The matchups for the Big East-Big 12 Battle are set, college basketball insider Jon Rothstein reported Tuesday, and UConn will host a showdown with Baylor. Rothstein reported Tuesday morning that the Huskies are also finalizing a home-and-home series with Texas. Dates and times for both games have not been revealed. UConn has only played Baylor once, a 96-88 win back on Dec. 28, 1965, but the programs have been among the best in college basketball for the last several years. Baylor finished the 2023-24 season with a 24-11 record, earning a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament – its fourth top thr ..read more

Dan Hurley and the UConn men’s basketball team have a lot of production to replace next season as they chase a three-peat, something that hasn’t been done since Bill Walton was in a UCLA uniform. The Huskies started their roster-building for next season by landing Tarris Reed Jr., an athletic big man from Michigan. Next on the list of needs figures to be adding at least another three-point shooter, with Cam Spencer and possibly Alex Karaban departing. UConn is in the mix for the nation’s top 3-point shooter from last season — Dayton guard Koby Brea, who entered his name into the transfer porta ..read more

The UConn men’s basketball program is finalizing a home-and-home series with Texas that will begin next season, college basketball insider Jon Rothstein reported Tuesday morning. According to Rothstein, the series would begin in Austin with a return game in Connecticut during the 2025-26 season, though no specific dates or game times have been revealed and there is no timetable on the official announcement. UConn is 7-3 all-time against the Longhorns including an Empire Classic matchup at Madison Square Garden in November, which the Huskies won 81-71 on their way to back-to-back national title ..read more

The UConn men’s basketball program is in the mix for ESPN’s highest-ranked high school recruit still available and perhaps the best 3-point shooter in the entire 2024 class, Liam McNeeley. A teammate of former UConn target Cooper Flagg at the powerhouse Montverde Academy in Florida, McNeeley originally committed to Indiana over Kansas and Texas but reopened his recruitment early last month after the Hoosiers announced head coach Mike Woodson would return for the 2024-25 season. He is the 11th-ranked player in his class, according to ESPN, and No. 16 by 247Sports. For the reigning back-to-back ..read more

Apostolous Roumoglou, the little-used fan favorite from Greece, is entering the transfer portal after two national championship seasons with the UConn men’s basketball team. Roumoglou, a sophomore and a big personality typically from the end of the bench, played in 44 games for the Huskies over the last two seasons and averaged 1.8 minutes per appearance over his career. He scored 29 points, 23 of which came this year as he finished 7-for-12 from the field and 5-for-9 from beyond the 3-point line late in games. The native of Xanthi, Greece, scored seven points in five game appearances during t ..read more

From the start it was clear Stephon Castle wasn’t your typical “one-and-done” player. He came to UConn all in for winning a championship, and fulfilled that commitment to coach Dan Hurley. In fact, Hurley called him “the anti-five star,” because his team-first attitude was different from the typical high-end recruit. He matured as the year went on and was at his best in the Final Four, scoring 36 points in the victories over Alabama and Purdue as the Huskies repeated.. On Friday, Castle told ESPN he had chosen his agents and will enter the NBA Draft, where he is expected to be a top 10 pick. S ..read more

As expected, Alex Karaban will show his skills to NBA scouts and coaches before deciding where to play next season. Karaban, a sophomore forward, has been a starter on the Huskies’ back-to-back national champions and has talked about going for a “three-peat” as a junior in 2024-25, but he has the option of entering the NBA Draft, working out and getting feedback from teams, before deciding whether to enter the draft or return to UConn for another season. “After many conversations, I am beyond excited to chase my NBA dream and enter the 2024 NBA Draft while maintaining my college eligibility ..read more

He was First Team All-NCAA Tournament, First Team All-East Region, and First Team All-Big East. On Wednesday, Cam Spencer earned first team honors for his work in the classroom as well. The UConn men’s basketball standout was named a First Team 2023-34 Academic All-American by the College Sports Communicators (CSC). The graduate guard became the fourth Husky to earn CSC Academic All-American honors in program history, joining UConn legends Wes Bialosuknia (1966-67), Emeka Okafor (2002-03 and 03-04) and Randy LaVigne (1977-78). Earlier this week, the CSC announced UConn women’s basketball star ..read more

It’s a sad reality for UConn men’s basketball fans to think about, but next year, the Huskies won’t be led by Bristol native and seven-foot wunderkind Donovan Clingan in the middle. They’ll have to move on from the big man, who leaves Storrs and heads to the NBA with two championships in two years and a lifelong UConn legacy. Who will replace Clingan? In the hearts and minds of fans, it’s not clear that anybody can. On the court, it may be even harder to replace him. On Wednesday, part of Dan Hurley’s plan to gear up for a run at an unprecedented modern-era three-peat became clear as Michigan ..read more

HARTFORD — The state House of Representatives was in  the middle of a heated, three-prong debate. Should the lollipop be Connecticut’s official state candy, or locally manufactured Pez? Should the praying mantis be the state insect? Should the Siberian husky be the state dog? Finally, Rep. Doug Dubitsky rose to call out colleagues on the absurdity he was hearing, but he was gaveled down midsentence. The champs had arrived. Husky Day is known around the state Capitol as a day not much gets done, a day to talk, apparently, about frivolous legislation. The UConn men’s basketball team, repeat ..read more