185 Results for uconn

Auction Block: Net Contribution

Eric Angevine

...The piece de resistance came when winning coaches Roy Williams of North Carolina, and Geno Auriemma of UConn signed their respective clippers for that special touch. Since these orange-and-gold keepsakes are the first...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 11, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

BEST UCONN MEN'S PLAYER EVER? WE'RE TAKING RAY ALLEN. What is All-World Power Rankings? If you...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2009

Type Casting

Dan Hodes

For the teams with the best chance to upset the ACC's Big Three, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

Story | Conversation | April 09, 2009

Twitter Overkill

Ryan Corazza

...rolled on Michigan State. Most of them were aimed at the Spartans' woeful play, as Villanueva, a UConn fan who played for Jim Calhoun, lamented about his team not making it to the title game...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 08, 2009

The Jim Nantz Index: What will he say after UNC/MSU?

Ted Bauer

Last Friday, we asked readers for ideas as to what CBS lead play-by-play guy Jim Nantz might say when a new champion is crowned. We got a few response...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009

Quick Final Four Observation No. 8: The Jim Nantz Index

Ted Bauer

Every April, Jim Nantz takes over the world for about a week. He calls the NCAA Title game on a Monday, then is calling The Masters that weekend. Insa...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2009

Quick Final Four Observation No. 7: A.J. Price's Dad and 1979

Ted Bauer

On Monday night during the National Championship, it's a virtual guarantee CBS rolls out clips from the '79 title game: Bird vs. Magic. It's widely th...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2009

Quick Final Four Observation No. 6: Kemba Walker's Big Shot

Ted Bauer

...made with him here. Couple of cool notes from the "vid:" (a) he says he went to UConn partially to play with Thabeet (that worked out well) ; (b) he grew up in the same neighborhood...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 02, 2009

Lunch Links

Max Klinger and Paul Kix

...problems; (4) Did you ever notice that the least democratic countries have the most democratic sounding names? UConn is going to the Final Four without its lucky nuns! Martellus Bennett is blogging for the Dallas...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 02, 2009

Quick Final Four Observation No. 5: The Globalization of Hoops

Ted Bauer

Rather obvious to some, but we're going to point this out anyway: David Stern speaks often of the globalization of basketball as a huge thing for him....

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 02, 2009

Life of Reilly

Rick Reilly, ESPN The Magazine

Hasheem Thabeet is a long, tall, shot-blocking machine with an NBA future. But that's not why he can't stop smiling.

Story | April 01, 2009

Great Ball Of Fire

Elena Bergeron

With ivory in charge, there's a whole latta shakin' going on at UNC

Story | Conversation | April 01, 2009

Life of Reilly

Mag.com Staff

UConn big man Hasheem Thabeet has a future in the NBA. But, according to Rick Reilly, that's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009

Husky Highlight Reel

Elena Bergeron

...that makes Moore the best prep in the country, and that causes fans to congratulate the future UConn point guard for "playing like a guy." Nothing irks her more. "I got my fundamentals playing with...

Story | Conversation | March 31, 2009

Quick Final Four Observation No. 3: The Legacies of Izzo and Calhoun

Ted Bauer

Look at this. Blog, we know. ("Evil.") However, it makes some legitimate points. So this whole MSU/UConn thing at 6:07pm Saturday: it's a battle for legacy, between two men who coach in...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 31, 2009