Monthly Archives: March 2012
The Case for UConn
The statewide panic over UConn’s APR and subsequent potential NCAA Tournament ban is coming to a head. According to ESPN’s Andy Katz, the NCAA's...
Tired Coach or Tired Narrative?
It’s that time of year again. The weather warms up and sportswriters dust off their tired templates begging for Jim Calhoun to retire the...
An Issue of Defense
Defense isn’t sexy, as evidenced by the nation-wide bitching over last year’s UConn v. Butler National Championship game. But there’s that old saying, right?...
NCAA Tournament: A Video Review
Let the fun begin. UConn's path to its fourth National Championship has been laid out and it's, well, difficult. The Huskies are a 9...
What’s Goin’ On Here?!
It’s been one week since the soft launch of A Dime Back. I hope you’ve found our posts mind-blowing, or at least mildly entertaining.
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The Kemba Problem
There are few certainties in life and even fewer on a basketball court. For 11 games last year, UConn had one certainty. His name...
An immediate reaction
Not ten minutes ago, our beloved Huskies fell to Syracuse in the Big East Tournament Quarterfinals. I was at work and unable to actually...
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Today's win against DePaul was UConn's 6th consecutive Big East Tournament win. It was not, however, particularly memorable. In honor of UConn's historical ass-kickery...
The Tale of Doron Sheffer
First there was Nadav Henefeld – the first Israeli native to don a UConn uniform. Henefeld arrived at UConn after serving the mandatory three...