Tag: geno auriemma
UConn exhibition games offer a mere glimpse of the newbies
Storrs - Zero in a row. After years of counting up toward 111 consecutive wins, the UConn Huskies begin this year with a winning...
Coach’s Chair: Jim Foster, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Jim Foster enters his 40th year as a collegiate head coach this season. He is eighth on the NCAA all-time coaching list with 886...
UConn’s upset is good for the game
Connecticut did something Friday night that they haven't in a while: they lost a game. And that's good for women's basketball in many ways.
First,...
Oregon upsets, UConn holds off to advance to Elite 8
Bridgeport, Conn. - Oregon stunned Maryland with a dominating performance in Sweet 16 play Saturday, 77-63, to advance to the Elite 8 for the...
Complete domination: UConn and Kia Nurse send message to the Tournament...
Geno Auriemma, a man rarely at a loss for words, seemed awed by Connecticut’s performance in the NCAA Tournament second round game Monday in...
Fitzgerald sets AAC Tournament scoring record in quarterfinal win
The American Athletic Conference - and its tournament - is dominated by Connecticut, which has never lost a game in conference play. In the...
The AAC Tournament might feature better basketball than you think
Each year about midway through the conference schedule I think “Hey, the American Athletic Conference is becoming a top-tier mid-major.” So far, every year...
Connecticut ties own streak with 20 minutes of near-perfect basketball
As UConn stomped East Carolina last week for its 89th consecutive victory, there was hardly a ripple in the sports world - a very...
Why hasn’t UConn lost yet? Ten reasons
This is what it looks like when UConn has a “rebuilding” year: 10-0 in mid-December, in the midst of an 85-game winning streak.
Teams were...
UConn’s young team faces challenges without superstars
No team lost more to graduation last year than the Connecticut Huskies. The most successful class in the school’s storied history became the three...