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Will play for Azerbaijan in 3x3 event after the team won a qualifying event.

From Carl Adamec's story on the injured players' support for their teammates. https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/article/huskies-injuries-geno-auriemma-paige-bueckers-19386229.php "There's nobody that is enjoying life more than she is, that is totally engaged in what...

First and Second Round Commentator Teams: Courtney Lyle and Carolyn Peck (Columbia, S.C.) Beth Mowins, Stephanie White and Holly Rowe (Iowa City, Iowa) Elise Woodward and Mary Murphy (Los Angeles – USC) Tiffany Greene and Jimmy Dykes (Austin, Texas) Roy Philpott and Brooke Weisbrod (Palo Alto...

Lou is quite the ambassador for the program.

Since this was posted, UConn Women's Hockey are Hockey East Tournament champions and UConnWBB are Big East Tournament champions. The UConn men, currently ranked #2 in the country, are the #1 seed in the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden this week. Go Huskies!

Judgment calls (fouls, who touched the ball last, etc) are tough and we as fans should not be overly critical of missed calls. That said, is it too much to ask that officials know the rules?

In 12 games (the most of anyone on the list shown), she has a True Shooting % (TS) of nearly 70%.

First Sue Bird

Always something

We've all seen the videos of Paige's and Azzi's workouts with NBA trainer Chris Brickley. Lebron, Klay Thompson, Donovan Mitchell and countless others have trained with Chris in NYC. Among his award winners for 2023 is Paige: Best Shooter: Paige Bueckers We did a bunch of shooting...

I liked this hire when it happened. She's a better fit for the professional game.

In NYC this morning working with Chris Brickley

It's good to have goals.

Season opener

That's settled. Just cleared for 5x5, no need to rush it.

Her parents are at the game. Azzi too! 14/6 at halftime, shooting 6-6.

Beautifully written story by Sally Jenkins about the enduring friendship between these two tennis legends and the love and support they've given each other through recent battles with cancer.

Talks about Stef, Liv and Dorka. Also talks briefly at the 9-minute mark about expectations for the coming season. He's excited.

starting a thread

Long piece by excellent ESPN writer Josh Weinfuss on 40-year old Dee working hard to stay healthy and effective as she plays her 19th WNBA season. https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/37657068/diana-taurasi-phoenix-mercury-wnba-how-stay-court-2023

U-19 World Cup will be held in Spain in July. UConn POIs invited: Sarah Strong and Kennedy Smith. https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2023/05/wu19-trials-roster.aspx

#24 UConn defeated #19 Marquette in a wild Big East semifinal matchup in Storrs. Huskies led 15-8 late in the 3rd period and Marquette scored 7 straight goals to tie it up at 15. UConn held on to win 17-16. UConn should enjoy today as tomorrow they'll likely face #5 Denver in the BE finals...

Training camps starting soon and roster news has already begun

Shout-out to UConn's Softball team which is 28-11 overall, 15-3 in conference play and currently atop the Big East standings. The Huskies were picked to finish 3rd preseason. Two of the team's best players are freshmen. Lauren Valentino building a very good program in Storrs. UConn will be...

One area I hope to see improvement next season is on the defensive end. This season's team gave up 58.4 ppg which, by UConn's standards, is not very good. We don't need stats to tell us this year's team wasn't great defensively; we watched it. In defense of the team's defense, the player...