North Stonington — Kevin Ollie recently stopped by the Hartford Boys and Girls Club but remained in the parking lot.

He wanted to check out his first Kevin's Kourt, a basketball court for people with disabilities that officially opened in June in Hartford, without any drawing any attention.

What Ollie saw warmed his heart.

"Seeing all the boys and girls playing out there after they were let out was just a great scene," said Ollie, the UConn men's basketball coach. "I stayed in my car in the parking lot incognito and watched and had a couple of tears fall down. Just a nice moment for me."

Ollie is hoping more of those nice moments are in his future. On Monday, he hosted the Kevin Ollie Charity Golf Classic at Lake of Isles in North Stonington. About 260 golfers turned out for the fundraiser that supports sports for people with disabilities.

He announced that a second Kevin's Kourt will break ground this fall in Waterbury and another one is planned for West Hartford.

"We just keep building and building it up," Ollie said. "We're taking all donations and we're taking all the land that we can possibly get so we can break ground and have them all over the state. Then, hopefully, we can have them all over the country, that would be my dream."

A significant milestone was reached on Monday, as Ollie learned the charity had hit the $1 million mark in money raised over the last 15 years.

"It's not going in anybody's pocket but the kids with disabilities that we help and the foundations that we help with disabilities," Ollie said. "It's just amazing. And I want to continue to raise awareness to it and continue to raise the support to it.

"Our motto is every kid has a shot. I think that million dollars is really allowing some kids with some disabilities to go out there and have their shot and their moment."

Ollie has enjoyed quite a summer.

Last month, Ollie helped the United States under-18 basketball team win a gold medal in the FIBA Americas Championship in Chile. He served as an assistant coach on Shaka Smart's staff.

Ollie played in a foursome with former Huskies Ray Allen, Scott Burrell and Donny Marshall behind President Obama's group on Martha's Vineyard last week and had a chance to chat with Obama.

"It was cool," Ollie said.

He's looking forward to welcoming his basketball players back on campus this weekend. The first day of classes is Monday.

"This year, there's going to be some ups and downs like every year," Ollie said. "I'm very, very excited with the new blood we got coming in."

There a buzz about UConn's top 10 nationally ranked recruiting class that features Alterique Gilbert, Juwan Durham, Christian Vital, Vance Jackson and Mamadou Diarra.

They're calling themselves the "Top Five."

"It's funny, but at the end of the day, the Top Five is supposed to be what you do on the court," Ollie said of the nickname. "Hopefully, they live up to that. I like them saying that, I like them coming together and I like the excitement they have."

Gilbert and Durham, two players recovering from injuries, have been cleared to begin full contact drills.

A dynamic point guard, Gilbert has recovered from a shoulder injury suffered in April.

"He's an unbelievable competitor and wants to get out on the basketball court," Ollie said. "We kind of had to slow him down a little bit, especially when he got cleared when he got back (home) to Atlanta.

Durham is attempting to bounce back from his second torn ACL. Ollie is taking a wait-and-see approach with the versatile forward's status.

"I'm not going to put any limits on him," Ollie said. "He's worked his butt off to be in a position where he can possibly help us this year. If we sit down and talk to his family and we talk to him and we talk to (trainer) James (Doran) and we feel it's best to redshirt him, that's what we'll do. But we're coming in wanting him to play."

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