GEICO SportsNite: Mike Cavanaugh named new Huskies hockey coach
GEICO SportsNite covers Mike Cavanaugh being named the new UConn hockey head coach.
For Faris, it’s a new degree of difficulty
By Carl Adamec
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Kelly Faris’ career as a student-athlete at the University of Connecticut came to a close Wednesday as she took her last spring semester final exam.
Just as she did on the basketball court a month ago, she’ll go out in style. The Dean’s List student will join the rest of the Class of 2013 at graduation ceremonies in Storrs on Sunday.
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Cavanaugh hired as men’s ice hockey coach
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Cavanaugh will be tasked with upgrading the Huskies to the sports highest level when it joins Hockey East for the 2014-15 season.
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The school will hold an introductory press conference on Thursday in Storrs.
Cavanaugh is the fourth coach in school history.
UConn is in the process of upgrading its hockey program and it comes at just the right time as New England has become the hub of college hockey in recent years. Cavanaugh was an assistant on four Boston College national title teams and this year’s championship pitted Yale against Quinnipiac.
Bruce Marshall, who coached the Huskies for 25 years, stepped down as coach for personal reasons in January.
Cavanugh was selected over other finalists in interim coach Dave Berard and former Denver coach George Gwozdecky. Berard went 10-3-2 in his final 15 games as interim coach.
Cavanaugh, with strong New England ties, will become a first time head coach.
“I am very excited to be joining the UConn Husky family,” Cavanaugh said in a statement. “This job is a terrific opportunity and I think UConn’s move to Hockey East is a natural. I look forward to the challenge of building this program and I believe that my experiences over the past 18 years will help me lead UConn into this new era.
UConn’s Calhoun has hip surgery
Omar Calhoun underwent two surgical procedures in the last two months to help alleviate discomfort in his hip. Calhoun should be 100 percent by August.
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Calhoun was having discomfort and had surgery that shaves off bones from each hip, the left hip in March and the right hip in late April.
Hartley, KML to World University Games trials
By Carl Adamec
A month after winning a national championship, UConn’s Bria Hartley and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis are ready to play some basketball.
Hartley and Mosqueda-Lewis are among 31 players to accept invitations to participate in the 2013 USA Basketball World University Games trials, USA Basketball announced Wednesday. The trials to select the 12-member USA squad will be held May 16-19 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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UConn’s attendance and Power 5 conferences
Rentschler Field
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Here’s the article per CBS Sports’ Jeremy Fowler and it’s a good read if you haven’t been obsessing over conference realignment (which if you are reading the blog, you already know all the info).
There was a line that caught my eye:
It wasn’t UConn’s Northeast footprint or its 21st national ranking among public universities that lost it. The lack of football tradition and game-day environment at Rentschler Field (capacity 40,000) did, according to an ACC source.
Lack of football tradition and game day environment?
UConn trio to attend Team USA U-19 trials
By Carl Adamec
University of Connecticut freshman Breanna Stewart, Morgan Tuck, and Moriah Jefferson are among 34 players to accept invitations to participate in the 2013 USA Basketball U-19 world championships team trials, USA Basketball today Tuesday.
The trials to select the 12-member USA squad will be held May 16-19 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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UConn football: Eight years of offensive struggles
Connecticut head coach Paul Pasqualoni looks on during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Maryland in College Park, Md., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. Connecticut won 24-21. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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It’s a task that has confounded previous offensive coordinators with the Huskies — how do you get the offense to average?
While I was doing the wide receiver recap I started to look at some historical stats for the UConn offense. We all know how bad the offense has struggled — even in the good years — but seeing the numbers year-to-year is mind-boggling.
Joseph taken in CFL Draft
In this photo taken Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, Connecticut defensive end Jesse Joseph (91) is tended to after injuring himself in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Maryland in College Park, Md. Joseph has a torn left Achilles tendon and will miss the remainder of the football season. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Joseph is coming off an Achilles Tendon tear and has one more season of eligibility at UConn remaining. He’s from Laval, Quebec, and has been the starter as a true freshman with 118 tackles and 13 sacks in 37 games at UConn.
Daniel Hamilton: 'I could see myself at UConn'
Daniel Hamilton enjoyed his official visit to UConn so much it gave him a vision for the future.
"I can see myself at UConn," he told SNY.tv following the visit.
"Me and Coach Ollie got along real well. I've known him since before he was the coach at UConn."
Hamilton is a 6-foot-6 shooting guard from Los Angeles St. John Bosco and the younger brother of
Here's SNY.TV's Adam Zagoria on a UConn hoops recruits visit.
