AOL News is joining forces with The Huffington Post to bring you the best original reporting, insight and opinion on the web. Join HuffPost Social News using your AOL account!

ConnecticutHuskies News

ConnecticutHuskies News From AOL News

Kemba Walker's Redemption Gives UConn Late Win Over 'Nova

By Evan HilbertJan 17th 2011 – 6:35PM

As is becoming the trademark of Connecticut's season, Kemba Walker again played hero down the stretch as the Huskies edged No. 7 Villanova, 61-59, in Storrs, Conn. In an otherwise ugly offensive game, Walker stroked two late shots -- one a runner, the other a fadeaway -- to down the Wildcats. Walker, however, was also a...

Notre Dame Women Look to Rebound After UConn Loss

By M. KentJan 19th 2010 – 4:35PM

The Notre Dame women's basketball team was cruising along with an unbeaten season, a No. 3 national ranking and a world of confidence.That is, until Saturday night, when top-ranked Connecticut stripped away its undefeated status and ranking in a 70-46 pasting in Storrs that wasn't as close as the final score would...

Spartans Tame the Beast

By Dan GrazianoApr 4th 2009 – 8:43PM

Here's a question to nibble on between games: Where would Michigan State have finished in the Big East?Remember the Big East? The monster conference of all-time? The beast? The 16-team behemoth that grabbed three of the four No. 1 seeds in this tournament? That just 10 days ago had a chance to have four teams in the Final...

How Michigan State Can Upset UConn

By Dan GrazianoApr 3rd 2009 – 3:17PM

Rebound. Make the shooters beat you. Rebound. Make Thabeet roam. Rebound.These are the five keys for Michigan State if it's to win its Final Four game. The most important are the first, third and fifth, but Nos. 2 and No. 4 could make the difference if the game is close.Connecticut has only lost four games this year. One...

Calhoun Insensitive to Economic Times

By Jay MariottiFeb 23rd 2009 – 11:29PM

Yes, the question came from a guy whom Sean Penn might describe as a hippie, commie something or another. Yes, it was asked by a rabble-rousing political activist who, among other quirks, once was arrested for disrupting a gubernatorial inaugural parade. But just because it was presented by the notorious Ken Krayeske...

Background on ConnecticutHuskies

more at wikipedia »