You’ve been right so far about every game!!Barring some absolute catastrophe, UConn is going to completely obliterate SDSU.
The long arm of Kentucky basketball is to be feared, but I think at this point there's not much he can do about it.Just keep Hawkins away from calimari and we'll be alright
Your uncle works for my undergrad Alma Mater, coached my high school, and lives in my hometown.Some of you may know this, but I've been following the Huskies since I was a little kid. My dad is a Class of '76 UConn pharmacy school graduate so that is my connection to the Huskies. He'd tell me stories about the old ECAC and Yankee Conference days. Our family has been all about sports my entire life. Growing up, it was the Red Sox, Celtics, and UConn basketball with football and hockey sprinkled in but mostly Sox and hoops. My uncle coached in high school in Vermont and won 318 games. My dad coached us as kids and has helped our local high school team with the clock for upwards of 20 years. Along the way, my dad got us into college basketball and watching UConn. I became obsessed with college hoops and learned everything I could about UConn. I remember being in a CYO game in middle school and worrying about how I'd be able to watch UConn and UCLA in the '95 Elite Eight. I remember them being screwed by having to play UNC in Greensboro. Then, 1999 came and it was just the best. My dad had to tape the game. I was the only one on my HS baseball team to pick UConn to beat Duke and I was told I was out of my mind. No way little old UConn could beat the big boys when it counted. Well, they did and they did it again in '04, '11, and '14. Then, one of our family friends worked very closely with the UConn program for over a decade coinciding with a couple of their national title runs. We'd go to a couple games a year--one of the big non-conference home games and the road game at Syracuse. Fortunate enough to see games like the big upset of the Gilbert Arenas and Richard Jefferson-led #1 Arizona, the Mateen Cleaves-led Michigan State team, Oklahoma, and many others.
This run(and this season as a whole) has been really fun not only me, but my dad as well. He recently retired from being a full-time pharmacist and has been able to not only follow the Huskies more now that he's got more time on his hands but go to 3-4 home games. His birthday is a week from today, but my mom surprised him a couple of weeks ago with an 8-game package to all the Gampel home games for next year. I haven't seen my dad that happy in a long time.
I can't wait for tonight. Hopefully, my dad and I get one more happy phone call. Win this game.
That’s wild. Which high school did you go to?Your uncle works for my undergrad Alma Mater, coached my high school, and lives in my hometown.
I got a similar story. My dad, a poor but smart kid who grew up in Hartford projects, did really well on his SATs but was a troublemaker student who had to graduate from Hartford HS via summer school. He got into UConn Hartford, and did well enough to transfer to Storrs a semester later. He would have graduated in ‘73 but, surprise, his girlfriend got pregnant, and so he dropped out, started a business and had me in ‘72.Some of you may know this, but I've been following the Huskies since I was a little kid. My dad is a Class of '76 UConn pharmacy school graduate so that is my connection to the Huskies. He'd tell me stories about the old ECAC and Yankee Conference days. Our family has been all about sports my entire life. Growing up, it was the Red Sox, Celtics, and UConn basketball with football and hockey sprinkled in but mostly Sox and hoops. My uncle coached in high school in Vermont and won 318 games. My dad coached us as kids and has helped our local high school team with the clock for upwards of 20 years. Along the way, my dad got us into college basketball and watching UConn. I became obsessed with college hoops and learned everything I could about UConn. I remember being in a CYO game in middle school and worrying about how I'd be able to watch UConn and UCLA in the '95 Elite Eight. I remember them being screwed by having to play UNC in Greensboro. Then, 1999 came and it was just the best. My dad had to tape the game. I was the only one on my HS baseball team to pick UConn to beat Duke and I was told I was out of my mind. No way little old UConn could beat the big boys when it counted. Well, they did and they did it again in '04, '11, and '14. Then, one of our family friends worked very closely with the UConn program for over a decade coinciding with a couple of their national title runs. We'd go to a couple games a year--one of the big non-conference home games and the road game at Syracuse. Fortunate enough to see games like the big upset of the Gilbert Arenas and Richard Jefferson-led #1 Arizona, the Mateen Cleaves-led Michigan State team, Oklahoma, and many others.
