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Tristen Newton: "There will never be a brotherhood and a team that cares about you as much as UConn does and UConn nation... Our fans are crazy, but I wouldn't trade this for the world. UConn's changed my life for the better. I love Connecticut."
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Andre Jackson: “Now I want to get another one while I’m here… only way I’m not coming back is if Coach tells me to leave”
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The UConn men's basketball team was unanimously voted No. 1 in the AP poll for the first time in program history.
1. UConn (62)
2. Houston
3. Purdue
4. Arizona
5. Tennessee
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Dan Hurley: “I’m not gonna coach anywhere else in college… Unless UConn wants to get rid of me.”
Says there’s a better chance of him leaving for an NBA job much later in his career.
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Basketball Hall of Famer Ray Allen will receive his Bachelor's Degree in General Studies (BGS) from the University of Connecticut this morning.
His reserved seat is right under his retired number 34 in the rafters.
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UConn puts Tristen Newton in the Huskies of Honor immediately upon returning to campus. Well deserved.
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Dan Hurley: "When you're a top-tier program and a big brand and a blue-blood and a national champion, you owe it to college basketball, you owe it to your fans, you owe it to the sport to go play these types of games in the nonconference."
Says he hopes for some home-and-homes
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The UConn football roster is so thin at running back Mora said the staff considered 6-foot, 300-pound defensive lineman Jelani Stafford to play the position. Stafford played some RB in high school and was "pretty darn good."
"We're probably not gonna want to put him there"
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Sanogo: “they thought they had a chance to win the game, they did not”
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Joey Calcaterra: "Before the game, in the first huddle, I was just telling myself, 'This is why I came here. This is why I worked so hard all my life, to play on stages like this one.' It's just amazing to be here and I'm just glad I made the decision to come to UConn."
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Alex Karaban: Our banner's going to be up there for the rest of our lives... And everyone can be so proud of that. It's a feeling that no one can take away from us, it's a memory that no one's going to take away from us and it's honestly the greatest accomplishment in my life."
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Hassan Diarra: "We love each other, we want to see each other win and I think that's the main thing. That's why we have so many assists each and every game, we love to see our teammates prosper, we love to see them succeed and that's why we're so unselfish with each other."
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Jaylin Stewart on his moment, three consecutive 3s to blow the game open: "It's every kid's dream to do that in a game like that. For me to do it, I'm super blessed and grateful."
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Hartford police estimate there were about 60,000 people in attendance at UConn’s championship parade.
45,000 last year
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Dan Hurley said kids from the CT Children’s cancer center came into the locker room with the ‘04 team after the game:
“A couple of them standing next to Emeka and Ben, it was just probably the best locker room scene that I’ve ever been a part of”
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Dan Hurley on Andre Jackson's future: "We're having those conversations. We don't want to do something that's great for UConn and not great for Andre Jackson, because Andre has given everything to us. We're getting all the information, we're talking to all the right people..."
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Donovan Clingan named Most Outstanding Player of the East regional.
All-East Region:
Cam Spencer
Jaedon LeDee
Terrence Shannon Jr.
Stephon Castle
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Cam Spencer: "I sucked against Creighton. My defense and my performance pretty much lost us the game in my opinion, so definitely wanted to respond tonight personally."
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Dan Hurley thinks the 2024-25 UConn roster is going to be potentially his most talented from top to bottom
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Newton on his wave: "The student section, they were loud, they were just trying to make noise at the end of the game. When I missed one they jumped up real loud, so safe travels to them going home back to the crib."
Tristen Newton sealed it at the free throw line and waved goodbye to the Villanova student section.
UConn holds on for the 66-65 victory.
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Stats from UConn's first international game:
Karaban - 20pts (5-7 3pt), 4reb
Newton - 18pts (7-11), 3ast
Clingan - 16pts (1-1 3pt), 4reb
Spencer - 13pts, 6ast
Diarra - 9pts, 5ast
Castle - 15pts (7-11), 5stl
Ball - 11pts, 3ast, 2stl
Johnson - 12pts, 8reb (6off)
Ross - 8pts, 4reb
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UConn men's basketball adds 4⭐️ 7-footer Youssouf Singare to its already loaded 2023 recruiting class, he just announced. He's the fifth to commit in the group that posed as the Michigan "Fab Five" on a visit (Singare as Chris Webber in the back right).
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Dan Hurley addresses a massive crowd in Hartford:
“Last Monday night we had to remind the sports world where the hell the Basketball Capital of the World is”
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Dan Hurley said the UConn men celebrated the record nonconference win-streak with ice cream from UConn's Dairy Bar
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Dan Hurley said it was difficult to celebrate because Alex Karaban "for the second year in a row was not rewarded for what he earned."
