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Check Out What Former UConn Players Are Making In The NBA

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:34:00 GMT

Last weekend, the website Collegespun.com posted some interesting research about various major college basketball programs and the money their players have gone on to earn in the NBA. UConn, which currently has 13 players who earned more than $76 million this past season, ranks second on the list. Duke’s players earned $77.2 million, but there are five more, 18 of them.

UConn's Rodney Purvis To Take Practices Very Seriously

By DOM AMORE, darmore@courant.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:15:21 GMT

Rodney Purvis is in his first week at UConn and his first game is 18 months away, but he is already in attack mode.

Daniel Hamilton Says 'Brotherhood' Among Players Attracted Him To UConn

By DOM AMORE, damore@courant.com — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:14:10 GMT

Top Recruit Also Has Praise For Ollie

UConn's Nov. 9 victory over Michigan State at Ramstein Air Base in Germany was welcome enough at the time. It got Kevin Ollie's coaching career off to an exciting start and set the tone for a strong season.

Daniel Hamilton: UConn 'Looked Like a Brotherhood' When He Watched It Play Michigan State

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:40:00 GMT

UConn’s upset victory over Michigan State at Ramstein Air Base in Germany last Nov. 9 has become a gift that keeps on giving. It turns out the Huskies, on national TV in Kevin Ollie’s first game as head coach, left an impression that night on Daniel Hamilton, the top-30 recruit who committed to UConn this past weekend.

UConn Lands Top Basketball Recruit Hamilton For 2014-15

By DOM AMORE, damore@courant.com — Sat, 11 May 2013 20:12:00 GMT

The expectations for UConn men's basketball will be high next season. They could be even higher the year after.

Now A Full UConn Assistant, Ricky Moore Eager To Start Recruiting

By DOM AMORE, damore@courant.com — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:52:00 GMT

Ricky Moore remembers the whole process.

UConn's Omar Calhoun Has Successful Surgery

By DOM AMORE, damore@courant.com — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:16:00 GMT

Omar Calhoun had two successful offseason surgical procedures at the UConn Health Center to address discomfort in his hips, a UConn school spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.

UConn's DeAndre Daniels Finding Maturity, Confidence

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:43:00 GMT

STORRS – Had the chance to sit down and do some interviews at Gampel on Monday and I’ll be offering parts of them through the week here …

Napier Confirms He's Returning To UConn

By DOM AMORE, damore@courant.com — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:23:23 GMT

Boatright And Daniels Also Holding Off On Entering Pro Draft

Shabazz Napier, Ryan Boatright and DeAndre Daniels all announced Friday they are returning to play for UConn for next season. So the expectations can begin building … and building.

Napier To Announce Friday If He's Going Pro

By DOM AMORE, damore@courant.com — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:54:00 GMT

Will Shabazz Napier stay at UConn one more year or go pro? The suspense will end Friday.

Charges Against UConn's Enosch Wolf Are Dropped

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Enosch Wolf's legal troubles are over. He promised, however, to continue counseling to resolve his personal issues.

Jim Calhoun, Geno Auriemma Join Connecticut Hall Of Fame

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:29:00 GMT

— Jim Calhoun joked that his Bostonian pronunciation might have annoyed Noah Webster, that Mark Twain might not have approved of his syntax and that Harriet Beecher Stowe might have disapproved of his language.

UConn Makes Moore Full-Time Assistant, Blaney Special Assistant

From press release — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:01:41 GMT

UConn head basketball coach Kevin Ollie is shuffling his staff, promoting Ricky Moore to full-time assistant.

Amida Brimah (6-11, 215) Officially Signs With UConn

By DOM AMORE, damore@courant.com — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:05:00 GMT

Amida Brimah, a 6-foot-11 center from Miami, signed a national letter of intent Monday to play for UConn, making him a full-fledged member of the program.

Ollie Talks About Transfer Rodney Purvis And Talks To Kids At Hall Of Fame

By DOM AMORE, damore@courant.com — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:07:11 GMT

In the summer of 2011, Rodney Purvis sat in the men's basketball coaches' office at UConn and left a strong impression … and vice versa.

Rodney Purvis Transfer To UConn Men's Basketball Complete

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:02:00 GMT

Rodney Purvis, who announced his intention to transfer from NC State to UConn on April 5, completed the process And is now part if the program, UConn announced Friday. Necessary paperwork was completed.

UConn's Boatright, Napier To Decide Soon On NBA Draft

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:52:07 GMT

STORRS — As UConn was celebrating Tuesday the start of construction of its future basketball training facility, the men's basketball team was still waiting for its current roster to set and dry.

Two Of UConn's Incoming Freshmen Play Well Together In New York Exhibition Game

By DOM AMORE, damore@courant.com — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:54:13 GMT

Terrence Samuel lobbed the ball up, Kentan Facey threw it down for a first-half dunk. If UConn men's basketball fans get used to seeing that in the coming years, it will be a very good thing.

UConn Lands Blue-Chip Basketball Transfer, Rodney Purvis

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:28:32 GMT

UConn has scored big in the ever-growing transfer sweepstakes. Rodney Purvis, a former McDonalds All-America guard who nearly chose UConn two years ago, announced via Twitter that he intends to transfer from North Carolina State to Storrs.

UConn Men Open Nov. 8

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:37:00 GMT

UConn will open the 2013-14 men’s basketball season against Maryland at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Nov. 8. UConn went 20-10 last year and Maryland was 25-12. UConn leads the all-time series 3-2. The most recent matchup was March 24, 2002, at the NCAA East Regional Finals in Syracuse, which Maryland won, 90-82.

Huskies' Omar Calhoun Makes Freshman All-America Team

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:36:00 GMT

UConn’s Omar Calhoun was named to College Insider.com’s “Kyle Macy Freshman All-America Team.”

Calhoun, UConn Talk About What's Next

By JEFF JACOBS, jgjacobs@courant.com — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:24:44 GMT

Although the March 15 deadline has passed, a UConn source said Friday that the school and Jim Calhoun have agreed to continue talks on the possibility of the former men's basketball coach remaining at the school.

NIT: 25 Years Ago, UConn, Jim Calhoun Sat On Top Of A Different World

By DOM AMORE, damore@courant.com — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:14:00 GMT

The clock ran down to zero and Murray Williams, who had chased down a loose ball, flung it high in the air, toward the unreachable rafters at Madison Square Garden.

UConn's Tyler Olander Granted Diversionary Program In Florida After Arrest Last Week

By DOM AMORE, damore@courant.com — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:55:34 GMT

Tyler Olander was accepted into a pretrial diversionary program in Florida on Wednesday morning, the Bay County clerk of court confirmed.

UConn Basketball Facility Construction Well Underway

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:02:00 GMT

STORRS – Was up at Gampel Pavilion today and noticed work was underway on UConn’s basketball training complex.