The Latest Breaking News from Jim Calhoun

Cutting down the nets is the goal of every college basketball coach, player and program.

By waiting until now to step down, Bennett is holding his players hostage and forcing the school to hand the reins to his hand-picked successor.

STORRS, Conn. — The UConn men’s basketball program’s third national title, in 2011, came after what many remember as one of the worst national championship games in the history of the tournament. Three-seeded UConn beat No. 8 seed Butler, 53-41, after the Bulldogs put together a record-low scoring performance.

On this day in Celtics history, Boston traded Travis Knight to the Los Angeles Lakers, and Bob Cousy won MVP of the 1954 All-Star Game.

The NCAA’s Independent Review Panel said the former Wildcats coach promoted an atmosphere of compliance within his program.

The RAC has been long known for its unusual architecture. Nowadays, it’s back to also being a fearsome advantage.

HARTFORD, Conn. — Former UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun and Huskies All-American Richard Hamilton were selected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

SAN DIEGO — In a horseshoe-shaped booth at bustling Manhattan of La Jolla, Steve Lavin used the better part of 3 1/2 hours to explore the people who have influenced his life, being a 32-year-old college basketball coach under the withering spotlight at UCLA, the prostate cancer that reconfigured perspective…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — You’ve probably read the story line. Saturday’s Final Four is full of basketball blue bloods. Duke and North Carolina meet in one national semifinal. Kansas plays Villanova in the other. Blue bloods all.