Princeton head coach Carla Berube excited for homecoming game at Gampel today

[Carnac]

Carla Berube grew up watching all the UConn basketball games she could, both the men’s and the women’s. She lived about an hour from Storrs in Oxford, Massachusetts, a small town near Worcester, and both her mother and grandfather were alums of the university. Then Harry A. Gampel Pavilion opened in 1990. “It was amazing,” Berube said. “I was blown away by the Pavilion.......and I thought, I would love to play in here. Berube would go on to do so from 1993 to 1997, a forward for UConn’s first national championship team in 1995. All these years later she’ll be back at Gampel for the first time as a head coach when her Princeton Tigers take on the No. 6 Huskies tonight night at 7 p.m. ET SNY TV [Princeton roster]

‘Never in my wildest dreams’: Former UConn forward and Princeton head coach Carla Berube excited for homecoming game at Gampel Thursday

Princeton head coach Carla Berube calls a play for her team in the first half of a college basketball game against Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Bloomington, Ind., Saturday,…

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[JonathanXIV]

Welcome back Carla! The door's always open and there's always a place at the table for you.

 

[my2cents]

...but not tonight.

 

[Centerstream]

They have 7 players 6'2" or taller. Wow.

 

[UConnCat]

They have 7 players 6'2" or taller. Wow.

Only 1 averages double digit minutes. Three average 4 minutes or less per game and 2 haven't played at all.

 

[Centerstream]

Only 1 averages double digit minutes. Three average 4 minutes or less per game and 2 haven't played at all.

True but just the fact that half of the team are "bigs" just caught my attention.

 

[Steve UConn72]

I was nervous about this game based on Princeton's recent success. However, they struggled to beat Maine (led by one at the half and won by 14), so our injury-riddled team should be able to handle them. They are 5-2, with losses to 'Nova (by 10) and Texas (by 24).

 

[Skeets]

Several years from now (hopefully) Carla might have the opportunity to snag a full-time job at UConn.

 

[Woof 101]

Several years from now (hopefully) Carla might have the opportunity to snag a full-time job at UConn.

She is #1 on my short list.