TAMPA, Fla. (Tuesday, January 06, 2009) - The No. 1/1 University of Connecticut women’s basketball team forced 26 turnovers and held the Bulls to 11 points in the second half as the Huskies defeated South Florida 83-37 in their BIG EAST Conference opener on Tuesday night in the USF Sun Dome.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Tuesday, January 06, 2009) - The No. 2 University of Connecticut men’s basketball team prevailed to a 61-55 victory at No. 22 West Virginia at the WVU Coliseum on Tuesday night. Jeff Adrien (Brookline, Mass.) led all scores with 17 points while also grabbing seven rebounds. Stanley Robinson had a game-high 15 boards, helping the Huskies out-rebounded the Mountaineers 52-33. Robinson contributed seven points and four assists in the game.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Jim Calhoun figured No. 5 Connecticut would need all the second chances it...

North Carolina is still the national title favorite despite their loss to Boston College, but these seven teams could enter the Tar Heels' neighborhood with a little work.

TORONTO (AP) -- Connecticut's Donald Brown showed he has nothing left to prove at the college level....

TORONTO (AP) -- Connecticut's Donald Brown showed he has nothing left to prove at the college level....

Sometimes games provide more sentimentality than substance, such as when senior Renee Montgomery made a free throw with 2:17 left in the first half of Wednesday's game. In that moment, the great point guard of UConn's present intersected with one of the great point guards of its past, Jennifer Rizzotti.

Having seen everything he's looking for in a school and a basketball program, 6-foot-5 shooting guard Jamaal Trice made an oral commitment to UConn before leaving campus Wednesday morning.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma has always believed that senior guard Renee Montgomery, his leader, had the heart of a prizefighter.

A game was lost Monday night, maybe even some swagger. But not a season.

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