UConn sports

Are you ready for the Wolverines?

No, not those Wolverines.

The students at UConn apparently are. There were already three tents set up outside Gampel Pavilion Friday afternoon with students getting in line for Saturday’s game.

A few notes from Friday:

– Michigan is 1-5 on the road (at Indiana). UConn is perfect at home this season and has lost four non-conference games total in Gampel Pavilion’s history (only two in the regular season).

Michigan’s playing OK. UConn’s playing out of this world.

“Even though they may be performing well, I could find reasons to be grumpy I suppose,” UConn coach Jim Calhoun cracked Friday. “I don’t find it hard to do that aspect of it.”

That being said, the game might be close.

– John Beilein’s teams are different than most. It will be four or five-out on offense and probably a 1-3-1 zone defense.

“The greatest concern I think I have is them making a lot of three’s,” Calhoun said. “And then the pace and tempo of the game becomes critical.”

– F Jeff Adrien, with 14 more rebounds, will become just the fifth player in UConn history with at least 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. Toby Kimball, Emeka Okafor, Art Quimby and Corny Thompson are the only ones who have done so far.

“It means a lot,” Adrien said. “Not too many people can say that.”

“I’m kind of speechless, to be mentioned with Emeka Okafor,” Adrien added.

– G Jerome Dyson missed was given the day off Wednesday to rest his injured body (knee, ankle, etc.). He practiced Friday, though, and should be ready to go Saturday.

Calhoun also said redshirting (well, it’s not red really, is it gray?) forward Ater Majok had an MRI on his knee to see if there was any problem. (It’s swelled).

Dr. Calhoun said he thinks it’s just swelled from over use.

– UConn didn’t take many 3-pointers (eight) against Louisville Monday.

“There’s a reason we didn’t take too many,” A.J. Price said. “We didn’t make any.”

Good point.

– Beilein has taken two teams into Gampel Pavilion before. His Richmond team lost to the Huskies on Nov. 19, 1998, and his West Virginia Mountaineers lost to UConn on Feb. 7, 2004.

“It’s not very friendly to opposing teams. Jim does a great job; George Blaney does a great job behind him,” Beilein said. “It’s an honor to go in there and play the number one team in the country, coached by a hall of famer.”

In both seasons UConn beat Beilein-coached teams in Gampel, the Huskies won the national championship.

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UConn’s A.J. Price is a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, a nod given to the nation’s top point guard.

The other Division I finalists are:

Sheron Collins (Kansas), Darren Collison (UCLA), Stephen Curry (Davidson), Toney Douglas (Florida State), Levance Fields (Pittsburgh), Jonny Flynn (Syracuse), Dominic James (Marquette), Ty Lawson (North Carolina), Eric Maynor (VCU), Patrick Mills (St. Mary’s), Jeremy Pargo (Gonzaga) and Jeff Teague (Wake Forest).

Fans can vote for their favorites at www.cousyaward.com. The top on-line vote getter will get one vote as part of the selection process. Guys like Bob Cousy, Dean Smith and Jim Calhoun get some of the others.

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Nine UConn football players were named to the Big East’s All-Academic Team Thursday, including LB Scott Lutrus and WR Marcus Easley.

A player needed to be a letterwinner in 2008, carry a GPA of at least 3.0 and have completed at least two semesters of work to make it.

Here’s the list:

Marcus Easley, Sr., WR, Stratford, Sports & Leisure

Robbie Frey, So., RB, Lehighton, Pa., Pre-Teaching

Donald Goudreau, Sr., LB, Brookfield, Wis., Biological Science

D.J. Hernandez, Gr., WR, Bristol, Educational Psychology

Brad Kanuch, Jr., WR, Johnstown, Pa., Sports & Leisure

Tyler Lorenzen, Sr., QB, Fremont, Iowa, Management

Scott Lutrus, Jr., LB, Brookfield, Economics

Alex Polito, Jr., DT, Reading, Pa., Exploratory

Dave Teggart, So., K, Northborough, Mass., Exploratory

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A couple of nuggets from this morning’s Big East conference call:

– UConn coach Jim Calhoun is still basking in his team’s dominant win Monday night over Louisville.

“The Louisville game was pretty special for us,” Calhoun said.

