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Napier Key To UConn's Future Hopes
The Hartford CourantAs everyone at Gampel Pavilion watched a video tribute to a team that, on paper, had little to play for and instead gave and gave each game as if it had everything in the world to play for, Shabazz Napier began to feel the shiver of emotions. As...Tags: College Basketball, Niels Giffey, Providence Friars, NBA Draft, Big East Conference
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Big East's Breakup Not The End Of The World For UConn
The Hartford CourantIn my favorite line from one of my favorite movies, "The Shawshank Redemption," Morgan Freeman's character Red goes on about how he has been in prison so long that he didn't think he could ever make it on the outside. Tim Robbins' unforgettable character,...Tags: College Basketball, Roman Catholicism, The Shawshank Redemption (movie), NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Big East Conference
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UConn Lets It Get Away At The End
The Hartford CourantCINCINNATI — This was a UConn team held together by duct tape, bandages and lots and lots of heart. If any UConn fan wants to stop here, wants to chalk up this game without Shabazz Napier as proof positive that these Huskies always play with...Tags: Niels Giffey, NBA Draft, Injuries and Wounds, Big East Conference, Louisville Cardinals
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Daniels Does It All, But UConn Falls Short
The Hartford CourantSTORRS — It was a night, a crazy, nutty, heart-pounding night, when we found out again how good Otto Porter Jr. is. It also was a night, a crazy, nutty, heart-pounding, double-overtime night, when we found out how good DeAndre Daniels can be....Tags: College Basketball, Big East Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Omar Calhoun, Syracuse Orange
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Napier's The Joyful King Of Overtime
The Hartford CourantThere is a certain, unmistakable joy that Shabazz Napier has brought to this UConn basketball season. During what could have been a dour year when the Huskies play for nothing more tangible than a strong regular season record, Napier has played as if...Tags: Providence Friars, Wilt Chamberlain, Villanova Wildcats, Big East Conference, Cincinnati Bearcats
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Napier And Boatright Struggle In Loss To Villanova
The Hartford CourantSomething good was going to happen for those two UConn guards. The 15,165 fans knew it. Shabazz Napier knew it. Heck, Jay Wright knew it. "Those two guards are two of the best in the country," the Villanova coach said after his Wildcats had throttled...Tags: Seton Hall Pirates, Providence Friars, Connecticut Huskies, Villanova Wildcats, Shabazz Napier
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UConn Carving Out A Memorable Season
The Hartford CourantTo get too wrapped up in the lost rivalries is to miss what is in front us now. To get too wrapped up in Gerry McNamara, Carmelo Anthony and Pearl Washington and once upon a Carrier Dome is to miss the great pearl that UConn found Wednesday night in...Tags: College Basketball, Atlantic Coast Conference, Villanova Wildcats, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Big East Conference
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Unstoppable Team, But Conference Realignment Is Worse Than Any Storm
The Hartford Courant— If only it were as easy as one team bus getting stuck in the snow Saturday night. If only it were as easy as some of the boys vainly trying to push the bus free. If only it were as easy as getting a second bus and a long five-hour, 15-minute ride....Tags: Seton Hall Pirates, College Basketball, Providence Friars, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Villanova Wildcats
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News And Views From Half-Baked Jake, Super Bowl Edition
The Hartford CourantThis is Half-Baked Jake, Super Bowl edition. Warning: Numerals subject to appear in their Roman form. News: Caleb Moore dead at XXV after a crash at Winter X Games in Colorado. His snowmobile fell on him as he tried to complete a backflip. Views: This...Tags: Caleb Moore, Vincent Council, Deer Antler Velvet (dietary supplement), Super Bowl, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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For A Team With Heart, Postseason Ban Weighs Heavy
The Hartford Courant— You watch a team so badly outrebounded. You watch a team destroyed on the offensive boards. You watch big man after big man head to the bench with five fouls. You see that team outscored by 13 points on the free throw line. And afterward you see...Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, Madison Square Garden, Miami Hurricanes, Providence Friars, George Blaney
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Napier Question Answered; Wolf Question Still Needs To Be
The Hartford CourantA day after the Boston Marathon bombings, Shabazz Napier was looking into a WTNH camera and talking eloquently, soulfully about the pain of his hometown. It was then that Napier paused for a moment and said, "I always tell my close friends that the one...Tags: College Basketball, NBA Draft, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), National Collegiate Athletic Association, ESPN (tv network)
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It's Too Soon To Heal The Ray Allen Hatred
The Hartford CourantRay Boucher of Fitchburg, Mass., was leaning against one of the posts inside North Station late Sunday morning when he looked up from his cellphone. "Of course I'm going to boo Ray Allen," Boucher said. "If you don't, there's something wrong with you....Tags: Reggie Miller, Miami Heat, Boston Red Sox, ABC (tv network), Johnny Damon
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