A look at what we are working on in the sports department today. Please feel free to email Sean Barker at sbarker@nhregister.com or call him at 203-789-5700 with questions, comments or story ideas. You can also email individual reporters listed below.  


Jim Fuller features UConn women’s basketball guard Bria Hartley as the Huskies prepare for the Final Four in Denver. Jim will also have notes from Denver. jfuller@nhregister.com

Jim Fuller will have a story about the selection of the U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team. Announcement is today. Expect several former UConn players to be named. jfuller@nhregister.com

Dave Borges will be at tonight’s fight for New  Haven boxer Elvin Ayala at Foxwoods. dborges@nhregister.com

Chris Hunn catches up with the Yale football team during their first spring practice. chunn@nhregister.com

Joe Morelli features Foran sophomore Bradley Orban, one of the top tennis players in the state as part of our high school previews. jmorelli@nhregister.com


Look for the remainder of our high school previews through Wednesday.

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Jim Fuller features UConn women’s basketball team’s recruits from McDonald’s All-America game. jfuller@nhregister.com

Dan Nowak has a feature about concussions in high school hockey (dnowak@nhregister.com)

Dave Borges advances New  Haven boxer Elvin Ayala’s fight at Foxwoods Friday night. (dborges@nhregister.com)

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Jim Fuller will be taking a look ahead as the UConn women's basketball team prepares for the Final Four in Denver. Jfuller@nhregister.com


Jim Fuller will also be in Chicago tonight as Hillhouse girls basketball player Bria Holmes becomes the first state female to participate in the prestigious McDonald's All-America basketball game. jfuller@nhregister.com

Chip Malafronte is in Storrs for UConn football's pro day. cmalafronte@nhregister.com


 Dave Borges will be at today's Yale at Quinnipiac baseball game, weather permitting. Quinnipiac manager Dan Gooley is going for his 500th career win today. dborges@nhregister.com

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Jim Fuller will be at tonight's UConn women’s basketball game against Kentucky in the Kingston, RI regional final with a berth to the Final Four on the line. jfuller@nhregister.com

Dan Nowak has a feature on how high school hockey in Connecticut has handled concussions. dnowak@nhregister.com


Dave Borges features New  Haven boxer Elvin Ayala, who fights Hector Camacho Jr. at Foxwoods this Friday night for the WBC United States middleweight title. 
. dborges@nhregister.com

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-- Jim Fuller is in Kingston, R.I., previewing the UConn women's basketball team's NCAA Regional final with Kentucky that takes place Tuesday at 7 p.m. He will also have a notebook from the Regional. jfuller@nhregister.com

-- Chris Hunn is featuring CFC Azul, a semi-pro soccer team that is based out of Hamden, but will play games at Yale, in New Britain, Farmington and Wilton. The team will play in the Premiere Developmental League chunn@nhregister.com

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Jim Fuller is at the NCAA women's basketball tournament game between UConn and Penn State. Jfuller@nhregister.com

Mike Pucci is at the Governor's Cup combine at the Floyd Little Athletic Center, where about 150 players tried out for the high school all-star game against Rhode Island this June. mpucci@nhregister.com

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Jim Fuller is at UConn women's basketball practice, as Huskies prepare for NCAA tournament third round game with Penn State on Sunday in Rhode Island. jmorelli@nhregister.com

Chris Hunn is running a story on the impacts of social media at the high school level. chunn@nhregister.com

Dave Borges has a really nice story about West Haven's T.J. Robinson, who plays basketball at Long Beach State. dborges@nhregister.com

Have a local sports team or organization we should be covering on Twitter or Facebook? We are putting together a list, so please let us know at sbarker@nhregsiter.com

Chip Malafronte will be finishing up his Sunday Gravy column. cmalafronte@nhregsiter.com

Chip Malafronte will also be at the NCAA hockey regional final in Bridgeport. cmalafronte@nhregister.com

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Chip Malafronte will be at the NCAA hockey regional in Bridgeport covering Union-Michigan State and Miami, Ohio-UMass Lowell a the Webster Bank Arena. Cmalafronte@nhregister.com

Jim Fuller will be writing about the UConn women's basketball team as it prepares for Sunday's NCAA Tournament game in Rhode Island against Penn State. Jfuller@nhregister.com

