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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

CPTV/Georgetown clarification

Harriet Unger, the executive producer of UConn women's basketball broadcasts for CPTV, wanted to clarify some misinformation being put out there regarding the Feb. 27 Georgetown game.

I'll let her tell you in her own words courtesy of an e-mail she sent out to the Connecticut media earlier this afternoon.

There seems to be a bit of confusion about CPTV’s carriage of the
Georgetown /BE Game Of The Week. It WILL be on CPTV. Each year we have been granted rights to carry the UConn BE Game. We will be carrying the ceremony live from the XL with Meghan (Culmo) and Beth Mowins. When the Senior Day/Night game is a CPTV production, the ceremony always begins at the scheduled game time and the tip is pushed back In this case, that won’t happen so the ceremony will start at approximately 11:37am. I want to make sure folks tuning into the game don’t miss this. Below is our UConn day schedule:

9:00am – Geno Show with special guests Bob Joyce and Kara Wolters
10:00am – A Tribute To The Class of 2010
11:30am – Senior Ceremony – live from the XL
12:00pm – UConn vs. Georgetown
2:15pm* - A Tribute To The Class of 2010 replay
3:30pm* - Witness To Perfection: UConn Women’s Basketball 2009
*time approximate


With Notre Dame's loss to St. John's last night, if UConn runs the table that game should clinch the Big East's regular season title. There's an outside chance that Tina Charles could break either Nykesha Sales' UConn career scoring record (although she would need to average 25 points per game against Providence, Syracuse and Georgetown to get there in three games) or Rebecca Lobo's career rebounding record (Charles needs 33 to tie and 34 to set the mark). Other than that, there's not much going on that day at the XL Center.

While we are on the topic of misinformation, let me address another subject. I usually only provide this service when I am the one making the error and usually that is more than enough to keep my busy but since I have received e-mails on the subject of Stefanie Dolson possibly sitting out next season as a non-medical redshirt, here's what I have to say on the matter.

There is no way that a healthy Stefanie Dolson will be redshirted next season. It is not going happen, no way, no how. Yes, there was some scuttlebutt when UConn was involved with Chiney Ogwumike and Cassie Harberts that if they brought in a six or seven player class that one of the players could sit out the season in an attempt to even out the classes. With a five-player class and with Dolson one of the leading candidates to fill the gaping hoping left by the graduation of Tina Charles, any talk of Dolson or Michala Johnson being intentionally sidelined is an absolute foolish notion. Of course injuries and other circumstances can take place that could change the plan but assuming Dolson is healthy and Johnson doesn't have any setbacks from her recovery from having the ACL in her right knee repaired, I expect the two of them along with classmate Samarie Walker to figure prominently in UConn's plans next season.

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