Basketball
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Can UConn Win Its Third Title in Four Years? Our Final Four Picks
Can UConn win its third title in four years? The whole crew, from Matt O to Diamond to Disgruntled, fills out a bracket and picks a Final Four.
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The Big East is still big fun, for now
The original plan was to say by the mid point of conference play that UConn needed to leave the Big East. I thought the men’s team would mimic the women’s team game-to-game…
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UConn – Arizona Through the Years
Tonight, we’re getting a rare treat: a top-five, early-season showdown inside Gampel Pavilion as our No. 3 UConn Huskies host the No. 4 Arizona Wildcats. This is only the fourth top-five home…
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UConn vs Michigan State Exhibition Recap
UConn 76, Michigan State 69 Short-handed and still in preseason mode, UConn never trailed at PeoplesBank Arena, closing exhibition play with a 76–69 win despite missing Tarris Reed (hamstring) and Braylon Mullins…
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Episode 04: Boston Celtics
The DoaR crew discusses all things Boston Celtics on episode 4 of the podcast. The Celtics didn’t repeat, is it time to rebuild?We recap the 2024-2025 Celtics season and playoff exit, as…
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Episode 03: WNBA
In our third episode, the DoaR crew dive deep into the Mohegan tribe’s potential sale of the Connecticut Sun franchise – a move that could see the team relocate to Boston. We…
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Sun Setting? Rebranding the Future of Connecticut’s WNBA Franchise
A move may be on the horizon for the Connecticut Sun. The Mohegan Tribe, owners of the franchise, are exploring a sale that would possibly result in a relocation of the team.…
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Episode 01: Tyler Olander
We at Duck on a Rock are not only in the blogosphere, but now, the podcast universe. The DoaR staff sat down with former UConn national champion, Tyler Olander, for our first-ever…
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UConn Women Return to the Top, and the Game is Better for it?
Nine years after Breanna Stewart staked her claim as the greatest collegiate women’s player of all time with four titles in four years – raising questions about whether UConn’s dominance was good…
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The Ultimate UConn Dunk Bracket
*This page will be continually updated with matchups and results. The UConn men may be eliminated, but March Madness is just getting started at Duck on a Rock Sports with our first-ever…
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Dunk on a Rock: Drafting an All-UConn Dunk Contest
As we wrote earlier this month, Andre Jackson Jr. and Stephon Castle recently repped UConn in the 2025 NBA Slam Dunk Contest. While neither could dethrone serial dunk champ Mac McClung, Castle’s…
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Huskies Take Flight in the 2025 NBA Slam Dunk Contest
Two former UConn national champions are about to take flight on one of basketball’s biggest nights. Stephon “King of the” Castle, of the San Antonio Spurs, and Andre “Ajax” Jackson Jr., of…
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Why UConn will Never be a Blue Blood
By Disgruntled The Maui 2024 tournament has mercifully come to an end for myself and Husky fans alike. I’m currently sitting in my living room, polishing away the last of the Thanksgiving…
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UConn Men’s Opener Recap
For the second straight year, the UConn men’s basketball unveiled a national championship banner at Gampel Pavilion. After their season opener, a 92-56 win over in-state foe Sacred Heart, the Huskies confirmed…
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Let Freedom Ring: Liberty Win First Championship
The New York Liberty defeated the Minnesota Lynx 3 games to 2 to win the 2024 WNBA title, in the best WNBA Finals in history. The Liberty won Game 5, 67-62 in…
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Banner Night in Boston Begins NBA Season
Tired of reading? Listen to a NotebookLM Audio Overview of this post: By Colin McDonough Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have already matched the Big 3 era of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett,…
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WNBA Playoff Preview
The WNBA is in their Bird-Magic era. The nearly 30-year-old league has finally, and rightfully entered the mainstream conversation of professional sports. The 2024 rookie class, highlighted by Caitlin Clark and Angel…
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K.O. the K.O. Beef
By Colin McDonough The UConn men’s basketball team has been the best team in the nation the last two seasons, and it’s not even close. The Huskies have repeated as national champions…
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