UConn men’s basketball (27-4, 17-3) begins its 2026 postseason on Thursday night, as the Huskies make the short trip down to New York City for the Big East Tournament to take on Xavier (15-17, 6-14) at Madison Square Garden in the quarterfinal round.

Xavier dropped seven of its final nine regular-season games. But it boasts the league's second-leading scorer in Tre Carroll, a first-team all-Big East selection who averages 18 points per game. UConn has held Carroll to just nine points in each of the teams' meetings this season.

He was already the most decorated wheelchair curler in U.S. history. But Steve Emt is still chasing that elusive Paralympic medal. The Hebron native and former UConn men’s basketball walk-on, and his partner Laura Dwyer,

No. 1 UConn has won its 24th Big East Tournament championship. Azzi Fudd scored 19 points and Sarah Strong added 18 as the Huskies routed Villanova 90-51 in the title game on Monday night at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Jaylin Stewart, a junior forward, has been ruled out for the Big East tourney at Madison Square Garden. UConn (27-4) begins play on Thursday at 7 p.m. against either Xavier or Marquette.

UConn continued its incredible run as the Big East juggernaut tore through Creighton in the semifinals to advance to the conference championship on the back of an unrelenting defense

The crowd at the Big East Tournament was overwhelmingly filled with UConn women’s basketball fans, but when Katie Fudd was announced as Georgetown’s Big East Legend during halftime of the Huskies’ game Saturday,

UConn men’s basketball guard Solo Ball was named by the Naismith Hall of Fame as a finalist for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. Ball (13.9 points per game) is UConn's leading scorer. He is among the Big East leaders in 3-pointers made (63) and is seventh in 3-pointers per game (2.1).