UConn announces date to visit White House as national champions

UConn has had the pride and joy of being college basketball’s national champion for a month. It’s been 30-plus days since they won it all back in Houston. Now, the Huskies have scheduled the next stop on their celebratory tour with it being one of the most esteemed.

The White House will honor Connecticut in Washington D.C. on May 26th per a release from the school. It will be a one-day trip to the nation’s capital for their accomplishment to see the commander-in-chief himself.

“The UConn men’s basketball team will be honored for winning the 2023 NCAA National Championship by President Joe Biden and a ceremony at the White House on Friday, May 26, at a time to be announced,” the release said. “The UConn travel party will make a one-day trip to Washington, flying on Friday morning and returning home following the ceremony.”

UConn won their program’s fifth national title inside NRG Stadium back on April 3rd. Their victory over San Diego State capped off a dominant run by the Huskies. They won all six of their matchups in March Madness by an average of 20 points per game.

Adama Sanogo took home the Most Outstanding Player honor. Over their run, he averaged 19.7 points and 9.8 rebounds per game while shooting 65.3% from the field. Dan Hurley also became the latest head coach to bring a banner back to Storrs.

NIL collective Bleeding Blue for Good capitalizes on UConn’s title

Many of the players from UConn‘s reigning men’s basketball national championship team will attend a youth basketball camp at Waterbury Police Activity League on Sunday, April 30. It’s the final name, image and likeness-related event the NIL collective Bleeding Blue for Good is facilitating for members of the 2022-23 Huskies team. The camp will be held in conjunction with the event management and sports marketing company ProCamps.

At the camp, there will be 100 children in attendance who are between the first and eighth grades. UConn players will teach campers the fundamentals of basketball at various stations. The camp sold out in about a week, according to Bleeding Blue for Good President John Malfettone.

The camp is one example of how the collective is trying to capitalize this off-season on the program’s latest championship in order to fundraise for future events.

“It’s almost surreal,” Malfettone said. “The way it happened, how quickly it happened, and the manner the team just dominated? It was just, for all of us, astonishing. We went from there to celebrating to the parade to the (New York) Stock Exchange to trying to organize as many events as we can while the emotion is still high.”