“Defensively and attacking pressure, it was maybe our best game of the year,” the coach continued. “It wasn’t the best game we’ve ever played but it was the best game of the year.”

– Plenty of questions for Calhoun about being No. 1. Calhoun has plenty of experience coaching a top-ranked team, and experience tells him it won’t always last.

“This team has hopefully so far been somewhat oblivious to it,” Calhoun said. “Maybe we’ll even take it, to the point where we want to stay up there and be considered the best team.”

For his part, Calhoun isn’t choosing among the nation’s best yet.

“There is no single best team in the country, in my opinion. There’s a number of really great teams,” Calhoun said. “Don’t forget about Carolina, please. Don’t forget about some of the great teams out there, Oklahoma. There’s a whole bunch.”

– Marquette remains the league’s only unbeaten. The Golden Eagles’ 9-0 start is already tied for the fifth-best start in Big East history. Their 20-2 overall start is the team’s best since it began the 1977-78 season 22-2.

Marquette hasn’t played the meatiest of league schedules (yet) but coach Buzz Williams isn’t about to apologize for it.

“We’ve played the schedule that the Big East gave us,” Williams said. “Whether that pales in comparison to others, how it stacks up? I don’t know.”

Marquette is at USF Friday, the second of three-straight road games for the league’s top team.

“This is an important stretch for us, with three games on the road,” Williams said.

– DePaul coach Jerry Wainwright on his team’s game Saturday against Pittsburgh:

“It’s another Big East day where you’re going to play one of the best teams in the country,” Wainwright said.

Ouch. He’s right though, and Wainwright’s Blue Demons (0-10) have paid for the league’s strength more than anyone else so far this season.

– USF is in a similar spot. Coach Stan Heath’s Bulls have only two wins in the league (both over DePaul) and although they’re maybe not a bad team, they have a bad league record.

“It’s a war,” Heath said. “We’ve told our guys it’s a part of history. Embrace it and let’s do the best we can do in it.”

“You have to keep the glass half full,” Heath said, “because this league can beat you up.”

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Back from Rentschler Field and it’s snow-covered yard lines and parking lots. A few notes on the UConn football team’s newest class:

– WR Dwayne Difton is probably the jewel of the class. He’s the first four-star recruit (according to rivals) to join the Huskies from high school. Jarrell Miller came to UConn after UNC and a prep school.

“He’s fast, he’s quick,” Edsall said. “He’s maybe not as big as some of the other guys but he’s a guy who can make plays.”

– The coaches seem to like LB Mike Osiecki. The son of Sandy (Ansonia/Arizona State/Kansas City Chiefs) and the brother of Ryan (Seymour/Louisville/UNH), Mike Osiecki will probably make a name for himself at UConn.

“He’s a guy that epitomizes the word football player,” Edsall said.

“He’s one of those tough Valley kids,” Edsall said. “We got Erik Kuraczea out of the Valley last year. We got Mike this year. We’re hoping there’s guys there every year.”

– Edsall said Greg Robinson will move from OLB to MLB. There’s more chance that he’ll unseat Greg Lloyd Jr. than Scott Lutrus, I guess.

– QB Leon Kinnard will remain at that position as long the 5-foot-9 Baltimore native wants to.

“Leon’s a QB until he comes and tells me he doesn’t want to be a QB,” Edsall said.

– RB Martin Hyppolite reminds Edsall in some ways of Donald Brown.

“He reminds me of the guy that’s just leaving with his balance and lower body strength,” Edsall said.

– DE Trevardo Williams (a guy I saw run track plenty of times in high school, by the way…FAST) is perhaps the most ready to play of the freshmen (other than probably WR Dwayne Difton).

“He’s already a lot bigger and stronger than he was a year ago at this time,” Edsall said. “That extra time at the prep school has really helped him develop.”

Williams is already enrolled at UConn and will participate in spring practice. Keensen Chambers (K.C., I think, he’ll be known as) and Jesse Joseph are on campus too, though Chambers has an injured wrist and may not play in the spring.

– Edsall wants every great state player to stay home, obviously. Jordan Reed (Florida), Jake Golilc (Notre Dame) and Mark Harrison (Rutgers) didn’t choose UConn but the Huskies did OK at keeping talent home.

Marcus Aiken (St. Paul-Bristol), Mike Osiecki (Seymour) and Williams are obviously good gets.

