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Monday, April 08, 2013  Full interview with Breanna Stewart's high school coach Eric Smith

Monday, April 01, 2013  Breanna Stewart scored 21 points and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added 17 to help top-seed Connecticut rout Kentucky 83-53 on Monday night and advance to a record sixth straight NCAA Womens  Final Four

Monday, March 11, 2013  Breanna Stewart and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis each scored 14 points and No. 3 Connecticut beat 22nd-ranked Syracuse 64-51 on Monday night in the Big East tournament semifinals.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Breanna Stewart has been the toast of the game at every level of basketball she's ever played at, and has already started to impress in her freshman season at the University of Connecticut.

Saturday, November 24, 2012  Freshman Breanna Stewart scored 17 points to lead No. 2 Connecticut to a 91-57 rout of No. 14 Purdue on Saturday and the championship of the Paradise Jam tournament.

Friday, October 19, 2012  Alec Lemon had eight catches for 166 yards to help set up three touchdowns, caught an 11-yard scoring pass, and Syracuse beat Connecticut 40-10 on Friday night to spoil Huskies coach Paul Pasqualoni's return nearly eight years after he was fired by the Orange.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  Retiring after three national titles in a 26-year career at Connecticut, Jim Calhoun is thanking everyone who helped him turn the Huskies into a basketball powerhouse.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  A person familiar with the situation says that Connecticut men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun is retiring and plans to announce his decision on Thursday.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012  Shabazz Napier scored 26 points and Jeremy Lamb added 22 to lead Connecticut to its 12th straight postseason win, 71-67 in overtime over West Virginia on Wednesday in the second round of the Big East tournament.

Friday, February 24, 2012  A win at Connecticut would give the Orange its second outright Big East title in the last three years.

Saturday, February 11, 2012  Scoop Jardine made sure his last game in the Carrier Dome against UConn would be one he always remembered. The redshirt senior guard scored 21 points, including back to back three pointers when SU's lead was cut to two, to help lead the Orange to an 85-67 win over Connecticut.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  Syracuse trailed No. 3 Connecticut by seven at halftime before the Huskies opened the second half on a 35-12 run to down the Orange 95-54.

Thursday, November 10, 2011  The Big East is struggling to stay together and keep its automatic BCS bowl bid.

Saturday, November 05, 2011  It was a game of missed opportunities. Syracuse forced 5 first half turnovers on Connecticut, but only turned it into 7 points, as the Huskies beat the Orange 28-21 Saturday at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.

Thursday, October 20, 2011  The Syracuse Orange Basketball team have been ranked # 5 in the very first USAToday ESPN Coaches poll of the season, just one notch back of the Uconn Huskies who are # 4.