When you’ve won nine games in a row, it’s a funny joke. When you’re losing a lot, it’s a reason to run extra laps.
UConn forward Stanley Robinson tried show off his fastball during practice Monday. While directing a fast break Robinson fired a one-handed pass to center Hasheem Thabeet as the big man sprinted down the lane.
Needless to say the pass was ill advised for the situation, and it bounced hard off Thabeet’s hands and out of bounds.
“The Red Sox could use you,” Calhoun told Robinson with a snicker.
That’s a good indication the coach is having a good season. If it were last season and the Huskies were limping to the finish Calhoun might have said something like “Do I look like the (bleeping) baseball coach?!?!”
After the practice Calhoun continued to laugh off the exchange.
“I would appreciate if he wouldn’t do that,” Calhoun said. “I thought he was heading for Fort Myers or something. Maybe Winter Haven.”
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For perhaps the first time sine he was suspended for a second violation of UConn’s drug policies, Calhoun mentioned Jerome Dyson by name on Monday.
It’s not that the coach has dodged questions about Dyson, but he’ll usually say things like “the guy who would give A.J. another player to pass to” or “we’re playing without a pretty good guy.”
When asked about the MVP of the Huskies current hot streak _ it’s clearly Price, obviously _ Calhoun hearkened back to the start of the streak and Dyson’s play.
“The Marquette game was probably Jerome Dyson as much as anybody else,” Calhoun said.
Perhaps sensing that a few of the assembled scribes were surprised to hear his name, Calhoun explained.
“I haven’t forgotten him, even though he’s not playing,” Calhoun said.
