University of Connecticut

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University of Connecticut
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City: Storrs, Connecticut
Type: Public
Sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball[1]
Colors: navy blue, gray, white
Mascot: Jonathan the Husky
Degrees: Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral[2]
Website: http://www.uconn.edu/

The University of Connecticut (sometimes shortened to UConn) is a Connecticut public university founded in 1881.[3] The school is located in Storrs, Connecticut. It ranked #64 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.[4]

Athletics

The UConn Huskies

Connecticut currently has 10 men's and 12 women's sports teams.[1] The football program has won three bowl games while losing two.[5] The men's basketball program has won three national championships,[6] and the women's team has won six.[7] The women's basketball team is perennially among the best in the country, and has won seven national championships.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.uconnhuskies.com/
  2. ↑ College Search - University of Connecticut - UConn - At a Glance (English) (HTML). College Board. Retrieved on May 28, 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.uconn.edu/about/index.php
  4. ↑ http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php
  5. ↑ http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_history_connecticut.html
  6. ↑ http://www.ncaa.com/history/basketball-men/d1
  7. ↑ http://www.ncaa.com/history/basketball-women/d1
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