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Tiffany Hayes Named Big East Player of the Week
2012-01-30 19:58:00 It should come as no surprise after her performance last week that UConn Huskies women's basketball senior guard Tiffany Hayes was named Big East Player of the Week. Here's the release: STORRS, Conn. - Senior guard Tiffany Hayes earned her first BIG EAST weekly accolade of her senior season as she was tabbed the BIG EAST Player of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday. This marks the senior's first Player of the Week nod of her career after bringing home three Freshman of the Week accolades in 2009. Hayes receives the award after a superb week where she tallied back-to-back 30-plus performances in wins over Syracuse and South Florida in a 2-0 week for the Huskies. Hayes has scored 68 points over UConn's last two games, marking the most points a Husky has scored in back-to-back contests all-time. The record for most points in consecutive games had been held by former All-American Kerry Bascom who scored 65 points in back-to-back contests during the 19...
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Tiffany Hayes Named Big East Player of the Week
2012-01-30 19:58:00 It should come as no surprise after her performance last week that UConn Huskies women's basketball senior guard Tiffany Hayes was named Big East Player of the Week. Here's the release: STORRS, Conn. - Senior guard Tiffany Hayes earned her first BIG EAST weekly accolade of her senior season as she was tabbed the BIG EAST Player of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday. This marks the senior's first Player of the Week nod of her career after bringing home three Freshman of the Week accolades in 2009. Hayes receives the award after a superb week where she tallied back-to-back 30-plus performances in wins over Syracuse and South Florida in a 2-0 week for the Huskies. Hayes has scored 68 points over UConn's last two games, marking the most points a Husky has scored in back-to-back contests all-time. The record for most points in consecutive games had been held by former All-American Kerry Bascom who scored 65 points in back-to-back contests during the 19...
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KML Wins Sixth Big East Freshman of the Week Honors
2012-01-23 18:39:00 UConn Huskies women's basketball freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis picked up her sixth Big East Freshman of the Week honors on Monday. She only needs four more to tie former Husky Maya Moore's record of being named ten times. Here's the release: STORRS, Conn. ? Freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis earned her sixth BIG EAST weekly accolade of her career as she was tabbed the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week as announced by the conference office on Monday. Mosqueda-Lewis, chosen as the 2011-12 BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year, gets the nod after averaging 16.7 ppp and 6.7 rpg in a 3-0 week for Connecticut. UConn defeated two ranked opponents this week with an 86-35 win over No. 24 North Carolina and an 88-44 win over No. 21 DePaul. Mosqueda-Lewis shot 39 percent from the field and 40 percent from the three as she tallied double-figures in all three games with 15 against UNC and 10 against Cincinnati. She recorded her third 25-point night...
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KML Named Big East Freshman of the Week for the 5th Time
2012-01-16 20:40:00 Here's the release about UConn Huskies women's basketball freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis being named the Big East Freshman of the Week honors for the fifth time this season. STORRS, Conn. ? Freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis earned her fifth BIG EAST weekly accolade of her career as she was tabbed the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday. Mosqueda-Lewis, chosen as the 2011-12 BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year, earns this award after an impressive week of averaging 14.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game as the Huskies went 2-0. Mosqueda-Lewis shot 50 percent from the field and 57 percent from the three as she tallied 13 points against Providence and 16 points at Villanova. She is the third leading scorer on the team averaging 14.4 points per game and has the second highest average from behind the arc with 39.2. DePaul?s junior guard Anna Martin was named as the Women?s Basketball Player of the We...
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KML Named Big East Freshman of the Week for the 5th Time
2012-01-16 20:40:00 Here's the release about UConn Huskies women's basketball freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis being named the Big East Freshman of the Week honors for the fifth time this season. STORRS, Conn. ? Freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis earned her fifth BIG EAST weekly accolade of her career as she was tabbed the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday. Mosqueda-Lewis, chosen as the 2011-12 BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year, earns this award after an impressive week of averaging 14.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game as the Huskies went 2-0. Mosqueda-Lewis shot 50 percent from the field and 57 percent from the three as she tallied 13 points against Providence and 16 points at Villanova. She is the third leading scorer on the team averaging 14.4 points per game and has the second highest average from behind the arc with 39.2. DePaul?s junior guard Anna Martin was named as the Women?s Basketball Player of the We...
