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STORRS, Conn. — Xavier had cut an 18-point UConn lead to just four with 10:11 left in the game. On the next possession R.J. Cole dribbled a bit, waited for his moment, and drove strong, finishing with a tough layup over the outstretched hands of the Musketeers defender.

Sunday against Marquette, Nika Mühl was scoreless on 0-3 shooting in the UConn women’s basketball team’s 72-58 win over the Golden Eagles.

CINCINNATI — The UConn men’s basketball, looking for a second straight win over a ranked conference opponent, ran into a desperate Xavier team and dropped a 74-68 Big East decision at the Cintas Center on Friday night.

STORRS, Conn. — Through all the adversity the No. 8 UConn Huskies have been through this year, they’ve tried to embrace a mentality that someone’s absence provides another player the opportunity to step up, and that as long as they have five players on the floor, they have a chance…

HARTFORD, Conn. — Sunday’s win over Tennessee may have represented the promise of this UConn women’s basketball team, but a mere three days later, on the same court in Hartford where the Huskies demolished a then-top-10 team, Wednesday featured an unraveling.

UConn coach Dan Hurley crept out to center court, puffed his chest out and jumped to connect with Jordan Hawkins on a chest bump after the freshman’s 3 forced a Marquette timeout. The UConn men’s basketball team was finally playing with a swagger Hurley had wanted.

PHILADELPHIA — On Friday, UConn forward Adama Sanogo was supremely confident in the Huskies’ ability to beat Villanova. On Saturday, as he and his teammates failed to show up until it was too late, he was proven wrong.

SEATTLE — Kalen DeBoer wasn't long into his introductory news conference Nov. 30 as the new Huskies football coach when he seemed to stop talking to the media, and began to address an invisible but critical audience.

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