Dog House

On his first tour of Villanova’s new home court, Geno Auriemma paused when he saw a sign that said, “Moments of Greatness.” When he noticed that many of those highlights were for Wildcats wins over UConn, it didn’t comfort him heading into Tuesday night’s game. Turns out, Auriemma had nothing to worry about. Paige Bueckers and Olivia Nelson-Ododa h...

No. 9 Creighton had already lost two close games this season and was facing a third defeat before rallying on Sunday to beat UConn in overtime. Christian Bishop scored 19 points and the Bluejays used a 9-0 run in the extra frame to secure a 76-74 win over the Huskies in Connecticut’s first conference game since returning to the Big…

UConn has made it clear during its first four games that it will have a lot of options on the offensive end of the floor this season. Christyn Williams scored 24 points to lead six UConn players in double figures Saturday and the third-ranked Huskies ran away from Xavier, 106-59. Olivia Nelson-Ododa added 16 points and 11 rebounds for UConn…...

UConn freshman Paige Bueckers finally got a chance to show what she can do at the college level. Bueckers had 17 points, nine rebounds and five assists in her UConn debut, leading the third-ranked Huskies to a 79-23 victory over UMass-Lowell on Saturday. Bueckers, last year’s national high school player of the year, also had collected five steals w...

The UConn women’s basketball team is finally getting its season underway on Saturday with a matchup against UMass-Lowell. The game is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs. UConn’s first four games were either canceled or postponed due to a positive COVID-19 test involving someone with the program. The Huskies have not playe...

The Uconn men’s basketball team’s game at Providence next week has been postponed as an ongoing result from a positive COVID-19 with a player. The Connecticut Department of Public Health advised UConn against playing in an intercollegiate games before the team completes its modified quarantine of 14 days, according to the university. Th...

Sunday’s UConn’s men’s basketball game at Georgetown has been postponed due to COVID-related issues, according to the Big East. UConn announced last week that the men’s team would pause all activities due to a positive case of coronavirus connected to the team. The team’s Big East opener, which was supposed to take pla...

North Carolina State says Saturday’s men’s basketball game against Connecticut has been canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test for a member of the team’s traveling party. The school announced the cancellation early Saturday. The matchup was scheduled to be the final game in “Bubbleville,” a series of college basketball games at the Mohegan Sun Ar...

James Bouknight scored 18 points and Connecticut lead most of the way and held off Southern California in a 61-58 victory in the Legends Classic on Thursday night. Bouknight’s 3-point play capped the scoring for UConn (3-0), which had a six-point lead with four minutes to play. But USC (3-1) ended the game missing 7 of 8 shots, including three&#823...

Top-ranked South Carolina jumped into the new season by playing three games in the first five days. The Gamecocks were challenged over the weekend in a tournament in South Dakota but emerged victorious. They remained the top choice in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll released Monday, receiving 29 of 30 first-place votes from a med...

The University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team is pausing all team activities after a member of the program tested positive for COVID-19. Team activities will remain on hold for at least 14 days per university protocol. Activities will resume when it is deemed safe to do so by medical professionals, the university said. The Hus...

UConn men’s basketball will open its season on Wednesday against Central Connecticut State University on Wednesday, the team announced Monday. The game between the Huskies and the Blue Devils will take place at 8 p.m. at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs. It will be the 15th meeting between the two teams. UConn is a perfect 14-0 against CCSU. Wednesd...

UConn has not had seven first-year players on its roster since back in 1988, the year the Huskies won the first of their 18 Big East titles. No. 3 Connecticut returns this season to the league it helped build with a young, but talented team after playing seven years in the American Athletic Conference without a conference loss. The Huskies…...