It was another big night for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball program as it saw two of it’s three players in the draft become drafted. Junior center Hasheem Thabeet was taken 2nd overall by the Memphis Grizzlies. He’ll join former Husky Rudy Gay in Elvis land.
Senior point guard A.J. Price was taken in the 2nd round by the Indiana Pacers. Jeff Adrien wasn’t drafted last night and it appears he’s going to be playing for Cleveland in the summer league according to his Twitter page.
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UConn Men’s Basketball links
Grizzlies: Couldn’t pass up shot-blocking Thabeet [USA Today]
Pacers rebuilding with ‘winners’ [USA Today]
Top 10 NBA Talent Producing Colleges [Real Clear Sports]
Hasheem Thabeet Taken No. 2 in 2009 NBA Draft [UConnHuskies.com]
UConn’s lottery picks [Connecticut Post]
Thabeet goes from Huskies to Grizzlies [New Haven Register]
UConn’s Thabeet taken second overall by Grizzlies in NBA draft [New London Day]
Thabeet Drafted No. 2 By Memphis Grizzlies [Hartford Courant]
Mixed Results: Price A Pacer; Adrien Undrafted [Hartford Courant]
Photos: Hasheem Thabeet at the NBA Draft [Hartford Courant]
UConn Football links
The Quad Countdown: No. 68 Connecticut [The Quad]
Who are the Big East’s most indispensable players? [Big East Blog – ESPN.com]
UConn Women’s Basketball links
Polk’s Hayes Ready to Represent the USA [Lakeland Ledger]
Women’s Basketball Up For Four ESPY Awards [UConnHuskies.com]
Other UConn related links
Men’s Soccer: Huskies Picked No. 20 in College Soccer News 2009 Preseason Top-30 Poll [UConnHuskies.com]
Baseball: Accomando Becomes Seventh Husky to Sign Professional Contract [UConnHuskies.com]
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