University of Connecticut NCAA News

A fight last month at a University of Connecticut dance that left a UConn football player dead involved two teammates' disputes with three men, sources say.

A long, emotional and frustrating Saturday night had actually turned into Sunday morning when coach Randy Edsall emerged from UConn's locker room just past midnight and tried to give his take on the Huskies' 47-45 loss to fourth-ranked Cincinnati.

UConn freshman Jamal Coombs-McDaniel was cleared by the NCAA Eligibility Center to play in games for the Huskies, the school announced Monday.

Jerome Dyson scored 32 points in his season debut, and No. 12 Connecticut breezed to an 88-50 exhibition victory over UMass Lowell on Sunday.Kemba Walker scored 15 points and had seven assists for the Huskies, who begin the regular season Friday night against William & Mary.

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The Huskies sure know how to keep things interesting. Trailing by 20 points in the third quarter and allowing Cincinnati to move up and down the field with ease, UConn showed tremendous heart and grit and almost upset the No.

Police tape surrounded the location of the Oct. 18 stabbing that led to the death of UConn cornerback Jasper Howard.

It has been a long time since senior guard Jerome Dyson has heard his name announced over the public address system as a member of the starting lineup for the UConn men's basketball team.

Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly has long expressed his admiration for the work Randy Edsall has done coaching at UConn, and the Husky head man has echoed that praise for his counterpart.

A friend called frantically to tell me there were four U.F.O.'s around Clifton that he saw driving down I-71. I had to inform him that rather than a news scoop, he was on the dark side of whats happening in town tonight.

University of Connecticut men's basketball student-athletes Jerom Dyson and Donnell Beverly have both been cleared for full participation in practice and outside competition as of Friday.

Connecticut Huskies tackle Mike Ryan runs the ball for the two point conversion past Rutgers Scarlet Knights linebacker Damaso Munoz and cornerback Billy Anderson during the forth quarter at Rentschler Field.

Connecticut quarterback Cody Endres was scheduled to have season-ending surgery on his non-throwing shoulder Sunday morning, coach Randy Edsall said after UConn's 28-24 loss to Rutgers on Saturday.

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.

Rutgers quarterback Tom Savage throws during Saturday's victory over Connecticut.

Connecticut quarterback Zach Frazer went from top recruit at Notre Dame to Fighting Irish cast off to the Huskies' starting quarterback to a backup who lost his job after an injury.

Knock, knock. There's an opportunity waiting at the UConn football team's door. It's the Cincinnati Bearcats .

Chad Dawson To Honor Slain Connecticut Football Player Posted by A. Shakoor on 10.30.2009 A tribute for a a victim in a senseless death.

Senior guard Jerome Dyson, junior guard Donnell Beverly and freshman guard/forward Jamal Coombs-McDaniel were held out of UConn's exhibition Wednesday against American International, UConn annouced less than an hour before the game was to begin.

VERNONBy PAT EATON-ROBBAssociated PressSeveral witnesses identified the man charged with fatally stabbing a University of Connecticut football player as the killer, prosecutors said Wednesday.Two people arrested in the stabbing of 20-year-old Jasper Howard were arraigned in Rockville .