Shabazz Napier

Butler-UConn: After 30 minutes

2011-04-04 21:33:48

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Question of the Day: Should and will UConn coach Jim Calhoun retire after winning the NCAA title? [Updated]

2011-04-05 16:33:40

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Wolf Suspension Over, But Transfer Student Will Take His Scholarship

2013-05-21 17:50:56

UConn has juggled its roster to open a spot for a new player for next season, and perhaps retain an old one. Enosch Wolf, having passed all the university's requirements, is no longer suspended from the team. Wolf, arrested in February following an on-...

UConn's Rodney Purvis To Take Practices Very Seriously

2013-05-16 15:15:21

Rodney Purvis is in his first week at UConn and his first game is 18 months away, but he is already in attack mode. "I kind of reframed everything in my mind," Purvis said Thursday after a one-hour workout with new teammate Ryan Boatright and assistant...

UConn Lands Top Basketball Recruit Hamilton For 2014-15

2013-05-11 13:12:00

The expectations for UConn men's basketball will be high next season. They could be even higher the year after. The Huskies landed a major Class of 2014 recruit in Daniel Hamilton of Los Angeles, who announced his intention to attend UConn late Friday...

Kromah Looks For Tough New Challenge At UConn

2013-05-25 14:04:24

Some of the most important stretches of Lasan Kromah's basketball career were the times the game was taken away from him. As a freshman at Eleanor Roosevelt High in Maryland, he was ineligible to join the team. He made sure that never happened again. As...

Ollie Talks About Transfer Rodney Purvis And Talks To Kids At Hall Of Fame

2013-04-19 15:07:11

In the summer of 2011, Rodney Purvis sat in the men's basketball coaches' office at UConn and left a strong impression … and vice versa. "Just his personality," said Kevin Ollie, who was then an assistant coach, "his family. We knew he was a...

UConn Lands Blue-Chip Basketball Transfer, Rodney Purvis

2013-04-05 17:28:32

UConn has scored big in the ever-growing transfer sweepstakes. Rodney Purvis, a former McDonalds All-America guard who nearly chose UConn two years ago, announced via Twitter that he intends to transfer from North Carolina State to Storrs. "Feeling...

Bill Belichick Watches Nick Williams Work At UConn Pro Day

2013-03-27 16:10:00

As Nick Williams was learning to play inside slot receiver last season, UConn coach Paul Pasqualoni wasn't shy about comparing his player's potential to that of the man who defined the position in the NFL. So imagine the scene at UConn Pro Football Test...

Ryan Boatright, DeAndre Daniels Best Buddies With More Work To Do At UConn

2013-05-02 17:19:17

Ryan Boatright and DeAndre Daniels arrived at UConn together. Recruits who had first committed elsewhere, they came to Connecticut in the wake of the Huskies' national championship in 2011 and neither figured to be around long. "Every freshman thinks...

Napier Question Answered; Wolf Question Still Needs To Be

2013-04-27 16:14:00

A day after the Boston Marathon bombings, Shabazz Napier was looking into a WTNH camera and talking eloquently, soulfully about the pain of his hometown. It was then that Napier paused for a moment and said, "I always tell my close friends that the one...

UConn's Boatright, Napier To Decide Soon On NBA Draft

2013-04-16 15:52:07

STORRS — As UConn was celebrating Tuesday the start of construction of its future basketball training facility, the men's basketball team was still waiting for its current roster to set and dry. Shabazz Napier, the team's leading scorer, said...

It was Husky Day at the state Capitol Wednesday and athletes from the UConn men's and women's basketball teams and football team visited the Capitol for a ceremony on the first floor. In photo, Shabazz Napier stood among his teammates at the ceremony.

2013-04-24 00:00:00

UConn guard Shabazz Napier chats with former UConn men's basketball head coach Jim Calhoun at a groundbreaking ceremony for UConn's new basketball development center on the site of the former Memorial Stadium.

2013-04-16 00:00:00

UConn guards Ryan Boatright, right, and Shabazz Napier celebrate taking the lead in overtime against Providence at Gampel Pavilion in their season finale Saturday. The Huskies won 63-59 with 23 points from Boatright and 16 from Napier.

2013-03-09 00:00:00