This run(and this season as a whole) has been really fun not only me, but my dad as well. He recently retired from being a full-time pharmacist and has been able to not only follow the Huskies more now that he's got more time on his hands but go to 3-4 home games. His birthday is a week from today, but my mom surprised him a couple of weeks ago with an 8-game package to all the Gampel home games for next year. I haven't seen my dad that happy in a long time.
I can't wait for tonight. Hopefully, my dad and I get one more happy phone call. Win this game.
One of these things is not like the others. (based on 2022-23 anyway)
Would it have been Smarter to send Marquette to Texas?LOL Texas at Marquette. Smart move by the organizers.
I may make that trip next year. If the dates are the same as last year's Big East/Big 12 it's at the end of November or start of December(we played Okla St on 12/1 last year). Tickets won't be a problem to get for me as I have a connection within the Kansas program. The only issue would be when it is.I hope this is true. First visit to Allen Fieldhouse.
View: https://twitter.com/jonrothstein/status/1643717803160088576?s=46&t=lRRJs5ySDY6Z8VLw05vTlw
I may make that trip next year. If the dates are the same as last year's Big East/Big 12 it's at the end of November or start of December(we played Okla St on 12/1 last year). Tickets won't be a problem to get for me as I have a connection within the Kansas program. The only issue would be when it is.
Are they still better in hockey? And I think we passed the lacrosse too.BC lacrosse >>>>>>> Uconn [Edit: Men's] basketball
hockey too, both, but that's obviously not ACC
You looked for a post almost 3 years ago?Are they still better in hockey? And I think we passed the lacrosse too.
Started?I was curious how this thread stared and I was just amused by your post.
I edited my post. Like I said your post amused meStarted?
maybe ask the OP or the people posting on the first page
No worriesI edited my post.
Nice to see how much this paid off 4 years later.Hurley stole a 4 star recruit from Syracuse.
https://www.theuconnblog.com/2019/10/2/20887469/uconn-huskies-mens-basketball-recruiting-lands-2020-4-star-sf-andre-jackson-dan-hurley
Let's see- Braintree High School, Kimball Union, Towson for 5 years (must have gotten a medical redshirt to play in 23-24; already got the free Covid year).....how old is this guy?Timberlake would be the new Joey California.
View: https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/1644021260140027910?s=20
UConn used to have a Blue/White preseason scrimmage at Southington High School.I got a similar story. My dad, a poor but smart kid who grew up in Hartford projects, did really well on his SATs but was a troublemaker student who had to graduate from Hartford HS via summer school. He got into UConn Hartford, and did well enough to transfer to Storrs a semester later. He would have graduated in ‘73 but, surprise, his girlfriend got pregnant, and so he dropped out, started a business and had me in ‘72.
I grew up going to UConn games with him at the Field House and Civic Center. As he was very busy with building his business, watching and talking C’s, Sox, Whalers and UConn was when we spent most time together during the 80s. He considered himself a UConn grad, even though he wasn’t, and would tell me stories of seeing Dr J at UMass. We hated Perno, felt Corny Thompson or Earl Kelly would save us, and celebrated watching King stand on top of the hoop at MSG when they won the NIT. We then suffered through the close calls during the 90s (screw you Laetner). I would go to BC, but when UConn came to Chestnut Hill, I was rooting for Huskies (while getting shit from my buddies). UConn beating Duke in 99 was not as cathartic as Sox in 04, but close.
During this run, my dad and I have had a chance to turn back the clock…we get to ring each other and talk basketball for a while. It’s a good ride, and, after the last 9 years, I had forgotten how fun it could be to watch a UConn run.
He redshirted his freshman year so he's played the 4 years in 5. Now he has the Covid year left to use. He already graduated and was in grad school this year.Let's see- Braintree High School, Kimball Union, Towson for 5 years (must have gotten a medical redshirt to play in 23-24; already got the free Covid year).....how old is this guy?