Geno Auriemma already notices a different air around the Huskies because of the loss of Paige Bueckers to injury and the defeat in the national championship game.
The men’s basketball team received votes in the preseason Associated Press poll released yesterday, but it narrowly missed being one of the 25 ranked teams.
Dan Hurley is hopeful Andre Jackson will be out only five or six weeks, putting his return sometime in early December — before the Big East season gets underway.
The football team will try to reach .500 with a game at Ball State and the men’s and women’s basketball teams will formally kick off their seasons with the annual “First Night” celebration.
Another day, another injury for the football team, which will be without sophomore running back Devontae Houston on Saturday at Ball State because of a sprained ankle.