During the visit, the Lady Huskies were treated to a special Presidential shoot around at the White House outdoor half-court.  Obama a former high school basketball player, absolutely dominated a few of the Huskies in a short  game of P-I-G.

“He was pretty good from 17 feet,” said coach Geno Auriemma. “His shot’s a little unorthodox, but it goes in … He’s got a little bit of that swagger.” [NHR]

Like every other ceremonial visit to the White House the Lady Huskies gave Obama a basketball signed by the players and a Uconn jersey with #1 and his name on the back.

“Number One – that’s what I’m talking about,” Obama joked. “I will wear it when I’m playing.

Truly a special day that the 2009 Lady Huskies will always remember.  Video after the jump.

After 5’7 Nate Robinson won the contest dressed up as Superman’s (or in this case Dwight Howard’s) Kryptonite, the NBA made plans to release t-shirts at NBA.com and the NBA Store. That was until DC Comics found out about it.  The NBA decided to scrap that idea because of intellectual property issues with the comic giants.

As for the future, an NBA source had said the following about the launch of Krypto-Nate gear:

“The NBA decided not to release the Krypto-Nate T-shirt because of future initiatives we are working on with Warner/DC Comics.”

They did however release a knockoff edition that only displays his name, “Robinson”, and Slam Dunk Champion.  Lets just say we’ll wait it out for “Krypto-Nate”.