Dog House

Aaliyah Edwards had 23 points and 10 rebounds, leading No. 5 UConn to its 11th straight win, a 94-51 rout of DePaul on Monday night. Lou Lopez Senechal scored 20 points and Dorka Juhasz had 19 for the Huskies (18-2, 11-0 Big East), who remained undefeated in conference play. Aubrey Griffin registered her fourth double-double of the season, scoring ...

The NCAA championship trophy made a visit to UConn this weekend, providing just the inspiration the struggling Huskies needed. Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points and No. 15 UConn snapped a three-game losing streak in emphatic fashion by routing Butler 86-56 on Sunday. “Just having that (trophy) around us, just reminded us what the main goal is,” Hawki...

UConn’s Azzi Fudd will be back on the sidelines Saturday when the Huskies take on Butler at Gampel Pavillion. Fudd reinjured her knee last Sunday in UConn’s win over Georgetown, according to the school. She sat out Tuesday’s blowout of Seton Hall. UConn women’s basketball Friday said there is no timeline for Fudd’s ret...

The University of Connecticut’s athletic department deficit rose to $53 million during the 2022 fiscal year, an increase the school attributed to $13.4 million it was forced to pay former head men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie. The deficit, reported in the school’s annual financial statement to the NCAA and released publicly on Tuesday, compares t...

Kadary Richmond had a game-high 18 points and 10 rebounds, while KC Ndefo had 14 points, including a last-second layup, and Seton Hall defeated No. 15 UConn, 67-66, at the Prudential Center on Wednesday night. Ndefo grabbed his eighth rebound and had a follow-up layup with 1.6 seconds left. While he missed the ensuing free throw, Seton Hall held on...

UConn star Azzi Fudd was battling for rebounding position in the first half Sunday when she banged knees with Georgetown’s Ariel Jenkins. Fudd left the game and did not return. It was just her second game back after missing eight games with an injury to the same right knee. It also came a week after injuries forced the fifth-ranked H...

UConn men’s basketball head coach Dan Hurley and associate head coach Kimani Young have tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the team’s game at Seton Hall on Wednesday night, the school announced. Neither Hurley nor Young made the trip to Newark for the game at the Prudential Center against the Pirates (11-8, 4-4 Big East). The 15th-ran...

Hall of Fame UConn coach Geno Auriemma doesn’t dwell on how good his team could have been if he didn’t lose players to short and long-term injuries, one after another. Even with a depleted roster, No. 5 Connecticut continues its dominance of the Big East. Aubrey Griffin and Dorka Juhasz each scored 22 points while Aaliyah Edwards added 21 to…...

Maya Moore announced on “Good Morning America” that she has officially retired from basketball.

St. John’s did something Sunday it had not done in 35 years — beat UConn in Hartford. Joel Soriano scored 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Red Storm (13-6, 3-5 Big East) over the No. 6 Huskies (15-4, 4-4), who have lost four of five after starting the season with 14 straight wins. St. John’s scored 22…

Aaliyah Edwards scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. 4 UConn opened up a close game in the second half to beat Georgetown 65-50 on Sunday. But the Huskies, who were forced to postpone a game a week ago because of a lack of healthy players, saw leading scorer Azzi Fudd go down in the first half when…

Geno Auriemma returned to UConn’s bench and Azzi Fudd to its lineup as the fourth-ranked Huskies routed St. John’s 82-52 on Wednesday night at UBS Arena. Auriemma had missed the Huskies’ previous two games because he wasn’t feeling well. He also missed two games while sick in December. The 68-year-old coach is also grieving the death of his 91-year...

Oso Ighodaro scored 19 points and showed some uncharacteristic free-throw accuracy down the stretch as No. 25 Marquette defeated No. 6 UConn 82-76 on Wednesday for its fifth consecutive victory. Marquette (14-4, 6-1 Big East) erased an early 11-point deficit and outscored UConn 49-39 over the final 20 minutes to continue its recent trend of second-...