2/10/10
It's Go Time
Next three games could very well seal the fate of the Huskies. Tonight against at the #2 Orange, Saturday a home must win against Cincinnati and Monday in Philadelphia vs #4 Villanova. To get back into the NCAA picture it would seem that the Huskies (14-9, 4-6) must win two out of their next three. A very tall order, starting with this evening at the Carrier Dome, once again without Jim Calhoun.
Preview from ESPN.com:
- Big East powerhouses Syracuse and Connecticut have played plenty of memorable games over the years. It's doubtful, though, that they've been in any that were more extraordinary -- and exhausting -- than the last time they met.
- The second-ranked Orange look to stretch their winning streak to 11 games Wednesday night when they host the Huskies in the first meeting since the teams needed six overtimes to decide their Big East tournament quarterfinal last year.
- "The Huskies, meanwhile, have split six games since coach Jim Calhoun took a doctor-ordered medical leave. They ended a three-game skid Saturday as Jerome Dyson scored 20 points in a lackluster 64-57 home win over last-place DePaul. "We still have a lot of work to do, but it's a Big East win," guard Kemba Walker said. "We'll just take it and build from this."
- UConn is 0-5 on the road and 1-4 against ranked teams. The Huskies have won three of their last four visits to the Carrier Dome, and have taken five of their last six regular-season meetings with the Orange.
- "It appears sometimes that we play to the competition," interim coach George Blaney said. "That's what it's starting to look like. So, hopefully, we'll be jacked up and ready to play against Syracuse. We're going up there with our destiny in our hands rather than in anybody else's hands."