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Early on in the Calhoun years, fans used to deride the team by likening it to a donut - e.g. no center. How far we've come.

I've got a friend who is a recovering Syracuse fan who texted me after another championship game victory, "Just know you’re probably emotionally stunted from never having had to deal with the heartbreak."

I mean, it was very similar to how opponents respected Donovan and that's not surprising since Thabeet was even bigger at 7'3" and similarly mobile. He was a consensus second-team All-American and the Big East co-Player of the Year in 2009, and a two-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year...

I had the exact opposite reaction. Dan has been effusive in his praise of guys who are definitely leaving (Steph, Donovan). This is not effusive. He also was pretty clear about the risks of getting drafted in the second round. I think if he were convinced AK was leaving he would have a lot more...

Ok it's not the best individual performance but I kinda hate how overlooked Hasheem Thabeet is after a disappointing professional career. He was an absolute terror at UConn and every team had to gameplan for him (most unsuccessfully). Mid February of 2009 we played a hot Seton Hall team...

Is this common knowledge?

It's true but it cuts both ways. Your "problems" can lead to your current team cutting bait and entering the portal en masse.

07-09 we had decently bad injury luck. AJ tore his ACL in that first round game against USD in 2008 (we were a 4 seed, JC's first first round exit if I recall correctly). And then Dyson and his meniscus the following year. We still made the final 4 but we would have beaten MSU and given UNC a...

Until that 6 assist game against Gonzaga in the tourny.

Doubling him on the dribble.

Yes. 99, 04, 23, 24. Left for Quinnipiac in 07 I think.

Seriously. Also we beat everyone in 2014. Incredibly hard path to the title, including beating the tournament favorite, Florida, for a second time.

Hey, I posted about it elsewhere but I made a much better plaque of the sports section and am going to do it again this year. It was $127 including shipping and taxes. DM me if interested

That's a really good point. It's easy to get mesmerized by 37 points but he went super quiet during a pivotal stretch of the game. Also he is not nearly as intimidating as Clingan on the defensive end despite being 7'4". Lastly, I'll give you your flowers. The entire season you said we'd beat...

Paul says he spent three years at "Kansas University." lmao He's ruining whatever legacy he had with his post-career nonsense. Exhibit A:

On the year, we had 630 assists and 335 turnovers, for an incredible 1.88 A:TO rate. That's 18.5 assists and 9.9 turnovers per game. We bested last year's record of 570 assists (averaging 17.3 assists and 12.9 turnovers per game for a 1.34 A:TO rate). Tristen had 6.2apg and 2.5 to (2.5 a:to...

Yea, with our bigs getting in foul trouble I started having flashbacks to what we did to Duke in '04 with Youssouf playing the Nick Horvath role and I started to get super nervous. Fortunately we went small and Alex did an incredible job holding his own against a worn down Edey. (And Edey got...

I posted this in the other thread, but it was eerily reminiscent of Shabazz's shove of Boat in the 2014 championship game: Pretty wild he did that right in front of the official but thankfully it had zero impact on the game.

No question. And agree about using Samson to help tire Edey out. Samson also performed the Travis Knight: He had 5 in 5 minutes, whereas Travis had 6 in 6.

Reminiscent of Bazz pushing Boat into position in '14 against Kentucky!

Maaaybe. I personally don't read too much into it. Also, Luke doesn't have the same media experience/exposure as Dan given his role as an assistant. He may be that media savvy, but it's just a guess. I bet the answer to that question was one of the last things on his mind at that particular...

Your memory is incredible.

Fwiw - I also have collected plaques (but am missing one for 2004 :( I didn't like what the Courant put out last year and ended up getting a plaque made separately, using the sports section PDF. It looks way better and ran about the same price ($127 incl. tax & shipping). Happy to share...

Without question. And to add to that, our cheers are great. The U-C-O-N-N cheer perfectly caps a big run (teed up by the opposing team's timeout) and the UCONN-HUSKIES-WOOF chant is iconic, too.

I've borne witness to (and took part in) the magic conjured up over the years through a ritual trial, sentencing, and hanging. But this year, the team did it on their own, trial and hanging be damned. The populace didn't rally behind your TSwift idea like we have in year's past, and your...

I hope it's true but responding to a question of "Will you be back next year?" moments after you've won a national championship with "I love it here" is not the most reassuring answer. And even if he said "Yes" before that, it's a bit uncouth to even ask the question. There's a time and place...

Kemba was 15.

Thank gd that Tristen decided to return to Storrs this year.

I remember when I changed my alias to 3for3. Lol

You mean home game?

Hadn't seen this posted before but a great 30 minute interview with Coach Hurley on CBS Mornings from a couple days ago.

Isn't that what happened last year as well? He stayed back in CT.

Ray used to do that.