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Former Huskies to be in Houston Saturday, per Tom Moore:
Rip Hamilton
Ray Allen
Emeka Okafor
Kemba Walker
Charlie Villanueva
Jake Voskhul
Maybes:
Marcus Williams
AJ Price
Rashad Anderson
Can only make it Monday:
Chris Smith
Caron Butler
Rudy Gay
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Liam McNeeley officially signs to UConn.
Dan Hurley: “Liam is one of the best players in high school basketball, and we are tremendously excited to add him to our UConn family. He is blessed with elite skill and positional size, along with
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Cam Spencer on the "F Cam Spencer" chants: "It fires me up, I prefer it honestly. I love it when they're trying to get under your skin, I think it makes you play better."
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UConn’s visit to the Connecticut Children’s Cancer Center has turned into a party
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Donovan Clingan wasn’t originally going to speak at UConn’s championship parade today but the Connecticut kid had something to say…
“One felt good but we say we run it back next year for No. 2”
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Michigan transfer big man Tarris Reed Jr. is in attendance for UConn’s championship parade
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Dan Hurley's take on using the transfer portal: "It is a two-way street and I think a lot of schools miss on that. They look at just production and numbers and talent. You're not putting together an All-Star team, you're putting together a team that's gotta be able to function."
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Donovan Clingan makes the day for some of the kids at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
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Mora: My standard's not six wins, last time I won six games I got fired
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Dan Hurley says Cam Spencer and UConn is the perfect marriage.
“It’s like me and Andrea”
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Cam Spencer: "After the Kansas loss I put a lot of that on myself watching the film, so I definitely came in with a lot of motivation and anger to just help the team in any way that I could. And I thought we just raised our intensity level from that Kansas game..."
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“If they don’t have an education they don’t have a chance. So I was like, ‘Alright, I want to be able to get them an education.'”
With the help of a UConn business professor, Adama Sanogo is one step closer to his dream of building school for kids in Mali
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Dan Hurley on UConn football: “just an incredible coaching job by Jim — Him Mora”
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Dan Hurley at the NYSE:
"...working to put together another group that can help us do something really historic. We just did something historic though. So really, really historic – like stuff that hasn't been done since UCLA and John Wooden and shit. That's crazy, right?"
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Dan Hurley: “We suck at winning close games, so you’ve got to go with the alternative.”
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Tristen Newton loves road games: "Just taking the joy out of somebody else's team is a great feeling."
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Andre: "We're all locked-in, and we're all best friends, honestly. These guys mean the world to me – outside of basketball as well, I'll never lose these relationships ever... We don't want it to end and we're not gonna let it end right now. We need more time together."
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Tristen Newton: "We hate losing at Providence. That fast start they had... we weren't really too worried about it. We knew we were gonna come out here and get the win. (Hurley's) tech really just energized us and made us play harder."
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Aidan Mahaney + parents were really impressed when visiting with Dan Hurley and the UConn coaches as they went through film and rattled off questions, showing how he would fit.
“His hands were getting sweaty, he was so excited,” his dad, Mark, told me.
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Solo Ball last night on playing Kansas, UNC in back-to-back games: "We go into these other games, the Big East games, I just feel like we're gonna all be prepared to kick everybody in the throat, really."
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UConn will play in the 2024 Maui Jim Maui Invitational.
Auburn, Colorado, Dayton, Iowa State, Memphis, Michigan State, North Carolina also in the field.
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Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton says he doesn’t know if UConn’s No. 8 ranking is high enough
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Dan Hurley on UConn shooting 4 of 28 from 3: "Those were wide open 3s that we missed. These guys need to get in the gym, need to get off their phones, they need to get off the video game headset and get in the gym because those were wide open looks."
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Hurley: “We’re getting to that point where on a made basket, if you don’t sprint back and get loaded up to the ball, your season ends. Those are habits and behaviors that have to be entrenched whether you’re up 27 with six minutes to go or whether you’re in a one-point game.”
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Ed Cooley: “Connecticut, to me, is the best team in the country.”
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Alex Karaban: "Even though we won by 40 we still had like an hour and a half film session. It really did feel like a loss at the same time by the way our preparation was and just our attention to detail, so (Hurley)'s really not letting us off the hook."
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Asked Charles Barkley about the job Dan Hurley's done this year: "Well, you don't lose Sanogo and Hawkins and replenish, reload that quickly. That tells me the coach is amazing and obviously we know that. He's moved up to the second best coach in his family."
