The Connecticut Huskies, also known as the UConn Huskies, are the athletic teams of the University of Connecticut, and a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Big East Conference. Their official uniform colors are national flag blue and white and their mascot is Jonathan the Husky.
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The Connecticut Huskies basketball team is currently representing the University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Huskies men's basketball program in the 2007–08 college basketball season, and currently coached by Jim Calhoun, they play their home games at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and the 10,167 capacity Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut. In 2002, UConn became the only school ever to have 4 women drafted among the top 10 of the first round of the 2002 WNBA draft, with National Player of the Year Sue Bird drafted 1st, Swin Cash drafted 2nd, Asjha Jones drafted 4th, and Tamika Williams Raymond drafted 6th, and the 5th starter on the UConn 2001-2002 NCAA championship team was future No. 1 WNBA draft choice and future 2-time National Player of the Year Diana Taurasi.
UConn became the third school ever to have 4 players drafted in Round 1 of the NBA Draft in 2006, and the first school ever to have 5 players selected in the two-round draft. In the first round, Hilton Armstrong, Rudy Gay, Marcus Williams and Josh Boone were selected, and in the second round, Denham Brown was selected.