UConn Insider

In his debut appearance on the podcast, The Courant's Shawn McFarland discussed his recent feature on the UConn baseball team's success in developing big league pitchers. He was joined by Dom Amore, who gave an update on this year's Huskies. The guys broke down the methods used by UConn's coaching staff and discussed the character and the toughness that makes Husky recruits a different breed.

The Courant's Alex Putterman won last week's draft decisively, per a Twitter poll, so the hosting throne is his alone. That left Chris Brodeur to try to pick up his first victory in a game of "Who said it?" Putterman picked out quotes from UConn coaches and read them to Brodeur and his challenger, Kevin Vellturo, and there was a bit more drama as the two Berlin High/UConn alums battled it out.

The show gets a reboot for the spring and summer, as The Courant's Alex Putterman steps into a semi-permanent role as co-host alongside Chris Brodeur. The 2018-19 school year was a rough one for UConn's major sports programs. But was it the worst ever? The guys discuss. Then, it's onto happier topics, as Putterman and Brodeur take turns drafting their favorite UConn teams from the basketball, football and miscellaneous ranks.

It was time to put a bow on another disappointing UConn women's basketball season, so The Courant's Kelli Stacy dropped by to recap the Final Four, assess the legacies of departing seniors Katie Lou Samuelson and Napheesa Collier, preview the Huskies' offseason and provide some updates on recruiting.

The Courant's Mike Anthony and Kelli Stacy drop by to recap the UConn women's basketball team's road to the Final Four before looking ahead at the matchup with rival Notre Dame. Then, at around the 35-minute mark, ESPN's Kara Lawson calls in to give a Final Four preview of her own.

Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the UConn men's basketball team's first national championship. In this audio documentary, Jim Calhoun, Kevin Freeman, Rip Hamilton, Rashamel Jones, Khalid El-Amin, Souleymane Wane, Jake Voskuhl, Tom Moore and Dave Leitao look back on the ups and downs of that magical season, beginning with the cloud of uncertainty that hung over the Huskies in the spring of '98, when their loss to North Carolina in the Elite Eight was fresh and a couple of key players had a foot out the door. You'll also hear some of Joe D'Ambrosio's iconic radio calls, courtesy of WTIC-AM 1080.

The Courant's Kelli Stacy was in studio to preview the NCAA Tournament. She, like the rest of the UConn women's basketball team, had an eventful Monday, beginning with Geno Auriemma's entertaining (and headline-making) Q&A session at the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce breakfast. Then, it was time to react to the bracket leak, which saw the Huskies earning a surprising No. 2 seed in the Albany Regional. Stacy also discussed her recent profile of Katie Lou Samuelson, provided a recruiting update and broke down the Huskies' performance in the AAC Tournament.

The Courant's Dom Amore dropped by to discuss Jalen Adams' legacy, Alterique Gilbert's injuries, Josh Carlton's emergence, the Huskies' AAC Tournament prospects, ESPN's Jim Calhoun Project and more.

The Courant's Mike Anthony and Kelli Stacy stop by to break down the upcoming AAC women's basketball tournament and offer some thoughts on what the legacy of UConn seniors Katie Lou Samuelson and Napheesa Collier might look like six weeks from now. Then, at around the 28-minute mark, CBS Sports Network analyst Steve Lappas calls in to discuss Dan Hurley's first year on the job, Jalen Adams' leadership qualities, memories of coaching against Ray Allen and more.

In another Capitol Watch-UConn Insider crossover episode, Mike Hamad chats with Alex Putterman about Rentschler Field's struggle to meet the expectations with which its debut was met in 2003.