Hilton Armstrong came into UConn's Wednesday evening match up with Villanova hungry. Hungry for a win and hungry to pump up the crowd and his teammates. Mission accomplished. In fact Armstrong impressed the team chef, Rashad Anderson, so much that his on the court hunger may not translate off the court.

"I may cook for him tonight," said Anderson who has bragged to the media in the past about his gourmet cooking skills which include such exotic creations as "mac & cheese" and "spaghetti".

"Those guys always come to my place because I'm the only person that has an apartment by myself," explained Anderson. "So they come to my place and eat up all my groceries."

But Armstrong was hungry to compete Wednesday night in the Huskies 81-76 victory over Villanova. With Charlie Villanueva saddled to the bench with 2 fouls just over three minutes into the game, Armstrong stepped in and filled the void. In 18 minutes he grabbed a game high 10 rebounds while scoring 5 points, blocking 2 shots, and dishing an assist...all while also inspiring his teammates and fans alike with his determination, defense, and presence in the paint.

"I try and be the hype man on the team," said Armstrong. "It's my personality off the court so I try to bring it to the court. I know it's going to rub off on my teammates. If all of us can be energetic and stay poised and keep our heads in the game, good things are going to happen."

Hilton "the hype man" is also known for getting the student section pumped up before home games. As the Huskies take the court for warm-ups, Armstrong stands in front of the student section and yells "What day is it?" To which the students scream back "Game day!" Armstrong does this three times to whip the students into a pre-game frenzy.

Not only does Armstrong relish his role as the team's hype man, but as he has mentioned in the past, he's a rare player who happens to like coming off the bench better than starting.

"When you're on the bench you can watch the game, get hyped a little bit and see what you need to do," said Armstrong. "Then I just go out there and do what I can."

And Armstrong did some of everything on a night when Villanueva was in foul trouble and Josh Boone was fairly ineffective as he battled through a bad cold.

"He just went in there and became a one man show, he was absolutely terrific," said head coach Jim Calhoun. "I told everybody (after the game) to hug him...I didn't," said Calhoun with a grin. "But everyone else did. He was really good and deserves all the praise I can possibly give to him. The guy who got into the fight...was Hilton Armstrong. He dunked on somebody, he blocked a couple of shots, he got big rebounds and he got involved in a Big East fight...That's what you have to do to win games, you have to fight for a win."

"Hilton was the key to it all," reiterated Anderson. "He came off the bench and provided that spark that we needed and everybody just followed. He was huge, tremendous, a game changer."

Anderson, who serves up three pointers, as well as dinner for his teammates, is now serving up headlines as well.

"Put that in the paper," said Anderson. "The headline; 'Hilton Armstrong Changes Game For Connecticut,' because he certainly did."

While Anderson may not have gotten his headline wish this time, for Armstrong dinner has been served.

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