Norlander article - UConn is a "Powerhouse"

[Mr. French]

This article took me from 6 to midnight. A few of those paragraphs, including towards the end, got me really hyped. 40 minutes to immortality.

Powerhouse UConn is 40 minutes away from completing one of the most dominant NCAA Tournament runs in history

The Huskies have been steamrolling foes and if the trend continues vs. San Diego State, they will be NCAA Tournament champions

www.cbssports.com

 

[ElGreco]

This article took me from 6 to midnight. A few of those paragraphs, including towards the end, got me really hyped. 40 minutes to immortality.

Powerhouse UConn is 40 minutes away from completing one of the most dominant NCAA Tournament runs in history

The Huskies have been steamrolling foes and if the trend continues vs. San Diego State, they will be NCAA Tournament champions

www.cbssports.com

I especially love near the end where it said “come on now”

 

[Exit 4]

This article took me from 6 to midnight. A few of those paragraphs, including towards the end, got me really hyped. 40 minutes to immortality.

Powerhouse UConn is 40 minutes away from completing one of the most dominant NCAA Tournament runs in history

The Huskies have been steamrolling foes and if the trend continues vs. San Diego State, they will be NCAA Tournament champions

www.cbssports.com

Beautiful read.

 

[SoFla Steve]

High praise indeed. Still, I hate it when people use the word "coronation". I have flashbacks to 1999.

 

[Mr. French]

My fiancée joined me in my life right before the 2014 run, so I’ve always maintained she’s excellent luck. She became a huge Bazz & UConn fan after basically never watching basketball before. Just read her the whole article as we chatted and we both got worked up.

This team is special, and I thought this was their peak potential…but I’d be lying if I said I thought they’d maintain this peak for an entire tournament run. 40 more minutes. Become legends!

 

[cohenzone]

Great read. Guess SDSU should fly home today.

 

[karstenkibbe]

That’s complete and unabashed Huskies from Norlander. And I’m lapping it up.

 

[TheRealKBuks]

 

[kobebeanbryant]

Doomed!

 

[SoFla Steve]

My memory isn't what it used to be so I have a question.

Aztec fans regard the championship game as a revenge match for a loss suffered at our hands in the 2011 Sweet 16 game. Specifically, they refer to the "Kemba flop". Does anyone remember that play? Off hand, I do not.

I may have it on a highlights disk that I'll check when I get some time.

 

[KembaSlice]

My memory isn't what it used to be so I have a question.

Aztec fans regard the championship game as a revenge match for a loss suffered at our hands in the 2011 Sweet 16 game. Specifically, they refer to the "Kemba flop". Does anyone remember that play? Off hand, I do not.

I may have it on a highlights disk that I'll check when I get some time.

I believe it was a play at half court, where Kemba kind of got in the SDSU players's way, flopped, and they were assessed a technical, which led to UConn going on a run.


I'm wildly hungover tho and could be remembering this completely wrong

 

[Mr. French]

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That was one of the 2 paragraphs I screen shot too. .

 

[Mr. French]

I believe it was a play at half court, where Kemba kind of got in the SDSU players's way, flopped, and they were assessed a technical, which led to UConn going on a run.


I'm wildly hungover tho and could be remembering this completely wrong

Correct. As Kemba remembers it “the kid Jamaal Franklin” bumped Kemba after they took the lead and we took a TO. Kemba definitely embellished but laughed it off, made some free throws then put his junk in their mouths.

 

[superjohn]

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8 assists last night for Tristen.

 

[Waquoit]

I believe it was a play at half court, where Kemba kind of got in the SDSU players's way, flopped, and they were assessed a technical, which led to UConn going on a run.


I'm wildly hungover tho and could be remembering this completely wrong

Not completely wrong, mostly wrong. The SD guy instigated the contact and smacked into Kemba after time was out on the court. A punk player on a punk team tried a punk move and Kemba made him pay. The fact they are still crying about it shows that there's still a punk team.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Correct. As Kemba remembers it “the kid Jamaal Franklin” bumped Kemba after they took the lead and we took a TO. Kemba definitely embellished but laughed it off, made some free throws then put his junk in their mouths.

Yeah, basically this. They went on a bit of a run, pushed the lead to 5 or 6, we called timeout. Going back to their respective benches, their guy kind of bumped into Kemba (ambiguous whether he saw Kemba, tried to bump him, or didn't notice at all in their exuberance), Kemba sold it a bit to draw the refs' attention, they got a T, we ended up getting a 4 or 5 point possession out of it and closed the gap before we pulled away late.

 

[auror]

 

[Dove]

Oh, that article was good. It was real good.

This is among our best teams ever. Top 2.

 

[Mr. French]

About 5:20 in this video - they went up 2, stole our inbound, up 4, we called timeout. 53-49 them.

 

[RichZ]

I do not like this article at all. It reads like what 99% of the national sporting press was saying about Duke in '99.

 

[80shusky]

I do not like this article at all. It reads like what 99% of the national sporting press was saying about Duke in '99.

I had the same thought. UConn has 40 minutes of work to do against a great team. Dont put the crown on early.

 

[drayenob]

Can 't come this far and get complacent for the last game.

 

[AdamaNation]

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Very Maryland 02esque. Dixon Wilcox and Baxter. (?) lots of xs not too many os

 

[tykurez]

Doomed article.

 

[housekeys]

"Uconn is Unique".

I used that term to describe our program and now Hurley uses the exact term to describe this particular team. Cool coincidence. Very appropriate term, IMO.