The UCONN Huskies went into tonight's home contest at Gampel Pavillion ranked 13th in both major polls after splitting two big East contests last week. They bounced back with a home win over Notre Dame after a tough 2 point loss on the road to the Cincinnatti Bearcats. Tonight's 71-63 win over the scrappy Pirates of Seton Hall was much closer than the score indicated. The lead changed hands several times down the stretch before Jerome Dyson took over the final minutes of the game with a spectacular show of rebounding, assists and the trademark Dyson coast to coast trips resulting in buckets off slashing drives. After sitting out much of the first half with foul trouble Dyson ended up leading the Huskies in scoring with 16 points and he added 9 rebounds and 10 assists. By the way, Dyson is the only player in the country averaging more than 20ppg, 5assists/game and 5 rebounds/game.
The Huskies sported their trademark balanced attack; in addition to Dyson's 16, Walker and Edwards added 15, Ariakhi had 12 and Robinson 10. Walked was much more in control at point and there far fewer turnovers tonight. Ariakhi again looked solid and will be the next Husky superstar and Robinson continues his consistent and sometimes spectacular play. On Saturday the Huskies go up against a tough Georgetown Hoya squad at the Verizon center in Washington, D.C. The game will be broadcast at noon on ESPN.
News and Notes- Please welcome to the site Steve Halloran, a friend of Jem Sollinger. Steve grew up in Farmington and was an outstanding HS hoops player. ( He played against Jeff Calhoun, Jim's son) He was a two sport athlete at Middlebury where he played varsity soccer and basketball. He has been a Husky fan since 1986 and we look forward to his insights.
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As important a win as this was for the Huskies, I think kudos have to go out to the Diamond clan whose Big Red machine almost toppled Kansas tonight. I was watching the Duke game on ESPN when the shifted to Kansas with Cornell leading. An exciting finish. Congrats to the Diamonds.
You heard it here second,
Mike
Indeed Cornell is the class of the Ivy League right now, much to the chagrin of Quaker Nation.
But on to more important things...
Ater Majok finally showed some signs of life with three blocks early in the game. He's still incredibly raw, but might break out at some stage. Robinson is playing the best of his career, especially against ND.
I don't agree with JWalker about Gavin Edwards. He's no superstar, but far from a scrub. I think he's useful. Between Oriakhi, Edwards, Robinson, Majok, and Okwandu - I love the potential of this frontcourt.
We're also deeper this year than last. I actually think UCONN could end up being better this year than they were last year.
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