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Biden celebrates UConn men’s basketball team at White House

President Biden on Friday celebrated the University of Connecticut (UConn) men’s basketball team at the White House following their national championship victory in early April. Biden praised UConn as one of the “premiere” programs in college basketball and offered praise to the team and to head coach Dan Hurley. He also noted that multiple players……

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Colleges: UConn clinches Big East baseball title; Eastern elliminated

May 20—No. 8 hitter Matt Garbowski was 3-for-4 with four RBIs as UConn routed Creighton 10-0 Saturday in Omaha, Nebraska, as the Huskies clinched the Big East regular season title for the third consecutive year. UConn (40-13, 15-5) will meet Georgetown at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the first round of the four-team, double-elimination Big East…

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Colleges: Broadhurst, Morton lift UConn baseball past Creighton

May 19—Stafford native Luke Broadhurst and Norwalk's Korey Morton didn't even need to swing their bats to be the heroes for the UConn baseball team Friday night. The pair drew consecutive bases-loaded walks to push across the tying and go-ahead runs as the ninth-ranked Huskies topped Creighton 6-3 in a Big East game in Omaha.…

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Colleges: UConn baseball drops series opener to Creighton

May 19—No. 9 UConn nearly made up a six-run deficit, but fell a run short as Creighton held on to beat the Huskies 7-6 in the opener of a three-game Big East baseball series Thursday in Omaha, Nebraska. UConn (38-13, 13-5) scored three runs in the ninth and had the tying run at second, but…

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Report; UConn men to start series with Gonzaga next season

May 16—UConn and Gonzaga will begin a multi-year series next season at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, sources told national college basketball reporter Jon Rothstein. They will meet again in the 2024-25 season at Madison Square Garden. Dates and times are TBA. The deal further strengthens UConn's nonconference schedule. The Huskies will play North Carolina…

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Colleges: Daniels, UConn baseball outlasts Butler in 13 innings

May 12—Ryan Daniels' patience paid off for the UConn baseball team Friday night. The freshman from Meriden drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 13th to give the No. 9 Huskies a 6-5 win over Butler in a Big East game at Elliot Ballpark in Storrs. UConn (37-11, 12-3 Big East) has won…

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Ninth-ranked UConn baseball rallies for dramatic victory

May 6—STORRS — UConn summoned some comeback magic for the second straight game on Saturday at Elliot Ball Park. A day after rallying from a six-run deficit to win the Big East series opener, Jake Studley's hard two-out single to left field scored David Smith from second base for a 3-2 walk-off victory over Seton…