On To The Garden To ‘Take Care Of Business;’ Wrapping Things Up In Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Snowing like a son-of-a-gun as we pull out of town on the Amtrak early Sunday morning. It’s a good time to be getting out of Buffalo. It’s especially a good time if you’re the Huskies,...
View ArticleIowa State’s Fred Hoiberg: UConn Guards ‘As Good As We’ll Face All Year’
Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg was available to reporters on a conference call today. We’ll have much more later, but here are some tidbits: On Kevin Ollie: “I consider Kevin a very good friend. He...
View ArticleKevin Ollie On WFAN: UConn Has Come ‘Full-Circle’
NEW YORK – The Huskies finished up practice Wednesday and headed to Manhattan. I’m told, BTW, Shabazz Napier practiced both Tuesday and Wednesday and though his bruised right shin in a little sore, it...
View ArticleThe Origin of ‘Onions,’ Kevin Ollie’s ‘Guarantee,’ And Other TBS Tales
NEW YORK – Spent some time with the TBS broadcasting crew for the UConn-Iowa State game, and it’s a familiar one. Verne Lundquist, Bill Raftery and Allie LaForce worked the games in Buffalo. …...
View ArticleUConn-Iowa State At Madison Square Garden: The Talking Is Done, It’s Time For...
NEW YORK – It’s chilly outside and, for some reason, shivery inside here in the basement of Madison Square Garden, but there will be plenty of heat and electricity in the building 24 hours from now....
View ArticleUConn Men Vs. Iowa State: Setting The Scene At The Garden
NEW YORK – We are looking live at the Mecca of Basketball, the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden. NCAA Sweet 16. It has been home of some of the greatest events of the 20th and 21st...
View ArticleUConn 81, Iowa State 76: Wrapping Things Up At The Garden
NEW YORK – Well, here the Huskies are. On Jan. 2, when the Huskies were in Dallas and Kevin Ollie took them out to Arlington to tour the site of the Final Four, what did you think? On March 5, when he...
View ArticleUConn Vs. Michigan State: Taking The Train, ‘Not Backing Down,’ Notes, Quotes...
NEW YORK – First, how to get there. Metro North will again provide a special train, added to its regular schedule of trains running between New Haven and NYC’s Grand Central Terminal on Sunday morning....
View ArticleUConn vs. Michigan State: Setting The Scene at The Garden
NEW YORK – The Huskies and Spartans are on the floor, the start of the NCAA East Regional final is about 25 minutes away. Let’s set the scene at Madison Square Garden. Anna Negron has just belted out...
View ArticleUConn 60, Michigan State 54: Wrapping Things Up At The Garden
NEW YORK – What a day, what a weekend, what month. What a ride. I asked UConn fans via twitter if they would rather be in the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten or Final Four. Most who answered didn’t get it, but a...
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