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Andre Drummond Picks Up Fourth Big East Rookie of the Week Honors
2012-01-16 18:12:00 One could say that Andre Drummond has been a difference maker in the middle for the UConn Huskies men's basketball team. His improved play has helped the Huskies along the way and for the fourth time this season, he's been honored by the Big East. Drummond was named the Big East Rookie of the Week for his play helping UConn to a 2-0 record last week averaging 15 points and 12 rebounds in those games. In last Monday's 64-57 win over the West Virginia Mountaineers, Drummond had 20 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots. In Saturday's 67-53 win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Drummond had 10 points, 13 rebounds and two blocked shots. He had put up double-doubles in four of his last five games. Drummond and the Huskies return to action on Wednesday night when they'll host the Cincinnati Bearcats in a Big East matchup. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be nationally televised on ESPN2. Follow Ian on Twitter @soxanddawgs. And be sure to like us on Facebook as wel...
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Andre Drummond Picks Up Fourth Big East Rookie of the Week Honors
2012-01-16 18:12:00 One could say that Andre Drummond has been a difference maker in the middle for the UConn Huskies men's basketball team. His improved play has helped the Huskies along the way and for the fourth time this season, he's been honored by the Big East. Drummond was named the Big East Rookie of the Week for his play helping UConn to a 2-0 record last week averaging 15 points and 12 rebounds in those games. In last Monday's 64-57 win over the West Virginia Mountaineers, Drummond had 20 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots. In Saturday's 67-53 win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Drummond had 10 points, 13 rebounds and two blocked shots. He had put up double-doubles in four of his last five games. Drummond and the Huskies return to action on Wednesday night when they'll host the Cincinnati Bearcats in a Big East matchup. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be nationally televised on ESPN2. Follow Ian on Twitter @soxanddawgs. And be sure to like us on Facebook as wel...
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Andre Drummond Picks Up Second Straight Big East Rookie of the Week Honors;
2011-12-26 20:51:00 For the second straight week and third time this season, UConn Huskies men's basketball freshman Andre Drummond has been named the Big East Rookie of the Week. Shabazz Napier was also named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. Here's the release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - University of Connecticut center Andre Drummond (Middletown, Conn.) was named the BIG EAST Conference Rookie of the Week on Monday. The honor marks the second-straight week that Drummond has won it and the third overall. Drummond scored 16 points on eight-of-ten shooting to go with nine rebounds, four steals and two blocks in Connecticut's only game of the week, a 79-71 win against Fairfield on Thursday. Drummond, who has made 25 of his last 29 field goal attempts, is averaging 9.7 points and 6.2 rebounds for the Huskies. In addition, UConn sophomore guard Shabazz Napier (Roxbury, Mass.) was named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll for the second week in a row and third time this season. Napier scored 24 points with six...
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Andre Drummond Picks Up Second Straight Big East Rookie of the Week Honors;
2011-12-26 20:51:00 For the second straight week and third time this season, UConn Huskies men's basketball freshman Andre Drummond has been named the Big East Rookie of the Week. Shabazz Napier was also named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. Here's the release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - University of Connecticut center Andre Drummond (Middletown, Conn.) was named the BIG EAST Conference Rookie of the Week on Monday. The honor marks the second-straight week that Drummond has won it and the third overall. Drummond scored 16 points on eight-of-ten shooting to go with nine rebounds, four steals and two blocks in Connecticut's only game of the week, a 79-71 win against Fairfield on Thursday. Drummond, who has made 25 of his last 29 field goal attempts, is averaging 9.7 points and 6.2 rebounds for the Huskies. In addition, UConn sophomore guard Shabazz Napier (Roxbury, Mass.) was named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll for the second week in a row and third time this season. Napier scored 24 points with six...
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Andre Drummond Picks Up Big East Rookie of the Week Honors
2011-12-20 00:37:00 For the second time this season, UConn Huskies men's basketball freshman center Andre Drummond has been named the Big East Rookie of the Week. Here's the release from UConn: STORRS, Conn. - Freshman center Andre Drummond was named BIG EAST Conference Rookie of the Week on Monday, December 19, after scoring a season-high 24 points on 11-of-12 shooting to go with eight rebounds and five blocks in a 77-40 victory over Holy Cross on Sunday afternoon. Drummond previously won the award on November 28 for his outstanding performance in the Battle 4 Atlantis in which he notched 12 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks against Florida State. The BIG EAST Preseason Rookie of the Year is averaging 9.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and league-leading 3.0 blocks per contest. A native of Middletown, Conn., Drummond has had three or more blocks in six of 10 games this season and is shooting 59-percent from the field. He currently ranks 14th in the nation in blocks per game. Connecticut, 9-1, wi...
