Connecticut Huskies

Alex Oriakhi and Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, two kids on a long and shifting path to an adult world at UConn, are strolling through the quaint Tilton School campus on this late April day.

RETURNING PLAYERS Guards: A.J. Price, Sr.; Jerome Dyson, Jr.; Craig Austrie, Sr.; Donnell Beverly, So.

— For UConn, this was a two-day swing of good news.

Stonington High center Heather Buck, Connecticut's two-time Gatorade Player of the Year and one of UConn's four incoming freshmen, confirmed Saturday she has been invited to try out for the Under-18 national team that will compete in the FIBA Americas Championship in July in Venezuela.

Nearly four months after the knee injury in Syracuse that ended her senior season prematurely, Mel Thomas is happy to say she's well enough to confidently stride across the stage Sunday when she graduates from UConn with teammates Ketia Swanier, Charde Houston and Brittany Hunter.

The idea that you can always learn a few more tricks will carry Maya Moore into her first summer as a college student athlete.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Friday, May 16, 2008) - Due to the inclement weather the University of Connecticut baseball game against Pittsburgh scheduled for Friday night has been postponed to Saturday, May 17. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader set to start at noon.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Thursday, May 15, 2008) - Freshman Mike Olt (Branford, Conn.) recorded his 11th homerun of the season as the University of Connecticut baseball team defeated Pittsburgh 14-10 in BIG EAST action on Thursday night at Trees Field.

STORRS, Conn. (Thursday, May 15, 2008) - Senior Tamara Highsmith (East Haven, Conn.), who recorded a new school record with a mark of 13.44 meters (44-01.25) in the triple jump at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship, will look to lead the University of Connecticut women's track and field team at the 2008 Outdoor ECAC Championship at Princeton this weekend.