“Kids now understand that they can flourish here, in-state kids especially,” Edsall said. “If they haven’t seen it, they’re missing the boat.

“You can be an All-American here because it’s been done,” Edsall continued. “You can be a Rhodes Scholar candidate, it’s been done. You can win a Big East championship here, it’s been done. You can get to the NFL from here, it can get done.”

Class by State

Pennsylvania _ 5

Connecticut _ 3

Massachusetts _ 2

New Jersey _ 2

Maryland _ 2

Florida _ 2

New York _ 1

Virginia _ 1

Georgia _ 1

South Carolina _ 1

Quebec_ 1

Class by Position

WR _ 4

OL _ 3

DE _ 3

DB _ 3

QB _ 2

DT _ 2

LB _ 1

RB _ 1

K/P _ 1

ATH _ 1

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Press conference later today, but here’s a list of the players the UConn football team has signed:

STORRS – University of Connecticut head football coach Randy Edsall announced on Wednesday that the Huskies have signed 21 student-athletes to a National Letter of Intent to join the UConn program.

Student-athletes in UConn’s 2009 signing class hail from 10 different states (and Canada).

The following is a full signee roster and biography of each:

Name Pos. Hgt. Wt. Hometown/High School/Prep School

Aiken, Marcus WR 6-1 175 New Britain, Conn./St. Paul (Bristol)

Brandon, Tevrin DB 5-9 180 Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic

Box, Michael QB 6-3 195 Suwanee, Ga./Collins Hill

Bullock, Tyler OL 6-4 250 Mechanicsburg, Pa./ Mechanicsburg

Chambers, Keensen DE 6-5 230 Greenville, S.C./Southside/Worcester

Academy (Mass.)

Christen, Chad K-P 6-1 190 Etters, Pa./Red Land

Difton, Dwayne WR 5-11 175 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas

Friend, Kevin OL 6-5 260 Warrenton, Va./Faquier

Generett, Malik WR 6-5 210 York, Pa./ William Penn

Greene, Steve OL 6-5 311 Edensburg, Pa./Bishop Carroll

Hyppolite, Martin RB 6-0 215 Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield

Joseph, Jesse DE 6-4 235 Laval, Quebec/Northeast Philadelphia

(Pa.)/Vanier Prep

Kenney, David SS 6-0 205 Highstown, N.J./The Peddie School

Kinnard, Leon QB 5-9 180 Reistertown, Md./Loyola Blakefield

Lang, Michael WR 6-0 180 Largo, Fla./Largo

Lopes, Chris DB 5-10 190 Brockton, Mass./Tilton School (N.H.)

Osiecki, Michael LB 6-2 225 Seymour, Conn./ Seymour

Stephen, Shamar DT 6-5 260 Brookville, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran

Williams, Nick ATH 5-10 180 East Windsor, N.J./The Hun School

Williams, Trevardo DE 6-3 220 Bridgeport, Conn./Central/Canterbury

School (Conn.)

Willman, Tim DT 6-4 245 Fulton, Md./Reservoir

MARCUS AIKEN – Played wide receiver, running back and defensive back during his scholastic career….as a senior, rushed for 1,000 yards and 15 TDs with 19 receptions for 253 yards and three TDs…team went 9-2 overall in ’08…as a junior, rushed for 933 on 122 carries and had 31 receptions for 476 yards….had 213 rushing yards with three TDs in junior year vs. Wilcox Tech…two-time All-Nutmeg conference pick…third team all-state pick by the New Haven Register…team captain…also plays basketball and track…in spring of 2008, won state Class S championship in 300-meter hurdles in record time of 39.15..was also second in 110-meter hurdles…born February 5, 1991.

TEVRIN BRANDON- 2008 all-state honorable mention and second team All-(Lehigh Valley) The Express-Times All-Area… intercepted eight passes and made 51 tackles as senior… named first team all-conference his junior year after making 51 tackles and five interceptions also ran track in high school, making the first team all-area his sophomore and junior years …born December 9, 1990.

