Dog House

UConn coach Jim Mora agreed to a two-year contract extension through 2028, the school announced Saturday, the day of the Huskies’ Fenway Bowl game against North Carolina. Mora will earn $10.01 million plus incentives over the next four years, the school said. The Huskies are playing in their second bowl game in three seasons under Mora, bouncing ba...

UConn coach Jim Mora pulled a move that would make Bill Belichick proud while preparing the Huskies to play the notoriously churlish former New England Patriot’s next team in his old backyard. Mora and his players were more than 45 minutes late for what was scheduled as a 30-minute media availability a day before Saturday’s Fenway Bowl ...

The last few pictures were taken with the basketballs honoring Dan Hurley winning his 300th career game as a college head coach and Alex Karaban scoring his 1,000th career point. Without saying a word, they began to walk off the court and headed in different directions. It might be the only time in the three years of their partnership that…...

Alex Karaban scored 21 points, including two late 3-pointers, and No. 11 UConn won its sixth straight game, beating Butler 78-74 on Saturday. Liam McNeeley added 17 points and Hassan Diarra 12 for the Huskies (10-3, 2-0 Big East) Andre Screen and Patrick McCaffery each scored 17 points and Pierre Brooks added 13 points for the Bulldogs (7-6, 0-2). ...

JuJu Watkins scored 25 points and No. 7 USC recovered from blowing a 18-point lead in the second half to beat Paige Bueckers and fourth-ranked UConn 72-70 on Saturday night. The game was a rematch of last season’s Elite Eight contest that the Huskies won and featured two of the best players in women’s college basketball with A...

Alex Karaban had seven of his 20 points in overtime to lead No. 11 UConn to a 94-89 victory over Xavier on Wednesday night in the Big East opener for both teams. Solo Ball led the Huskies (9-3) with 22 points and Tarris Reed Jr. had 20, including four in OT. Reed also grabbed 13 rebounds. Liam McNeeley hit two…

A man accused of stalking and harassing UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers and who said on social media he intended to marry her pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a stalking charge. Robert Cole Parmalee, 40, who had an engagement ring and lingerie with him when he was first arrested in August, received a one-year suspended sentence and three years&#...

Sarah Strong scored a career-high 29 points and Paige Bueckers added 27 to lift No. 4 UConn to a 101-68 victory over Iowa State on Tuesday night in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase. Ashlynn Shade had a career-best 27 points, hitting seven 3-pointers. She got the Huskies (10-1) going, scoring 20 points and making all seven of her…...

Notre Dame jumped to No. 3 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Monday after beating rival UConn last week and the Huskies fell to the fourth spot. The Irish climbed five spots after the 79-68 victory over the Huskies, who fell two places to fourth. Notre Dame’s victory over UConn gave the Irish three wins over top five teams…

UConn has a challenging week ahead with games against two of the top players in the country. The fourth-ranked Huskies face Audi Crooks and Iowa State on Tuesday in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase and then No. 7 USC and phenomenal sophomore JuJu Watkins on Saturday. “Every team poses a different problem. Iowa State, everybody knows wha...

Paige Bueckers scored 24 points and Sarah Strong had 17 points, 14 rebounds and five assists to lead No. 2 UConn to a 79-44 win over Georgetown in the teams’ Big East opener on Sunday. UConn, coming off a 79-68 loss to Notre Dame, went on a nine-point run in the second quarter and a 14-point run in the third…

Hannah Hidalgo had 29 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, and No. 8 Notre Dame handed second-ranked UConn its first loss with a 79-68 victory Thursday night. Olivia Miles toughed out an early ankle injury to score 16 points and Liatu King also had 16 for the Fighting Irish (8-2). Paige Bueckers led the Huskies (8-1) with 25 points. Sarah…...

A winless run through the Maui Invitational led to predictions of UConn’s demise after two straight national championships. Not so fast. Re-energized by a return trip home, the Huskies showed they’re still a formidable team with an impressive win over Baylor. UConn carried the momentum from that to Austin, where the Huskies beat Texas b...