Just stumbled across Notes from the Hawaii jumpoff and figured never too late but here’s a Kemba piece I penned a little while ago, before UCONN embarked on their traditional cupcake non-conference schedule. If you left briefly to use the… Continue Reading
On UConn’s very first game of the 2009-10 campaign, a shaky win over William & Mary, coach Jim Calhoun called into question Stanley Robinson’s confidence and coachability. “Stanley has a little problem with my advice,” said Calhoun that mid-November night.… Continue Reading
The UConn Huskies were playing with house money. So we thought… After thrashing St.John’s to the tune of a 16-point runaway win during their first game without Hall of Fame game general Jim Calhoun (who was advised by his doctor… Continue Reading
Kemba Walker can admit it. The kid they call EZ Pass hasn’t been operating UConn’s offense the way CT folks envisoned the Rucker Regular would the past few weeks, and UConn’s three-headed monster of Walker-Stanley Robinson-Jerome Dyson hadn’t been leading… Continue Reading
All day word hung around midtown about the nation’s top collegiate player–who surely would have sidestepped the college experience and bolted to the NBA from high school (if not for David Stern’s age rule)–lighting up Madison Square Garden. UConn v.s.… Continue Reading
No question, John Wall is an NBA player sporting a Kentucky uniform. Yes, he’s a freakish athlete and the surefire first pick of the 2010 NBA draft. Yes, Wall will likely put on a show on the big stage at… Continue Reading
It’s the blood feud renewed. The Recruiting Railsplitters’ Battle Royale. This year, however, the faceoff between the two titanic tigers migh as well be the battle of the cheetahs. The supreme battle between the rule book-bending college basketball bullies. Jim… Continue Reading
HARTFORD–The sight was alarmingly familiar, and that’s what made it all the more frightening for the UConn Huskies. Jerome Dyson, the Huskies’ best player–Jim Calhoun’s description after the Huskies’ 92-64 blowout of Boston University–landed awkwardly during the opening moments of… Continue Reading
I know I’ve said this before but… More men have been murked by the charity stripes than by the chainsaws. Look at what happened to UConn’s Jerome Dyson against Duke in Friday’s marquee and memorable matchup. Slicin’ Dyson, who entered… Continue Reading
On paper, it can’t be more palpable. UConn forward Stanley “Sticks” Robinson is primed for an MVP-caliber season in the Big East. The freakishly athletic, 6-foot-9 swingman will automatically materialize as a go-to-guy from the get-go, turning in 20+ point… Continue Reading