Connecticut Huskies NCAA Basketball News

Hasheem Thabeet is all over the place, which is to say he has been on the go nonstop since becoming the No.

In his first three exhibition games as a pro, former UConn guard A.J. Price has found himself in an unusual place at tipoff: sitting on the bench.

Tanzania might not be known as a great sporting nation beyond East Africa, but the country now boasts of the first ever international basketballer from the region to grace the world famous NBA, the US top basketball league.

The 76ers/New Jersey Nets entry in the Orlando Pro Summer League will include two fresh first-round draft choices, with the Nets sending Louisville's Terrence Williams to pair with the Sixers' Jrue Holiday.

The Big East announced each team's opponents for the 2009-10 men's basketball season yesterday and Pitt appears to have received a break.

Hasheem Thabeet, who recently was chosen second in the NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies, is still spending time around Gampel Pavilion until the NBA's summer leagues begin.

Scouting reports and highlight reels can help you get a feel for some of the players, but nothing can replace the knowledge and insight that you get from watching a player on a night-in, night-out basis.

Reggie Witherspoon's gamble at the point is still paying dividends. For the University at Buffalo basketball coach, his bold decision to shift senior small forward Greg Gamble to point guard, a position he'd never played before, facilitated a 21-win season and a run to the Mid-American Conference championship game.

WILLIMANTIC, Conn., March 13 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news release: Eastern Connecticut State University seniors Nicky Morey and Ashley McFetridge have been recognized with season-ending awards by the New England Women's Basketball Association .

WILLIMANTIC, Conn., March 29 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news release: Eastern Connecticut State University's Ashley McFetridge has been selected to the ten-person Women's Basketball Coaches' Association Division III State Farm Coaches' All-America Team.

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 8 -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following news release: The Southern Connecticut State University athletic department invites all area children to attend its basketball doubleheader against Merrimack on Jan.

GRANTHAM, Pa., March 6 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news release: The Messiah College women's basketball team advanced all the way to the national championship game in last year's NCAA Division III tournament.

No. 1, Clippers: BLAKE GRIFFIN, power forward, Oklahoma, sophomore, 6-8 1/2, 248.

Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird usually doesn't let too much information out before the NBA draft.

Oklahoma forward Blake Griffin said he was unconcerned about the past as he faced the prospect of being taken by the long-time losing Los Angeles Clippers as first pick in Thursday's NBA Draft.

NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 18 -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following news release: Art Leary has retired as head men's basketball coach at Southern Connecticut State University.

UConn 's last presence in the NBA draft, in 2006, was unprecedented. The Huskies matched Duke and North Carolina by having four players selected in the first round - Rudy Gay , Hilton Armstrong , Marcus Williams and Josh Boone .

Hasheem Thabeet canceled a pre-draft workout with the Grizzlies on Sunday citing a shoulder injury, but he also had plans to talk to other teams.

It's hard to argue which was UConn's most successful NBA Draft. Plenty of former Huskies' have heard their names called in recent years.

The University of Connecticut says freshman basketball player Ater Majok has removed his name from the NBA draft.