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I'm coughing now from laughing so hard at the AI sketch. If there's a specific Emmy for sketch comedy makeup, this bit might get nominated.

Doomed! But seriously, that's true of anyone at any job at any time. There's no such thing as "absolutely never." Hurley has said as much as anyone can meaningfully say about being happy in his job and having no plans or desire to leave.

Good interview. Hurley is a couple years off on Tate George - he started at UConn in 1986, not '89, and played on the NIT championship team. His last moment as a Husky was the close call almost stealing the ball at the end of the Duke game, which was his senior year. I think he's the only player...

Demand that their AD walk 20 laps around the UConn campus wearing a sign that says "We tried to kill UConn sports, but you're just better than us."

He didn't say Clingan was coming back. He said he thought he might come back. Donovan didn't talk like he knew he was leaving until he made the announcement today. This criticism is not warranted.

Hey, they upgraded to a Market 32. Don't be so sure! I'm happy that he is, in fact, feeling ready to go pro. This is the best move for him long-term. It'll be exciting to watch him in the NBA, and I hope he lands in a good spot where he can play a lot, and where it's fun to live. Gonna be...

For anyone who is a little murky on what "sour grapes" means, THIS is a perfect example of sour grapes.

Same here. They think they can just point to whichever coach they want and that person will leave their program, even if it's an elite program like UConn coming off back-to-back NCs, because of their (1) tradition and (2) deep, deep pockets. I literally saw people commenting that stealing Hurley...

True enough. But I have it on good authority from a whole bunch of BBN experts that no one in their right mind can turn down a fat wad of cash.

I don't know... might take a sweet deal to pry him away from his alma mater. Get the Brinks truck gassed up.

Hasn't stopped Kentucky from trying so far.

Throw that bag at Matt Painter

If you're Hurley's agent, I think you tell him to take these meetings in order to score another pay bump. (And increase your own commission, of course.)

I actually managed to get myself banned from Hammer and Rails by responding to multiple Purdue fan accusations that we UConn fans are undeserving of such a great team because we don't support our university, as evidenced by the dominance of Purdue fans at the Final Four. They suck, man. If we'd...

When I was in kindergarten at the age of 5, I got pushed ahead into first grade mid-year because I was a little ahead of the other kids educationally (especially my reading/writing level). But that didn't change the fact that I was still five years old emotionally and physically, so I was always...

Yep. We'll never be a member at Bushwood... but maybe we'll buy it and rebrand it with Husky logos.

Ugh, this comment bugs me. Everyone who says he might not be emotionally ready to handle the NBA isn't secretly hoping he stays just so we can win again. Maybe some of us are actually capable of empathy. I'd be fine if he stayed, chose not to play basketball for a year so his foot could heal...

Thank you for weighing in. Your perspective is valuable on this. Sorry you had to go through that.

I've seen one, maybe two people here say Clingan should stay at UConn because he's not ready for the NBA. Most of us think he should go pro, me included. But there are imaginable reasons why he might be wavering. Every time someone shows the capacity to see a different point of view doesn't...

UConn has to prepare for him to leave, whether or not he's actually made a final decision. Time is of the essence. I think he'll declare for the draft, but unlike most of our early departure situations, I could see him deciding he's not ready yet for a couple of reasons. OTOH, Castle I think is...

And I think both Hurley and his dad will likely give him that advice. I would give him that advice. But it's Donovan's life, and we don't know what he feels like he's ready for. I wasn't ready as a college sophomore to graduate and enter the working world. I needed all four years of my college...

The way he talked about how hard it would be not seeing Newton, Spencer and the other graduating players around the locker room anymore... mentally, Clingan may not have shifted into the mindset that he's leaving yet. We'll see if that means anything. Most of us would advise him to leave and...

Plus, the NCAA didn't really surpass the NIT until 1951, when the NIT semi-imploded due to a huge point-shaving scandal, and the NCAA picked up the pieces and expanded to 16 teams. So, the first couple of Kentucky titles aren't clearly determinative of being the top college basketball team...

Given the widespread nature of the Kentucky fan base, a bunch of those BBN commenters also probably haven't set foot in Kentucky in their entire lives.

Having lost his mom the way he did, he might have an uncommon perspective on what matters in life. He might value the presence of family, close friends, and personal attachments more than he values getting out into the world and being on his own at this point. Not to mention, if he's drafted by...

I don't think anyone told Clingan to go pro before he graduated from Bristol Central HS. Is that what you meant to type?

Born and raised in CT. My dad went to UConn in the 1950's, I went to UConn in the late 1980's and again in the early 1990's, still living in Connecticut... Husky through and through. Before I started at UConn, it almost seemed surreal that UConn was playing in the same conference as John...

Oh, man, I miss Chippy's pizza. I remember being 13 years old, sneaking into the bar area to play Donkey Kong and Pengo and eat pizza. One time, this drunk guy sitting at the bar wanted me to leave, so he grabbed the joystick and killed my Mario. I was not a happy tween. Good times.

[Once again, I posted a reply that someone else substantially replicated two minutes ahead of me. Apologies, but I don't have much time to edit here.] That's how the NFL treats it, in many ways. People usually rate franchises based on their Super Bowl wins, which begin with the 1966-67 season...

Not to mention, Kentucky didn't even include Black players on their teams until 1969 -- 1969!! -- due to segregation policies in the South. Half of their NCAA titles are firmly from that era. UConn may not have a ton of big-time basketball history before Calhoun came along, but not all history...

People keep forgetting to mention either Sanogo or Andre Jackson when they talk about what UConn lost from the 2023 team.

Yeah. This all feels great, but nothing has really changed here on Gilligan's Island.

Keep in mind it wasn't UConn's choice to cleave the basketball private schools away from the football schools in the Big East. It was Georgetown, Villanova, St. John's, Seton Hall, Providence, Marquette, and DePaul who made that decision, because they were tired of being dragged around by...

Heck, I was out there watching a couch burn in the Jungle bonfire when we won the NIT, thinking that was as good as it would probably ever get. Hard to imagine we're here now.

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