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  1. ConnZag3

    UConn & Gonzaga to face off in the Hall of Fame Series on December 14 at Madison Square Garden.

    A+ for announcing this 9 months in advance so I can put it on my calendar accordingly :)
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    MSG roll call

    I'll be there. First UConn east coast "road" game that isn't really a road game. Should be much more enjoyable than my usual trips to Marquette or DePaul though I was impressed by the quantity of UConn fans in Lawrence earlier this year. Nice bonus seeing UConn live as the #1 team in the...
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    Gonzaga Scouting Report

    Yes, this isn't a great Gonzaga team. It's significantly worse than last year's team, especially in terms of backcourt depth, and pace of play. Normally Gonzaga wants to outscore you, but honestly this year's version is way too inconsistent on offense to do so. I've been pretty disappointed...
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    UConn-Gonzaga: Venue less hostile than you might think

    Climate Pledge Arena, as renovated, has only been open for 3 years so it would have been a bit hard for Gonzaga to play there a whole lot, but they did play there in 2021 and lost to Alabama (I had tickets but ended up not going). It's a neutral site game but it's still going to be 80%+...
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    Arkansas-Pine Bluff Scouting Report

    Gonzaga was up 28-2 on these guys to open on Tuesday night even with putting like their 3rd guy off the bench into the starting lineup for experience purposes. They were bad, like really bad. Should be no reason to play Clingan, Cam, and Castle more than like 12-15 minutes a piece. I only...
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    Kansas Roll Call

    There were definitely like 6 or 8 UConn folks on my rental car shuttle at MCI last night. I'm pretty surprised how much tickets have dropped for the game. I thought the deal I got a few weeks ago was solid but I could be in a lot better spot at today's prices...
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    Kansas

    Clingan getting pulled away from the basket by Dickinson is going to be a big thing to watch. Dickinson is a lot more mobile on the perimeter than Donovan. This might be more of a Samson game than a Clingan game for the perimeter defense. Going to need the guards to keep the KU guards out of...
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    Kansas Roll Call

    I went to Bramlege a number of years ago already. It was a pretty well designed venue with a decent crowd even if I don't believe K-State was terribly great the season I went. They might have had the worst parking lot situation ever though. I swear it took me over an hour to get out of the...
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    Kansas Roll Call

    I'll be there. I was going no matter, but being able to get 3 other arenas checked off that I haven't been too yet on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday makes it 100x better. Allen Fieldhouse was the first arena I went to 13 years ago to officially kick off my goal of going to every D1 CBB arena...
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    Coaches standing on court

    Love Shaka (he went to the same HS as me here near Madison) , but yeah seeing him in a defensive stance yesterday damn near trapping Kansas players was a bit over the top. If coaches want to do it behind the play that seems totally fine. While your team is playing defense seems a bit much.
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    OT: Operation 351 to Bloomington

    I'm actually going to Bloomington this weekend for Wisconsin football so loving these recs too. It's the last pre-realignment B1G stadium I haven't been to to watch my alma mater play live, which has been another of my sports journey goals. Fun fact that my only trip to Assembly Hall in...
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    OT: Operation 351 Begins the Ninth Season

    I think we're still at 362 GH because of TX A&M-Commerce and Southern Indiana being added last year. Hadn't heard about Western Georgia but had heard the University of Indianapolis was considering the jump in the future too. I'm currently scheduled to cross the 200 mark during my trip to...
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    2023/24 Schedule

    As a UConn fan in the Midwest, it's getting annoying how none of their visits to Marquette or DePaul seem to ever fall on a weekend. My 3 closest Big East venues are Marquette, DePaul, and Creighton and they're all weekdays. At least Creighton was a weekend last year, but couldn't fit it in my...
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    25 Most Incredible College BB Arenas

    Pretty sure Maples Pavilion at Stanford does still but I think that's the only other P6 school. Otherwise yeah pretty much any D1 school that has a gym resembling a high school would too. Winthrop, St Thomas, USC Upstate are a few more I recall off my arenas journey list
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    Buy Games - Dare We Hope For Competition?

    Pretty random team to schedule for the season opener. Hope they got a good guarantee for that cross country trip...
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    Packers’ Aaron Jones proud of cousin Tristen Newton

    Yeah this was the most incredible thing seeing a multi millionaire football star just waiting in a massive line for the light rail like the rest of us. He ended up waiting on the platform right next to me and as a life long Wisconsinite and GB fan I couldn't pass up asking for a pic. He was...
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    Schedule Posters?

