their journey to Boston to compete in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The UConn student body was out in force to show the men they are ...
UConn Huskies Mar 25

Bueckers scored 32 and No. 3 seed UConn holds off No. 6 seed Syracuse 72-64

Paige Bueckers tied her season high with 32 points, freshman Ashlynn Shade added 19 and No. 3 seed UConn held off Syracuse 72-64 on Monday night to earn a 30th straight trip to the Sweet 16. It was Bu...
March Madness Mar 25

When is the men's Sweet 16? Dates, matchups, how to watch and more to know

Here’s everything to know about the next round of March Madness.

Yale Mar 25

San Diego State beats Yale 85-57 and sets up title game rematch with UConn in Sweet 16

Another big game from Jaedon LeDee and some sizzling outside shooting landed San Diego State a matchup it has waited a year to get. After getting thumped in the national title game last April, the Aztecs earned another shot at defending champion UConn. “We’re heading on the road to play a road game against UConn in Boston and I’ve...
March Madness Mar 24

Top seed UConn steamrolls into Sweet 16 with 75-58 win over Northwestern

Donovan Clingan, Tristen Newton and top overall seed UConn overwhelmed an undermanned Northwestern team 75-58 on Sunday night to sail into the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Newton had 20 points and 10 assists, and Clingan finished with 14 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks. The Huskies (33-3) led wire-to-wire and became the first defending nat...
UConn Mar 23

UConn celebrates Auriemma's 70th birthday with 86-64 first-round win over Jackson State

Paige Bueckers scored 28 points and freshman Ashlynn Shade added 26 as No. 3 seed UConn celebrated coach Geno Auriemma’s 70th birthday with an 86-64 win over Jackson State in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Saturday. Aaliyah Edwards, wearing a mask after missing two games with a broken nose, had 20 points and 10 reboun...
UConn Mar 24

Students camp outside Gampel to see UConn Women play first round of March Madness

In Storrs, March Madness means several things. On Saturday, it meant supporting the UConn Women at their First Round NCAA Tournament game. “I am feeling very excited. Hyped up,” said Sam Perrottelli, a master’s student at UConn. And it didn’t matter that the game started at 1 p.m. Some students got to Gampel Pavilion well be...
March Madness Mar 22

No. 13 seed Yale takes down No. 4 seed Auburn 78-76

John Poulakidas scored 28 points, Samson Aletan made a key block during a wild scramble in the final seconds, and 13th-seeded Yale rallied in the final five minutes to take down No. 4 seed Auburn 78-76 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. For the second straight year, the Ivy League Tournament champion took down one of…...
March Madness Mar 22

No. 1 UConn begins title defense by cruising past Stetson 91-52 in NCAA Tournament

Donovan Clingan scored 19 points and Cam Spencer added 15 as top-seeded UConn began defense of its national championship by cruising past 16th-seeded Stetson 91-52 Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The top-ranked Huskies (32-3) will face ninth-seeded Northwestern on Sunday in the second round of the East Region at Barclays Center in...
March Madness Mar 22

UConn and Yale both play in men's NCAA tournament Friday

The NCAA tournament is underway and both the UConn and Yale men’s basketball teams are playing on Friday. UConn, the 2023 NCAA champions, will take on Stetson at 2:45 p.m. and Yale will take on Auburn at 4:15 p.m. UConn is the top overall seed and the team will take on Stetson at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y....
UConn Huskies Mar 21

UConn star Aaliyah Edwards will enter the WNBA draft after the NCAA Tournament

UConn center Aaliyah Edwards announced Thursday that she will enter the WNBA draft, in which she is expected to be a first-round pick. The 6-foot-3 senior from Kingston, Ontario, revealed her plans in a video posted on social media, two days before the Huskies open NCAA Tournament play. “Let’s have one last dance,” she said in her post. “In additio...
NCAA Tournament Mar 20

Presbyterian women win 49-42 over Sacred Heart in NCAA Tournament debut

Mara Neira made sure Presbyterian’s first-ever NCAA Tournament game was memorable, scoring 14 points, including two free throws with 26.1 seconds left, as the Blue Hose beat Sacred Heart 49-42 in the First Four on Wednesday night. The Big South Tournament champions earned a Friday rematch with top-ranked South Carolina, which administered a 9...
UConn Huskies Mar 20

UConn students buzzing after sending off men's basketball team

Excitement is in the air at UConn. The defending national champion men’s basketball team hit the road Wednesday evening ahead of their first game in the NCAA tournament. With high fives amid a chorus of cheers and the UConn fight song, the defending national champions made their way through the crowd. Students buzzing about the team’s chances at wi...
UConn Mar 20

UConn mascot Jonathan fills out his first ever March Madness bracket

Who are you rooting for to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship this year? The University of Connecticut mascot has made his picks and his choice to win it all probably won’t surprise you. Jonathan the Husky released his first ever March Madness bracket on Instagram. In his bracket, he has UConn playing Gonzaga in the finals with ...
Trinity College Mar 19

Trinity men's hockey to host – and play in – DIII Frozen Four

The path to the Final Four is set on the basketball court as the NCAA men’s and women’s tournaments tip off, but Trinity men’s hockey is already onto the Frozen Four. The Bantams are one of the last four teams standing in the NCAA DIII Men’s Hockey Tournament, and they won’t have to go very far at all to...
UConn Huskies Mar 19

Paige Bueckers and Aaliyah Edwards earn USBWA All-American honors

University of Connecticut women’s basketball stars Paige Bueckers and Aaliyah Edwards have earned spots on the USBWA Women’s All-America teams, the university announced Tuesday. The U.S. Basketball Writers Association said that Bueckers was named to the First Team and Edwards was selected for the Second Team. Athletic officials said Bue...
UConn Mar 19

Half of money wagered on NCAA champion is on UConn, state says

March Madness is here, and with it comes March Madness betting. Sportsbooks across the state are seeing an influx of people placing bets on the big games. According to the Connecticut Lottery Corporation, between wagers placed at both their retail sportsbook locations and on the Fanatics Sportsbook app, 49% of the total money wagered on the NCAA wi...
March Madness Mar 19

When all 5 Connecticut basketball teams in NCAA tournament are playing

Five Connecticut college and university basketball teams are playing in the NCAA tournament. The men’s teams from UConn and Yale University are in it and the women’s basketball teams from UConn, Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University will compete. Here is what you need to know about when the games are happening. The Sacred Heart Pioneers ...
March Madness Mar 18

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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