On Thursday, UConn women’s basketball received its 2025 national championship rings. Though made by Jostens, Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd and Caroline Ducharme helped design it. The top of the ring features the net draped on the trophy and a UConn wordmark laid over 12 trapezoid-shaped baguette stones to represent the program’s 12 national titles. All […]
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The UConn men’s basketball team has assembled something of a monstrous non-conference schedule. It begins fairly tame with the mundane matchups you’d typically expect from any season’s start. UConn will play the likes of New Haven, UMass Lowell and Columbia as it looks to get its feet underneath itself — but those are not elite […]
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College basketball season is finally upon us, and with it, the 2025-26 UConn men’s basketball team’s attempt at a third national championship in four years. The Huskies will play a downright brutal non-conference slate with games against five preseason Top 25 teams on the schedule. But before they get to those, UConn will open with […]
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UConn football will have to wait at least another week to reach bowl eligibility as the Huskies dropped a double-OT shootout with Rice on Saturday afternoon. Rice snapped the Huskies’ four-game winning streak with a touchdown to beat their field goal in the second frame of extra time. UConn got off to an explosive start […]
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Owen McLaughlin’s second period power play goal turned out to be the difference as the No. 4 Boston University Terriers beat the No. 11 UConn Huskies men’s hockey team, 3-1, at the Toscano Family Ice Forum in Storrs, CT on Saturday. Joey Muldowney had the lone goal for the Huskies. Photo ©: Ian Bethune Apple […]
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UConn men’s basketball announced Friday that star freshman Braylon Mullins suffered an ankle injury in practice earlier this week and is set to miss approximately six weeks. Mullins, a McDonald’s All-American and the highest-ranked freshman in the Huskies’ 2025 recruiting class, was just named the Big East Preseason Freshman of the Year earlier this week. […]
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TIME: 3:00 PM TV: ESPN+ ANNOUNCERS: Todd Emrich (play-by-play), Charles Arbuckle (analyst), Smacker Miles (sideline) RADIO: UConn Sports Network; Varsity Network App; 97.9 Fox Sports, WGCH 1490 AM, WAVZ 1300 AM, WILI 1400 AM and 95.3 FM, WICH 1310 AM and 94.5 FM; Sirius/XM online streaming, XM 384 (UConn) ANNOUNCERS: Mike Crispino (play-by-play), Wayne Norman (color analyst), […]
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As a result of the US government’s ongoing shutdown, the Armed Forces Classic between UConn and Louisville has been moved from Ramstein Air Base in Germany to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The season-opening contest will still take place on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 5:30 pm ET. “We’ve made the decision to move […]
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Thanks to a rush of talent flowing from Storrs to the NBA over the past five years, the Association has slowly been repopulated with Huskies. As the 2025-26 season opens, eight former UConn men’s basketball players will appear on NBA rosters, ranging from seasoned veteran Andre Drummond to rookie Liam McNeeley. Perhaps the most improbable […]
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UConn women’s basketball received its first 2026 commitment on Tuesday: Olivia Vukosa, a 6-4 post player ranked as the No. 3 prospect in her class by ESPN. A native of Queens, she plays at the legendary Christ The King High School that has produced the likes of Sue Bird, Tina Charles and Chamique Holdsclaw. Nicknamed […]
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On the same day that she was named Big East Preseason Player of the Year, Sarah Strong picked up another honor: Associated Press Preseason All-American. The UConn sophomore made the five-player squad alongside Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo, Texas’ Madison Booker, South Carolina’s Ta’Niya Latson and UCLA’s Lauren Betts. Azzi Fudd earned an honorable mention nod. […]
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Braylon Mullins was one of five Huskies recognized with preseason All-Big East honors Tuesday morning, as the Greenfield, Indiana native was named the 2025-26 Preseason Big East Freshman of the Year. Mullins is the third-straight Husky to earn the honor, joining Stephon Castle in the 2023-24 and Liam McNeeley last season. Both Castle and McNeeley […]
