Gavin Edwards News

No.14 UConn, the home team who will wear whites , plays No.4 Kentucky tomorrow night in the SEC/Big East Invitational at Madison Square Garden.

The senior guard scored 24 points and came within an assist of a triple-double as No.

As a child, the worst time of the year has to be the weeks leading up to Christmas.

UConn coach Jim Calhoun, top, and trainer James Doran attend to Jerome Dyson, bottom, who was injured during the second half against Boston University on Wednesday night at the XL Center in Hartford.

The 14th-ranked Connecticut Huskies will attempt to bounce back from their first loss of the season, when they take on the Boston University Terriers this evening from the XL Center in Hartford.

There is no NCAA rule prohibiting tough early-season games. It is unclear if UConn coach Jim Calhoun has always understood that fact - littering past November and December schedules with any and every cupcake willing to visit the Huskies' homes in Hartford and Storrs.

What happens when you put America's Team and the Big East standard under one roof? You get Duke -UConn, or simply a classic college basketball rivalry game.

The winningest matchup of Division I coaches was definitely one-sided. Seventh-ranked Duke and Mike Krzyzewski won another NIT Season Tip-Off on Friday with a 68-59 victory over No.

NEW YORKBy DAVE SKRETTAAssociated Press Jerome Dyson and backcourt mate Kemba Walker each scored 20 points, and No.

Jerome Dyson and backcourt mate Kemba Walker each scored 20 points, and No. 13 Connecticut routed previously unbeaten LSU 81-55 on Wednesday night in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Gavin Edwards added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Huskies, who advanced to play No.

It's been a week since UConn last played, a week spent analyzing and tweaking in an effort to be better prepared for better competition.

Trailing by nine points with nine minutes left in the game, UConn finally got tough.

There are points in a season that lend themselves to big-picture analysis, times that call for a deep breath, a look back and a look ahead.

It's one of the greatest venues in all of basketball. Madison Square Garden. The Big Apple.

Three games into the regular season, UConn is still searching for its identity. And that frustrates coach Jim Calhoun.

No. 12 UConn is headed to New York next week for the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals Nov.

The 12th-ranked Connecticut Huskies host the Hofstra Pride in the NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament North Region finals tonight at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs.

Providing "help" to a basketball teammate isn't always a good thing, especially if your help leaves a more dangerous scorer wide open.

"It was all effort," UConn forward Gavin Edwards said. Of the 6-foot-9 Edwards, coach Jim Calhoun said, "We have no four man." Edwards was only a piece of the frontcourt defense and rebounding problems, but a big piece.

Preseason No. 14 UConn opens their 2009-2010 season at Gampel Pavilion tonight at 7:30 against the College of William and Mary.