Hoops in Connecticut : The Nutmeg State's Passion for Basketball

Hoops in Connecticut : The Nutmeg State's Passion for Basketball

Don Harrison

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Home to both the University of Connecticut's men's and women's NCAA championship teams as well as the Connecticut Sun WNBA team, this small state has made a name for itself in basketball. Infatuation with the sport started here in 1896 with the first intercollegiate game between Yale and Wesleyan Un

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