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The UConn Fast Break - 4/19/21

The UConn Fast Break - 4/19/21

All the UConn sports news you need to know. Not affiliated with the University of Connecticut.

April 19, 2021

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Weekly Rewind

The latest UConn athletics news

Unfinished business lures Tyler Polley back to UConn:

#UConn announces Tyler Polley is returning for a 5th season
— Storrs Central (@StorrsCentral)
6:03 PM • Apr 14, 2021

Double-double machine Dorka Juhász grad transfers to UConn after successful stint with Ohio State women’s basketball
COVID-19 protocols force UConn baseball to miss out on midweek game against Bryant before lingering issues cancel weekend series with Creighton
UConn football finding success at filling future schedule
Goaltender Tomas Vomacka signs with Nashville Predators, ending UConn men’s hockey career
UConn women’s soccer loses heartbreaker in Big East Championship semis after team’s top players win array of conference awards:

UConn WSOC well-represented in the Big East honors:
Randi Palacios won Co-Goalkeeper of the Year. Melina Couzis, Jessica Mazo and Palacios made the All-Big East First Team, Yamilee Eveillard made the second team and Lucy Cappadona and Jada Konte made the All-Freshman team.
— Daniel Connolly (@DanielVConnolly)
6:10 PM • Apr 15, 2021

Anna Makurat announces plan to play professional basketball in Europe
UConn field hockey enters upcoming Big East Championship as top seed
Best walk-up songs for UConn baseball batters ranked
Expectations sky-high for UConn women’s basketball in 2021-22 thanks to strong showing from talented backcourt and formidable frontcourt this season
James Bouknight looks primed to be next UConn men’s basketball star picked in first round of NBA Draft:

👀 @jasonrmcintyre has released his latest Mock Draft!
Do you agree with his picks?
— The Association on FOX (@TheAssociation)
7:49 PM • Apr 14, 2021

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U Gotta See This

Video highlights

UConn men’s basketball getting a winner in 2022 commit Corey Floyd Jr:

Corey Floyd Jr & Team Final 2-0 today
🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥
@CoreyFloydJr@TeamFinalEYBL
— CUE THE MUSIC (@Cue_the_Music)
10:20 PM • Apr 18, 2021

Jordan Hawkins earns MaxPrep All-American Team honorable mention along with future UConn men’s basketball teammate Rahsool Diggins whose high school career was nothing short of spectacular:

UConn is getting a bucket in point guard Rahsool Diggins 💯 @RahsoolDiggins3
In his senior season he averaged 18.6 PPG, 6.7 APG, 5.2 RPG, and 3.5 SPG and finished as @WoodBoysBball's all-time leading scorer with 1,513 career points.
— BallerTV (@BallerTV)
10:39 PM • Apr 14, 2021

Coach’s Corner

Find out what UConn coaches are up to on and off the court

Coach Rodriguez leading UConn women’s soccer to new heights with trip to Big East Championship serving as strong foundation for future success:

I’m beyond proud of my team. We fought to the end and that shows pride and heart within our culture. We walk off with our heads high because we know this is just the beginning for us. We are just getting started. We will be back hungrier than ever now.
— Margaret Tietjen Rodriguez (@MagsRodriguez12)
11:29 PM • Apr 16, 2021

🚨GRID UPDATE🚨
Huge news as Tyler Polley announced he will return to UConn for the 2021-2022 season.
Both Isaiah Whaley and Tyler Polley do not count against the scholarship count, so UConn currently has three spots remaining on next year's team (unlikely all will be filled).
— tcf15 (@tcf_15)
8:13 PM • Apr 14, 2021

Big League Buzz

Catch up on former UConn players working across the sports world

Kevin Ollie joins Overtime Elite as coach and director of player development
Breanna Stewart adds Euroleague Final Four MVP to ridiculous resume after leading UMMC Ekaterinburg to third-straight championship:

🏆 3x Consensus College National Player of the Year
🏆 4x NCAA Tournament MVP
🏆 2018 FIBA World Cup MVP
🏆 2016 WNBA Rookie of the Year
🏆 2018 WNBA MVP
🏆 2x WNBA Finals MVP
🏆 2019 EuroLeague MVP
🏆 2021 Euroleague Final Four MVP
(We might have missed a few.)
— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm)
6:48 PM • Apr 18, 2021

Andre Drummond has no idea why people have started calling him Big Penguin 🤣
(via @Lakers)
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX)
2:19 PM • Apr 14, 2021

Giants’ Matt Peart putting in work entering second NFL season
Gabby Williams dominates EuroLeague Women Awards by winning Defensive Player of the Year and joining Katie Lou Samuelson on All-EuroLeague Women First Team:

The best in the business. Meet the 2021 All-#EuroLeagueWomen First Team!
⭐ Courtney Vandersloot (@Sloot22)
⭐ Alina Iagupova
⭐ Gabby Williams (@gabbywilliams15)
⭐ Katie Lou Samuelson (@33katielou)
⭐ Emma Meesseman (@EmmaMeesseman)
— EuroLeague Women (@EuroLeagueWomen)
9:00 AM • Apr 13, 2021

Memory Lane

Revisit special moments in UConn sports history

Nobody broke Blue Devils’ hearts like Coach Calhoun and the Huskies:

— tcf15 (@tcf_15)
5:52 PM • Apr 14, 2021

UConn remains the undisputed top source for WNBA stars:

We won’t have any Huskies drafted today but we’ll still take a sec to make this about us 😏
#WNBADraft
— UConn Women’s Basketball (@UConnWBB)
4:40 PM • Apr 15, 2021

UConn football’s apparel deal with Aeropostale in the early 2000s was one of the most peculiar partnerships in recent college sports history:

Old school UConn players and fans looking up the road at the Boston College/New Balance announcement like, "Whatevs."
— Ryan McGee (@ESPNMcGee)
4:26 PM • Apr 13, 2021

When determining whether recruits were UConn women’s basketball material, body language told Geno everything he needed to know:

In 2016, Geno Auriemma was asked how every single player on his team is so enthusiastic.
He gave an answer that every young athlete should hear 👏
— Matt Lisle (@CoachLisle)
2:41 PM • Apr 12, 2021