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UConn is close to signing men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun to a new five-year contract, multiple published reports indicate.

Calhoun offered no specific timetable for completion or an announcement of the extension, but did say, "We're probably down to a word or two." Calhoun, 67 and in his 24th season at UConn, is in the final year of a six-year contract that pays him $1.6 million this season and expires in June.

Freshman forward Jamal Coombs-McDaniel guards Colgate's on Monday night. Against William and Mary, Jamal Coombs-McDaniel played just seven minutes.

UConn lost a lot Friday night in the season opener against William & Mary . The Huskies lost the initial zip and passion that defined a particularly crisp beginning in what became a lackadaisical performance.

Few people, let alone athletes, go through college without a nickname. When the two were battling in Gampel Pavilion the other day, UConn point guard Kemba Walker was "Antigua" and former UConn swingman Denham Brown, who has spent a few days recently working out with the Huskies, was "Jamaica." Forget that Brown is from Canada and Walker is from ...

Connecticut has led the nation in blocks for eight straight seasons. It may use a different method to win games in 2009-10. The 12th-ranked Huskies expect to showcase a more speed-oriented team in their season opener Friday night against William & Mary at Gampel Pavilion.

With 8:30 left in the first half, the rebound came to Kemba Walker and he was gone; up the court in four, maybe five dribbles.

UConn's 106-67 exhibition victory over AIC was a nice first step toward the season for the Huskies.

The men's basketball team will close out the exhibition portion of their season Sunday as the Huskies host Division II UMass-Lowell at 1 p.m. in Gampel Pavilion.

It should be an interesting exhibition opener for the UConn men's basketball team.

A New Season And A New Look For The 12th-Ranked Huskies A glance at the UConn men, who play their exhibition opener tonight at 7 against Div.

Yes, Connecticut lost center Hasheem Thabeet, the most intimidating post defender in the country last season.

Storrs - Braving unseasonably cold temperatures, a line of UConn basketball fans snaked outside Gampel Pavilion on Friday waiting to move inside for autographs.

All UConn freshman Alex Oriakhi could do was laugh after the Huskies' marathon of a first practice on Saturday at Gampel Pavilion.