    Did UConn offer schedule posters this season? Since I'm not local to CT I don't get to home games so wasn't sure if this died out with COVID or not. I have one from every Husky Final Four team in my sports room so if anyone has an extra they'd be willing to part with if they do exist please let...
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    The Downside of the 5th

    I have this same bobblehead and was thinking the same thing. When are they going to release the overpriced 5x version now? :)
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    Who is going to Houston?

    If anyone has 2 in the UConn section for Monday let me know! It was rowdy in there tonight and would love to be there again rather than elsewhere even if the secondary tixs are cheaper
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    Individual Mojo responsibility

    Ordered this shirt immediately after the BET run in 2011 and it's only been worn twice since, at the 2011 Final Four and at the 2014 Final Four. You know it's in the suitcase ready to go for Saturday and Monday!
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    Who is going to Houston?

    Yeah that would be preferable but open to anywhere that isn't in an end zone because those seats are miles away from the court. I'll check Stubhub but I just hate paying their insane fees!
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    Who is going to Houston?

    If anybody is looking to get rid of 2 extras please let me know. Just talked to the ticket office because I never received any emails about ticket availability even though I've been a contributor for 10+ years and apparently they somehow opted me out of getting emails and now the school...
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    Who is going to Houston?

    I'll be there. Hopefully tixs will be available through the school for a low level contributor like myself lol. Party like it's 2011!
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    Gonzaga Post Game Thread

    This! Texas built a brand new basketball arena that holds like 60% of what their previous arena held because the atmosphere was dead in such a large venue.
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    Gonzaga Post Game Thread

    UConn was beyond dominant tonight. The inconsistent backcourt from Gonzaga really caught up to them tonight. The 2 airballed 3s in the first minutes also seemed to rattle them a bit from the perimeter which carried throughout the game. Sanogo's intelligence and blossoming skill set to make...
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    UConn vs Gonzaga for a Final 4 Berth

    Gonzaga will be in big trouble early if Hickman and Bolton both no show like last night. Hickman especially is wildly inconsistent and has struggled with confidence a lot this season. Few is a pretty big creature of habit so he won't start Smith tomorrow like he probably should but Smith could...
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    UConn vs Gonzaga for a Final 4 Berth

    Tournament matchup I've been waiting 24 years to see again. Just wish it was a round or two later in the tournament. Lot more meaningful than the 3rd place Atlantis game in 2015 lol. Seen both of these teams in person a combined 10 times this season. Timme vs Sanogo should be fireworks if the...
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    OOC Scheduling Next Year

    Baylor as one of the first games in their new arena would have been great, but I don't think it's getting completed until late 2023. Assuming we make at least the second weekend of March, it would be a huge miss to not have UConn/Kansas even if it means back to back years of home/road games for...
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    A Champions Classic-style event for UConn

    UNC and UCLA are already tied to basically exactly what you're proposing already with the CBS Sports Classic event that also includes Kentucky and Ohio State. If Fox could get one going maybe we'd get a spot, but besides Kansas I'm not sure who else in the Fox portfolio conferences (B1G, Big...
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    PK85 Bracket Set (UConn vs. Oregon)

    As someone who will be going to this tournament, absolutely crucial for UConn to beat Oregon and get in the winner's bracket. It looks like the loser's bracket games for both brackets get shipped off to play on the campus of U Portland a few miles from downtown vs. playing downtown in the...
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    Phil Knight Invitational - Tix

    Yeah throwing the women's teams into the mix in Portland this time really screwed up the scheduling compared to 2017 for the PK80. I bought the package on sale currently for Moda and you are correct that you'd get a UConn game guaranteed on day 1, but they would definitely not play there on day...
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    Gonzaga

    As a fan of both UConn and Gonzaga (hence my handle) I appreciate most of the comments in this thread that respect the Gonzaga program. They can't really do much about their conference because they won't get a football team so will never be a Pac-12 member. The Mt. West wanted them, but is the...
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    Referees today

    I was watching I think it was a Patriot League game on TV last week and one of the refs was John Cahill Jr. Hopefully he never makes it up to Big East level games...
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    Michigan/Wisconsin Punishments

    5 games seems about right. Hopefully that ends up being their season save 1 B1G tourney game because it would be pretty ridiculous to get a postseason bonus after starting a melee. I do find the criminal aspect of this interesting though when you think about the UCLA kid that got...
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    PK85 Tournament next year

    I would think UConn gets either ISU or Bama in Rd 1 as well. Pretty sure we played Oregon in Rd 1 back in the PK80 and MSU in Rd 2 so hopefully the bracket looks a little different this time around. Nova and UConn will for sure be in different halves to make sure they only play in the last...
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