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As family and friends of slain Connecticut football player Jasper Howard gathered Sunday for a viewing at a Miami mortuary, his teammates prepared to travel to Florida for his funeral.
Howard, a 20-year-old cornerback, was fatally stabbed during an altercation outside a dance on Connecticut's campus early last Sunday.
UConn played Saturday, losing to West Virginia 28-24 in an emotionally charged game.
On Sunday, UConn coach Randy Edsall said he expects a wide range of emotions at Monday's funeral at New Birth Baptist Church in Miami, Howard's hometown. The team will travel together on a charter flight.
"It's going to be a difficult day for some of these young people," Edsall said Sunday during a conference call. "This is a lesson for them in life, that these are the things you have to deal with in life and [Monday] as Jazz is buried it brings a little closure to this."
Edsall was quick to add that Howard will remain in the team's thoughts every day.
"But it's time now for everybody to continue to move forward and really get back into what we have to do with our own everyday lives, and then ... remember Jazz in their own way."
Police this weekend searched storm drains and a lake on the University of Connecticut campus near where the stabbing occurred.
The state police dive team spent Saturday at Swan Lake, near the entrance of the UConn campus. Authorities would not say what, if anything, was recovered.
Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance referred questions to the UConn police, who declined to comment.
No one has been charged in Howard's death.
Police have made just one arrest in connection with the fight. Johnny Hood, 21, of Hartford, faces charges of breach of peace and interfering with police. He is not charged with the stabbing.
Howard, a 20-year-old cornerback, was fatally stabbed during an altercation outside a dance on Connecticut's campus early last Sunday.
UConn played Saturday, losing to West Virginia 28-24 in an emotionally charged game.
On Sunday, UConn coach Randy Edsall said he expects a wide range of emotions at Monday's funeral at New Birth Baptist Church in Miami, Howard's hometown. The team will travel together on a charter flight.
"It's going to be a difficult day for some of these young people," Edsall said Sunday during a conference call. "This is a lesson for them in life, that these are the things you have to deal with in life and [Monday] as Jazz is buried it brings a little closure to this."
Edsall was quick to add that Howard will remain in the team's thoughts every day.
"But it's time now for everybody to continue to move forward and really get back into what we have to do with our own everyday lives, and then ... remember Jazz in their own way."
Police this weekend searched storm drains and a lake on the University of Connecticut campus near where the stabbing occurred.
The state police dive team spent Saturday at Swan Lake, near the entrance of the UConn campus. Authorities would not say what, if anything, was recovered.
Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance referred questions to the UConn police, who declined to comment.
No one has been charged in Howard's death.
Police have made just one arrest in connection with the fight. Johnny Hood, 21, of Hartford, faces charges of breach of peace and interfering with police. He is not charged with the stabbing.
