UConn to redshirt freshman forward Richie Springs

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — UConn freshman forward Richie Springs will sit out this season as an academic redshirt.
Springs is a 6-foot-9 power forward from Brooklyn. He graduated this spring from the MacDuffie School in Granby, Massachusetts.
The 18-year-old made the decision in August to forgo his planned postgraduate year and enroll at UConn this fall.
He joined a class that included guard James Bouknight, who played with Springs at MacDuffie. Bouknight’s status with the team is in que