Chris Hunn is covering a sendoff for Hillhouse girls basketball standout Bria Holmes, who leaves for the McDonald's All-America game. She is first female player from state to be selected to compete in the game. chunn@nhregister.com

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-- Chip Malafronte will be featuring Union as he writes about this weekend’s NCAA hockey regional in Bridgeport. Games start Friday at Webster Bank Arena. (cmalafronte@nhregister.com)


-- Jim Fuller will be at Yale’s pro day for NFL scouts. Patrick Witt, Alex Thomas and others from Southern Connecticut will be working out. (jfuller@nhregister.com)


-- Jim Fuller will be at open practice for UConn women’s basketball as they prepare for this weekends Kingtson Regional in Rhode Island. (jfuller@nhregister.com)



-- Contributing editor Andy Thibault has an update on Chad Dawson who is in Florida, preparing for his April 30 fight against Bernard Hopkins in Atlantic City.

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Jim Fuller will have a feature on UConn women's basketball player Stefanie Dolson. jfuller@nhregister.com

Dave Borges is taking a look at the biggest questions facing the UConn men's basketball team this offseason. dborges@nhregister.com

Mike Pucci will have a feature on two NCAA national champions from Southern Connecticut State: Amanda Thomas (swimming) and Nick Lebron (track). mpucci@nhregister.com

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-- Jim Fuller will be at tonight’s second-round NCAA women’s basketball tournament game between UConn and Kansas State, starting at 7, at Bridgeport’s Webster Bank Arena. (jfuller@nhregister.com)


-- Joe Morelli is working on the final boys high school basketball package, including the final Top 10 poll of the season/ (jmorelli@nhregister.com)

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A busy day, so we'll split it between high schools and colleges:

HIGH SCHOOLS
DIVISION II HOCKEY FINAL: Branford vs. Trumbull at Yale, 7:30 p.m. Dan Nowak (dnowak@nhregister.com)

CAREER BASKETBALL ADVANCE:  Career in Class L final vs. Northwest Catholic Saturday at 8:15 p.m. at Mohegan Sun. Joe Morelli (jmorelli@nhregister.com)

HILLHOUSE BASKETBALL ADVANCE: Hillhouse in Class LL final against St. Joseph Saturday at 6:15 p.m. at Mohegan Sun.  Joe Morelli (Jmorelli@nhregister.com)

DIVISION I HOCKEY ADVANCE: Notre Dame vs. Glastonbury play Saturday, 2 p.m. at Ingalls Rink . Dan Nowak (dnowak@nhregister.com)


MERCY-NEWTOWN CLASS LL FINAL: 8 p.m. at Mohegan Sun. Chris Hunn (Chunn@nhregister.com)
Class M roundup - Weaver vs. Tolland - (6 p.m.) tacked at bottom.

CLASS L AND S GIRLS BASKETBALL CAPSULES: Chris Hunn (chunn@nhregister.com)

DIVISION I AND III HOCKEY CAPSULES: Dan Nowak (dnowak@nhregister.com)

CLASS LL, L, M, S BOYS BASKETBALL CAPSULES: Joe Morelli (jmorelli@nhregister.com)

STATE OPEN SWIM CAPSULE: State Open Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Yale. Mike Pucci (mpucci@nhregister.com)


COLLEGES
UCONN WOMEN’S ADVANCE: Likely subject is on Caroline Doty playing in first NCAA tournament game since 2010 national championship game. Jim Fuller (jfuller@nhregister.com)

UCONN MEN'S BASKETBALL: Season recap. Dave Borges (dborges@nhregister.com)


UCONN/NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK: Notes off NCAA tournament press conferences. Jim Fuller (jfuller@nhregister.com)

SCSU SWIMMER AMANDA THOMAS: Goes for third NCAA Division II title (Staff) w/submitted art, please include last night’s accomplishments as well. (localsports@nhregister.com)

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-- UConn men’s basketball vs. Iowa State in NCAA tournament. Start is about 9:20 p.m. (dborges@nhregister.com)

-- Quinnipiac vs. Temple women’s basketball. Game is at Temple. Start time 7 p.m. (bcloutier@nhregister.com)

--   Princeton women’s basketball feature. The Tigers through eyes of Yale coach. Princeton in UConn bracket (jfuller@nhregister.com)

