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

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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.

UConn's near future got cloudier with the NCAA's decision on Friday to deny a waiver that would have allowed the Huskies to play in the 2013 NCAA tournament. The university will appeal the decision to the Academic Performance Subcommittee on Appeals...

UConn's maturation has led the team to the NCAA tournament title game.

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STORRS, Conn. -- Jim Calhoun looked as good as he has in the past few years -- lean, refreshed and full of his usual drive. Calhoun's medical problems, from his three bouts with cancer to an undisclosed condition (believed to be stress-related) that...

Hall of Fame men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun has agreed to a new five-year contract with UConn, a source close to the negotiations told ESPN.com Saturday.

DETROIT -- The game of basketball won't end Jim Calhoun's career. If Calhoun decides to retire at some point before the first tip next season, it will be due to him tiring of the off-court responsibilities and the draining issues of dealing with a...

STORRS, Conn. -- A second has been made on Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun's unofficial motion to tab Hasheem Thabeet as the Big East player of the year. Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim is on board with the decision. He is endorsing Thabeet's candidacy. ...

Hasheem Thabeet's presence down low is giving opposing teams nightmares, as UConn continued to defend its No. 1 ranking. Meanwhile, Duke snapped out of its funk against Miami -- though it took the Blue Devils one half to do it.

1. The new Big East presidents are expected to meet in the next week to interview four or five finalists for the commissioner's job. Creighton athletic director Bruce Rasmussen said Thursday the 10 athletic directors haven't been told of the finalist...