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Breaking News - Wiggins To Transfer
Published 4/15/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... According to Doug Wiggins high school coach Anthony Menard, Wiggins will be leaving the UConn Huskies men’s basketball program at the end of the semester. ...

Wiggins Leaves UConn
Published 4/16/2008 by Jeff at March Madness All Season
As rumored earlier in the week, Connecticut sophomore guard Doug Wiggins asked for a release from his scholarship and will transfer. "I completely respect Doug's decision," head coach Jim Calhoun said in a statement. "He has contributed to many successes for us in his time here. We will do everything we can to help him finish school in good standing this semester and move on to a place where he will be happy." East Hartford High coach Anthony Menard said Wiggins wants to move to a place more suitable to his style of play. "It was a good experience for him," ...

Thabeet Stays, Huskies Cheer, Look Out Big East
Published 4/28/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
Small, insignificant news item that will get completely lost on this busy sports weekend: Connecticut’s Hasheem Thabeet, the 7-foot-3 center who went from clueless and slow as a freshman to occasionally dominating as a sophomore, will return to the Huskies for his junior season. This solidifies our bullish outlook on the Huskies next season. As of this moment, they’ve only lost backup point guard Doug Wiggins, but Stanley Robinson, last seen on a Joe Alexander poster (alacrity, indeed, Bill), might transfer, too, if message boards are to ...

A Post-Draft Deadline Look at the Big East
Published 4/28/2008 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
... UConn would be getting all kinds of hype if Price hadn't gotten hurt in the first round. They'd be a Sweet 16 team (at least) with almost everybody coming back (Wiggins transferred). As it happened, they're an afterthought with a rehabbing point guard. If Price makes a full recovery, with the ever-improving ...