Joe Arruda

1 week ago | courant.com | Joe Arruda

There was a buzz on the Waterbury campus even before the official announcement. Some active Post University student-athletes reached out to administrators inquiring about the women’s flag football program to come, expressing their interest to get involved as the groundwork was still being laid. Planning to field its first team next spring, Post will be one of at least 65 NCAA schools offering the rapidly growing sport to women at the varsity or club level, and the first in Connecticut.

1 week ago | courant.com | Joe Arruda

Looking to back up its nine-win season in 2024, expectations continue to rise around the UConn football program as it looks forward to a seemingly manageable schedule this fall. The Huskies are one of just two programs that will compete as an FBS independent for the 2025 season as UMass transitions back to the MAC, leaving just Notre Dame, which has its own scheduling deal with the ACC, as the other.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Joe Arruda

Looking to back up its nine-win season in 2024, expectations continue to rise around the UConn football program as it looks forward to a seemingly manageable schedule this fall. The Huskies are one of just two programs that will compete as an FBS independent for the 2025 season as UMass transitions back to the MAC, leaving just Notre Dame, which has its own scheduling deal with the ACC, as the other.

1 week ago | courant.com | Joe Arruda

There will be a UConn basketball doubleheader at Mohegan Sun this fall. Both the Huskies’ men’s and women’s basketball teams will take the court in Uncasville for a Columbus Day (Oct. 13) exhibition against Boston College, the school announced Wednesday. Game times, broadcast and ticket information will be available at a later date. It will be the second year in a row that the UConn men host an exhibition at Mohegan Sun.

1 week ago | courant.com | Joe Arruda

The UConn men’s basketball team will return to Boston next season, according to a report from College Hoops Today’s Jon Rothstein Tuesday night. Rothstein reported that UConn and BYU are finalizing an agreement to meet in November at TD Garden. The game will be somewhat of a homecoming for the No. 1 recruit in the freshman class, BYU’s AJ Dybantsa, who is from Brockton, Mass, and UConn senior Alex Karaban, from Southborough, Mass.