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Preview: No. 4 UConn men’s basketball vs. UMass Lowell | 7:30 p.m. ET, Peacock
UConn men’s basketball is back in action Friday, as the Huskies welcome UMass Lowell to Hartford in the PeoplesBank Arena regular season opener. While UConn comfortably handled New Haven in its season opener, head coach Dan Hurley wasn’t thrilled with the team’s overall effort and performance. The Huskies will have another chance to get things […]
UConn women’s soccer places five on All-Big East teams
On Wednesday, the Big East Conference announced the six major award winners for women’s soccer, as well as the All-Big East Teams. While the UConn Huskies did not capture any of the major awards, they placed five players on the All-Big East teams. Senior Chioma Okafor, who led the Huskies with eight goals and 17 points, […]
UConn to face South Carolina at neutral sites in 2026, 2027
After a one-year hiatus, UConn and South Carolina will renew their rivalry on “neutral” courts over the next two seasons. The two schools will play in the 2026 Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase at Mohegan Sun Arena on Nov. 24, 2026 then head to Charlotte, North Carolina in Nov. 2027 for the Ally Tip-Off. […]
UConn women’s basketball holds on to beat No. 20 Louisville in season opener, 79-66
UConn women’s basketball held on to beat the No. 20 Louisville Cardinals 79-66 in the Armed Forces Classic at the US Naval Academy on Tuesday. The Huskies led 25-9 at the end of the first quarter but were out-scored 57-54 the rest of the way. They led by as many as 25 in the fourth […]
Takeaways: Huskies looked good, but not great against New Haven
UConn men’s basketball kicked off the 2025-26 season with a 79-55 win over New Haven at Gampel Pavilion on Monday night. While the game was not the blowout Vegas and some Huskies fans may have expected, UConn was firmly in control from start to finish and picked up the victory. Our staff weighs in with […]
No. 4 UConn men’s basketball starts season off with 79-55 win vs. New Haven
The No. 4 UConn men’s basketball team picked up its first win of the 2025-2026 season, dispatching the University of New Haven, 79-55. Alex Karaban led the way with 19 points and 10 rebounds, his third double-double of his career. Solo Ball added 18 points and five rebounds, while Jaylin Stewart chipped in 11 points […]
Preview: No. 4 UConn men’s basketball vs. New Haven | 7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+
At long last, regular season college basketball is here. For the UConn men, it all starts on Monday night at Gampel Pavilion when the New Haven Chargers come to town. It’ll be a buy game coming off a pair of wins for the Huskies against Power 4 competition in exhibition games, so it’s understandable if […]
UConn men’s basketball 2025-26 roundtable, Part 2: Schedule favorites and season predictions
UConn men’s basketball starts its 2025-26 season Monday night at Gampel Pavilion, as the Huskies take on New Haven in the Chargers’ first-ever Division I game. With the season about to begin, The UConn Blog staff has assembled an impressive array of content with another exciting season on the horizon. If you don’t already, please […]
UConn women’s soccer earns No. 3 seed in Big East Championship
The UConn women’s soccer team earned the No. 3 seed in the upcoming Big East Championship, which will be held at the Maryland SoccerPlex on November 6, with the finals set for November 9. The Huskies will take on the No. 2 seed Xavier Musketeers in the semifinals on November 6 at 5 p.m. The […]
UConn men’s basketball 2025-26 roundtable, Part 1: Roster Breakdown
UConn men’s basketball starts its 2025-26 season Monday night at Gampel Pavilion, as the Huskies take on New Haven in the Chargers’ first-ever Division I game. With the season about to start, The UConn Blog staff has assembled an impressive array of content with another exciting season on the horizon. If you don’t already, please […]
Who will be the x-factor for UConn men’s basketball this season?
