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Everything was slipping away from the Hoyas on Wednesday but they recovered in time to beat UConn in two overtimes.

UConn and Cincinnati are the future of the Big East Conference, writes Andy Katz.

The Big East continues to honor Sandy Hook Elementary and Newtown, Conn.

Andy Katz offers his Monday musings on Kevin Ollie, Kevin Pangos and other college hoops topics around the country.

Connecticut has given men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie a five-year contract extension through the end of the 2017-18 season.

Connecticut athletic director Warde Manuel said late Wednesday night that his charge is to continue to make the Huskies better. He could have added more attractive too. The same applies at Cincinnati. There is a perception at Cincinnati and, to som...

Michigan State lost a tight game in its season opener to Connecticut on Friday. It was one that the Spartans were convinced they were going to win. So, what happened after the game? Did Tom Izzo and the players sit in the locker room and sulk? Har...

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- The Connecticut players circled around Kevin Ollie and hugged him. Then, one by one, they ran over to congratulate their former coach, Jim Calhoun, who had watched his successor's debut, as a fill-in radio analyst. The...

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Kevin Ollie's voice was hoarse. But his energy was unchanged. Sitting in the stands was UConn athletic director Warde Manuel, getting a strong look at his new "head" coach, in whom he was so confident that he gave Oll...

LANDSTUHL, Germany -- 1st Sgt. Davidson Christmas sat up in his bed as Michigan State coach Tom Izzo and captains Derrick Nix and Russell Byrd walked into his hospital room, ecstatic that he had visitors, even for just a few minutes. Christmas was i...

Ramstein Air Base, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany -- From the moment he stepped onto the USS Carl Vinson last season to the second he stepped off, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo was in awe. He wanted to experience that feeling again. So when the call cam...

STORRS, Conn. -- Kevin Ollie's voice is hoarse. He hasn't stopped talking throughout the entire Connecticut practice. It is his voice that reverberates over the clapping, the cheering and the enthusiastic responses from the players. The energy at ...

NEW YORK -- Midnight Madness has become anticlimactic. But if that's the casualty of coaches getting more access to players, then no one will complain. By the time practice officially begins for Division I men's teams Friday night, the majority alr...

Connecticut assistant Karl Hobbs said that new head coach Kevin Ollie took over Friday's staff meeting and continued to look the part during the Huskies' first full team practice on Saturday. Ollie should. It's his team now, and if he wants to ke...

Kevin Ollie has one season to prove he's the right guy to follow Jim Calhoun as UConn basketball coach. Ollie is sure he'll be there for the long haul.

Jim Calhoun may need crutches for his news conference announcing his retirement, but the Hall of Fame coach is exiting the game on his own terms, which is how he always wanted it.