MICHAEL BOX – Played his senior season at Collins Hill and led team to 8-3 record…had school-record 1,561 yards of passing as a senior, including 286 yards in one game for a school record….two-time Gwinnett County Player of the Month…second team all-region…threw for 1,005 and four touchdowns as a junior at Duluth (Ga.) High School and rushed for 540 yards and three TDs…as a sophomore, had 781 passing yards as a sophomore…played in the Gwinnett County All-Star Game…born November 19, 1990.

TYLER BULLOCK– Named a First Team The Sentinel (Cumberland County, Pa.) All-Star and to the AAA All-State Associated Press second team as a senior…team captain…two-time (Harrisburg) Patriot News All-Star…also played tight end and defensive end in high school…team finished 12-1 in 2008 with their only loss coming in the state quarterfinals…born July 10, 1990.

KEENSEN CHAMBERS – Enrolled at UConn this January after spending the fall semester at Worcester Academy….was a New England Prep School Athletic Conference All-Star this past fall…at Southside High School, was an all-county pick in 2007 and two-time all-region pick…played basketball as team won Class AA State Championship in 2007…named to all-tournament team…was awarded a Pepsi-Greenville County Schools Golf Tournament Scholarship following his senior year for community involvement…named to The National Society of High School Scholars…born June 16, 1990.

CHAD CHRISTEN –Named Class AAA First Team All-State and first team All-Mid Penn Conference selection…had a long field goal of 49 yards as a senior and 50 yards as a junior…had seven field goals in both his junior and senior seasons…averaged 42.8 yards per punt as a senior – improving from 38.5 as a junior…in three years as a starter, registered 83 touchbacks on kickoffs….was also team’s starting quarterback as a senior…born September 9, 1990.

DWAYNE DIFTON – Named first team All-Broward County by the Miami Herald and second team All-Broward County by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel as a senior…ranked 13th top recruit in Broward County by Sun-Sentinel…St. Thomas Aquinas finished the season as top-ranked high school football team in the country by USA Today…team was 2007 and ‘08 5A State Champions…had 25 receptions for 414 yards (16.6 average) and five TDs in the 2008 regular season…also had a 34-yard rush during season…caught a TD pass in his team’s 56-7 victory in the 2008 state championship game…had eight receptions for 134 yards and two TDs in three postseason games….had four receptions for 121 yards and a TD in win against Cincinnati Elder in Kirk Herbstreit Classic played at Paul Brown Stadium…team averaged 426 yards of total offense per game… as a junior, had 19 receptions for 276 yards and two TDs…born February 15, 1990.

KEVIN FRIEND – First team All-Cedar Run District pick as a senior and second team all-region…team MVP and captain…is highly-ranked wrestler in the heavyweight division and is ranked second in the state…born July 12, 1990.

MALIK GENERETT- First team all-state in 2008 by Associated Press and Pennsylvania Football News… named 2008 Tri-Player of the Year in the York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association…named first team all-league twice…selected to play in Big 33 All-Star game…864 receiving yards as a senior captain…team captain…switched from quarterback to wide receiver midway through his junior season…45 receptions for 933 yards and 11 TDs his senior year, an average of 20.7 yards per reception…as a junior, after position switch, had 21 receptions for 420 yards and four TDs…attended same high school as current Husky Zac Zielinski and ’08 grad William Beatty…born October 6, 1989.

STEVE GREENE – Two-time Associated Press Class A first team all-state selection in Pennsylvania on the offensive line…2008 first team all-state pick by Pennsylvania Football News (Class A) and first team all-conference by the Altoona Mirror…also played defense as a senior and made 42 tackles…team captain…also plays basketball and football…selected to play for Pennsylvania in the Big 33 All-Star Game in June 2009..born December 13, 1990.

MARTIN HYPPOLITE – Set single-season school records as a senior with 1,639 rushing yards with 29 TDs…also is school’s career leader in rushing yards with 2,850 yards and is the leading scorer with 269….had five touchdowns in two different games this year and four TDs in another…team was 8-1 in senior year…had 19 receptions for 318 yards and four TDs as a senior….also return kicks and punts…rushed for 1,013 yards as a junior…first team all-state pick…averaged 9.6 yards per carry as a senior….team captain…named to 2008 All-Scholastic team by both The Boston Globe and Boston Herald… born June 17, 1990.

