HARTFORD, Conn.(AP) -- Jerome Dyson and two other Connecticut
basketball players are missing the Huskies opening exhibition
game Wednesday night against American International because of
problems with their eligibility paperwork.

The school says it hopes to have the issues surrounding the
eligibility of Dyson and Donnell Beverly resolved as early as
Thursday. UConn said it is simply waiting for the NCAA to finish
a "routine educational document review for eligibility
certification."

The school says the NCAA eligibility center has requested some
academic records of freshman Jamal Coombs-McDaniel and has not
granted him the initial clearance to play.

Dyson, a senior and starter, is expected to be a key cog for
Connecticut, which is ranked No. 12 in the preseason poll.
Beverly and Coombs-McDaniel were both expected to see time off
the bench.