UCONN EXPECTING WEEKEND VISITORS

August 8, 2008


Jim Calhoun Charity All-Star Classic will attract a crowd


This weekend is like Jim Calhoun’s family reunion as the Jim Calhoun Charity All-Star Game will take place Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Arena. It is a chance for the Connecticut program to flex its powerful muscles as they bring together the Ben Gordon’s, Ray Allen’s, Rudy Gay’s, etc of their world in the star-studded reunion.

It is also a perfect time to bring some recruits to see the festivities and there is a good possibility that Omari Lawrence and Kevin Parrom will take on some of the action from the weekend, either on campus Friday or at the event on Saturday. Either way, Lawrence and Parrom will be Seeing Stars (Hartford Courant) as well as the UConn program.

Current class of 2009 commit Jamal Coombs will also be on hand Saturday night, along with Gerard Coleman. The Boston Area Basketball Club Guys (Hartford Courant), along with teammates Alex Oriakhi, another 2009 UConn commitment, and Phil Pressey did not make it for the recent UConn Elite camp due to their deep run in the AAU Nationals in Florida. Oriakhi and Pressey, who along with Coleman is a 2010 recruit, will be in Oregon this weekend for the Nike Global Games and unable to attend.