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This is a busy day, despite Yale men's basketball and Yale and Quinnipiac hockey playing on the road, and the UConn men preparing for a Sunday night game against Providence.

-- At the University of New Haven the men's and women's basketball teams play a Northeast-10 doubleheader with the men playing at 1:30 and the women at 3:30 against LeMoyne.
At halftime of the men's game, the Chargers will retire the uniform number of legendary baseball coach Frank "Porky" Vieira. Rumor has it he could play a little ball, too.

Here's a link to information about the event

The basketball doubleheader is part of New Haven's Pink Zone day for cancer awareness. Read more about the games, or get links to video and radio broadcast here.

-- The  UConn women play at Providence at 2 p.m. today in a game that can be seen on CPTV.
Read Jim Fuller's preview here
Read Jim Fuller's game day capsule here, which includes an update on a local player from Hopkins

-- Coming off a huge win over Ivy League leader Harvard Friday, the Yale women's basketball team plays host to Dartmouth at 7 p.m. at Lee Amphitheater. Yale is one game behind Princeton and Harvard in the Ivy League standings.

-- The Quinnipiac women's basketball team plays host to Sacred Heart at the TD Bank Sports Center at 1 p.m. Read more about the game here, including links to live video cast

-- The Quinnipiac women's hockey team plays host to Union at the TD Bank Sports Center at 4 p.m.


-- The Yale men's hockey team looks to get back on top of the ECAC standings with a game at Clarkson at 7.

-- The  Yale men's basketball team plays at Dartmouth after a three-point loss at Harvard Friday.

-- In high school indoor track, the New Haven Athletic Center will play host to the final two divisional state meets. Class M starts at 10 a.m. and Class LL at 4:30 p.m. Read about those meets here

-- Foran high school will be the site of the Southern Connecticut wrestling championships. Read more about the meet here