The UConn Fast Break - 10/26/20

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Weekly Rewind

The latest UConn athletics news

• Hurley’s Huskies add dogfight with NC State Wolfpack to early-season schedule as more info about Mohegan Sun’s “Bubbleville” emerges

• Labor Department levels the “paying” field at UConn to the tune of $250k in case involving underpaid female members of Geno’s 2014 staff

• UConn men’s basketball gets a Heat Check and receives Anonymous analysis

• Things coming into focus for UConn women’s basketball after busy preseason

• Bouknight and company preview three fresh uniform sets for this season:

UConn Men's Basketball @UConnMBB

𝘕𝘦𝘸 year.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 𝘕𝘦𝘸(-𝘪𝘴𝘩) league.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 𝘕𝘦𝘸 uni’s. ⁣⁣⁣ #ThisIsUConn | #PullTheSled

• Aaliyah Edwards drawing comparisons to UConn women’s basketball legend

• Brendan Adams leading UConn men’s basketball by example

• ESPN in puzzle mode trying to piece together women’s college basketball slate

• Great Britain adds UConn field hockey’s Sophie Hamilton to international team

• UConn women’s basketball in hot pursuit of top 2022, 2023, 2024 recruits

• Future UConn men’s basketball star Samson Johnson continues to shine:

CUE THE MUSIC @Cue_the_Music

“It’s not just the dominance of blocking shots and follow-up dunks, it’s just having an impact on the game.” 👀👀👀👀👀 #UConn

Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria

UConn commit Samson Johnson has dominant weekend as Patrick School wins TriState New Jersey Event https://t.co/pDHpaKGowY @kdroos_13 @tps_hsbb @chrischavannes @UConnMBB

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U Gotta See This

Video recommendations

• She WILL be a pro, but for now, she’s a Husky:

Overtime @overtime

UCONN’s Paige Bueckers could be a PRO right now 🗣 @paigebueckers1 HBD to a real deal HOOPER 💰

• Condensation is no match for motivation:

UConn Football @UConnFootball

Good practice in a little fog🌫️ #BleedBlue

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UConn, Great Pic

Photos of UConn’s finest

We now present to you, our fearless leaders:

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Coach’s Corner

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

• Randy details UConn football’s practice progress and continues to serve as conductor of the Matt Peart hype train:

Randy Edsall @RandyEdsall

Great job ⁦@MatthewPeart65⁩. This doesn’t surprise us ⁦@UConnFootball⁩. #BleedBlue #BlockC

• Villanova’s Jay Wright and Coach Hurley share their expectations for this year’s UConn squad

• Coach Penders can’t hold back his excitement over Elliot Ballpark

• UConn softball announces fundraiser to outfit stadium:

UConn Softball @UConnSoftball

Head Coach Laura Valentino and our staff have created the Era Challenge! Hear all about it from Coach V 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=kdxEEk…

youtube.comUConn Softball Announces Era ChallengeHuskies All-Access’ Chris Jones sits down to talk with UConn Softball Head Coach Laura Valentino to discuss their ongoing Era Challenge benefitting the new s...

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Big League Buzz

Catch up on former UConn players working across the sports world

• Another game, another incredible Andre Blake highlight:

Major League Soccer @MLS

Save of the year? 🤔 @andreblake29 went full extension for the game-saving stop. #DOOP

• Renee Montgomery dishes on athletes and activism while her WNBA future with point guard-laden Atlanta remains up in the air

• Making a case for George Springer to the Mets

• The work never stops for the incomparable Caron Butler:

Caron Butler @realtuffjuice

Honored to be a part of @CNN #DifferenceMakers#Vote

• Matt Barnes wraps up another season with the Red Sox and welcomes UConn baseball brother Jacob Wallace to Boston after late-season trade

• Opting-out of WNBA Wubble helps Tiffany Hayes connect with her community

• Ray Allen is loving UConn’s Big East return and still deadly from deep:

Matt Finkel @MattFinkelNBCCT

Ray Allen playing pick up today at the Surf Club in Madison. Can confirm he still has range 🏀@UConnMBB

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Memory Lane

Revisiting the history of UConn sports

• We’re going streaking:

UConn Huskies @UConnHuskies

Answer: 56 games

UConn Huskies @UConnHuskies

Question 3: Shannon Burke and M.E. Lapham are tied for the longest scoring streak in @UConnWLAX history. How many consecutive games did each alum score in? #TriviaTuesday | @cocacola

• Geno should have his own room in the White House after all his visits:

• Now that’s what we call name-dropping:

Christopher Smith @huskiesalltime1

Just ended a great zoom call with Legendary Coach Calhoun Scott Burrell Donny Marshall Donyell Marshall and Rod Sellers talking 1990s Big East Basketball....had a great time go Huskies!

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Final Play

A parting sentiment from The UConn Fast Break team

The boys are back in Titletown:

UConn Men's Basketball @UConnMBB

It felt good to be back in Gampel‼️⁣ #ThisIsUConn | #PullTheSled

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