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  1. Kemba Time

    Emails for Barclay's tickets

    This was at the bottom of an email from UConn Athletics I got with the subject “Let’s Dance” that started with offering women’s tourney tickets for the weekend: Please note, based on limited ticket quantities provided by the NCAA to participating schools, Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament...
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    Todays Lunardi

    Gonzaga’s been everyone’s tournament darling for two decades and Drew Timme was supposedly the face of the sport. Then we beat them so bad last year that they became just another mid-major.
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    The biggest college basketball game of the entire regular season

    Except Rothstein would be writing it about something like Siena vs. St. Francis (PA).
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    The biggest college basketball game of the entire regular season

    Will be played Saturday at 3 p.m. right here in Hartford, CT and it simply does not get much better than this. No. 1 vs. No. 4. The reigning national champs vs. the reigning conference champs. A 13-game winning streak on one side, an 8-game winning streak on the other. Two teams that don’t like...
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    Butler post game thread

    I was there (and am at all XL games). The crowd was very good to start — I texted my UConn friends it was full and loouud right before tip-off — and the place was really loud for the early going and first U-C-O-N-N chant. Then when UConn went up 35-21, the whole place — players, fans — all...
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    St. John's Post Game Thread

    We had Stephon Castle, and they didn’t.
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    04 Games

    Emeka was an all-time great at collecting his own blocked shot (or a rebound) and outletting to Taliek or Ben to start the break. Once either of them started flying down the court in transition with others filling lanes, good luck. And if you somehow managed to contain that, it was actually...
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    OT: First date prior to Butler game

    Salute is the answer if you can get a reservation (call asap). Trumbull Kitchen and Agave are the backup plans. As someone whose first date with my now wife of 16 years was going to an NIT game at Gampel, I can attest that attending a UConn game together is the correct way to start a relationship.
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    04 Games

    I was in the building in Phoenix for this Regional, and it was amazing just how cocky Alabama fans were before the game — I’ll always remember some guy wooo-ing loudly at my Dad and me in the parking garage then being shocked we weren’t Bama fans, too. They had just beat Stanford and Cuse, and...
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    04 Games

    Watch the first half of the Alabama Elite Eight game. Then when you see Rashad and BG tomorrow, point them out and say “those are the two men who destroyed an entire state’s basketball dreams in 20 minutes.” One of the most dominant offensive displays you’ll ever see that deep in the tourney...
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    Rashad Anderson to Huskies of Honor this weekend

    That dip of production Rashad’s junior year is because he spent two weeks in the hospital with a leg infection that February, almost died, then was less than 50% of his usual self when he tried to come back in March. It doesn’t seem to be remembered like Dyson in ‘09 in our What If? history...
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    Ah, but you can't fool the algorithms!

    This is a lot easier than some are making it. UConn is essentially two different teams, based on if Donovan Clingan takes the court or not, combined into one ranking. When UConn has Clingan, it is at least a top 3 team and the computers reflect that. With a healthy roster, UConn is in the clear...
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    OT: Early fandom

    I love this thread. My college hoops memories start as far back as as I could possibly remember, when my Dad used to sit me on his lap and tell stories about seeing Cazzie Russell’s Michigan teams and Bill Bradley’s Princeton squads take on St. John’s and the other NYC powers in a way that made...
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    UConn athletic budget trending in right direction (Dom Amore @Courant)

    Caron made a donation for the Werth Center a few years back (and so did former walk-on legend Ace Watanasuparp, because Ace is the man). No idea what the amount was though: Former All-American Caron Butler Makes Gift to Basketball Center at UConn - UConn Foundation
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    Georgetown Post Game Thread

    Got our “No. 1, No. 1 No. 1” chant from Hurley directly as he walked to the tunnel
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    It’s time to make a statement

    How about let’s be No. 1 tomorrow and in April. One does not preclude the other
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    It’s time to make a statement

    I know, I know, doomed and we only care about banners in April and all that — but being ranked No. 1 is an achievement and it’s actually fun to celebrate our program along the way. If our guys take care of business today, this is going to be a big day for this program. Not only did the rest of...
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    Should Hurley start calling plays for Castle?

    He had a couple not good shooting games against Gonzaga and St. John's when he came back that bring it down a bit. Steph's averages over the last three games: 13.3 points, 6.3 assists, 6.3 rebounds, 1.7 steals, 1 block .680 FG, .800 2P%, .700 eFG% -- 6-for-6 on twos against both DePaul and Xavier.
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    Pitino: “That’s why next year, the only game we’re playing at Carnesecca is Connecticut. The rest, we’re gonna negotiate.”

