Posts Tagged ‘UConn Huskies’

ESPN = Master Of The Obvious

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

I’m not sure if there’s been a more redundant headline written than the following:
“Connecticut Huskies finish unanimous No. 1 in ESPN/USA Today women’s college basketball poll”
Which goes to this article about the incredible run by the UConn Huskies, who finished off their impressive season by smoking the Louisville Cardinals to win the Women’s National Championship. [...]

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The Final Four Rocks Detroit

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

TGIFFF. Or, Thank God it’s Final Four Friday, either/or would work. The best in the land of college basketball descend on Detroit tomorrow to decide who’s going to the National Championship game on Monday. The first game is Michigan State versus Connecticut, with North Carolina/Villanova closing us out.
So. Who [...]

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Reliving Six Overtimes (March Madness)

Friday, March 13th, 2009

While I was looking for a video of Paul Harris’ “I’ll walk a mile before I dunk it” dunk, I noticed some enterprising soul has uploaded video of all six overtimes. Not only that, but they’ve been edited to remove commercials and other breaks in game play. This is actually a really good [...]

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Thank You For The Six Overtime Classic

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Since about 12:15am Central time, I’ve been thinking of what to say about last night’s (this morning’s) epic Syracuse/UConn refuse-to-lose, six overtime mega basketball game, and that’s about all I can come up with: Thank you. Thank you to both teams for having the courage to keep playing like that. Thank you [...]

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Sorry About Your Ankles (A.J. Price)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

The crossover dribble is an explosive move — when done correctly — designed to create space between the ball handler and his defender. Sometimes, however, they work so well it can cause legs to break off at the ankles with such severity, folks watching are left stunned by the damage a well-executed crossover dribble [...]

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Don’t Mess With Jim Calhoun’s Money

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

If you get the opportunity to discuss salaries with UConn’s Jim Calhoun, you better make sure you have your facts in order. Just ask Ken Krayeske, a freelance writer who is also a student of UConn’s law school. When it was Krayeske’s chance to ask the head coach a question, he decided to [...]

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