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Andre Drummond Picks Up Big East Rookie of the Week Honors
2011-12-20 00:37:00 For the second time this season, UConn Huskies men's basketball freshman center Andre Drummond has been named the Big East Rookie of the Week. Here's the release from UConn: STORRS, Conn. - Freshman center Andre Drummond was named BIG EAST Conference Rookie of the Week on Monday, December 19, after scoring a season-high 24 points on 11-of-12 shooting to go with eight rebounds and five blocks in a 77-40 victory over Holy Cross on Sunday afternoon. Drummond previously won the award on November 28 for his outstanding performance in the Battle 4 Atlantis in which he notched 12 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks against Florida State. The BIG EAST Preseason Rookie of the Year is averaging 9.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and league-leading 3.0 blocks per contest. A native of Middletown, Conn., Drummond has had three or more blocks in six of 10 games this season and is shooting 59-percent from the field. He currently ranks 14th in the nation in blocks per game. Connecticut, 9-1, wi...
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KML Wins Fourth Straight Big East Freshman of the Week Honors
2011-12-12 20:25:00 If this continues weekly, there's really no sense in posting this anymore. I kid I kid. Here's the release from UConn about UConn Huskies women's basketball freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis winning the Big East freshman of the week honors for the fourth straight week. STORRS, Conn. - Freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis has been honored as the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week as announced by the league on Monday. Mosqueda-Lewis, the 2011-12 Preseason BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, has earned the honor in each of the season's first four weeks. Mosqueda-Lewis averaged 14.5 points, 3.5 rebounds per game en route to leading the No. 2 Huskies to a spotless 2-0 week, which included an 81-51 victory over No. 8 Texas A&M on Tuesday. Mosqueda-Lewis scored 14 points on 6-of-15 shooting against the Aggies while dishing-out two assists and blocking a pair of shots. She followed that performance up with a 15-point, five-rebound effort in Connecticut's 70-37 victory at Seton Hal...
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KML Wins Fourth Straight Big East Freshman of the Week Honors
2011-12-12 20:25:00 If this continues weekly, there's really no sense in posting this anymore. I kid I kid. Here's the release from UConn about UConn Huskies women's basketball freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis winning the Big East freshman of the week honors for the fourth straight week. STORRS, Conn. - Freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis has been honored as the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week as announced by the league on Monday. Mosqueda-Lewis, the 2011-12 Preseason BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, has earned the honor in each of the season's first four weeks. Mosqueda-Lewis averaged 14.5 points, 3.5 rebounds per game en route to leading the No. 2 Huskies to a spotless 2-0 week, which included an 81-51 victory over No. 8 Texas A&M on Tuesday. Mosqueda-Lewis scored 14 points on 6-of-15 shooting against the Aggies while dishing-out two assists and blocking a pair of shots. She followed that performance up with a 15-point, five-rebound effort in Connecticut's 70-37 victory at Seton Hal...
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Nine Huskies Make 2011 All-Big East Teams
2011-12-08 21:12:00 The Big East Conference has handed out it's 2011 postseason football honors and we find nine members of the UConn Huskies football team honored for their performances during the season. Three of those nine were named to the All-Big East First Team. They are center Moe Petrus, defensive tackle Kendall Reyes and kicker Dave Teggart. Reyes and Teggart were named to the All-Big East First Team in 2010 as well. The six Huskies on the All-Big East Second Team are offensive tackle Mike Ryan, tight end Ryan Griffin, running back Lyle McCombs, defensive end Trevardo Williams, cornerback Dwayne Gratz and punter Cole Wagner. For a full look at the 2011 Big East Conference Football Awards, click on the read more button below if you're on the home page. 2011 BIG EAST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL AWARDS BIG EAST CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Isaiah Pead, RB, Cincinnati (Sr., Columbus, Ohio) BIG EAST CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR Derek Wolfe, DT, Cincinnati (Sr.,...
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Nine Huskies Make 2011 All-Big East Teams
2011-12-08 21:12:00 The Big East Conference has handed out it's 2011 postseason football honors and we find nine members of the UConn Huskies football team honored for their performances during the season. Three of those nine were named to the All-Big East First Team. They are center Moe Petrus, defensive tackle Kendall Reyes and kicker Dave Teggart. Reyes and Teggart were named to the All-Big East First Team in 2010 as well. The six Huskies on the All-Big East Second Team are offensive tackle Mike Ryan, tight end Ryan Griffin, running back Lyle McCombs, defensive end Trevardo Williams, cornerback Dwayne Gratz and punter Cole Wagner. For a full look at the 2011 Big East Conference Football Awards, click on the read more button below if you're on the home page. 2011 BIG EAST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL AWARDS BIG EAST CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Isaiah Pead, RB, Cincinnati (Sr., Columbus, Ohio) BIG EAST CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR Derek Wolfe, DT, Cincinnati (Sr.,...
