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Headlines
UConn's Price has surgery to repair torn ACL
ESPN.com news services (17 hours ago)
University of Connecticut guard A.J. Price had surgery Friday to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament, a week after getting injured in the NCAA tournament.
UConn: Price tore ACL, likely to miss six months
Andy Katz | ESPN.com (6 days ago)
Connecticut junior point guard A.J. Price suffered a torn ACL in his left knee during Friday's NCAA tournament first-round overtime loss to San Diego, UConn spokesman Kyle Muncy said Saturday morning.
UConn leading-scorer Price leaves with knee injury
Associated Press (7 days ago)
Connecticut scoring leader A.J. Price injured his left knee Friday against San Diego and did not return to the NCAA tournament game.
- Schlabach: Grier out of shadows with San Diego's win (8 days ago)
- Katz: West Regional breakdown (11 days ago)
- Madness March: A Road-Trip Thrill Like No Other (12 days ago)
- Cincy-UConn game postponed due to snow storm (20 days ago)
- Start of UConn-Cincy delayed by Midwest storm (21 days ago)
- UConn reinstates Dyson from 9-game suspension (33 days ago)
- ATR: Vols, BracketBusters, IU and more (34 days ago)
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West Region, 4th Seed
Tournament - Final
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | OT | T | ||
| 34 | 26 | 10 | 70 | » Recap » Box Score » Play-By-Play » Conversation | ||
| 29 | 31 | 9 | 69 | |||
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ESPN's Take
| It would seem simplistic to attribute a team's entire turnaround to one player, but sometimes the game isn't that complicated. A.J. Price's ability to become the player Jim Calhoun recruited, the savvy scoring point guard out of Amityville, N.Y., is at the core of the Huskies' resurgence. Sidelined for two years with a heart ailment and a suspension, Price struggled miserably a year ago. Now stronger and wiser, he is averaging 14.7 points, but more importantly is dishing out six assists to two turnovers per game. That Price doesn't have to go at it alone helps. Jeff Adrien, Stanley Robinson and Hasheem Thabeet all average double figures and Thabeet's growth from shot blocker to player has made the Huskies as formidable in the paint as when Emeka Okafor lived there. Thabeet is third in the nation with 4.5 rejections per game, and he's also notched seven double-doubles this season. Mix in Adrien, who has 16 double-doubles this year, and the Huskies are a beast to handle underneath the hoop. Connecticut cooled off from their late-January, 10-game winning streak, losing two of its final five, but will be a tough out in the NCAAs. Calhoun's teams always play tough defense, and this crew is no different, holding opponents to 38.2 percent from the floor. -- Dana O'Neil |
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Roster/Stats (per game)
| PLAYER | POS | PTS | REB | AST | ||
| Jeff Adrien | F | 14.8 | 9.1 | 1.3 | ||
| A.J. Price | G | 14.5 | 3.5 | 5.8 | ||
| Jerome Dyson | G | 12.5 | 3.6 | 2.0 | ||
| Hasheem Thabeet | C | 10.5 | 7.9 | 0.4 | ||
| Stanley Robinson | F | 10.4 | 6.5 | 1.2 | ||
| Craig Austrie | G | 7.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| Doug Wiggins | G | 6.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| Gavin Edwards | F | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 | ||
| Curtis Kelly | F | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | ||
| Donnell Beverly | G | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||
| John Lindner | F | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Jonathan Mandeldove | C | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | ||
| Kyle Bailey | G | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Alex Hornat | F | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Jim Veronick | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Johnnie Bird | G | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
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Elias Says...
UCONN PLAYS THIRD CONSECUTIVE OVERTIME GAME IN NCAA TOURNAMENT
Connecticut lost to San Diego in overtime. It was UConn's third consecutive overtime game in the NCAA Tournament, a record for this event. UConn's last two games in the 2006 tournament went to overtime, a 98-92 win over Washington and an 86-82 loss to George Mason.
Updated: March 21, 2008
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Rankings
| AP | COACHES |
| #17 | #17 |
2007-08 Big East Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
| Georgetown | 15-3 | - | 28-6 |
| Louisville | 14-4 | 1 | 27-8 |
| Notre Dame | 14-4 | 1 | 25-8 |
| Connecticut | 13-5 | 2 | 24-9 |
| Marquette | 11-7 | 4 | 25-10 |
| West Virginia | 11-7 | 4 | 26-11 |
| Pittsburgh | 10-8 | 5 | 27-10 |
| Villanova | 9-9 | 6 | 22-13 |
| Syracuse | 9-9 | 6 | 21-14 |
| Cincinnati | 8-10 | 7 | 13-19 |
| Seton Hall | 7-11 | 8 | 17-15 |
| Providence | 6-12 | 9 | 15-16 |
| DePaul | 6-12 | 9 | 11-19 |
| St. John's | 5-13 | 10 | 11-19 |
| South Florida | 3-15 | 12 | 12-19 |
| Rutgers | 3-15 | 12 | 11-20 |
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2008 Commitments
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
| K. Walker | Point Guard | Signed | 92 |
| S. Haralson | Shooting Guard | Verbal | 87 |
| N. Miles | Small Forward | Verbal | 73 |
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Photo Wire
San Diego's De'Jon Jackson celebrates with teammate Brandon Johnson (1) after hitting the game-winning shot in... (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)