Would Of, Could Of, Should Of

It has been a pretty big week for the University of Connecticut.

Connecticut forward Niels Giffey, left, comes down with a rebound against Cincinnati guard JaQuon Parker, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Kohl)

The week started with the men's basketball team ranked in the Top 25 for the first time since late December. 

The men's basketball team had a huge opportunity on Thursday night at AAC leader Cincinnati.  They had a 10 point lead late in the first half, but saw it evaporate late in the second half.  The Bearcats out willed and out toughed UConn late in the game.  The Huskies made plenty of poor decisions and it cost them the game.

Kevin Ollie's crew needs to refocus.  They need to get DeAndre Daniels healthy.  Daniels was out of Thursday's game with back spasms.  They have games at Central Florida on Sunday night and a home game with South Florida.  They need to win those game as well as rematches with Temple and Rutgers and try to defend their own home court in games with Memphis, SMU and Cincinnati later in the season.  They have nine games left and need to start making up ground in order to avoid the 4/5 AAC Tournament quarterfinal game.    

Bob Diaco, former Notre Dame defensive coordinator, speaks as Connecticut's new head football coach during an introductory news conference on campus in Storrs, Conn., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

The football team got 14 new players committed to playing for UConn this coming year.  However, the national ranking services gave Bob Diaco a pretty poor grade.  These rankings are dumb and flawed.  They rank young kids until their senior year of high school.  I do not believe that they take team fit into consideration. I wonder what their rankings are on these athletes while in college and in the NFL?

On Thursday, the University of Tennessee suspended the upcoming football series with UConn.  Tennessee is opting to play two neutral site games in Tennessee in 2015 and 2016.  The two universities agreed to find a new date by 2015.

Connecticut's Bria Hartley (14) drives past SMU's Gabrielle Wilkins (3) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Storrs, Conn., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Hartley scored a game-high 21 points in her team's 102-41 victory. (AP Photo/ Fred Beckham)

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/02/04/3245299/uconn-women-win-30th-straight.html#storylink=cpy

The top-ranked UConn women had their largest conference win this year defeating SMU by 61 points.  Five UConn players scored in double figures.  On Sunday, they will take on No. 4 Louisville for first place in the American Athletic Conference.  The game preview will be posted on The UConn Blog sometime on Saturday.

Go Huskies!