Recent content by Travelman6

After watching Duke play, quite the team. blown away 5 guys from Siena were a few plays away from winning before falling by 5 against them, wow.

That game was wild because I believe it was a one possession game the entire time from under 15 minutes until Blake hit that 3 with about 30 seconds. They also left it all out on the floor vs Texas the next year, pretty much @ Texas. Down 62-48 they took the lead late and lost by 4. Think...

Butler had 26 second half points (32 total) and carried UConn on his back. Of course freaking Blake had to hit his one and only 3 of the game to make it 86-80 and that was pretty much game. Dixon and Baxter torched UConn that game but they still played very well.

Since when is being short a hindrance?

I agree, and when I heard how my friend was treated at BC, I was even more disgusted. My hate for that place goes beyond sports. This friend was getting their master's there, and they have some physical limitations on top of some serious medical issues, and BC did not accommodate them AT ALL...

Elite 8 gut punch over a 16 over 1 upset every day of the week.

Ok, holding on to possession goes without saying, for sure.

And even in seasons where we didn't have the desired outcome, we still have RIPs shot over those Washington bigs, Khalid jumping on the scorers' table at Pitt in 2000, and a wealth of other incredible moments.

I watched the video, asked my gf to pinch me, and watched again just to make sure. Still not entirely sure I'm not still dreaming. Props to the poster who said UConn would win by 1, insane call.

What I'm understanding from the responses to my original take is that a pump fake and/or dribble away would have been better than the pass he tried to make. Both were trying to be active, and the goal in the situation is simply not to be passive or simply hold on, but the second option is better.

I think I understand this, but that just means controlled aggression, aka dribble away, try to force contact. Not passive by just holding the ball?

What I don't get from the "Just hold it crowd" is, then what? UConn had the possession arrow. 10 seconds is a ton of time in a college basketball game. An elite defense like UConn's would swarm him, going for the tie-up if he just held it, which results in the same thing (as a tie-up would...

Silas deserves way more credit, wayyy more credit (I mean, nationally speaking and from the media. We already give him tons of love on the BY). Without his deflection, there is no shot. But also, UConn won that as a team. All 5 players had a role in that 3. If one thing from any of those 5 is...

I turned it off at 40-21 to take a shower. A very long one. The faith was still there in that long moment when I started to think of 2014 MSU (where I also jumped in the shower at UConn's largest deficit, which I think was 9), and the 9-point comeback against Duke in 2004 (when I was just a...

Unless there is a game winner vs Illinois and/or Michigan or Arizona, that is the biggest shot in UConn history. Kemba's shot had an amazing run of 5 years as THE SHOT before the Cincy three in 2016. RIP had 13 years after his 98 put back vs Washington, and TG before was the best for 8 years...