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UConn Daily
Freshman Donovan Clingan, the Phil Knight Invitational MVP, has excelled as junior Adama Sanogo’s backup through eight games.
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The men’s basketball team is back in the top 10 for the first time in a decade as it checked in at No. 8 in the Associated Press poll.
The Phil Knight Invitational was the coming-out party for Dan Hurley and the Huskies, who won the tournament championship by beating Iowa State.
The men’s basketball team will face Duke, followed by Iowa or Oregon State. The men’s basketball team opens with Oregon and could eventually play No. 1 North Carolina.
Adama Sanogo and Azzi Fudd have each righted the ship as their teams deal with turnover from last season and significant injuries.
Azzi Fudd scored 32 points for the second consecutive game while the men’s basketball team won by 35 and the football team waits out its bowl fate.
The Huskies face Army on Saturday with a seventh win at stake. Plus, the men’s basketball team could get a lift with from two injured guards.