UConn men’s basketball enters the 2025-26 season as a legitimate national contender on paper for the third consecutive season. Two years ago, the Huskies lived up to the hype and delivered with another national champtionship, becoming the first program to go back-to-back in nearly 20 years. Last year, things didn’t really go to plan. UConn […]
UConn football bowl eligible after beating up UAB, 38-19
UConn football scored 10 points off two first-half turnovers and rode a 21-0 second-quarter burst to victory as they reached six wins and bowl eligibility after beating UAB, 38-19. Joe Fagnano threw four touchdown passes, going 23-of-30 with 267 yards, including three touchdowns to Skyler Bell, who finished with 149 yards on eight receptions. John […]
UConn men’s basketball 2025-26 positional preview: Frontcourt
While the backcourt for the UConn men’s basketball team offers plenty of talent but many new faces, the frontcourt oozes stability and familiarity. Alex Karaban’s return and the ability to keep Jaylin Stewart and Jayden Ross from transferring brings tremendous experience and versatility on both ends. Almost every player in the frontcourt can defend multiple […]
UConn men’s basketball 2025-26 positional preview: Backcourt
The fact that you can even debate whether UConn’s frontcourt, backcourt or wings are more loaded shows you the type of depth the Huskies have this year. Successful college basketball backcourts need a blend of catch-and-shoot threats, off-script shotmakers, table setters, defensive stoppers, and Swiss army combinations of the above. This year, the Huskies backcourt […]
UConn football vs. UAB: TV info, point spread, what to watch for
TIME: 12:00 PM TV: CBS Sports Network ANNOUNCERS: Fran Charles (play-by-play), Taylor McHargue (analyst), Hailey Sutton (sideline) RADIO: UConn Sports Network; Varsity Network App; 97.9 Fox Sports, WGCH 1490 AM, WAVZ 1300 AM, WILI 1400 AM and 95.3 FM, WICH 1310 AM and 94.5 FM; Sirius/XM online streaming, XM 383 (UConn) ANNOUNCERS: Mike Crispino (play-by-play), Wayne Norman […]
2025-26 Big East Preview: Conference Contenders
UConn men’s basketball projects to be a serious contender to win the Big East this season, earning four out of a possible 11 first-place votes and coming in at No. 2 in the conference’s preseason coaches’ poll. While the Big East figures to be more top heavy than in past years, any of these teams […]
2025-26 Big East Preview: The Basement
Last year, the bottom of the Big East was an anchor on the conference’s overall metrics, the handicap on higher NCAA tournament seeding and overall respect in the college basketball landscape. Seton Hall was the worst team in the Big East last year, finishing 202nd in KenPom. Here’s where the last place team finished in […]
Exhibition: UConn men’s basketball tops Michigan State, 76-69
UConn men’s basketball won its final exhibition on Tuesday night, dispatching Michigan State 76-69 in a foul-heavy, but promising tune-up. Solo Ball and Alex Karaban led the Huskies with 18 apiece, while Jayden Ross added 13 points off the bench. Freshman Eric Reibe grabbed seven rebounds, while Georgia transfer Silas Demary Jr stuffed the statsheet […]
UConn women’s basketball receives 2025 national championship rings
On Thursday, UConn women’s basketball received its 2025 national championship rings. Though made by Jostens, Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd and Caroline Ducharme helped design it. The top of the ring features the net draped on the trophy and a UConn wordmark laid over 12 trapezoid-shaped baguette stones to represent the program’s 12 national titles. All […]
2025-26 UConn men’s basketball schedule preview: Elite non-conference games
The UConn men’s basketball team has assembled something of a monstrous non-conference schedule. It begins fairly tame with the mundane matchups you’d typically expect from any season’s start. UConn will play the likes of New Haven, UMass Lowell and Columbia as it looks to get its feet underneath itself — but those are not elite […]
2025-26 UConn men’s basketball schedule preview: Buy games
College basketball season is finally upon us, and with it, the 2025-26 UConn men’s basketball team’s attempt at a third national championship in four years. The Huskies will play a downright brutal non-conference slate with games against five preseason Top 25 teams on the schedule. But before they get to those, UConn will open with […]
UConn Loses Another OT Heartbreaker at Rice, 37-34
UConn football will have to wait at least another week to reach bowl eligibility as the Huskies dropped a double-OT shootout with Rice on Saturday afternoon. Rice snapped the Huskies’ four-game winning streak with a touchdown to beat their field goal in the second frame of extra time. UConn got off to an explosive start […]
Photo gallery: #4 Boston University Terriers @ No. 11 UConn Huskies men’s hockey – 10/25/25
Owen McLaughlin’s second period power play goal turned out to be the difference as the No. 4 Boston University Terriers beat the No. 11 UConn Huskies men’s hockey team, 3-1, at the Toscano Family Ice Forum in Storrs, CT on Saturday. Joey Muldowney had the lone goal for the Huskies. Photo ©: Ian Bethune Apple […]
Braylon Mullins to miss approximately six weeks with ankle injury
UConn men’s basketball announced Friday that star freshman Braylon Mullins suffered an ankle injury in practice earlier this week and is set to miss approximately six weeks. Mullins, a McDonald’s All-American and the highest-ranked freshman in the Huskies’ 2025 recruiting class, was just named the Big East Preseason Freshman of the Year earlier this week. […]
UConn football vs. Rice: TV info, point spread, what to watch for
TIME: 3:00 PM TV: ESPN+ ANNOUNCERS: Todd Emrich (play-by-play), Charles Arbuckle (analyst), Smacker Miles (sideline) RADIO: UConn Sports Network; Varsity Network App; 97.9 Fox Sports, WGCH 1490 AM, WAVZ 1300 AM, WILI 1400 AM and 95.3 FM, WICH 1310 AM and 94.5 FM; Sirius/XM online streaming, XM 384 (UConn) ANNOUNCERS: Mike Crispino (play-by-play), Wayne Norman (color analyst), […]
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