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17 hrs ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Dixon's 4-yard TD gives UConn 33-30 win over ND

The Connecticut Huskies finally won one for their slain teammate, handing Notre Dame and coach Charlie Weis a second straight bitter defeat on senior day.

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21 hrs ago | BleacherReport

Connecticut Football Takes Center Stage vs. Notre Dame

This is the week that all UConn football fans have been waiting for.A Through trial, tribulation, and heartbreakers time and time again this season, a win this week would help tremendously in keeping the Huskies slim bowl hopes alive.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

ESPN

Hard luck ND, UConn seek to end losing streaks

Notre Dame and Connecticut keep coming up a play short. They do it in dramatically different styles, but the common theme heading into their game on Saturday is this: Their seasons could be drastically different if someone could have come up with a key tackle, catch or run.

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Related Topix: Armando Allen Jr, Sports, NCAA Sports, Notre Dame Fighting Irish NCAA Football, NCAA Football, University of Notre Dame NCAA, Connecticut Huskies NCAA Football, Zach Frazer

Thu Nov 19, 2009

ABC 33/40

Huskies Host Pride In Nit Season Tip-off

The 12th-ranked Connecticut Huskies host the Hofstra Pride in the NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament North Region finals tonight at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The York Daily Record

Connecticut-Notre Dame at a glance

Line: Notre Dame by 6. Series Record: First meeting. What's at Stake Maybe Charlie Weis' job and Notre Dame's Gator Bowl hopes.

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The Day

Observations from a stirring victory

No. 12 UConn is headed to New York next week for the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals Nov.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

FOX30Online

Huskies rally late to beat Hofstra

Jerome Dyson scored a team-high 23 points and went 14-of-15 from the foul line, including making some key free throws down the stretch, as 12th-ranked Connecticut held off Hofstra, 76-67, at Gampel Pavilion.

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ESPN

Preview

Connecticut may be 2-0 to start the season, but coach Jim Calhoun is far from happy with his team's inconsistent play.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

WFRV-TV Green Bay

Crusaders challenge Huskies in NIT Season Tip-Off

The NIT Season Tip-Off shows up on the schedule tonight across the country, with one of the many games pitting the 12th-ranked Connecticut Huskies against the Colgate Crusaders at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs.

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The Hartford Courant

UConn Men Counting On Extreme Makeover Vs. Colgate Tonight

UConn coach Jim Calhoun didn't like what he saw from his team in its opening victory over William & Mary , but there is some value to sub-par performances this early in the season.

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Connecticut Post

Lamb makes official visit to UConn

As he began his official visit to UConn Sunday, Doron Lamb said the Husky coaches expressed a strong desire to see the New York City native in National Flag Blue.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Hartford Courant

Jerome Dyson's Night: UCONN | Men's Basketball

Jerome Dyson sat with his right foot in a bucket of iodine Friday night after UConn's victory over William & Mary.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

ArcaMax Publishing

Col BKB: Connecticut 75, Will. & Mary 66

Jerome Dyson scored 27 points in 37 minutes Friday, helping carry No. 14 Connecticut to a tougher-than-expected 75-66 victory over William & Mary.

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The Day

Bumbling beginning for Huskies

Right to the very last minute when Kemba Walker's attempted cross-over dribble bounced off his leg and went out of bounds, UConn stumbled through its regular-season opener Friday.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

WFRV-TV Green Bay

12th-ranked Huskies entertain Tribe in season opener

The 12th-ranked Connecticut Huskies open up their 2009-10 season this evening in Storrs, as they welcome the William & Mary Tribe to Gampel Pavilion.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

News Times

Walker takes over reins as UConn's court leader

Few people, let alone athletes, go through college without a nickname. When the two were battling in Gampel Pavilion the other day, UConn point guard Kemba Walker was "Antigua" and former UConn swingman Denham Brown, who has spent a few days recently working out with the Huskies, was "Jamaica." Forget that Brown is from Canada and Walker is from ...

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The Hartford Courant

Coombs-McDaniel Asked To Help At Power Forward

And because he was not cleared by the NCAA eligibility center until Monday, he was unable to participate in the Huskies' two exhibition games.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

Fox Sports

Center of attention

Everyone in local basketball circles already knows about him. Now, the rest of the nation is about to get to know the A-Train. The University of Connecticut men's basketball team opens its season on Friday night with freshman Alex Oriakhi set to step into a long line of talented big man to start at center for the Huskies.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Lowell Sun

Haunting in Connecticut

There's not many players like Jerome Dyson -- and there sure aren't any in the Northeast-10 Conference.

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ArcaMax Publishing

Report: Teammates started fatal fight

A fight last month at a University of Connecticut dance that left a UConn football player dead involved two teammates' disputes with three men, sources say.

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