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Basketball season is officially underway as Big East Media Day kicked off this morning and the conference released its annual coaches’ poll. UConn men’s basketball was picked to finish second this season by the league’s coaches and received four first-place votes, just three shy of No. 1 St. John’s (seven). Creighton, Providence and Marquette fill […]
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At Big East Media Day on Tuesday, UConn women’s basketball dominated the league’s preseason honors. The Huskies topped the coaches’ poll, swept the preseason player and freshman of the year awards, then landed four players on the all-preseason team. UConn, which has won every regular season and tournament title since it re-joined the league ahead […]
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Se-Hanna Mars had two goals and Ava Yamas made two saves to lead the UConn Huskies women’s soccer team to a 2-0 win over the Villanova Wildcats on senior night at Morrone Stadium in Storrs, CT. click on image to enlarge gallery Photo ©: Ian Bethune Apple News users, click here to view the gallery
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UConn football earned a big victory over ACC regional rival Boston College on Saturday, 38-23, for the program’s first win at BC and second triumph over the Eagles all-time. BC got on the board first with a field goal drive, adding another at the end of the first quarter. UConn’s first drive ended with a […]
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Tristan Fraser’s third period goal was the difference as the No. 12 UConn Huskies men’s hockey team beat the No. 16 Ohio State Buckeyes, 3-2, at the Toscano Family Ice Forum in Storrs, CT on Friday night. Mike Murtagh and Kevin Fitzgerald both scored their first career goals in the win. click on image to […]
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Kyla Josifovic’s third period goal was the difference as the No. 11 UConn Huskies women’s hockey team beat the Princeton Tigers, 2-1, at the Toscano Family Ice Forum in Storrs, CT on Friday afternoon. Claire Murdoch had the other goal for the Huskies while Tia Chan made 48 saves. Click on picture in gallery to […]
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TIME: 12:00 PM TV: ACC Network, ESPN+ ANNOUNCERS: Jorge Sedano (play-by-play), Rodney McLeod (analyst), Victoria Arlen (sideline) RADIO: UConn Sports Network; Varsity Network App; 97.9 Fox Sports, WGCH 1490 AM, WAVZ 1300 AM, WILI 1400 AM and 95.3 FM, WICH 1310 AM and 94.5 FM; Sirius/XM online streaming, XM 380 (UConn) ANNOUNCERS: Mike Crispino (play-by-play), Wayne Norman (color […]
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UConn men’s basketball’s 2026 recruiting class is starting to round into form. Two weeks after landing four-star guard Junior County, Dan Hurley has bolstered his upcoming recruiting class with four-star wing Colben Landrew, who announced his commitment to the Huskies Wednesday afternoon. Landrew chose UConn over Louisville, Purdue, Mississippi State and Texas A&M and is […]
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UConn men’s basketball faced some adversity but otherwise coasted to a comfortable 71-52 exhibition win over regional foe Boston College at Mohegan Sun Arena. Despite missing starters Silas Demary Jr. and Tarris Reed, the Huskies’ talent and depth were already on full display. Here are some of our biggest takeaways from UConn’s exhibition win. Eric […]
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UConn women’s basketball will open the 2025-26 season as the No. 1 team in the land after taking the top spot in the AP Preseason Poll on Tuesday. The defending national champions received 27 of 31 first-place votes with No. 2 South Carolina claiming the others. This is the first time the Huskies have been […]
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No. 4 UConn men’s basketball rolled to a comfortable win in its first exhibition game of the 2025-26 season Monday night, taking down Boston College 71-52 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Despite a valiant comeback from the Eagles to kick off the second half, the Huskies’ size and talent ultimately prevailed for a convincing win despite […]
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Basketball season is fast approaching, and with another big offseason in the books, expectations are once again high for Dan Hurley and the Huskies. UConn men’s basketball is ranked No. 4 in the preseason AP top 25 poll and No. 5 in KenPom, signaling that both media and the analytically-minded have the Huskies as a […]
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As many of you are likely aware, Google searches are … different these days. The good news is Google is offering a solution for folks who like to get their news from specific sources. If you want to help The UConn Blog — while also streamlining all your Google searches — there is now a […]
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