The Halfcourt Trap Preseason Top 10 UConn Huskies Basketball Tickets, Hatvol has just posted his preseason basketball top 10 for the 2008-2009 season: Realizing that academics, defections, and summer shenanigans will inevitably impact some of these teams, here is the first Halfcourt Trap Top 10 for the ?08-?09 season: 1. Pitt. Jamie Dixon's most talented squad will be tough enough to survive the meat grinder in the Big East and bring the trophy to the Steel City. 2. North Carolina. By far the most talented team in the country. However, their playing with both.

Big East Announces Men's Basketball Conference Opponents Tickets, The Big East Conference announced today the home/away opponents for the men's teams in the conference. Each team will play 6 home Big East games and 6 away Big East games along with home-and-home games with 3 opponents for a total of 18 conference games. The UConn Huskies will play Notre Dame, Pitt.sburgh and Seton Hall as their home-and-home opponents. Game times, dates and locations for the Big East games haven't been announced yet. Here are the rest of the home and away games for the Husk.

2008-2009 College Basketball Pre-Season Rankings Here's an early look at our pre-season College Basketball Rankings since the NBA Draft is over with. 1. North Carolina Tar Heels The Tar Heels have to be the clear-cut favorites for next year. Basically everybody returns, Player of the year Tyler Hansbrough is back along with speedy PG Ty Lawson and sharpshooter Wayne Ellington. UNC will be deep and talented. Their guards will be one of the best in the nation. Backup PG Bobby Frasor is back from injury and Danny Green decided to pull. UConn Huskies Tickets.

Paw Prints - It's Official, Cardoza Named Temple Coach NCAA, It's a been a long time since UConn Huskies women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma has had to replace a member of his coaching staff. Well that time has finally come as Tonya Cardoza was officially named the head women's coach at Temple. Cardoza takes over for her University of Virginia teammate Dawn Staley to left to coach the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Owls were 21-13 last season and 12-2 in the Atlantic-10 and return 9 players from last year's squad. I'm so grateful for the opportunit.

Paw Prints - Some Gridiron News The Big East Conference announced today that the UConn Huskies football team's opening game against the Hofstra Pride on August 28th will kick-off at 7:30 PM. No television plans have been announced as of yet. Every Thursday during the football season, WTNH .&.MyTV9 will produce a weekly UConn football schedule called ?Inside Huskies Football. The show will debut on September 4th and be broadcast weekly at 7 PM on MyTV9. UConn Huskies.

Howland's new deal is well-deserved Howland's new deal is well-deserved UCLA did the right thing and rewarded Ben Howland with a seven-year extension. Howland is the closest thing this storied program has had to a great, longterm coach since the legendary John Wooden. Howland has coached the Bruins to three straight Final Fours and has his recruiting pipeline up and running in SoCal, signing enough blue-chip prospects to make another run at a Pac-10 title. We think Howland has a brilliant mind for the game. We just hope. NCAA College Basketball Tickets.

Temple names new women's hoop coach Temple named Tonya Cardoza its new women's basketball coach on Tuesday. Cardoza spent the past 14 years as an assistant at Connecticut under the Hall-of-Fame coach Geno Auriemma. She was a part of five national championship teams with the Huskies.".Tonya Cardoza brings successful .coaching experience from one of the premier programs in the history of intercollegiate athletics.".said Temple athletic director Bill Bradshaw.".She has been an integral part of the Huskies' national success. College Basketball.

2-a-Days: UConn and Yale tickets, UConn Huskies Not many people saw that season coming. A bowl game? Possibly, but not a tie for the Big East title. The Huskies got it done by doing the right things at the right time. They weren't flashy by any means, but they kept on taking care of business. Can they pull off another season like 2007 again? THE OFFENSE: Tyler Lorenzen has to step it up. He just hasn't gotten the job done yet. Connecticut's passing offense ranked 97th in the nation and was one of the worst in the Big East.

Robinson Leaves UConn, Return Up in the Air tickets, According to The Day (Ct.), Connecticut sophomore forward Stanley Robinson is back home in Alabama taking summer classes at a local community college, and will miss the first semester of next season.".He will not play in the first semester.".head coach Jim Calhoun said.".I'm not keeping him out. The NCAA is not keeping him out. But we asked for a medical redshirt. We just filed it. We're just going to keep him out of school.".Robinson is dealing with personal and academic issues, but wants.

2008 NBA Draft Musings Thanks to N-Bug?s liveblog of the NBA Draft last night, we felt like we were almost in the building sniffing David Stern's manscent and Darrell Arthur's ire.  What's the record for lowest pick of someone in the Green Room?  The best we can muster is Rashard Lewis at #32 ten years ago.  Anyone got a lower pick left stewing in the Green Room all night? Unfounded Rumors of a Kidney Problem Sunk Arthur's Stock (photo credit: AP) Darrell Arthur's Kidney.  The story of last night's draft.tickets.