If you drive over the Massachusetts border into the state of Connecticut on Interstate 84, you will be greeted with a large blue sign recently installed by the governor that boldly declares: 'Welcome to Connecticut: Home of The Basketball Capital of the World.' It's not a self-appointed title, first bequeathed upon the tiny farm town of Storrs, Connecticut by legendary …
Less than two months ago, in a land that now seems far, far away, Dan Hurley grabbed a microphone and screamed to a throng of deliriously happy people that UConn basketball “has been running college basketball the last 30 years.’’ This was more than pep rally aggrandizement; it was, in fact, true. With Hurley — brash, bold and slightly bananas …
STORRS, Conn. — Eighth-ranked UConn bounced back from one of its worst defensive performances in years by locking down No. “Our starters have played three games together in their career.” The Terps held UConn without a field goal for more than 3 1/2 minutes in the second quarter and led by as many as five points. UConn coach Geno Auriemma …
STORRS, Conn. — People of a certain age speak of UConn basketball a certain way. “Now that I think of it,” says Jordan Hawkins, a UConn sophomore and the Huskies’ second-leading scorer, “my dad was more excited when I got the UConn offer than I was. “I think one thing that we were missing last year,” Jordan Hawkins says, “is …