Dog House

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...

Alex Karaban returned to the UConn lineup after missing two games with a concussion, had 21 points and 11 rebounds and led the No. 25 Huskies past Texas 76-65 on Sunday. Solo Ball scored 16 points and made four 3s as UConn (7-3) won its first true road game of the season. Samson Johnson and Tarris Reed Jr. scored 12…

UConn football is bowl bound once again. The Huskies will take on the University of North Carolina in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl in Boston on Dec. 28. “We’re excited to represent UConn at this year’s Wasabi Fenway Bowl, and to have the opportunity to compete at such an iconic venue against a quality opponent like North Carolina,&#8221...

Sarah Strong scored 21 points and Azzi Fudd added 18 to help No. 2 UConn rout No. 22 Louisville 85-52 on Saturday night as part of the Women’s Champions Classic. The Huskies (8-0) took control early and never looked back. Louisville (5-4) trailed by 18 after one and got within 12 early in the second quarter before Strong, the latest…...

A quick look around at the banners and the retired numbers at Gampel Pavilion is a reminder of the special players who came to UConn before Liam McNeeley and Sarah Strong. However, it might be hard to find a season when a pair of freshmen arrived at UConn being asked to shoulder the burden for the Huskies like the two…

Liam McNeeley scored 17 points and No. 25 UConn came back from an early deficit to beat No. 15 Baylor 76-72 on Wednesday night in the Big 12-Big East Battle. Solo Ball made two late free throws and finished with 11 points as the Huskies iced the game from the foul line. Samson Johnson had 13 points for UConn (6-3),…

UConn star Paige Bueckers is making history as the first NIL athlete to design and launch a Nike Player Edition basketball sneaker.

Freshman Sarah Strong scored 22 points and No. 2 UConn outscored Holy Cross by 30 points in the second half of an 88-52 victory on Tuesday night. Kaitlyn Chen scored 14 points and Paige Bueckers added 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists for UConn (7-0), which led 33-27 at the break and shot 7 for 12 from 3-point distance…

The visit to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational was not exactly a trip to paradise for two-time defending national champion UConn. Coach Dan Hurley was very much in the spotlight and outspoken as his team lost to unranked Memphis, Colorado and Dayton. After beating Maryland-Eastern Shore 99-45 to snap the three-game skid, the 25th-ranked Huskies (5-3...

Kansas held off Auburn for the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday as Southeastern Conference teams grabbed three of the top four spots and two-time reigning national champion UConn nearly fell out entirely after an 0-3 week at the Maui Invitational. The Jayhawks earned 35 of 61 first-place vot...

UConn’s football team ended the regular season with a 47-42 win against UMass on Saturday. This was the Huskies’ eighth win of the season, which UConn Athletics said is the most since the 2010 season when the team finished 8-5 after a trip to the Fiesta Bowl. Cam Edwards, of Norwalk, had his second 100-yard game this season and rushed…...

UConn defeated Maryland Eastern Shore, 99 to 45, on Saturday at the XL Center in Hartford. The Huskies took the win in front of the sold-out crowd without their leading scorer, Alex Karaban, the only returning starter from last year’s national championship team. Around 30 minutes before the game started, UConn announced that he would not play...

UConn forward Alex Karaban was taken to a hospital with a head injury after the No. 2 Huskies’ 85-67 loss to Dayton in the seventh-place game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday night. Karaban’s head hit the floor after he was fouled with about 2 1/2 minutes left. He stayed in the game but was later placed in the concussion…