Jamal Coombs-McDaniel News

Q: Hey Mike, enjoy your blog very much. I am a little concerned about the Huskies this year and after the first 2 regular season games I was wondering why is it that we have always had trouble against the zone defense? Its been the same in the past, we just cant penetrate and just pass back and forth on the perimeter.

Frontcourt coming up small: Through two games, UConn has just two more rebounds than its opponents.

Three games into the regular season, UConn is still searching for its identity. And that frustrates coach Jim Calhoun.

Freshman forward Jamal Coombs-McDaniel guards Colgate's on Monday night. Against William and Mary, Jamal Coombs-McDaniel played just seven minutes.

Stanley Robinson scored 18 points leading five Connecticut players in double figures as the No.

They don't cost you anything but frustration, and they can serve as motivational building blocks.

Jamal Coombs-McDaniel makes his entrance during the First Night festivities on Oct.

Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, given academic clearance by the NCAA on Monday, is back in the fold.

UConn freshman Jamal Coombs-McDaniel was cleared by the NCAA Eligibility Center to play in games for the Huskies, the school announced Monday.

Almost nine months after sustaining a torn meniscus, Jerome Dyson will return to the court today at Gampel Pavilion as UConn faces UMass-Lowell in the second of the Huskies' two exhibition games.

University of Connecticut men's basketball student-athletes Jerom Dyson and Donnell Beverly have both been cleared for full participation in practice and outside competition as of Friday.

Kemba Walker scored 28 points and Stanley Robinson added 25 as No. 12 Connecticut rolled past American International College 106-67 in an exhibition game Wednesday night, despite playing without starting guard Jerome Dyson.

Senior guard Jerome Dyson, junior guard Donnell Beverly and freshman guard/forward Jamal Coombs-McDaniel were held out of UConn's exhibition Wednesday against American International, UConn annouced less than an hour before the game was to begin.

It has been 214 days since the men's basketball team lost to Michigan State in the 2009 Final Four.

Storrs - Braving unseasonably cold temperatures, a line of UConn basketball fans snaked outside Gampel Pavilion on Friday waiting to move inside for autographs.

Jamal Coombs-McDaniel and Darius Smith consider themselves multi-dimensional players, and so does the UConn coaching staff.