The Mag: Hasheem Thabeet Cover Shoot

VIDEO: Hasheem Thabeet of West No. 1 seed UConn chronicles life for us.

No. 2 UConn needs inside muscle to dump feisty La Salle

Kemba Walker scored 23 points and Jeff Adrien added 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead No. 2 Connecticut to a hard-fought 89-81 victory over La Salle on Friday in the Paradise Jam.

Price-less UConn finishes off Hartford with 33-5 run in second half

Craig Austrie and freshman Kemba Walker scored 21 points each and No. 2 Connecticut ran away from Hartford 99-56 on Monday night.

North Carolina remains atop coaches' poll; Connecticut gets first-place vote

North Carolina (1-0) received 30 of 31 first-place votes in the latest ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Connecticut, the preseason No. 2, remained second and received the other first-place vote. The Huskies are 1-0 after an 81-55 win over WCU last week.

Thabeet stands tall in UConn's pounding of Western Carolina

Hasheem Thabeet scored 23 points and pulled down 17 rebounds to lead No. 2 Connecticut to a season-opening 81-55 win Friday over Western Carolina.

Connecticut v Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH - FEBRUARY 17: Maya Moore of the Connecticut Huskies handles the ball against the Pittsburgh Panthers on...

10-pack of college hoops goodies to look for in '08-09

With the new college basketball season set to tip off, Andy Katz highlights 10 things to watch, including games to keep an eye on, surprise teams and hidden gems.

...5) shoots during the second half against the Connecticut Huskies. Connecticut beat Cincinnati 84-83 at Fifth Third...

What's hot (and not) for 2008-09

Stephen Curry? Red-hot. The SEC? Not so much. What else is hot (and not) for the 2008 college basketball season? Dana O'Neil has the answers.

...in Chapel Hill, NC. NCAA BASKETBALL: JAN 12 Connecticut v Georgetown 12 January 2008: Georgetown University Hoyas...has his shot blocked by University of Connecticut Huskies center Hasheem Thabeet (34) at the Verizon Center...

...A.J. Price #12 of the University of Connecticut Huskies dribbles up the court against the St. John...

CAPTION: Nov 7, 2007; Storrs, CT, USA; Connecticut Huskies center (34) Hasheem Thabeet works for the ball...

As season looms, step into burning ring of questions

...Carolina is a unanimous No. 1 after returning everyone from a 36-3 Final Four squad. While UConn in 2004 and Florida in 2007 should have been unanimous No. 1 teams, the consensus regarding the...

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With stars coming back, North Carolina is unanimous preseason No. 1

North Carolina was voted a unanimous No. 1 in the preseason ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll which was released on Thursday.

...Getty Images) Feb 2, 2008; Hartford, CT, USA; Connecticut Huskies center Hasheem Thabeet (34) reacts after the buzzer...