Xavier 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, 2009A day in the life of the underdog
Graham Hays, ESPN.comWhat's it like to play the team you grew up idolizing? What's it like to be the underdog preparing to face the nation's No. 1 program? Hofstra gave Graham Hays an inside look at the day in the life of prepping for UConn.
Story | Conversation | November 30, 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, 2009Times change, but Auriemma hasn't
Graham Hays, ESPN.comIt's easy to forget that on his way to 700 career victories, Geno Auriemma built a program in the basketball wilderness in Storrs and won with players other programs didn't want.
Story | Conversation | November 27, 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, 2009Vandersloot grows into elite point guard
Graham Hays, ESPN.comAs a point guard, Courtney Vandersloot takes control and says what needs to be said. And now, the junior guard is perhaps the best point guard in the country.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 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, 2009Cards aim to reload this season
Graham Hays, ESPN.comSeven months ago, Louisville played in its first NCAA title game. But now, after graduating two key players, are the Cardinals simply reloading -- or having to rebuild?
Story | Conversation | November 18, 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, 2009Middle of nowhere? Perfect Friday night
Graham Hays, ESPN.comIt was only the opening night of the season. And neither team is ranked. But South Dakota State and Gonzaga played what will no doubt be one of the season's best games, all while chipping away at their mid-major label.
Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009Greene fits holes, roles for Huskies
Graham Hays, ESPN.comIn Maya Moore and Tina Charles, UConn has more star power and talent than most teams. But Kalana Greene's ability to fill whatever role the Huskies need is just as important.
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