Men's Basketball: Hasheem Thabeet to Return for Junior Season in 2008-09

SOX & Dawgs found this 4/27/2008 on www.uconnhuskies.com [flag]

STORRS, Conn. (Sunday, April 27, 2008) - University of Connecticut sophomore men’s basketball player Hasheem Thabeet will return for his junior season in 2008-09 and will not make himself eligible for the NBA Draft. [link]

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Breaking News - Thabeet Returning For His Junior Year
Published 4/27/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... Okay UConn Huskies men’s basketball fans. Take a deep breath and relax. Hasheem Thabeet has decided to stay at UConn for his junior season, passing up a chance in this year’s NBA Draft. ...

Thabeet Stays With UConn
Published 4/28/2008 by Charles Rich at FanHouse
Filed under: Connecticut Basketball, Big East Basketball, NBA ProspectsIn something of a surprise, UConn center Hasheem Thabeet announced he would be returning for his junior year. "We are happy that Hasheem has made the decision to return for his junior season," said head coach Jim Calhoun. "Hasheem has made as much progress as any player I have coached in my 36 years and if he continues that incredible progress, he will help us take the next step as a team and help himself become one of the best players in college ...

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Breaking News - Thabeet Is Returning For His Junior Year

beisbolct posted 4/27/2008 from soxanddawgs.com

Okay UConn Huskies men’s basketball fans. Take a deep breath and relax. Hasheem Thabeet has decided to stay at UConn for his junior season, passing up a chance in this year’s NBA Draft.

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rickg15 posted 4/28/2008 from www.waitingfornextyear.com

If you missed the Draft contest post, you can find it here and read the rules. For the Steelers, our own commenter Draftnik- 1.Mike Jenkins, CB, USF 2. Sam Baker, OT, USC 3. Quentin Demps, S, UTEP 4. Donald Thomas, OG, UConn 5. Curtis Johnson, LB, Clark Atlantic For the Ravens, Draftnik picks again- 1. Leodis McKelvin, CB

UCONN: KEEPS GETTING BETTER

newgroom422 posted 4/29/2008 from community.foxsports.com

It's been a huge 24 hours in Storrs. First, UConn big man Hasheem Thabeet announced he's definitely returning next year - which makes the Huskies a legitimate Final Four contender. Then Jim Calhoun & Co. got word earlier today that 6-foot-10, 225-pound power forward Ater Majok committed to UConn. Majok is from the Sudan, but played in Australia - and chose the Huskies over Baylor, ...

Thabeet Stays With UConn

Pitt Blather -- The Rantings Continue found this 4/30/2008 on sports.aol.com

In something of a surprise, UConn center Hasheem Thabeet announced he would be returning for his junior year . "We are happy that Hasheem has made the decision to return for his junior season," said head coach Jim Calhoun. "Hasheem has made as much ...

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Bruins Nation: Front Page Posts found this 4/29/2008 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com

It helps to be ranking teams from a position of clarity, very much unlike the one I was working from on the morning of the national title game, when Version 1 of these was due to be filed for the magazine. Educated guesses were made on which players ...

UConn's Thabeet to stay in school
UConn sophomore 7-foot-3 center Hasheem Thabeet will return to school next season, the school announced on Sunday afternoon.

UConn's 7-3 center Thabeet to remain in college
Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut's 7-foot-3 center, says he will return to school for his junior season.

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STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut's 7-foot-3 center, says he will return to school ...

UConn C Thabeet to stay in college (AP)
Connecticut center Hasheem Thabeet plans to return to school for his junior season instead of entering the NBA draft. The 7-foot-3 native of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was projected as a first-round pick in the draft. Thabeet averaged more than 10 ...

Thabeet returning for junior year at Connecticut
Connecticut center Hasheem Thabeet plans to return to school for his junior season instead of entering the NBA draft. Thabeet ...