The UConn Fast Break - 3/15/21

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Weekly Rewind

The latest UConn athletics news

• UConn women’s basketball wins Big East Tournament in dominant fashion:

UConn Women’s Basketball @UConnWBB

BIG EAST Champs 🏆

• UConn men’s basketball decimates DePaul in triumphant return to Big East Tournament but loses heartbreaker to Creighton in tournament semifinals

• Hockey East playoff woes continue for UConn men’s hockey with 6-1 loss to Providence in conference tournament quarterfinals

• UConn football schedules games against Ole Miss, Liberty, and Sacred Heart and gets in the mix for 2023 athlete Joey Schlaffer

• UConn women’s soccer takes down St. John’s then blows out Seton Hall

• Hurley’s Huskies enter March Madness as serious sleeper candidate to win the Big Dance with team’s first test coming against Maryland:

NCAA March Madness @marchmadness

The East Region! 👀 #SelectionSunday | #MarchMadness

• UConn women’s basketball put on quite a show in Big East Tournament but need to sort out some remaining issues to take home national title #12

• Inspired play of Adama Sanogo helps UConn men’s basketball contend for Big East Tournament championship en route to a spot on All-Tournament team

• Johnny Evans becomes first UConn men’s hockey player to earn Hockey East First-Team All-Star honors and finds himself in player of the year conversation

• UConn baseball makes waves during Battle at the Beach tournament then loses four-straight to No. 7 Texas Tech

• James Bouknight has UConn men’s basketball back among Big East elite thanks in part to his survivalist mentality:

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U Gotta See This

Video highlights

• Paige Bueckers stays composed during postgame interview despite deliberate drenching by teammates:

BroBible @BroBible

“You guys are messing up my braids!” They hit Paige Bueckers mid-interview after UConn won the Big East 🚿🤣

• Happiness overcomes UConn men’s basketball team on Selection Sunday:

The UConn Blog @TheUConnBlog

UConn’s reaction to making the Big Dance for the first time since 2016 (courtesy of UConn athletics)

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UConn, Great Pic

Photos of UConn’s finest

• UConn women’s basketball all smiles after winning Big East Tournament:

• The Civil ConFLiCT is dead. Long live the Civil COMfliCT:

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Coach’s Corner

Find out what UConn coaches are up to on and off the court

• Geno tests positive for COVID-19 just a week after feeling reinvigorated by team’s Big East Tournament title celebration:

UConn Women’s Basketball @UConnWBB

This team is special 💙

• Dan Hurley restoring UConn men’s basketball to national prominence and expecting big things from his team in upcoming NCAA Tournament:

• Coach Cavanaugh in the running for Hockey East Coach of the Year:

UConn Men's Hockey @UConnMHOC

Another #HEA Award Finalist for the #IceBus Head Coach Mike Cavanaugh is a Bob Kullen Award Coach of the Year Finalists. Winner will be announced on Wednesday prior to the semifinals.

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Big League Buzz

Catch up on former UConn players working across the sports world

• Morgan Tuck retires due to lingering knee injury

• Gabby Williams and Katie Lou duking it out for Euroleague MVP

• Kemba won’t stop reppin’ the Huskies, much to the chagrin of his head coach:

A$AP Grogu @GorGeY31

Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA

Brad Stevens said Kemba Walker wears a UConn jacket every day and that Stevens can't "get away from that (National Championship) game". Stevens also said March Madness is why he got into coaching.

• Maya Moore plans to sit out 2021 WNBA season

• DeAndre Daniel signs with New Zealand’s Manawatu Jets

• Phoenix looks to have copied the Seattle Storm’s winning formula:

Phoenix Mercury @PhoenixMercury

𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭

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Memory Lane

Revisit special moments in UConn sports history

• Let’s hope history repeats itself for this year’s Huskies:

ConnTon Soup @ConnTonSoup

Last time UConn was a 7 seed 🧐

• The Big East brand was especially strong when these conference foes clashed:

Sports Talk Andrew 🍀 ➐ @SportsTalkDrew

Who else misses this Big East? 🏀

• Coach Calhoun shares a surprising story about Ray Allen’s recruitment:

The Field of 68 @TheFieldOf68

Ray Allen will go into the Hall of Fame as an all-time shooter. He was recruited to UConn as a dunker. This is an AMAZING story. Presented by @BetRivers Check out our series, 68 Shining Moments, on the Field of 68 Youtube Channel: youtu.be/gZMc8qcxUgo

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Weekly Watchlist

Find out when and how to watch the Huskies in action this week

UConn Men’s Basketball:

*The NCAA Tournament begins on Thursday, Mar. 18 with the First Four play-in games; the First Round begins on Friday, Mar. 19 @ 12:15 p.m.; UConn enters as the 7 seed in the East Region and opens play on Saturday, Mar. 20 @ 7:10 p.m. against 10 seed Maryland, with the game televised on CBS; with a victory, the Huskies would play again on Monday, Mar. 22

UConn Women’s Basketball:

*The Selection Show for the NCAA Women’s Tournament is scheduled for Monday, Mar. 15 @ 7:00 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN; the First Round will be held Mar. 21-22 with coverage on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU

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Final Play

A parting sentiment from The UConn Fast Break team

This week marks the 10-year anniversary of Kemba’s infamous stepback that broke Gary McGhee’s ankles during the Big East Tournament, which means it’s the perfect time to pay homage to Cardiac Kemba and remind everyone of the insanity that ensued during UConn’s perfect postseason back in 2011:

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