JESSE JOSEPH – Enrolled at UConn in January of 2009…was team captain and all-league pick….invited to 2007 Team Quebec camp…team was 2006 and ’07 Bol d’Or Trophy champions, which goes to the winner of the Canadian Prep Triple-A football league champions…from same prep school as current Husky Moe Petrus…a Canadian native who graduated from Northeast Philadelphia High School in 2006…will have five years of eligibility to compete in four at UConn.

DAVID KENNEY – Was named first team all-conference all-prep as a junior… named New Jersey-New York All-Star as a senior…born September 18, 1990.

LEON KINNARD – Second team all-state pick as a junior…was honorable mention all-state as a sophomore and senior…as a senior, was named second team all-metro from the Baltimore Sun and All-Baltimore County…first team all-metro and all-county as junior ….as a sophomore in 2005, was 103 for 185 in the air for 1,415 yards and 11 TDs..also rushed for 303 yards and 11 TDs…as a junior in 2006, threw for 1,489 yards with 13 touchdowns as team won state title… team went 11-0 in senior year….team captain…was selected to play in 2008 Maryland Crab Bowl between all-stars from Maryland and Washington, D.C., but missed game because of injury…born February 9, 1991.

MICHAEL LANG – Had 38 receptions for 960 yards and nine TDs as a senior….the yards and TDs were school single-season records….team advanced to state semifinals …had two receptions in state semifinals…team captain…also played defensive back in high school….First Team All-Suncoast by St. Petersburg Times…First Team All-Pinellas County by St. Petersburg Times… as a junior, had a 75-yard interception return for a TD in state playoff game…played in 2008 Florida North-South All-Star Game…born December 24, 1990.

CHRIS LOPES – Helped lead Tilton to an undefeated season in 2007 and win its first-ever New England Prep School Athletic Conference Super Bowl appearance….had 10 receptions for 350 yards and five TDs….had 60 tackles as a defensive back…had a 23-yard TD reception in Super Bowl….team went 7-2 in 2008 and played in Super Bowl again…was an All-Evergreen League pick and All-New England selection in 2008…originally attended Brockton High School…was a Boston Globe All-Scholastic pick and Big Three League All-Star in 2006…born January 5, 1990.

MICHAEL OSIECKI – 2008 Gatorade State Player of the Year in Connecticut….also earned first team all-state honors from the New Haven Register…two-time first team All-Naugatuck Valley League…team advanced to state Class SS final as a senior…also played fullback in high school, rushing for 1,774 yards and 26 TDs on 199 carries and catching 25 passes for 419 yards and six TDs as a senior…second team all-state his junior year…team captain…born June 14, 1991.

SHAMAR STEPHEN – Had 57 tackles in senior year with 12 sacks….had two blocked field goals…team captain…team went 7-2 in senior year…also plays basketball…..First Team All-American Lutheran Team…born February 25, 1991.

NICK WILLIAMS – Named 2008 Trenton Times Player of the Year…team captain and MVP…all-conference on both offense and defense as a junior and senior and all-conference on defense as a sophomore…as a junior, made 50 tackles with three interceptions….had 11 interceptions as a sophomore…born November 23, 1990.

TREVARDO WILLIAMS – Enrolled at UConn in January of 2009…named to the 2007 all-state team by both the Hartford Courant and the New Haven Register…a two-time all-conference selection…on the track, placed second in New England in the 100 meters in 2007…lived in Jamaica until 1999…born December 31, 1990.

TIM WILLMAN – First-team all-league selection…honorable mention all-state…named to the Howard County Times All-County team…named to the National Football Foundation Baltimore Chapter Academic All-State team…played in 2008 Maryland Crab Bowl between all-stars from Maryland and Washington, D.C….grandfather Lou Cavallo of Wallingford graduated from UConn in mid-50s…born November 23, 1990.

Season tickets for the UConn football team are on sale and the school has changed the prices (slashing some donation requirements) and adding a few more options.

If you sign on (usually a three-year commitment) by April 30 you’ll get 2008 prices.

“We understand the economic environment. We know what all of us are feeling, whether it’s at home or in our respective businesses,” UConn AD Jeff Hathaway said Tuesday afternoon. “We’re very cognizant of the economy.”

The 2009 ticket prices will go up slightly. If the building isn’t sold out and single-game tickets are available, they will cost $30, not the $25 that they did in 2008.