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Both Adama Sanogo and Andre Jackson are still considering all options in terms of whether they will return to UConn or go test the pro waters – they can still do so while maintaining eligibility
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Dan Hurley (again) says Alex Karaban should’ve been Freshman of the Year in the Big East last season.
“We don’t win a lot of popularity contests at UConn, we just win championships.”
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Asked Dan Hurley if he liked the fire and the fist pump from Cam Spencer against North Carolina:
"I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy that"
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Hurley on Cam Spencer: "I'm just so happy that Cam's able to experience college basketball like this, the bigness of it, the winning. He hasn't had a chance to experience this and he's delivered for us – over delivered in every possible way."
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Hartford Police Department estimates about 45,000 people were in attendance at UConn's championship parade this afternoon
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UConn officially signs Michigan transfer Tarris Reed Jr.
Dan Hurley: “We are very excited to have a big man with Tarris’ high major experience join our program. His size, talent and athleticism at the center position gives us the potential to continue receiving tremendous...
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Dan Hurley on Paige Bueckers news: "It sucks. It sucks for her, for UConn, for the sport of basketball (...) But special people, oftentimes they have a very unique and challenging journey and it's what makes them so special. It's just part of her story…"
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UConn stats vs Spanish Select Team 1
Castle - 20pts, 3reb, 2stl
Karaban - 16 pts, 2reb
Newton - 16 pts, 9reb, 6ast, 4stl
Clingan - 9pts, 6reb
Spencer - 13pts, 8reb
Diarra - 2pts, 3ast
Ball - 10pts, 5reb, 5ast
Johnson - 10pts, 5reb, 2stl
Ross - 4pts, 3reb
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Stephon Castle takes a page out of Tristen Newton's book, waves goodbye to the Marquette student section after sealing the game from the ft line.
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Liam McNeeley is UConn's 13th McDonalds High School All-American recruit, second under Dan Hurley. Things seemed to work out pretty well for No. 12.
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Jay Wright: "I think the best backcourt in the country is Tristen Newton and Cam Spencer. Those two are incredible. I'm amazed at what Cam Spencer has brought to this team as a leader.”
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Pumped to share that after completing my summer internship I have accepted a full-time position as the Hartford Courant’s UConn men’s basketball beat writer! Thank you to everyone who’s helped me get to this point.
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Dan Hurley: "You can't lose the next game after you're ranked first. We all knew that coming in. The problem was we were playing one of the best teams in the country here...We should play so hard to keep this thing right now that somebody's got to rip it out of our lifeless body"
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Neither Alex Karaban or Hassan Diarra has made a decision for next year.
Karaban: "I'm torn right now... I just want to set myself up in the best position that I can for my future... It's gonna be the toughest decision I've had to make."
Diarra: "Still giving it thought"
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Andre: "We're all together. Coaches, players, staff, managers – everybody on this team is locked into the same mission and we all love each other. Having that relationship with everybody on staff, every one of my teammates, it makes it that much more fun to go out here and play."
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What a resume, from team release:
In three seasons at UConn, Jackson scored 506 points, grabbed 494 rebounds, had 296 assists and 84 steals. During his tenure, the Huskies posted a 69-26 record (.726), made three NCAA Tournament appearances, and won a National Championship.
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Ray Allen talks recruiting…
“(UConn) showed me that I was valued here.”
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Dan Hurley: “I know me and Luke (Murray) take a lot of credit for the offense, but we didn’t get good on offense until Alex got here.”
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The UConn men will be recognized by the Boston Red Sox on July 21 (first pitch is TBA). Dan Hurley will throw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium on July 23.
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UConn assisted on 29 of its 34 made shots.
Castle: "I just think we don't care who scores. We're just trying to find the best shot for each possession, so if that means moving the ball around 10 times or somebody (creating) a shot for themselves, then that's what it's gonna be."
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Jordan Hawkins: “UConn’s back.”
Andre chimes in “back like we never left!”
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Tristen Newton: “We feel like we demoralized them early, they didn’t want to play anymore… We were having fun out there and when we have fun we feel like we play our best.”
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UConn has arrived to spend some time with kids at the Connecticut Children’s Cancer Center
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ESPN College Gameday will be come to Gampel Pavilion for UConn-Villanova on Feb. 24
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UConn commit Ahmad Nowell gets a standing ovation when he's introduced to the Gampel crowd
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Rick Pitino shook Alex Karaban's hand after the game and said, "Go win it all."
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Dan Hurley was surprised by Steph Castle’s final stats: “He had 17 today? I thought he was horrible.”
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