Connecticut Huskies NCAA Basketball News

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

Jerome Dyson scored 32 points in his season debut, and No. 12 Connecticut breezed to an 88-50 exhibition victory over UMass Lowell on Sunday.Kemba Walker scored 15 points and had seven assists for the Huskies, who begin the regular season Friday night against William & Mary.

No. 12 UConn breezes to 88-50 exhibition victory Eds: APNewsNow. No. 12 Connecticut 88, UMass-Lowell 50.

It has been a long time since senior guard Jerome Dyson has heard his name announced over the public address system as a member of the starting lineup for the UConn men's basketball team.

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.

The men's basketball team will close out the exhibition portion of their season Sunday as the Huskies host Division II UMass-Lowell at 1 p.m. in Gampel Pavilion.

UConn's 106-67 exhibition victory over AIC was a nice first step toward the season for the Huskies.

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.

Jerome Dyson wasn't at the XL Center as practice was about to being Tuesday, but that's only because he had a late class and was to be a last-second arrival.

UConn coach Jim Calhoun has had two-plus weeks to begin molding his team, 14 practices to drive home points about expectations and effort, some 35 on-court hours to start fine-tuning for the season.

The beast sleeps, at least at the start of the 2009-10 college basketball season.

The UConn men's basketball team has officially practiced 10 times this season. Few, if any, of the workouts have featured the team the Huskies expect to take the court when the season hits its stride.

UConn coach Jim Calhoun just held court with a handful of writers in his office for close to an hour.

Steve Sobel, a Springfield-based shooting specialist and motivational speaker, has longstanding ties with Jim Calhoun and the UConn program, going back to UConn's recruitment of Kevin Freeman.

Coach: Jim Calhoun Last season's record: 31-5 Spotlight player When Sporting News compiled its rankings of the best players at each position, UConn's Stanley Robinson was not listed among the top small forwards or the top power forwards.

UConn coach Jim Calhoun doesn't officially have to decide on a starting lineup until the Huskies open exhibition play Nov.

He sat there as a frustrated spectator, near the far end of the Connecticut bench, watching one of the greatest college basketball games ever played in the greatest college basketball venue.

There was a lot of talk before and after the Husky Run about UConn being a faster team this season.

The UConn men's basketball team was predicted to finish third in the Big East in a preseason poll of coaches, it was announced Wednesday during the conference's annual media day at Madison Square Garden.

Guard Craig Austrie #24 of the Connecticut Huskies is defended by guard J.T. Tiller #4 and forward Leo Lyons #5 of the Missouri Tigers in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament at the University of Phoenix Stadium on March 28, 2009 in Glendale, Arizona.