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Jim Calhoun is a curmudgeon, although not necessarily a lovable one; irascible but not always irrational, old school but never irrelevant; an icon, but an imperfect one. He was not always easy to like, but he was impossible to not respect.

Editor's note: ESPN.com's Summer Shootaround series catches up on the offseason storylines for each conference. For more on the Big East, click here: 1. Unsteady rudder: The Big East is prepping to lose two of its most iconic members, has no commi...

To correspond with Jason King's feature on how tough it is to replace a legend, three of our writers gave their take on who will be the toughest icon to replace. Also see Myron Medcalf's take on Mike Krzyzewski and Andy Katz's take on Jim Calhoun. ...

Friendships and mentoring aren't dead in the coaching profession. Not by a long shot. But thanks to a win-at-all-costs mentality, it's not so easy to be friendly with other coaches anymore. There's just too much at stake.

Bracket first impressions: Someone on the Selection Committee must be a frustrated screenplay writer. How else to explain the endless plots coursing through some of these regions? In the South, Kentucky will debut as the No. 1 overall seed a...

And so now the onus falls directly where it should have been in the first place: on the Connecticut players. The unexpected news that Jim Calhoun is taking a leave of absence due to back pain leaves the Huskies standing at a pivotal crossroads. A ...

After No. 1, good luck figuring out the rest of the Big East. But I'll give it a shot ... Syracuse: Instead of giving pause to how good the Orange is, Syracuse's survival win against Marquette only enforced just why Jim Boeheim's team is the best...

Big East play has begun. Let's take another crack at ranking this mega-conference: 1. Syracuse: Like Otto, their citrus-infused mascot, the Orange keep on rolling. Syracuse was supposed to get a challenge from Seton Hall. The Orange won by 26. De...

Before conference play gets underway, let's take another attempt at ranking all 16 teams in the Big East: 1. Syracuse: The Orange head in to league play unblemished and barely challenged. Syracuse has won games by an average of 21.7 points in the...

Depending on which way you read the tea leaves, the decision by new Connecticut president Susan Herbst to assess the athletic department is either just another day at the office or a tempest in a teapot. It is, according to Jim Calhoun, the former...

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- During last week's EYBL Peach Jam, ESPN.com surveyed 15 head coaches on a range of topics. Here are their responses on a topic involving their fellow coaches. There are five seconds left in a tie game. Your opponent has the ...

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- During last week's EYBL Peach Jam, ESPN.com surveyed 15 head coaches on a range of topics. Here are their responses on a topic involving their fellow coaches. Who is the smartest coach in college basketball right now? Ric...

HOUSTON -- Winding through a lengthy answer to a question about Kemba Walker's leadership skills, Jim Calhoun was discussing how brief his actual interaction with his players is. "I have the kids for two, two-and-a-half hours a day," he said. N...

HOUSTON -- It only took the officials a few minutes to double-check the monitors and ensure they had the appropriate number of ticks left on the game clock. The few minutes felt like two hours for Shabazz Napier, who wandered around the Reliant St...

He's dealt with health issues, an NCAA investigation and a freshmen-laden team. Whatever the future holds for Jim Calhoun, he's turned in one of his best coaching jobs this season.

Former UConn assistant Patrick Sellers, who resigned amid NCAA investigations into the Huskies program, has no hard feelings and is cheering on his recruiting class from China.