    I think Hurley and his players like playing in Hartford a lot more now that practically every game is a sellout and UConn games have become the thing to do in the state again than they did when he first got here and he was looking up at 9,000 disenchanted fans for losses to UCF and Tulsa...
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    Pitino: “That’s why next year, the only game we’re playing at Carnesecca is Connecticut. The rest, we’re gonna negotiate.”

    And this is why this Hartford/XL Center discussion always becomes this same circular conversation (although the lumping of football and men's basketball, which are entirely different situations, is quite a twist on this edition). Two things can be, and are, true: UConn should have a better...
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    Pitino: “That’s why next year, the only game we’re playing at Carnesecca is Connecticut. The rest, we’re gonna negotiate.”

    Ding, ding, ding. This is the correct answer. AD David Benedict knows this, which is why he doubled-down on donations in the last season-ticket price increase. XL has 10,000+ season ticket holders and if you want to say the average donation is even 200-300 (I’d guess it’s a little higher now), that’s 2-3...
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    We Lead The Conference In Fouling

    There is a very strange game vs. Manhattan when both teams were only called for 6 fouls this season. If you throw that out as an outlier ... UConn vs. Big East teams this season: 19.3 fouls per game UConn vs. non-Big East teams this season: 17.2 fouls per game UConn vs. Big East teams last...
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    Pitino: “That’s why next year, the only game we’re playing at Carnesecca is Connecticut. The rest, we’re gonna negotiate.”

    This is somewhat true, of course, only if you go back far enough to play out the fact that UConn didn't have one of two buildings before 1990 and wasn't on the level of top Big East teams for much of that period, so the XL takes a hit on those seasons while Gampel doesn't. It might fluctuate...
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    UConn’s best 3-point shooters: Rashad snubbed from list?!

    There are a few things I can’t let pass in this world, and Rashad Anderson disrespect is near the top of the list. How could someone possibly publish a list of UConn’s best 3-point shooters and leave off Rashad, literally the school’s all-time leader in 3s made and the author of some of the...
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    SJU Haiku

    Happy Festivus? Not for Rick and the Red Storm Tonight, UConn rolls
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    Saint John's Crowd

    Mike Anthony seems to think so: UConn men's basketball tickets are in high demand and prices have grown expensive
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    Beautiful charts about our offense, but what gives?

    Hurley addressed coaching in the NBA after the title last spring, saying it’s something he aspires to someday but also knows he needs to mellow out first and also wants to put UConn in position where what we accomplished last season (and so far this season) is a year-after-year thing before he’s...
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    OT: Oakdale Theatre Seating

    Thank you all, this was super helpful. Went with tickets in the center loge section based on the messages here.
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    Beautiful charts about our offense, but what gives?

    Top 20 teams also play the vast majority of their non-conference games at home with a few neutral sites sprinkled in before playing half their conference games in (mostly) hostile road environments.
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    Beautiful charts about our offense, but what gives?

    Early-season stats in college basketball have become a lot like spring training performance in baseball. As fans, we love to think players perform to their true value every game, but getting kids to bring it against KenPom 300-types is among the biggest challenges coaches face and those results...
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    OT: Oakdale Theatre Seating

    Getting my wife tickets to a concert at the Oakdale for Christmas and figure someone here might be able to help with best areas to sit. Seems like our options without a huge price jump are between the two corner 100-level sections (some say partial view, some do not and SeatGeek/StubHub don’t...
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    Chief’s Briefs - Arkansas PB

    My biggest question coming out of this game is … when are you going to get Castle, Tristen and Co. to Red Fox for another NIL event, Chief? I’ve got a couple kids who I’d love to take to meet them this season.
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    XL & Gampel Sellout tracker...

    This. Whenever I can’t use my tickets, I post here and have never had my seats go unused no matter the opponent. And beyond that, it’s to a real UConn fan who is psyched to us them. Almost every time I’ve given (or sold) to someone here, I get a big thanks, a scouting report or some...
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    You can’t gameplan for us now

    Imagine you are the assistant coach for one of our upcoming opponents who just drew the scout for UConn. You’ve got one of those big comfy couches in your office, you scroll through Door Dash because you know this is gonna be a long one and you start to go through how to game plan for UConn...
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    Steph Castle G2G per Hurley

    CT Insider (which includes the NH Register) is way better for UConn coverage and just overall. Definitely recommend making that switch.
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