UConn will play Wake Forest in its first game of the Paradise Jam on the U.S. Virgin Islands, Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m. Quinnipiac, also at The Jam, will play Iona at 9:30 that evening.
The Huskies will be seeded second in the tournament and Wake Forest, which finished 13-18 after losing to Maryland in the ACC Tournament last year, will be No. 7. Iona is seeded third, Quinnipiac sixth. The winners of those two games will play in the semifinals of the tournament on Nov. 18, the losers of those two games will play on Nov. 17.
New Mexico is the top seed on the other side of the bracket. A little history: UConn won the Paradise Jam in 2008. Wake Forest and
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UConn will be missing the boat in 2013, or vice versa. The Carrier Classic, the version in which UConn had a memo of understanding to play, will likely be featuring Marquette and Ohio State. UConn pulled out of the game about a month ago, according to the game’s promoter.
ESPN has reported that Ohio State and Marquette were in negiations to play on the aircraft carrier Yorktown off Charleston, S.C., in November. The Columbus Dispatch reported a deal was near.
Late Friday Mike Whalen, head of Morale Entertainment, the game’s promoter, told The Courant, “I want to make this clear – UConn pulled out. We stood by UConn. We were blind-sided. We were disappointed, we had to scramble.”
North Carolina and Michigan State played in the first Carrier Classic last November, played on the Carl Vinson off San Diego. By all appearances, the game was a rousing success, as UConn agreed to play there in 2012. But there were issues behind the scenes, and things began to break
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Roscoe Smith has made his decision and will transfer from UConn to UNLV, according to CBSSPORTS.COM’s Jeff Goodman. Smith, who played an important role on the Huskies’ championship team, played a lesser role last season and asked for his release in April. Smith’s father told CBSSports about the decision on Friday.
He is looking to play more small forward than power forward. At UNLV, he could do that, but he will probablty be sitting out a year before he can play. In any event, Smith has a new home.
At The Big East meetings in Ponte Vedro Beach, Fla., officials are wrestling with ways to manage an 18-team basketball league, especially in terms of its centerpiece, the tournament at Madison Square Garden.
Next year, with the league down to 15 teams and UConn likely to remain ineligibile, the tournament will be easier to manage. Coaches have endorsed a plan for all 18 teams, minus Syracuse and Pitt, including the newcomers, to qualify for the tournament and come to the Garden in 2014. This from a story from our sister paper, The Orlando Sentinel, from the meetings.
Jim Calhoun needs volunteers for his Cancer Challenge Bike Ride and Walk in Simsbury on June 9. All types of roles need to be filled – directional guides, parking help, set-up help.
All funds raised in the ride go to the Cancer Center at the UConn Health Center, and Coaches Vs. Cancer.
If you’re interested in helping out, click here.
STORRS – Many of you have asked about Enosch Wolf, t he 7-foot-1 center from Germany, and his chances to break through and play for UConn next season.
Those chances are there, depending on what Wolf makes of his opportunity. He has been working hard at it. On Thursday, I watched his 40-minute session with assistant coach Glen Miller, and then interviewed Enosch in the hallway at Gampel Pavilion.
You may remember, when Andre Drummond came to UConn last August, there was talk of Wolf transferring. It was
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Roscoe Smith is in Vegas, visiting UNLV this week. It’s the first official visit he’s made since getting his release from UConn on April 20.
The Rebels are on the way back, and have a loaded front court, especially after getting Pitt transfer Khem Birch and landed elite power forward Anthony Bennett from nearby Findlay Prep. Smith, who would probably have to sit a year, wants to play small forward so, perhaps, he could find a comfort zone there with so many big men around. There will also be tough competition for minutes, as there was at UConn.
Anyway, wherever ‘Scoe goes, he brings a lot of fire and energy and, having played on a National Championship team, he knows how to win. … And the final 10 seconds of any half figure to be loads of fun.
Here’s a look at Smith’s possible role at UNLV from Bleacher Report.
Today is Jim Calhoun’s 70th birthday, and he graciously sat down with me earlier this week for a lengthy interview. The finished product appears in The Courant. There was much more - the story could have been twice as long - but there is only so much space in print. The coach told his own story, magnificently and movingly, and I’d like to share some more of it here. …
The legacy:
“There’s a lot of sweat equity involved in the process, a lot of early-on times of saying, ‘Oh, God, what did we get into.’ … I want people to say the five best programs in the history of college basketball are North Carolina, Duke, Indiana, Kentucky and – they have a tough
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On the day UConn landed a big man – Phillip Nolan of Milwaukee – the Huskies bid goodbye to Michael Bradley, who will transfer to Western Kentucky. Signed paperwork and transcripts were sent to his new school, according to Nooga.com, the website that covers Bradley’s hometown, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Bradley wanted to be closer to his ailing grandmother, who was diagnosed with cancer. WKU is about a three hour drive from
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UConn has lined up another non-opponent for next season, and from a power conference it is. The Huskies will participate in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden, playing North Carolina State on Dec. 4 at 9 p.m. The game will be part of a double header that also features Georgetown vs. Texas at 7 p.m.
The Wolfpack has a big year in 2011-12, going 24-13, losing to Kansas in the Sweet 16.
UConn and NC State have split four prior meetings, NC State winning at Gampel in 1991, the Huskies at Raleigh two years later.
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