The school’s goal is to sell out Rentschler Field for the upcoming year with season tickets. That means it will have to sell about 34,000 season tickets. The other 6,000 go to the visiting team and for other pre-existing commitments.

The smarest move on UConn’s part appears to be making its chairback section into three different sections. It’s unfair for someone in the front row to pay the same ammount as someone in the last row on the same yard line. Good move.

The “preferred” and “reserved” seats, those for the common folks, will cost the same ammount as last season _ $150 for a seat for six games _ if you lock in now.

A few other points from the AD:

– Will there be any change in the prices for basketball tickets?

“No. We’ve not had those conversations,” Hathaway said.

– Will Rentschler Field expand?

“There are no immediate plans for stadium expansion,” said Hathaway, noting that a state building has little chance of getting such funding in the current economy.

– Is trying to take away single-game and small package options the right move?

“If you can’t get a ticket for an event, it was a greater perceived value,” Hathaway said.

– Hathaway encouraged swift decisions by fans. Seats will begin being assigned in May so those who want them are encourage to “get in line.”

– The Notre Dame series won’t affect Rentschler (sort of). Hathaway said there will always be at least six games at Rentschler a season, including the ones that inlclude “home games” with the Irish in Boston (Foxboro) or New York (Meadowlands).

Hathaway said there may even be a case where UConn plays seven home games at Rentschler PLUS a home game with Notre Dame.

I’m not sure about the math on that one, but if he’s right that’s a pretty good deal.

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Here’s the new price breakdown:

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A little late-night blogging for all of you still upright (myself, I took a detour after the game and neglected by blogging duties until now:

– In case you missed it, UConn beat the living snot out of Providence Saturday afternoon 94-61. The Huskies were up 37 late in the game before “settling” for a 33-point romp.

“This was definitely payback,” Jeff Adrien said. “That’s how we see it.”

UConn had lost three straight to PC and Adrien and Craig Austrie were the only Huskies to experience such a victory.

“It was very important. They’ve had our number recently,” A.J. Price, who had a game-high 19 points.

– Hasheem Thabeet was a defensive monster, perhaps more than usual. He tied his own school record (Emeka Okafor and Donyell Marshall did it, too) with 10 blocked shots.

“They kept coming and I kept telling them ‘No. You’re not going to get easy shots today,’ ” Thabeet said. “They kept coming and I kept blocking them.”

Thabeet also had 15 points and 11 rebounds, picking up just the seventh triple-double in UConn history. It was also the 13th triple-double in a Big East game ever.

– Coach Jim Calhoun couldn’t find much to complain about. Even the points he tried to make with the officials were rendered moot.

Price’s back-pedaling 3-pointer that started a 20-0 run in the second half was just one example.

“When I shot it coach got up and yelled ‘He got hit!’ ” Price said. “I just yelled back to him ‘It doesn’t matter, coach. It doesn’t matter.’ That’s how I was feeling at that point. We were riding a wave and we were determined not to let this game get out of hand.”

– Stanley Robinson broke out for 18 points, more than he scored in his previous six games combined.

Calhoun said “welcome back” to Stanley as he exited late in the game. Robinson didn’t know what to say back.

“I don’t know,” Robinson said. “Coach said ‘Welcome back’ and I just said ‘Thank you.’ ”

– Saturday’s game in all probability puts UConn at No. 1 in the nation. It would be the Huskies first trip to the top since March 2006.

“It’s been a bumpy ride, you know,” Adrien said. “We’ve been through thick and thin. That shows we’ve fought our way back to the top. We’ve been through a lot with this team: guys getting suspended, injuries, guys not having great games, whatever it is.

“It’s great to finally get to the point where we can say we’re No. 1,” Adrien said.

– The win over Providence also served as another milestone for Adrien. He’s been keeping a list of all the teams that beat the Huskies in Adrien’s sophomore season (2006-07) and he’s checking them off one by one as UConn gets a little revenge.

“The only team we haven’t paid back yet is Georgetown,” Adrien said.

– Price joined the 1,000-point club at UConn with a 3-pointer midway through the first half.

“I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs here,” said Price, who has now scored 1,015 points. “To still score 1,000 points says something about me as a person and as a player.”

He’s the 42nd member of that elite group of Huskies, following right behind teammate Jerome Dyson.

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