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KML Wins Third Straight Big East Freshman of the Week Honors; Hartley Named
2011-12-06 02:23:00 If this continues, the Big East Conference can already engrave the Big East Freshman of the Year award. For the third straight week, UConn Huskies women's basketball freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis has been named as the Big East Freshman of the Week. KML, who leads the Huskies in scoring at 16.3 points, scored 21 points, including five three-pointers, in the Huskies win over Towson last week. It was the fourth time this season that KML has gone over the 20 point plateau. Bria Hartley was also honored by the Big East as she was named to the Weekly Honor Roll for her performance in the win over Towson. In that game, she had a game-high 24 points to go along with five assists and four steals. KML, Hartley and the rest of the Huskies are back in action on Tuesday night when they'll host the defending champion Texas A&M Aggies in the Jimmy V Classic at the XL Center in Hartford, CT. Tip is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on espn2. Follow Ian on Twi...
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KML Wins Third Straight Big East Freshman of the Week Honors; Hartley Named
2011-12-06 02:23:00 If this continues, the Big East Conference can already engrave the Big East Freshman of the Year award. For the third straight week, UConn Huskies women's basketball freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis has been named as the Big East Freshman of the Week. KML, who leads the Huskies in scoring at 16.3 points, scored 21 points, including five three-pointers, in the Huskies win over Towson last week. It was the fourth time this season that KML has gone over the 20 point plateau. Bria Hartley was also honored by the Big East as she was named to the Weekly Honor Roll for her performance in the win over Towson. In that game, she had a game-high 24 points to go along with five assists and four steals. KML, Hartley and the rest of the Huskies are back in action on Tuesday night when they'll host the defending champion Texas A&M Aggies in the Jimmy V Classic at the XL Center in Hartford, CT. Tip is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on espn2. Follow Ian on Twi...
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Andre Drummond Named Big East Rookie of the Week
2011-11-28 21:54:00 Here's the release from UConn about UConn Huskies men's basketball freshman Andre Drummond being named as the Big East Rookie of the Week: STORRS, Conn. - UConn freshman center Andre Drummond has been named the Rookie of the Week, as announced today by the BIG EAST Conference. Drummond averaged 11.3 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in three games for Connecticut this past week. Drummond led UConn to a third-place finish at the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas. The Middletown, Conn. native had his best performance of the season in UConn's 78-76 overtime victory over No. 20 Florida State in the third-place game. Drummond recorded his second double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds to go along with seven blocked shots and three steals. On the season, the Preseason BIG EAST Rookie of the Year is averaging 8.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game. Drummond has been a force on the offensive glass, grabbing 30 offensive rebounds in s...
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Andre Drummond Named Big East Rookie of the Week
2011-11-28 21:54:00 Here's the release from UConn about UConn Huskies men's basketball freshman Andre Drummond being named as the Big East Rookie of the Week: STORRS, Conn. - UConn freshman center Andre Drummond has been named the Rookie of the Week, as announced today by the BIG EAST Conference. Drummond averaged 11.3 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in three games for Connecticut this past week. Drummond led UConn to a third-place finish at the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas. The Middletown, Conn. native had his best performance of the season in UConn's 78-76 overtime victory over No. 20 Florida State in the third-place game. Drummond recorded his second double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds to go along with seven blocked shots and three steals. On the season, the Preseason BIG EAST Rookie of the Year is averaging 8.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game. Drummond has been a force on the offensive glass, grabbing 30 offensive rebounds in s...
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Nick Williams & Trevardo Williams Named To Big East Weekly Honor Roll
2011-11-28 20:34:00 Two members of the UConn Huskies football team were honored by the Big East for their efforts in the 40-22 win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. The win for the Huskies prevented Rutgers from clinching a share of their first-ever Big East title. Nick Williams and Trevardo Williams were both named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. Nick Williams was key for the Huskies especially in the third quarter when he had two big returns that led to two UConn touchdowns. All told on the day, he finished the afternoon with 158 yards on four kickoff returns and returned one punt for 30 yards. He was our offensive player of the game. Trevardo Williams, no relation to Nick and our defensive player of the game, had six tackles, including four sacks for a total of loss of 30 yards, and one forced fumble in the game. The UConn football team is back in action on Saturday afternoon at 12 p.m. when they'll take on the Cincinnati Bearcats at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, OH. If the Huskies win, they'l...
