Coach K on UConn

[scotty0330]

Cowherd about 3 years late on the "You better get us now" quote...

Speaking of people that put 5 min of prep time in before showtime…

 

[connVA]

Calhoun, K, Boeheim, Wright and other long-termers, have a lot of basketball wisdom. Each has forgotten more than we will ever know. There should be a podcast extracting that wisdom from these and other coaches.

Hurley (i.e. UConn) is fortunate that his father is among the legends.

Speaking of Boeheim, watching him do an interview with Field of 68 last night while tanked was entertaining (noticeable slurring in there). Watching him continue to operate under the delusion that the ACC is the best conference was even more so.

 

[wingsfan055]

Calhoun coached circles around Coach K his entire career. It saddens me Calhoun is not more revered outside of CT/Big East.

 

[nomar]

“I hate when people say there are no blue bloods in the final four. You have to be kidding me…since 1999 they’ve won 4 national championships. Maybe give them a different color but they’re certainly at the level of the few teams you say are blue bloods.”
- Krzyzewski

In the ellipses, he said Calhoun was the great builder of all time.

 

[Scott2Tate]

“I hate when people say there are no blue bloods in the final four. You have to be kidding me…since 1999 they’ve won 4 national championships. Maybe give them a different color but they’re certainly at the level of the few teams you say are blue bloods.”
- Krzyzewski

God dang it...don't make me respect you for being complimentary to UCONN, Kryzewski. It goes against almost every FIBER of my being

 

[Waquoit]

And Bobby wearing Husky blue

While clapping along to our fight song

 

[Dove]

"I follow recruiting" LOL!!! Sure you do, clown. My God, the number of things this doofus gets wrong in the space of a minute is stunning.

He said in early January, Hurley said "You better get us now..."

Ummm, that was years ago.

 

[bendm]

He said in early January, Hurley said "You better get us now..."

Ummm, that was years ago.

haha yeah January of 2020

 

[Connhomer99]

If we win tonight we’re the third team with three coaches to win championships. Kentucky has like seven. Unc has 3 coaches to win championships. I think duke only has one coach to win championships. Duke didn’t emerge that long before us. Why are they in a different color blue blood than us?? We’re going to have as many championships as them if we win. Just with 3 diff coaches in a more limited time span. Just keep winning huskies eventually they can’t deny us!!

 

[CL82]

He said in early January, Hurley said "You better get us now..."

Ummm, that was years ago.

He never said which “January.”

 

[gsmooth]

Whatever you think about Coach K he's always had great respect for the UConn program and for Calhoun, they're close friends. He also obviously loves Danny and the entire Hurley family.

Yeah I know people hate Duke and Coach K, but I have no animus towards him or Duke whatsoever. I have a high level of respect for what he and Duke have accomplished.

 

[bendm]

college bball program ranks since 1975, which marked the pre-modern era. programs must have won at least 1 chip to qualify. i used a weighted average of: (Championships x 57%) + (Final Fours x 28.5%) + (Sweet Sixteens x 14.25%) so chips are worth twice as much as final fours which are worth twice as much as sweet sixteens. if we win tonight we tie Lville in 5th (no i'm not pretending vacated seasons didnt happen). the only other criteria i could have added was tourney appearances but i'd rather miss the tourney than lose to a 15 or 16 seed (and that would have dropped us to a tie with IU in 9th).

1) UNC- 11.11
2) Duke- 10.83
3) Kentucky- 9.12
4) Kansas- 7.98
5) Lville- 6.98
6) UCLA- 6.69
7) UConn- 6.41
8) MSU- 6.40
9) Indiana- 5.55
10) Cuse- 5.27
11) Nova- 4.98
12) Zona- 4.41
13) Michigan- 4.27
14) Florida- 4.12
15) Arkansas- 3.56
16) Gtown- 3.27
17) UNLV- 3.13
18) UVA- 2.84
19) Marquette- 2.28
20) NC St- 1.84
21) Baylor- 1.56

 

[nomar]

While clapping along to our fight song

Shouldn't surprise anyone -- Bobby always enjoyed hanging out with the Huskies

 

[nomar]

If we win tonight we’re the third team with three coaches to win championships. Kentucky has like seven. Unc has 3 coaches to win championships. I think duke only has one coach to win championships. Duke didn’t emerge that long before us. Why are they in a different color blue blood than us?? We’re going to have as many championships as them if we win. Just with 3 diff coaches in a more limited time span. Just keep winning huskies eventually they can’t deny us!!

