Number 1

[rman726]

#1 for $2 beer night on Wednesday. Should be fun.

 

[UCann]

Love to see it! Let’s hold on to it now! Target on our backs got a little larger.

 

[superjohn]

They will be, probably next week, if they keep taking care of business. I'm looking forward to playing them March 3 at Gampel.

Their next two games are really tough with the Johnnies tomorrow night and Creighton on Saturday but they're both at home.

 

[tzznandrew]

Marquette is being rewarded for their preseason ranking and Seton Hall is being dinged for the expectation they would have a poor season.

Their metrics are worse than Marquette's (KenPom below Butler) and their losses are far worse. USC, Rutgers, 18 point loss at Baylor, 20 point loss at Xavier.

They've just gotten a lot better once the BE play started.

 

[CL82]

Their next two games are really tough with the Johnnies tomorrow night and Creighton on Saturday but they're both at home.

True, but they are playing really good basketball. Earlier in the season some Seton Hall fans were questioning whether Holloway was up to the job.

 

[FearThePups]

In 2018, Dan Hurley took over a dumpster fire of a program

5 years later, he won a national championship
1 year after that, he’s ranked AP #1

Next up is a BE championship, and hopefully many many years of success to come

I’m sure Hurley will treat this as another day in the office. But I hope everyone in the program takes at least a little bit of time to celebrate

None of this would have happened without going home to the Big East and getting Danny. I hope the skeptics that wanted us to join the B12 for football reasons finally shut up.

 

[87Xfer]

Guarantee that unc vote is some acc homer

It was the San Francisco guy that usually has us about 10 spots too low.

 

[HooperScooper]

In 2018, Dan Hurley took over a dumpster fire of a program

Come on, don't be overly dramatic. UConn was not a "dumpster fire of a program." The program was on a downward trajectory and changes were needed. And the AD made a quick move to stop the downward trajectory.

UConn was only 2 years removed from an NCAA Tournament appearance. Only 4 years removed from a national championship. That's so ridiculous calling them a dumpster fire. You want dumpster fire? Go look at what is going on in Louisville.

 

[Umami Zen]

Great news.Let's grab two more Ws this week

 

[Waquoit]

Come on, don't be overly dramatic. UConn was not a "dumpster fire of a program."

If another program sacked their coach amist allegations of wrongdoing while at the same time most of a touted recruiting class was tranferring out; folks here would call that a dumpster fire.

 

[Palatine]

#1 -Nice accomplishment for this team. Very pleasantly surprised by the AP vote.

In the big picture it is not all that important but some recruits will notice. And it will have an positive affect on the overall perception of the program. Savor the flavor.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Come on, don't be overly dramatic. UConn was not a "dumpster fire of a program." The program was on a downward trajectory and changes were needed. And the AD made a quick move to stop the downward trajectory.

UConn was only 2 years removed from an NCAA Tournament appearance. Only 4 years removed from a national championship. That's so ridiculous calling them a dumpster fire. You want dumpster fire? Go look at what is going on in Louisville.

We were like a trash can fire

 

[upstater]

Here's the kind of sentence that must be driving Duke's AD crazy: "The Southeastern Conference was next with four teams, followed by the Big Ten and Big East with three, the Atlantic Coast and American Athletic conferences with two, and one each for the Pac-12, Atlantic-10 and Mountain West.

 

[Waquoit]

That Clingon goes down and UConn still gets to Number 1 is incredible.

 

[my2cents]

BOOM

 

[HooperScooper]

Here are the pollsters and what they voted.

39 #1 votes

15 #2 votes

9 #3 votes

UConn Huskies Basketball at College Poll Tracker

collegepolltracker.com

 

[UConniki]

Finally. We were close last year. Who’d of guessed it would be this year after all the talent we lost.

 

[FearThePups]

#1 -Nice accomplishment for this team. Very pleasantly surprised by the AP vote.

In the big picture it is not all that important but some recruits will notice. And it will have a positive affect on the overall perception of the program. Savor the flavor.

Perhaps Cooper Flagg? Wonder if he has buyer remorse.

 

[HooperScooper]

We were like a trash can fire

A very small trash can.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

 

[HungryHu5ky]

Big East regular season title up next

 

[Dutch Boyd]

They need to get out more, people I've run into outside of CT seem to love this team and have major respect for UConn basketball.

Completely agree

 

[Tenspro2002]

Good, we deserve it. I'm glad to see the commentators who were looking for any excuse to give it to someone else are in the minority.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Very nice for the players. Now they need to make sure it doesn’t go to their heads. I’m sure this guy will have them focused. We’re on to Creighton.

 

[superjohn]

True, but they are playing really good basketball. Earlier in the season some Seton Hall fans were questioning whether Holloway was up to the job.

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