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Nick Williams & Trevardo Williams Named To Big East Weekly Honor Roll
2011-11-28 20:34:00 Two members of the UConn Huskies football team were honored by the Big East for their efforts in the 40-22 win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. The win for the Huskies prevented Rutgers from clinching a share of their first-ever Big East title. Nick Williams and Trevardo Williams were both named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. Nick Williams was key for the Huskies especially in the third quarter when he had two big returns that led to two UConn touchdowns. All told on the day, he finished the afternoon with 158 yards on four kickoff returns and returned one punt for 30 yards. He was our offensive player of the game. Trevardo Williams, no relation to Nick and our defensive player of the game, had six tackles, including four sacks for a total of loss of 30 yards, and one forced fumble in the game. The UConn football team is back in action on Saturday afternoon at 12 p.m. when they'll take on the Cincinnati Bearcats at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, OH. If the Huskies win, they'l...
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KML Earns Second Straight Big East Freshman of the Week Honors
2011-11-28 20:28:00 Here's the press release from UConn announcing UConn Huskies women's basketball freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis or "Baby Jesus" as Geno Auriemma affectionately calls her, as the Big East Freshman of the Week. STORRS, Conn. - Freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis earned her second BIG EAST weekly accolade of her career as she was tabbed the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week as announced by the conference office on Monday. Mosqueda-Lewis, chosen as the 2011-12 BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year, earns this award after an impressive week of averaging 15.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and two steals per game as the Huskies went 4-0. Mosqueda-Lewis, who had no turnovers in four games, began the week by lifting No. 2 UConn (6-0) to a 68-58 victory over No. 3 Stanford as she led the team with 25 points, while adding eight rebounds and two steals. On Sunday's win over Dayton, Mosqueda-Lewis hit six 3-pointers in route to recording her thi...
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KML Earns Second Straight Big East Freshman of the Week Honors
2011-11-28 20:28:00 Here's the press release from UConn announcing UConn Huskies women's basketball freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis or "Baby Jesus" as Geno Auriemma affectionately calls her, as the Big East Freshman of the Week. STORRS, Conn. - Freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis earned her second BIG EAST weekly accolade of her career as she was tabbed the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week as announced by the conference office on Monday. Mosqueda-Lewis, chosen as the 2011-12 BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year, earns this award after an impressive week of averaging 15.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and two steals per game as the Huskies went 4-0. Mosqueda-Lewis, who had no turnovers in four games, began the week by lifting No. 2 UConn (6-0) to a 68-58 victory over No. 3 Stanford as she led the team with 25 points, while adding eight rebounds and two steals. On Sunday's win over Dayton, Mosqueda-Lewis hit six 3-pointers in route to recording her thi...
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UConn Spoils Rutgers Big East Title Hopes
2011-11-26 21:22:00 The Rutgers Scarlet Knights came into this game looking to secure a share of the Big East title and a possible BCS bid. The UConn Huskies were looking to salvage their season and get closer to becoming bowl-eligible as well as sending off the seniors with a final home win. The Huskies were able to take advantage of some early Rutgers turnovers and good field position on their way to a 40-22 win over the Scarlet Knights in front of 37,857 on Senior Day at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT on Saturday afternoon. The Huskies improve to 5-6 (3-3 Big East) while the Scarlet Knights finish their regular season at 8-4 (4-3). Last week, the Huskies allowed the Louisville Cardinals to take the opening kickoff back for a touchdown and that essentially took themselves out of the ball game. Saturday was a different story as the opening kickoff went out of the end zone. The Huskies quickly turned the tables on Rutgers when Sio Moore forced a fumble by Rutgers RB Jawan Jamison that was recove...
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Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Named Big East Freshman of the Week
2011-11-21 19:24:00 Here's the release from UConn regarding UConn Huskies women's basketball player Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis being named Big East Freshman of the Week. STORRS, Conn. - Freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis earned her first BIG EAST weekly accolade of her career as she was tabbed the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week in the opening week as announced by the conference office on Monday. Mosqueda-Lewis, chosen as the 2011-12 BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year, earns this award after leading the Huskies to a 112-53 victory over Pacific on Tuesday, November 15. Mosqueda-Lewis tallied her first double figure performance in only her second game in a Husky uniform with a team-high 25 points in 25 minutes. In addition to her 25 points, Mosqueda-Lewis also led Connecticut in rebounds pulling down seven. She has averaged 16 points and seven rebounds per game in the first two contests. Skylar Diggins was named as the first 2011-12 Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the BIG ...