They made four Final Fours in the 1960s and 70s before K got there.

That's why he credited JC for building UConn. Duke already had a track record of success when he was hired.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Imagine being a Duke fan listening to that.

Duke fans know their program won't be the same without Coach K. I always disliked him, but man did I respect him.

 

[Horatio]

I can’t give this a like but I appreciate the posting. He’s still a Sith Dark Lord to me.

 

[mcs333]

You should use 1985 instead of 1975. 85 is the year the tournament went to 64 teams.

 

[TKs]

college bball program ranks since 1975, which marked the pre-modern era. programs must have won at least 1 chip to qualify. i used a weighted average of: (Championships x 57%) + (Final Fours x 28.5%) + (Sweet Sixteens x 14.25%) so chips are worth twice as much as final fours which are worth twice as much as sweet sixteens. if we win tonight we tie Lville in 5th (no i'm not pretending vacated seasons didnt happen). the only other criteria i could have added was tourney appearances but i'd rather miss the tourney than lose to a 15 or 16 seed (and that would have dropped us to a tie with IU in 9th).

1) UNC- 11.11
2) Duke- 10.83
3) Kentucky- 9.12
4) Kansas- 7.98
5) Lville- 6.98
6) UCLA- 6.69
7) UConn- 6.41
8) MSU- 6.40
9) Indiana- 5.55
10) Cuse- 5.27
11) Nova- 4.98
12) Zona- 4.41
13) Michigan- 4.27
14) Florida- 4.12
15) Arkansas- 3.56
16) Gtown- 3.27
17) UNLV- 3.13
18) UVA- 2.84
19) Marquette- 2.28
20) NC St- 1.84
21) Baylor- 1.56

Amazed UCLA is that high since 1975, considering that's right after they won 10 Nattys in 12 years. If you start in 1965 instead of 75 their #s would look like Tiger Woods in his prime.

 

[Citrusdog]

Duke has been ‘a rival’ and this guy seems weazely- but he is not stupid and I don’t know if he ever cheated. He, obviously, respects us and JC. That’s honest. Since Laettener we’ve done well against him. Now, he (or Duke) is not in the same world as the squid. Calipari (and wherever he is coaching) is a complete and total dirtbag. I do not respect him or what he has done - just like Pitino bending rules. Another dirtbag. I don’t know if Mike ever cheated - I don’t think needed to. I respect his coaching ability even more because he respects us. Do it right - and let the chips fall where they may. When you give money and whores to college kids - that’s where I draw the line. I liked Kentucky - then a dirtbag showed up. I liked Louisville then a dirtbag showed up. If a dirtbag showed up at UCONN - I’d be rooting for SDSU. There are some real scummy people out there. I think Danny is doing it right. I’ve always thought Geno was doing it right as well.

 

[Hunt for 7]

I believe Coach K wanted to see us in the ACC back when we were in contention. Perhaps in his retirement years he can once again be an advocate for us to join the ACC.

I would rather be in the big East at this point. I understand the football money but I guess I am an old f..rt and want to see them playing in the conference that started it all.

 

[Scrutiner]

If we win tonight we’re the third team with three coaches to win championships. Kentucky has like seven. Unc has 3 coaches to win championships. I think duke only has one coach to win championships. Duke didn’t emerge that long before us. Why are they in a different color blue blood than us?? We’re going to have as many championships as them if we win. Just with 3 diff coaches in a more limited time span. Just keep winning huskies eventually they can’t deny us!!

