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UConn pulls off upset in Ollie's debut

Updated: November 13, 2012, 9:47 AM ET
By Andy Katz

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- The Connecticut players circled around Kevin Ollie and hugged him.

Then, one by one, they ran over to congratulate their former coach, Jim Calhoun, who had watched his successor's debut, as a fill-in radio analyst.

Then, finally, Ollie and Calhoun embraced. The exchange was genuine. The emotion raw.

Ollie, who was given just a seven-month contract on Sept. 13, beat legendary coach Tom Izzo and No. 14 Michigan State 66-62 Friday night in a ...

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