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Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Named Big East Freshman of the Week
2011-11-21 19:24:00 Here's the release from UConn regarding UConn Huskies women's basketball player Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis being named Big East Freshman of the Week. STORRS, Conn. - Freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis earned her first BIG EAST weekly accolade of her career as she was tabbed the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week in the opening week as announced by the conference office on Monday. Mosqueda-Lewis, chosen as the 2011-12 BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year, earns this award after leading the Huskies to a 112-53 victory over Pacific on Tuesday, November 15. Mosqueda-Lewis tallied her first double figure performance in only her second game in a Husky uniform with a team-high 25 points in 25 minutes. In addition to her 25 points, Mosqueda-Lewis also led Connecticut in rebounds pulling down seven. She has averaged 16 points and seven rebounds per game in the first two contests. Skylar Diggins was named as the first 2011-12 Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the BIG ...
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DePaul pleading for more crappy teams to join Big East
2011-11-04 23:33:00 LINCOLN PARK – High fives could be seen throughout the DePaul University campus late Tuesday as news spread of several new teams joining the Big East Conference. The hoots and hollers were the loudest inside the offices of DePaul athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto. “Thank God!” exclaimed Ponsetto. “You know how old it gets getting... Read more »
B1G 10 and Big East News and Notes
2011-06-09 20:56:00 Notre Dame Fighting Irish forward Tim Abromaitis (Unionville, Conn.) is one of 22 collegian who has accepted an invitation from the USA Basketball Men's Junior National Team Committee to attend the 2011 USA Basketball Men's World University Games training camp. The training camp, which will be held from July 29-Aug. 7 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo., will be used to select the 12-member team that will represent the USA at the 2011 World University Games men's basketball competition Aug. 13-23 in Shenzhen, China. The USA Basketball Men's Basketball Committee, chaired by NCAA representative Jim Boeheim (head coach at Syracuse University), is expected to announce the finalists for the squad on July 31. Training...
DePaul Gets Missippi in Big East/SEC Challenge
2011-05-19 23:23:00 The DePaul college basketball team learned its opponent for the 2011 BIG EAST/SEC Challenge today: the Mississippi Rebels at Allstate Arena. The three-day event features 12 games in December between BIG EAST and SEC programs. Here's the full schedule:...
Big East thinking about expanding... Again
2011-04-14 05:51:00 Update: The first version of this post incorrectly stated Villanova's intentions. Of course divining the Big East's intentions gets even harder then.Expansion talk is once again heating up in the Big East. This time it's an article in the Boston Globe by Mark Blaudschun that speculates about a whole heck of a lot of things, and even includes a few facts.Here's what we know: Villanova seems to want in and the Big East is considering its options. But then things get really murky. Because there's another player here as Blaudschun points out....
DePaul's season ends with loss to Connecticut in Big East Tournament
2011-03-08 20:17:00 DePaul's season ended not with a stunning upset at Madison Square Garden, but with the whimper of an overmatched team taking on a talented, NCAA Tournament caliber squad. Connecticut's 97-71 victory over the Blue Demons was a classic case of talent taking a sledgehammer to desire.The Blue Demons were doomed from the beginning. Having lost to the Huskies by 20 points earlier this season when Cleveland Melvin was healthy, the lack of his interior presence was going to be a big factor. It was, as Tony Freeland and Krys Faber started in the front court and were severely overmatched. They combined to go 3-16 from the field, commit seven turnovers, eight fouls and score 12 points....
Notre Dame's Ben Hansbrough will Likely be Big East Player of the Year
2011-03-08 04:39:00 If SIU is "Floor burn U," than Notre Dame senior guard would be "Captain Floor Burn." He's even grindier than his brother Tyler in his playing style and tries about as hard as anyone in college basketball. Hansbrough didn't make any preseason Big East all-conference teams, but Sunday he was the only player to be a consensus all-first team pick. Meaning he's probably the favorite to win the conference player of the year award. Hansbrough has led ND to double-bye in the conference tournament and a second place finish in the regular season behind Pittsburgh with his ability to both run the point and play off the ball. He's a finely conditioned athlete who works on his quickness everyday...
Postseason Preview: Big East 1st Rd.
