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UConn's Calhoun misses charity event after breaking hip

By Gavin Keefe

Publication: theday.com

Published 08/04/2012 12:00 AM
Updated 08/04/2012 06:33 PM

UConn men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun suffered a fractured hip during a Saturday afternoon bike accident near his summer home in Madison and missed his own charity basketball event at Mohegan Sun Arena.

UConn spokesman Phil Chardis said Calhoun was scheduled to undergo surgery Saturday night at the John Dempsey Hospital at the UConn Health Center in Farmington and is expected to make a full recovery.

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