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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…

NBC Connecticut’s coverage of Day 1 of the CIAC’s High School Basketball State Championships featuring boys Div. II and Div. III and Girls Class L, MM and M. 

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 ...

Tristen Newton had 25 points and nine assists as No. 2 UConn advanced to the Big East championship game with a rollicking 95-90 victory over St. John’s on Friday at Madison Square Garden. Cam Spencer added 20 points and nine assists for the top-seeded Huskies (30-3), who will face 10th-ranked Marquette or seventh-seeded Providence on Saturday...

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 so...

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...

On Saturday, Bristol’s Kendra Coggshall participated in the O’Shenanigans 5K in Southington to raise money for Alzheimer’s Awareness and honor her late grandmother. Kendra was extremely close with her grandmother Ruth, who battled the disease for 10 years before she passed away in 2015.  “Once you see somebody like that that is so lively and e...

Paige Bueckers scored 27 points and had five blocks to help No. 10 UConn beat Georgetown 78-42 on Monday night to win its 22nd Big East Tournament title. It was the 29th title overall for the Huskies, who haven’t lost in a conference championship contest since 2013, when Notre Dame beat them for the Big East title. UConn (29-5), which…...

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 acros...

UConn coach Dan Hurley didn’t like the way Saturday night’s game against Providence started. He made sure to enjoy the finish. Hurley spent much of the last minute of the Huskies’ 74-60 victory over PC jawing with a Friars fan in the second row. The coach of the defending NCAA champions also waved his arms to encourage the conside...

No. 9 UConn has become used to overcoming injuries and the Huskies had to do it again on Saturday. Paige Bueckers scored 29 points and top-seeded Connecticut (27-5) beat ninth-seeded Providence 86-53 in the Big East quarterfinals despite losing star center Aaliyah Edwards while up by just six points in the second half. Freshman KK Arnold added 17 p...

UConn point guard Nika Muhl revealed Friday she will leave the Huskies at the end of the season, forgoing her extra year of eligibility. The senior from Croatia announced her decision on social media, posting photos with coach Geno Auriemma in a convertible and writing, “Peace out UConn nation. I will miss you so much!” The two-time Big East defens...

No. 9 UConn, which went undefeated in league play this season, also swept the conference’s coach, player and freshman of the year awards, the Big East announced Thursday. Paige Bueckers, who averaged 22 points and 4.3 assists as the Huskies went 18-0 in the Big East, was the player of the year for the second time. She also won the…...

Alex Karaban and Cam Spencer shot a combined 10 of 16 from 3-point range and No. 2 UConn defeated No. 8 Marquette 74-67 on Wednesday night, giving the Huskies their first road win over an Associated Press Top 25 team in a decade. UConn (27-3, 17-2 Big East) hadn’t defeated a ranked team in a true road game since 2014….

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&#...

No. 10 UConn completed an 11th unbeaten Big East regular season on Saturday. Paige Bueckers scored all 17 of her points in the first half Saturday to lead the Huskies to a 65-42 win at Providence. Aaliyah Edwards added 13 points and KK Arnold scored 12 for Connecticut (26-5, 18-0 Big East), which has won six straight games after falling…...