2011-03-08 02:22:00 DePaul takes on #19 Connecticut in the first round of the Big East Tournament on Tuesday afternoon. The game is on ESPN2 at 11 p.m. CT and is the first of a four-game set on the ESPN Family of Networks. Unfortunately the Blue Demons are in a tough spot without Cleveland Melvin, but hopefully players like Brandon Young and Moses Morgan can get some postseason experience.If DePaul somehow manages to win this game the Blue Demons will take on Georgetown in the second round. That all leads to a date with top-seeded Pittsburgh, a Final Four favorite. Yup, the Big East is pretty good.Speaking of the Big East, Pico Dulce over at Rumble in the Garden managed to get 19...
DePaul's Melvin deserves to be Big East Rookie of the Year
2011-03-06 21:37:00 At this point it's pretty obvious that Cleveland Melvin has had an excellent freshman season for DePaul. Since he got injured the Blue Demons haven't been the same team. Well today the All-Big East teams were announced and Melvin was the lone unanimous vote getter for the Big East All-Rookie Team. We won't know if that translates to a Big East Rookie of the Year Award until Tuesday, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Melvin's going to win.I compared the 13 Big East freshman that played at least 340 minutes in conference play this season (sorry Moses Morgan!) and came to the conclusion that Melvin dominated his peers. For the comparison I looked at Usage Percentage, Points Per 40...
Huzzah and Hallelujah! DePaul Wins a Big East Road Game
2011-02-18 07:32:00 The reign of terror is over! 25 game conference losing streak no more! The DePaul Blue Demons have actually won a Big East game. And a road game for the first time in 31 tries. What a joyous night this is for Chicago college basketball. The world was a very different place in 2008, the last time the Demons won on the road- Jerry Wainwright was coach, cell phone calls not text messaging was the dominant form of communication, a lot of people, but not everybody had a Twitter account, a ton of people were on Facebook, but not every single person, and some people still had telephone land lines. But today is historical, as the Demons beat Providence...
DePaul tops Providence to end Big East losing streak
2011-02-18 06:01:00 It's over. DePaul doesn't have to worry about the stigma of losing every Big East game. The Blue Demons went to Providence on Thursday night on ESPN2 and beat the Friars, 79-76. Unfortunately I didn't see the game as I was at Chicago State, but I did listen to Zach Zaidman's call of the final 10 minutes on WSCR 670 on the ride home.It was quite the way to experience the game as Providence whittled the 13-point lead back down before the Blue Demons held on late. Player after player hit big shots for the Blue Demons down the stretch. After three narrow conference losses, DePaul finally made the plays down the stretch to get the win. Cleveland Melvin, Jimmy...
DePaul will prove it belongs in Big East moving forward
2011-02-17 18:50:00 Tonight's game between DePaul and Providence is big for a number of reasons. There's a lot of history in this game even though these two teams have only played 28 times. For one, the Blue Demons are continuing their quest to try and avoid a dubious fate - losing every regular season Big East game. It's happened before and it might happen again. And there will be a historic announcing crew to call tonight's game at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2 as well. Beth Mowins and Doris Burke will be the first all female women's hoops announcer booth at a men's college game on an ESPN network in more than a decade.Once again the Blue Demons aren't getting much of a...
Allstate Arena Among 5 Most Horribly Corporate Big East Venue Names
2011-02-12 00:16:00 The Big East may be the best conference in all of college basketball, but wow do they have some TERRIBLE names among their collection of home venues. The super-conference is comprised of 16 teams, and many of them play in arenas with names so blandly and offensively corporate, they make the names of many of the college football bowl games sound romantic and wholesome. 1. KFC Yum! Center (Louisville) photo credit Flickr An arena name with an EXCLAMATION POINT! It's like that infamous Seinfeld episode:...
DePaul Falls Just Short of 1st Big East Win; Scare Cincinnati Bearcats
2011-02-09 03:12:00 Given the numerous factors in the Blue Demons' favor: 1.) How tough DePaul looked at #15 Louisville on Saturday, losing by just two baskets 2.) How bad Cincinnati looked at Pittsburgh the very same day 3.) All the internal college basketball drama the Bearcats have going on with star forward Yancy Gates, who was suspended in that Pitt game. 4.) The law of averages favor DePaul winning a conference game very soon it was reasonable to expect All State Arena's home team to triumph over Cincy Tuesday night. But alas, it was not to be....
#8 Notre Dame Beats DePaul; Making them Chicago's Best Big East Team
2011-02-04 03:31:00 It's been ten days since Notre Dame last played a college basketball game. And it was big; the biggest one in Mike Brey's career. The Fighting Irish defeated then #2 Pittsburgh at their place, then assuming second place (tied with Louisville) in the toughest conference in the nation. Aside from a couple missed dunks here, and a blown chippy there, they did not look rusty at all in their visit to All State Arena. Let down at DePaul? Not possible for ND, as they pulled away from the Blue Demons well before halftime. DePaul trailed just 24-20 at the 7:31 mark but found themselves down 37-24 at intermission. The second half was all ND as the Irish increased their...
