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UConn women’s basketball announces three-game series with Duke

UConn women’s basketball will begin a three-game series with the Duke Blue Devils next season, the schools announced on Friday. They’ll square off at TD Garden in Boston on Nov. 28, 2026 before moving to a traditional home-and-home. The Huskies will visit Cameron Indoor Stadium in 2027-28 then host the Blue Devils in 2028-29. The […]

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UConn women’s basketball pummels Georgetown, 84-52

UConn women’s basketball capped off its regular season home slate by pummeling Georgetown Hoyas 84-52 at PeoplesBank Arena on Thursday. With the victory, the Huskies set a new program record with their 19th conference victory of the year. Azzi Fudd led UConn in scoring for the seventh time in the last eight games with 24 […]

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UConn wallops St. John’s, 72-40

No. 6 UConn men’s basketball delivered a monster performance against No. 15 St John’s on Wednesday night at PeoplesBank Arena. They improved to 26-3 and 16-2 in the Big East, retaking first-place from St. John’s after losing to the Johnnies at MSG earlier this month. ​Tarris Reed Jr. was too much for St. John’s, dominating […]

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Geno Auriemma becomes all-time leader in AP Poll appearances

The latest AP Top 25 didn’t bring any surprises for UConn. The Huskies retained the top spot, which they’ve held all season, and monopolized the first-place votes for the seventh week in a row. It did bring some history, though. On Monday, Geno Auriemma became the all-time leader in AP Poll appearances by a coach […]

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UConn men’s hoops falls one spot to No. 6 in AP Poll

After an up-and-down week last week in the middle of a wild seven day stretch across the top of college hoops, UConn men’s basketball fell down one spot to No. 6 in the latest AP Top 25. The 25-3 Huskies are coming off a surprising home loss to Creighton and a big road win over […]

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Takeaways: UConn handles Nova

The Huskies entered a highly anticipated matchup at Villanova and left with a resounding victory. Some thoughts after the win. Bench Mob After the St. Johns game, I pointed out the one thing missing from the bench — which had been playing pretty well up until then — a scoring punch. Turns out, it could […]

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Tage Thompson wins gold at the Olympics with Team USA

UConn men’s hockey’s first Olympian is also its first gold medalist. On Sunday, Tage Thompson captured gold in Milan after Team USA beat Canada 2-1 in overtime. Thompson recorded 10:02 of ice time and put four shots on net in the victory. Across the tournament, he notched three goals and an assist while leading the […]

NHL

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UConn women’s basketball annihilates Providence, 81-38

UConn women’s basketball celebrated senior day by annihilating the Providence Friars on Sunday at Gampel Pavilion, 81-38. Geno Auriemma started his four healthy seniors: Azzi Fudd, Serah Williams, Caroline Ducharme and Ayanna Patterson. It was Patterson’ first career start and Ducharme’s first since Nov. 19, 2023. The Huskies got a balanced scoring effort in the […]

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UConn men’s basketball conquers Villanova in Philly, 73-63

The No. 5 UConn Huskies entered a packed Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday night and left with a big win, 73-63, to improve to 25-3 and 15-2 in the Big East. The Huskies responded nicely to their home loss to Creighton and snapped the Wildcats’ six-game winning streak that started after their last game against […]

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Photo gallery: Boston College Eagles @ UConn Huskies men’s hockey – 2/21/26

The Boston College Eagles scored 27 seconds into overtime to beat the UConn Huskies men’s hockey team, 2-1, at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, CT on Saturday afternoon. Kadan Shahan had the lone goal for the Huskies. click on image to enlarge gallery Photo ©: Ian Bethune Apple News users, click here to view the gallery

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UConn baseball wins three of four over Arizona

It took five games and four extra innings, but UConn finally found the win column, topping Arizona 6-4 to improve to 1-4 on Thursday night. On Friday, the Huskies blanked the Wildcats to start their first winning streak of the season. They lost a close one on Saturday. Thursday After a strong start to the […]

MLB

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No. 5 UConn men’s basketball burned by Creighton, 91-84

The No. 5 UConn men’s basketball team stumbled in a big way on Wednesday, falling to Creighton 91-84. The Huskies fall to 24-3 and 14-2 in the Big East. Braylon Mullins led with a career-high 25 points, while Tarris Reed added 15 points and 12 rebounds. Silas Demary Jr. chipped in 17 points and nine […]

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UConn women’s basketball survives at Villanova, 83-69

UConn women’s basketball shrugged off a bad first half to stave off an upset bid and beat the Villanova Wildcats on Wednesday night, 83-69. With the win, the Huskies clinch the Big East regular season title — their sixth in a row, 25th in the league and 32nd overall. For the first time all year, […]

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UConn baseball nearly mercied by Arizona State

It was another tough day in Arizona for the Huskies on Tuesday, as they narrowly avoided getting mercy ruled in a 17-7 loss against Arizona State to fall to 0-4. The Sun Devils got the scoring started early when Garrett Michel grounded out and drove in a runner in the second inning. One batter later, […]

MLB

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UConn named one of 16 schools added to NBA 2K26

UConn is one 16 schools to have its men’s and women’s teams added to the upcoming season five update of NBA 2K26, which is set to come out this Friday. New collegiate content such as mascots, home courts, jerseys and player cards will be added across MyCareer and MyTeam modes with the update. The Huskies […]

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Ice Brady officially out for the season after undergoing knee surgery

Ice Brady’s season is officially over. On Tuesday, UConn women’s basketball announced that the redshirt junior forward underwent successful surgery to repair a knee injury at UConn Health on Monday. She will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 campaign. Brady played in the Huskies’ first two games but sat out the win over Loyola Chicago […]

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UConn men’s basketball jumps up to No. 5 in the AP Poll

After getting back on track with a pair of wins this past week, UConn men’s basketball jumped up one spot to No. 5 in the latest AP Top 25. The 24-2 Huskies are coming off a road win over Butler on Wednesday and a narrow home win over Georgetown on Saturday Iowa State dropped one […]

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UConn baseball loses to Kansas State, 7-3

Despite a stellar outing from starter Cayden Suchy, the UConn bullpen fell flat and the Huskies lost to Kansas State, 7-3.  A year to the day since his UConn debut, Suchy made his first appearance of the season and was stellar across six innings. The sophomore cracked the weekend rotation midway through last season but suffered […]

MLB

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No. 6 UConn men’s basketball survives Georgetown, 79-75

Behind a near-triple-double from Silas Demary Jr. and Solo Ball’s second-consecutive 20-point game, the UConn men’s basketball team survived a late push from Georgetown to take down the Hoyas 79-75. In yet another night in which the No.6 ranked Huskies (22-4, 14-1 Big East) took another team’s best punch, UConn kept its composure, never trailed, […]

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