Weekly Rewind

The latest UConn athletics news

From The UConn Blog:

• UConn players and coaches express outrage over recent events

• Mohegan Sun to host Big East women’s basketball tournament

• UConn Football schedules matchups with Temple, Wyoming, and Florida International

• What UConn MBB fans can expect from old/new Big East foe Villanova

• Some men’s basketball players have new jersey numbers

• A primer on Big East men’s soccer

From Other Sources:

• ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has high hopes for Dan Hurley and the Huskies this season, according to his most recent Bracketology

• Paige Bueckers writes about shortened season, Minneapolis protests, and more

• UConn men’s basketball target Donovan Clingan breaks top 50 of Rivals rankings

• UConn fans take to the web to defend Dan Hurley after Daily Campus op-ed calls him out

• Former players donate over $500k in effort to keep UConn Golf program afloat

• Class of 2021 basketball recruit Trey Patterson narrows his list of colleges to ten

U Gotta See This

Video recommendations

Christyn Williams clarifies the difference between Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter:

UConn, Great Pic

Photos of UConn’s finest

The banners are up in Gampel, making UConn’s return to the Big East that much more real:

Coach’s Corner

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

• Coach Hurley sheds light on his squad’s mental state amid protests and nationwide turmoil

• Geno shares his team’s statement and compares the current fight against racial injustice:

• See Coach Hurley’s full range of courtside emotions in this epic video montage:

Big League Buzz

Catch up on former UConn players working across the sports world

• Maya Moore stops by OTL to continue her fight for social justice:

• Bria Hartley joins Minneapolis protests in hopes that next generation of Black Americans don’t have to live in a country where police brutality and systemic racism run rampant

• Breanna Stewart delivers a moving speech alongside teammate Jewell Loyd:

• Moriah Jefferson is recovered and ready to take the court when WNBA returns

• Caron Butler popped into a UConn men’s basketball virtual team meeting to impart some knowledge and inspire the next wave of Huskies:

What They’re Chirpin’ About

Highlights from the UConn Twitter-verse

• UConn’s soccer turf is installed and looking pretty damn good if we do say so ourselves:

• Akok Akok will not be joining the UConn swimming or diving team as a two-sport athlete:

• Former Husky Sidney Wilson has got jokes:

• College football without marching bands?!

Team Time

Putting a specific UConn squad in the spotlight

Forget what Max Kellerman said, hockey is puckin’ awesome! Check out this 3-part roster review to get to know the UConn men’s hockey team and find out why they’re primed to be a major threat in Hockey East this upcoming season:

• Part I - Forwards

• Part II - Defensemen

• Part III - Goaltenders

FANtastic

Fun expressions of Husky fandom from across the web

• UConn-inspired DIY at its finest:

• Huge shoutout to NBA2K20 player FADED N 1 for this most flattering court construction:

• This could be the best countdown we’ve ever seen:

Weekly Fancast

Once UConn sports return, we’ll provide info for the week’s upcoming games in this space. Until then, enjoy some classic recommendations from the vault.

Take us back to 2008:

CLICK HERE to watch this unbelievable game in its entirety.

Cause We Care:

Learn about non-profits and charitable causes benefiting the great people of Connecticut

Foodshare does amazing work to address hunger and poverty for the people of Tolland and Hartford county. CLICK HERE to learn more about their mission. Plus, the current President/CEO is a UConn grad.

Final Play:

A parting sentiment from The UConn Fast Break team

Finish off this week’s edition with these words of inspiration:

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