Charles tops Appel, Huskies beat Cardinal
Graham Hays...Final Four is as good a place as any to jump in midstream. In the last game Connecticut lost, Charles finished with an unmemorable 9 points and 6 rebounds in 26 minutes (Appel had 15...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2009Phoenix move up in mid-major top 10
Graham Hays...the margin in the rebounding column: Its strength is on the boards. And like everyone other than Connecticut and Stanford, the Musketeers aren't good enough to consistently win other ways. 2. Wisconsin-Green Bay...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 21, 2009Stanford rides rebounds to victory over Lady Vols
Graham Hays...against a top-10 team at home as it warmed up for this week's trip to Connecticut. Somewhat fittingly, this one ended with Kayla Pedersen pulling in a rebound before running out the final...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 19, 2009Xavier sits atop mid-major rankings
Graham Hays...season. 4. Hartford (6-1) Things aren't likely to go well when Hartford squares off against Connecticut this Thursday, but wins against Temple and Louisville are better measures of this team's potential. The...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009Taking nominees for the Kalana Greene All-Stars
Graham HaysMidway through the second half of Thursday's game between UCLA and Kansas, the cameras caught a little kid behind one of the benches mimicking the sig...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2009Hartford's Silvia shines in return from injury
Graham Hays...a chance to do what they're really good at." In addition to its annual encounter with Connecticut, Hartford has marquee mid-major games left at Marist and at home against Bowling Green before getting...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 28, 2009A look ahead -- and a few reasons to be thankful
Graham Hays...basketball to come over the long holiday weekend, including five interesting story lines for the teams below. Connecticut Yes, Connecticut. It's not that any of Hofstra, Richmond or Clemson look like particularly good candidates...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009'After Cirone' era off to good start for Redbirds
Graham Hays...slight 5 feet, 8 inches, she was good enough to make a WNBA opening-day roster with Connecticut. She was, in short, the kind of player of whom programs dream. So despite a nightmare of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009Louisville is latest to fall against Hartford
Graham Hays...Daytons and Hartfords of the world beforehand. Still, I wonder if he might soon consider tearing the Connecticut page out of his atlas. Long a house of hoops horror for the Cardinals when visiting the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009What does weekend of upsets really mean?
Graham Hays...a weekend full of upsets, I'd say we know exactly what we knew Friday morning. Namely, Connecticut is in a league of its own, Stanford is pretty darn good and anyone who assures you...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2009Plenty of reason for Rutgers' optimism
Graham Hays...2002-03. That might yet prove accurate given the strength of the teams picked ahead of it -- Connecticut, Notre Dame, DePaul, Louisville and Pitt -- but the cupboard isn't bare. Unlike last season, when a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2009Women's soccer mid-tourney rankings
Graham Hays...Oregon State 7. Boston College The Eagles won the unofficial New England derby, knocking off Harvard and Connecticut to advance to the Sweet 16. But it's getting past the next round that has the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2009Notre Dame adds to pile of NCAA tourney AQs
Graham HaysSTORRS, Conn. -- Standing on the field after Sunday's Big East tournament final, a pair of midfielders offered ample visual evidence of both how long ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 08, 2009Five soccer teams give themselves a chance
Graham Hays...things at the very least. Virginia: Last season brought the strangeness of an NCAA tournament without mainstays Connecticut and Santa Clara. Virginia looked like the vulnerable traditional power this fall, but while the Cavaliers aren...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 25, 2009That time of year, conference play is here
Graham HaysJust as the frost on the windshield Sunday morning in Connecticut offered a reminder of what's ahead, the schedule shows that soccer season is already at its...
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