Calhoun Back With Huskies

STORRS %26#8212; - Still weak and unable to stomach anything beyond a banana, Jim Calhoun was otherwise back to being himself Wednesday. For about 20 minutes after UConn wrapped up practice, Calhoun held court with reporters and the topics were, as usual, wide-ranging.

%26#8226;On a gastrointestinal problem that kept him from coaching Saturday against Georgetown and landed him in the hospital for intravenous treatment: “I lost about eight pounds. I wouldn’t recommend the way I did it.”

%26#8226;On the gut-wrenching 72-69 loss to the Hoyas, in which UConn lost a late six-point lead, partially because Hasheem Thabeet was whistled for a questionable goaltending call on Patrick Ewing Jr., who appeared to travel: “John Cahill is one of the best officials in the country, but you can’t take three steps to the basket. But that’s what happens in basketball. You’ve got to make judgment calls. They made judgment calls and that’s how it goes. It’s happened to us on the other end. The bottom line is, if we’re up by nine, it wouldn’t have made any difference.”

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