UConn’s men’s basketball team returned Tuesday night to the campus the school has branded the “Basketball Capital of the World.” Fans lined the streets in Eastern Connecticut, cheering as the team’s buses passed by on the hourlong journey from Bradley International Airport to Gampel Pavilion. Several thousand fans waited inside the arena to hear from coach … Read more
Especially with the juxtaposition of the current turmoil at Kentucky, there is no question Connecticut has become one of the true defining blue bloods of men’s college basketball. A program that top recruits and transfer-portal players gravitate toward. A program where the head coach can mold them into winners. A program that has an unquestioned … Read more
CLEVELAND — Forty more minutes. That’s all she was asking for. That’s all she wanted. Forty more minutes to carry all of Iowa on her back and lift it back to the NCAA game. Forty more minutes playing with these girls, for this coach, for this school. Forty last minutes for this last chance to stand … Read more
It’s been a rough week for the Big East as a whole. The NCAA Tournament committee invited just three of the 11 teams to the Dance, an absurd display of disrespect that was as stunning as it was galling. If that was supposed to be some kind of subliminal message that the Big East isn’t … Read more
This week, Big East play begins with a series of intriguing matchups. The league, predicted by some in the preseason to be the best in the country, had an up-and-down first six weeks, creating uncertainty after the big three of Marquette, Connecticut and Creighton. With that in mind, The Post breaks down the non-conference slate … Read more
