Nice quote by Martelli "They have great women's basketball."

[Palatine]

The Huskies (26-8) were beaten by Louisville, 71-61, in the AAC title game. Martelli doesn’t know much more about UConn other than “they have great women’s basketball.



“(Shabazz) Napier has had as good a year as you can have,” Martelli said. “And (Ryan) Boatwright is a magnificent guard. I don’t know much about the rhythm of their season. We’ll study them on the bus going home … at least numerically.”

 

[gtcam]

All he has to do is pick up the phone and call his longtime/childhood/best friend Geno

 

[Lefty2one]

Geno's his best friend. Geno's son walked on at St. Joe's under Martelli. Don't think it's much of a jab.

 

[Dove]

Not a jab at all and it is sounds like a classic Geno-ism. In fact, didn't Geno serve as an assistant for him at the high school level?

 

[UConnfan8]

huh..thats funny. maybe he remembers the year he had a #1 seed and was knocked out in 2004....i seem to think this "uconn?" am i spelling it right? team went on to win the title that same year....hmm. but ya he's probably never heard of the mens team in his life. just the women. what a joke.

 

[MattMang23]

At least he knows us for something. I find St. Joe's indistinguishable from all the other mid-major Catholics.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

It was obviously a joke.

 

[MattMang23]

It was obviously a joke.

Nothing about win or go home is funny. We should all be serious.

 

[BRS24]

This is the guy that blocked a 5th year player from transferring. And I swear there was some inference of an issue with Geno's son on the team

 

[CL82]

It was obviously a joke.

A joke? A joke? So he called our men's team a joke? Oh this is bulletin board material.

 

[art4life]

We do have a great women's team.

We also have a very good men's team - which he'll find out about in 76 hours or so...

 

[TheChamps990411]

I think he was just poking a little fun. He obviously knows about a program that has won 3 national titles in the last 15 years. Its a kind of a sarcastic remark like him saying "who doesnt know about Uconn"

My only issue is him refering to boat as a "magnificant" guard.

 

[husky8273]

Not a jab at all and it is sounds like a classic Geno-ism. In fact, didn't Geno serve as an assistant for him at the high school level?

Yes - at Geno's alma mater, Bishop Kenrick, just before Geno went to Virginia and Phil went to St. Joe's