Connecticut Huskies NCAA Basketball News

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2009-2010 Connecticut Huskies. The basketball season didn't start Wednesday night.

Maybe the UConn men weren't ready for prime time. No. 7 Duke pounded 13th-ranked UConn 68-59 Friday evening at Madison Square Garden in the NIT Season Tip-Off championship.

Jerome Dyson, right, scores 20 points as the Huskies advance to the championship of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Madison Square Garden.

Jim Calhoun continues to count down the games until 6-10 forward Ater Majok is handed a uniform.

The LSU Tigers and 13th-ranked Connecticut Huskies mix it up tonight at Madison Square Garden, as they do battle in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament.

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.

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.

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

Kyle Lyddy remembers exactly how he became enamored with UConn men's basketball.

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

Calhoun and his players are ready to embark on another season that hopefully ends up in the final four.

UConn coach Jim Calhoun didn't like what he saw from his team in its opening victory over William & Mary , but there is some value to sub-par performances this early in the season.

Ater Majok was in his best street clothes again, Game 3 of the eight he has to sit out.

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.

The way UConn opened on Friday against William & Mary, and the way the 12th-ranked Huskies played in the first half Monday against Colgate, it would be fair to say most everything needed to change, that everyone needed to be a lot better for the Huskies to show they are indeed capable of playing pretty good basketball.

The NIT Season Tip-Off shows up on the schedule tonight across the country, with one of the many games pitting the 12th-ranked Connecticut Huskies against the Colgate Crusaders at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs.

It's a busy Sunday here in Storrs. UConn coach Jim Calhoun just met with the media in his Gampel Pavilion office.

Jerome Dyson and Kemba Walker are on the preseason watch list for the Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy.

Jerome Dyson scored 27 points in 37 minutes Friday, helping carry No. 14 Connecticut to a tougher-than-expected 75-66 victory over William & Mary.