"Howie Dickenman" is an American college basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach for the Central Connecticut State University Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball/Blue Devils. He is the second-longest tenured head coach in program history. Previous to becoming the CCSU head coach, he spent fourteen years as an assistant coach for the Connecticut Huskies men's basketball/Connecticut Huskies; the last ten years were as the top assistant under Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame/Hall-of-Fame coach Jim Calhoun. His first coaching job was assistant coach at New Britain High School in New Britain, Connecticut, a position he held for three years.

A native of Norwich, Connecticut, Dickenman played collegiately at Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball/Central Connecticut State University from 1966 to 1969 as a 6'4" center (basketball)/center. He was the first pick of the 17th round of the 1969 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns, though he never played in the league.

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There was a time when he was thinking offense, offense, offense. Now he understands the value of defense and he?s one of our better defenders.

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Defensively, he used to be awful. He?d get beat on backdoors ... he?s doing a better job on screens. Now he?s not getting beat off the dribble very much. He?s containing his man. He?s more aware of the value of defense.

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We're on a little bit of a roll now.

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Maybe the team is getting mentally tougher. We've been good at protecting our home turf.

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Every game is a must game. That?s how we look at it. It would be tremendous (to start 3-0), but we don?t look at it as a two-game set. We won?t talk about Sacred Heart until we get back from LIU. We need to be as prepared as we possibly can be because I believe it?s more challenging on the road.

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I think now he?s getting rewarded for all the time he spent this summer working out. He?s in great shape.

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Frye must have taken a speed course this summer. He can put it in another gear.

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The key was to try to smother Vinson.

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We got an outstanding performance from Lenny Jefferson, who lit it up early.

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