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Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images The Wildcats reached the Sweet 16 in this year’s NCAA tournament. UConn men’s basketball added another piece to its 2025-26 schedule, as the school announced a home-and-home series with Arizona. The Wildcats will come to Connecticut this season on Nov. 19, 2025 and UConn will head out west to take on Arizona in Tucson on Nov. 18, … [Read more...] about UConn men’s basketball inks home-and-home deal with Arizona

Aaron Doster-Imagn Images Smith made 77 starts in three seasons with Dayton The UConn men’s basketball team has added its second player out of the transfer portal, former Dayton guard Malachi Smith, the team announced Monday. Smith spent three seasons with the Flyers, starting 77 of 86 career games played, and is coming a off a career-best year in which he averaged … [Read more...] about UConn men’s basketball lands Dayton’s Malachi Smith out of transfer portal

Ian Bethune — The UConn Blog Bueckers becomes the sixth Husky selected first overall in the WNBA Draft. Just over a week after winning a coveted national championship, Paige Bueckers reached another career milestone when the Dallas Wings selected her first overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft on Monday. Bueckers is the sixth top pick to come out of UConn, joining Sue Bird … [Read more...] about Paige Bueckers picked No. 1 overall by Dallas Wings in 2025 WNBA Draft

Ian Bethune/The UConn Blog UConn’s Paige Bueckers was selected No. 1 overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft A look at the night for UConn Huskies women’s basketball star, Paige Bueckers, who was selected No. 1 overall by the Dallas Wings in the 2025 WNBA Draft. Photo ©: Ian Bethune Apple News users, click here to view the gallery … [Read more...] about Photo gallery: 2025 WNBA Draft – 4/14/25

Photo by Catalina Fragoso/NBAE via Getty Images After Paige Bueckers went No. 1 overall, two more Huskies came off the board late. The 2025 WNBA Draft opened with Paige Bueckers going No. 1 overall and it closed with Kaitlyn Chen and Aubrey Griffin being taken in the third round. Chen went 30th overall to the Golden State Valkyries and Aubrey Griffin was selected 37th … [Read more...] about 2025 WNBA Draft: Kaitlyn Chen, Aubrey Griffin selected in third round