UConn leaves NU in the dark
1995
With a howling snowstorm whipping up outside, the Connecticut and Northeastern men's basketball teams had hardly worked up a sweat when the power went out inside.
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The University of New Hampshire women's basketball team didn't make the 1 1/2-hour drive down here to be embarrassed. But that's what happened last night when Boston College humbled the Wildcats, 50-31, at Conte Forum.
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The University of New Mexico men&#39;s basketball team hasn&#39;t cracked the major polls since its final week of the 1998-99 season, which ended in a second-round NCAA Tournament loss to Connecticut.
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The scene at the end of Colorado&#39;s victory Saturday night probably was not what the university was looking for after a tumultuous off-season.
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Freshman Charde Houston scored a career-high 20 points and Jessica Moore added 19 to lead No. 16 Connecticut to a 73-57 victory over Villanova last night in Storrs, Conn. The Huskies (10-4, 4-0 Big East) dominated inside, outscoring Villanova, 34-18, in the paint and finishing with a 35-26 edge on the boards.
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The University of Connecticut women's basketball team has had some missteps this season, but last night it looked like the Huskies of old -- you know, the ones who won five national championships, including the last three.
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Unlike last season, Syracuse didn't need any last-second magic to knock Connecticut out of the Big East tournament. Demetris Nichols scored 28 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, and Eric Devendorf added 19 points to help fifth-seeded Syracuse beat the Huskies 78-65 on Wednesday in the opening round at Madison Square Garden.
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Maine entered last night's tussle with New Hampshire looking to turn around its tailspin, having lost four of six contests. The Black Bears were facing a daunting weekend getaway, with a pair of games against the top-ranked Wildcats.
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Connecticut didn't miss its two suspended guards Saturday. Fill-in starter Craig Austrie had 15 points to lead five scorers in double figures and the Huskies dominated the middle in a 68-63 upset of No. 7 Indiana.
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The Connecticut Sun got a wake-up call Saturday when then were defeated by the Washington Mystics in the first game of their best-of-three WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal series.
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Northeastern entered the weekend bemoaning a nine-game winless streak. After last night, they could boast of an eight-game unbeaten streak.
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AMHERST -- In close games all season long, the University of Massachusetts had been able to shift to a higher gear. Yesterday, they stalled.
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In its previous game, Northeastern rallied from a 9-point deficit late in the second half and beat Harvard in overtime. Yesterday, the Huskies made certain late-game drama wouldn't be necessary.
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In only six years, Connecticut coach Randy Edsall has taken the Huskies from Division I-AA to a bowl game.
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Hey Huskies, are you jealous? Central Connecticut, which has played for years in the shadow of the mighty Connecticut Huskies, beat Sacred Heart, 74-70, last night in New Britain, Conn., to win the Northeast Conference tournament championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
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Marc Thomas returned the opening kickoff of the second half 93 yards for a touchdown, igniting Northeastern to a run of 28 straight points in just over eight minutes as the Huskies crushed the University of Rhode Island, 42-14, at Parsons Field yesterday.
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After nearly a four-year absence, Connecticut is back at No. 1. The Huskies received 49 of the 50 first-place votes Monday in The Associated Press poll after being ranked second all season. Tennessee had been No. 1 since the preseason poll, but lost to Stanford 73-69 in overtime Saturday night.