DePaul's Cleveland Melvin Becoming one of Big East's Best Freshme
2011-01-18 00:32:00 For the third time in four weeks, DePaul freshman forward Cleveland Melvin was named Rookie of the Week by the BIG EAST Conference. Melvin is the first Blue Demons to pick up the honor three times in a season. Melvin averaged an impressive 23.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in games against Seton Hall and Connecticut last week. He opened the week with 21 points, nine rebounds and two assists against the Pirates before registering his first career double-double with 25 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against the Huskies. In addition to becoming the first DePaul player to earn BIG EAST Rookie of the Week honors, Melvin is also the only Blue Demon to pick up the award in...
Big East Power Rankings: Start of Conference Season Edition
2010-12-28 03:08:00 Big East hoops action tips off with a behemoth battle on Big Monday when pre-season conference favorite Pitt hosts one of the surprise teams in the country and their Player of the Year breakout star, Kemba Walker of UConn. Oh, and so much for this being a down year in the conference as five of the top nine ranked teams in the country call the Big East home. Here are my Big East college basketball power rankings heading into the start of the season. Be sure to check back every week for an update. By: David Kay...
All-Big East Non-Conference Teams
2010-12-26 16:00:00 With the non-conference season winding down, and Big East play set to start up Monday when Connecticut takes on Pittsburgh, I wanted to put out my all-conference teams through the first half of the season. The two five-man teams are completely based on non-conference play and use a combination of tempo-free statistics, regular statistics and general observations. The "Honorable Mention" list at the end is more an "Others Considered" list and generally highlights players that did well during non-conference play and didn't make the cut for either team.Note: I already published my All-Chicago teams and will be publishing Horizon League and Big Ten ones shortly.All the action is after the jump....
Sio Moore Named Big East Defensive Player of the Week
2010-09-27 18:29:00 The weekly honors for the Big East are out and we find a member of the UConn Huskies football team named as one of the players of the week. Huskies linebacker Sio Moore was honored as the Big East Defensive Player of the Week for his performance on Saturday. Moore, who took over as a starter for Greg Lloyd, had a career-high 16 tackles and an interception in UConn's 45-21 win over the Buffalo Bulls on Saturday afternoon at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT. It was also the first career start for Moore. Robbie Frey was also honored by the Big East as he was named to the Weekly Honor Roll. Frey came off the bench after the injury to Meme Wylie and ran for 112 yards on 13 carries with a touchdown. With that effort, he has supplanted D.J. Shoemate as the No. 2 back and he'll also be the top back until Jordan Todman returns from his injury. The Huskies are back in action on Saturday at noon when the Vanderbilt Commodores come to Rentschler Field. It is homecoming weekend for the Hu...
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The East Coast Bias' Big East Roundtable for July
2010-07-24 16:49:00 A roundup of the July Big East Roundtable conducted by The East Coast Bias.
My take on DePaul in the Big East Roundtable
2010-05-25 19:52:00 The St. John's blog East Coast Bias is a running a roundtable of Big East Bloggers this summer and early fall. 13 Big East basketball bloggers have agreed to participate and I think there is going to be some great information shared that will help keep everyone up to date on the other teams in the conference. The first set of questions is a look back at the season that was, which you can find the beginning of here. After the jump is my answer to the question about DePaul. Also, be sure to check out the post because Blue Demons Nation is also participating and I'm sure they'lll have a slightly different take on things....
DePaul beats Marquette, ends 24-game Big East losing streak
2010-01-21 05:28:00 Mike Stovall's incredibly clutch shots carried DePaul to a 51-50 victory over Marquette. It was the Blue Demons' first regular season victory over a Big East opponent in 25 games.
Change at DePaul doesn't change result in Big East
2010-01-15 05:46:00 While the head coach at DePaul has changed the result didn't as DePaul fell 79-62 to Providence on Thursday at Allstate Arena in Tracy Webster's coaching debut.
DePaul looking at the bottom rung of the Big East again
2009-12-24 18:54:00 Paragraph capsules and a preview of the entire Big East Conference before conference play starts with West Virginia at Seton Hall on Saturday.
The Big East is still excellent
2009-12-04 22:55:00 A look at the relative strength of every college basketball conference in the country. A down year for the Pac-10 could mean an extra big for the Big Ten come Selection Sunday. |
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