-- Division II Hockey Advance Branford reaches final against Trumbull (dnowak@nhregister.com)

-- Class LL Girls Basketball Advance On Mercy, which faces Newtown Friday. (chunn@nhregister.com)

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Dave Borges is previewing UConn men's basketball NCAA tournament opener against Iowa State. dborges@nhregister.com

Chip Malafronte is at Yale-Fairfield men's basketball game cmalafronte@nhregister.com

Bill Cloutier is at Quinnipiac-Penn men's basketball game. bcloutier@nhregister.com

Joe Morelli is at Hillhouse-Fairfield Prep boys basketball game, a Class LL semifinal in East Haven at 7:30 p.m. jmorelli@nhregister.com 

Dan Nowak is at Notre Dame-West Haven vs. West Haven Division I hockey semifinal game dnowak@nhregister.com

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Dave Borges is working on a feature about UConn sophomore forward Alex Oriakhi (dborges@nhregister.com)

Bill Cloutier will be previewing Yale’s men’s basketball game against Fairfield Wednesday in the CIT (bcloutier@nhregister.com)

Bill Cloutier will be previewing Quinnipiac’s men’s basketball game at Penn Wednesday in the CBI (bcloutier@nhregister.com)

Joe Morelli will be at Career-Wilby Boys Basketball Class L state semifinal tonight at 7 at Bunnell (jmorelli@nhregister.com)

Mike Pucci will be at today’s Class M Swim Meet starting at 3 p.m. in Middletown at Wesleyan (mpucci@nhregister.com)

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-- Jim Fuller will be at UConn women’s basketball seeding for NCAA tournament. Show starts at 7 p.m. (jfuller@nhregister.com)


-- Dave Borges will be featuring Iowa State, UConn men’s basketball’s first opponent in NCAA tournament Thursday at 9:20 p.m. (dborges@nhregister.com)


-- Joe Morelli will be at CIAC Class LL boys basketball quarterfinal between Hillhouse and Manchester. Game is In New Haven at 6 p.m. (jmorelli@nhregister.com)


-- Dan Nowak will be at  Division II Hockey Semifinals at Ingalls Rink: No. 1 Guilford vs. No. 5 Trumbull, 5:30 p.m.; No. 3 North Branford vs. No. 7 Branford, 7:30 p.m. (dnowak@nhregister.com)


-- Mike Pucci will providing capsules for all four CIAC swim meets (mpucci@nhregister.com)


-- Chris Hunn will be at Coginchaug vs. Morgan girls basketball Class S state semifinal game. Game is 7 p.m. at Branford. (chunn@nhregister.com)


-- Bill Cloutier is working on features for Quinnipiac and Yale men’s basketball teams as they prepare for CBI tournament (bcloutier@nhregister.com)

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Chip Malafronte is at Yale At Harvard ECAC Hockey Playoff series. Game 3 at 7 p.m. from Boston cmalafronte@nhregister.com

Kevin Sokolski is covering Quinnipiac at Colgate ECAC Hockey Playoff Series. Game 3 at 7 p.m. from Hamitlon.

Dave Borges will be in Storrs as the UConn men’s basketball team awaits its seeding in the NCAA tournament tonight beginning at 6 p.m. dborges@nhregister.com

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Chip Malafronte is at Yale At Harvard ECAC Hockey Playoff series. Game 2 at 7 p.m. from Boston cmalafronte@nhregister.com

Kevin Sokolski is covering Quinnipiac at Colgate ECAC Hockey Playoff Series. Game 2 at 7 p.m. from Hamitlon.

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Chris Hunn is at Hillhouse-Newtown Girls’ Basketball, Class LL Semifinals at Sheehan, 6 p.m. Chunn@nhregister.com

Joe Morelli will be at Career-Trinity Catholic Boys Basketball game, a rematch of last year’s Class M final, now a Class L quarterfinal at New Haven, 6 p.m. jmorelli@nhregister.com

Chip Malafronte is at Yale At Harvard ECAC Hockey Playoff series. Game 1 at 7 p.m. from Boston cmalafronte@nhregister.com

Kevin Sokolski is covering Quinnipiac at Colgate ECAC Hockey Playoff Series. Game 1 at 7 p.m. from Hamitlon.