I think what makes certain teams "blue bloods" is they've done it more consistently over a longer period of time.
We can, rightfully, shout out how no one has won as many Championships as we have in the last 24 years, but the
rejoinder to that is "yeah, UConn has won four championships, but they're not in the Final Eight or Sweet Sixteen all the time like the really good schools".
In fact, if you look at the last twenty years we've had more ups and downs than we had in the ten years after the Dream Season, so the naysayers have a point.
If there was some way to add to the resume...........it would go a long way towards wiping out that thinking!!!!!

 

[nomar]

I think what makes certain teams "blue bloods" is they've done it more consistently over a longer period of time.
We can, rightfully, shout out how no one has won as many Championships as we have in the last 24 years, but the
rejoinder to that is "yeah, UConn has won four championships, but they're not in the Final Eight or Sweet Sixteen all the time like the really good schools".
In fact, if you look at the last twenty years we've had more ups and downs than we had in the ten years after the Dream Season, so the naysayers have a point.
If there was some way to add to the resume...........it would go a long way towards wiping out that thinking!!!!!

The missed Tournaments hurts but, if we win tonight, winning titles in 3 consecutive decades with 3 different coaches establishes (to the naysayers) UConn as a dominant program.

 

[Chin Diesel]

college bball program ranks since 1975, which marked the pre-modern era. programs must have won at least 1 chip to qualify. i used a weighted average of: (Championships x 57%) + (Final Fours x 28.5%) + (Sweet Sixteens x 14.25%) so chips are worth twice as much as final fours which are worth twice as much as sweet sixteens. if we win tonight we tie Lville in 5th (no i'm not pretending vacated seasons didnt happen). the only other criteria i could have added was tourney appearances but i'd rather miss the tourney than lose to a 15 or 16 seed (and that would have dropped us to a tie with IU in 9th).

1) UNC- 11.11
2) Duke- 10.83
3) Kentucky- 9.12
4) Kansas- 7.98
5) Lville- 6.98
6) UCLA- 6.69
7) UConn- 6.41
8) MSU- 6.40
9) Indiana- 5.55
10) Cuse- 5.27
11) Nova- 4.98
12) Zona- 4.41
13) Michigan- 4.27
14) Florida- 4.12
15) Arkansas- 3.56
16) Gtown- 3.27
17) UNLV- 3.13
18) UVA- 2.84
19) Marquette- 2.28
20) NC St- 1.84
21) Baylor- 1.56

 

[SubbaBub]

college bball program ranks since 1975, which marked the pre-modern era. programs must have won at least 1 chip to qualify. i used a weighted average of: (Championships x 57%) + (Final Fours x 28.5%) + (Sweet Sixteens x 14.25%) so chips are worth twice as much as final fours which are worth twice as much as sweet sixteens. if we win tonight we tie Lville in 5th (no i'm not pretending vacated seasons didnt happen). the only other criteria i could have added was tourney appearances but i'd rather miss the tourney than lose to a 15 or 16 seed (and that would have dropped us to a tie with IU in 9th).

1) UNC- 11.11
2) Duke- 10.83
3) Kentucky- 9.12
4) Kansas- 7.98
5) Lville- 6.98
6) UCLA- 6.69
7) UConn- 6.41
8) MSU- 6.40
9) Indiana- 5.55
10) Cuse- 5.27
11) Nova- 4.98
12) Zona- 4.41
13) Michigan- 4.27
14) Florida- 4.12
15) Arkansas- 3.56
16) Gtown- 3.27
17) UNLV- 3.13
18) UVA- 2.84
19) Marquette- 2.28
20) NC St- 1.84
21) Baylor- 1.56

Should do this for the 64+ team bracket era. 1975 is better than all-time (a FF from 1950 is pointless) but the game changed after that.

 

[BlueandOG]

I was offended by this! We are blue also!

I agree. He quibbled. The correct answer is, “I hate when people say there are no blue bloods in the final four. UConn is a blue blood program.”