Bill Cloutier is at Southern Connecticut women's basketball NCAA Division II tournament opener vs. C.W. Post bcloutier@nhregister.com

Dave Borges is looking back at what went right for the UConn men’s basketball team in its Big East tournament run and how that might impact them in the NCAA Tournament. dborges@nhregister.com

Dave Phillips will be at Hand-Branford hockey, a rematch of the SCC final in the Division II quarterfinals. 7:45 p.m. at Northford.

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Dave Borges will be at UConn’s Big East men’s basketball tournament quarterfinal game against Syracuse. Game is at noon.. dborges@nhregister.com


Chris Hunn will be at Hyde at Coginchaug Class S Girls’ Basketball Quarterfinals at 7 p.m. In Durham. chunn@nhregister.com


Chris Hunn is working on a feature about Hillhouse girls basketball Chunn@nhregister.com


Chip Malafronte will be previewing  ECAC hockey quarterfinals this weekend. Lead With Quinnipiac, which plays at Colgate; Will also include Yale, which Is at Harvard. Cmalafronte@nhregister.com


Joe Morelli will be at Class LL boys basketball between Cheshire and St. Joseph at Trumbull at 7 p.m. jmorelli@nhregister.com

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-- Dave Borges will be at UConn’s Big East men’s basketball tournament opening round game against DePaul. Game is at noon.. dborges@nhregister.com

-- Jim Fuller will be covering tonight’s Big East final between UConn and Notre Dame at 7 p.m. jfuller@nhregister.com

-- Bill Cloutier will be at tonight’s NEC women’s basketball semifinal game at Quinnipiac with Monmouth, 7 p.m. bcloutier@nhregister.com

-- Joe Morelli will be at Class LL boys basketball first round game between Glastonbury and Hamden at 7 p.m. jmorelli@nhregister.com

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-- Jim Fuller will be covering tonight’s Big East women's basketball semifinal between UConn and St. John’s. Tip off is around 8, after Notre Dame-West Virginia game at 6 p.m. jfuller@nhregister.com

-- Dan Nowak will be breaking down the high school hockey state tournaments, with players to watch, story lines to watch, the top 10 poll and more. dnowak@nhregister.com

-- Chris Hunn will be at Career-Hillhouse girls basketball Class LL state tournament quarterfinal game. Fourth game of year between the two. Hillhouse has two losses, both to Career. Career has won 20 straight and one loss came to Hillhouse. 6 p.m. at Floyd Little Athletic Center. chunn@nhregister.com

-- Dave Borges will be advancing the UConn men’s Big East tournament men’s basketball game against DePaul. Game is Tuesday at noon. Also Big East awards announced today. dborges@nhregister.com

-- Jim Fuller will also be covering MAAC women’s basketball final at noon in Springfield between Fairfield and Marist, which includes former Law-Milford star Casey Dulin. jfuller@nhregister.com

-- Fairfield men play at 7 p.m. tonight in MAAC final against Loyola, Md., also in Springfield (staff and wire reports)

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-- Chip Malafronte will be covering Game 1 of ECAC Hockey first round series between Yale and Princeton at 7 p.m. (cmalafronte@nhregister.com)

-- Kevin Sokolski covering Game 1 of ECAC hockey first round series between Quinnipiac and Brown at 7 p.m. (Kevin is a freelancer, any questions, thoughts please email localsports@nhregister.com)

-- Dan Nowak will be at SCC hockey semifinals: Milford vs. Branford; Hand vs. Guilford (dnowak@nhregister.com)

-- Dave Borges will be advancing the UConn men’s basketball game against Pittsburgh that is played Saturday. (dborges@nhregister.com)

-- Jim Fuller will be writing on the Big East major awards. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis expected to win Freshman of the Year.. (jfuller@nhregister.com)

-- Staff reports on Albertus Magnus Division III NCAA first round game in Middlebury, Vt.; Yale at Princeton men’s basketball, Princeton at Yale women’s basketball

-- Jimmy Zanor will be covering Shoreline boys basketball tournament final of Cromwell vs. Valley Regional at 7 at Floyd Little Athletic Center (jzanor@journalregister.com)

-- Kevin Roberts will be covering second-round Class L girls basketball game of Hand at Torrington at 7 (kroberts@registercitizen.com)

-- Dan Nowak will have preview capsule for State Open gymnastics (dnowak@nhregister.com)