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  1. Charles T

    OT: Cafe Aura

    Friday 2/7 we enjoyed superb food & excellent service. We waited to discuss it while driving home to Highland Park because it was too loud to converse without shouting in the restaurant. As we neared the end of dinner someone added Frank Sinatra muzak, an apt and droll addition to the cacophony...
  2. Charles T

    Ionescu story

    Slam story + video on how Ionescu's playground games with boys/men help her today, her encounter with Kobe & his daughter, and her18 [so far] triple-doubles. https://www.slamonline.com/wnba/sabrina-ionescu-story/
  3. Charles T

    Temple tix

    Just bought 2 tix for the Sunday Nov 17 game at Temple. Seats are reserved and in the lower bowl mid-court; $42 for both. https://tinyurl.com/y3bmzds6
  4. Charles T

    RIP Dr. John

    In 2013, Tulane awarded him an honorary doctorate. So he's really Doctor Dr. John.
  5. Charles T

    Charlie Creme UCONN Praise

    Thanks for posting but with its "if" and "might," this foolishness from Creme is so carefully worded it's meaningless imo
  6. Charles T

    Forget about Louisville

    Iowa won the Big Ten championship in 2019, btw. Beat Maryland by 14 points, 90-76
  7. Charles T

    How do you access ESPN3 if you live in West Haven, CT

    1. Go to WatchESPN: Live Sports, Game Replays, Video Highlights ...and btw, ESPN3 is not separate or disaggregated: you reach all ESPN channels when you... 2. Click on the pulldown menu "Schedule and Replays." 3. "Schedule" appears, with another array of choices: Live Now, Upcoming, Replay...
  8. Charles T

    Stewie, Kiah, and Bria Getting Ready To Tip In EuroLeague NOW (1/30/19 11:30am)

    Thanks for the luxury of the link to world-class basketball with no foolishness from announcers.
  9. Charles T

    ESPN's poor job Quinnipiac-UConn telecast

    Adam Amin's, and, so help me, Kara Lawson's giggling inanities and non-basketball drivel are discouraging. Worst example in the Quinnipiac-UConn game 3/17: from about the 7:45 mark in Q3, a mention of UConn's last loss to a CT team [Fairfield U, in 1993] deteriorated into a two-minute jabbering...
  10. Charles T

    A10 Semifinal GW vs Dayton 11AM CBSSN

    OK to make a comment about the game? GW vs Dayton? Big difference was turnovers. Dayton had 11; GW had 1. One turnover. Amazing coaching and players taking care of the ball. Shooting % for each was about 33%. Dayton 17 for 52, and GW 20 for 60. GW had eight more shots and made enough to...
  11. Charles T

    Samuelson & Collier in perspective

    SMH in amazement at this accomplishment [from Fuller in the NH Register 2/24/18]: Samuelson and Napheesa Collier need to score a combined five points to become the [2nd duo to score] 3,000 points as juniors, joining ... Moriah Jefferson and Breanna Stewart.
  12. Charles T

    Kudos to CBS announcer Viani for Temple - UConn

    A laudatory "Thank You" to Julianne Viana, who led her Marist team to 4 consecutive NCAA tournaments. Julianne Viani kept reporting basketball nuances through the second half blowout. [paraphrasing] "UConn drops back into a zone here. Geno wants his kids to get some experience with changing...
  13. Charles T

    Who impressed you today?

    Julianne Viani. Kept reporting basketball nuances through the second half blowout. [paraphrasing] "UConn drops back into a zone here. Geno wants his kids to get some experience with changing their defenses." Refreshing and informative.
  14. Charles T

    How about some Luv for the USF Bulls?

    Enjoyed watching Laura Ferreira hound Kelsey Mitchell [6 for 15, 2 of 8 from 3]. A Nurse-like performance on defense...
  15. Charles T

    For Natalie Butler fans

    Also glad for Nat, esp that she's playing free of injuries. But her fab stats are on a Geo Mason team whose RPI is 96 and strength of schedule is 267 [of 349 ranked teams...the bottom quartile]. And does it matter? On Jan 7 vs Geo Washington, RPI 112, sos 43] Jen Rizzotti's team limited her...
  16. Charles T

    UConn v. Temple Broadcast Rant

    Bird's excellence as "color analyst" was on full display Jan 21 imo. In Q3 she said "Discipline [at UConn] is knowing what you're good at and doing it to the best of your ability every single time." At the 7:10 mark of Q3 Bird said, [my paraphrase] "Basketball is not so much about 'how to.'...
  17. Charles T

    2 tix Temple 1/21/18

    We're in Washington, DC [Friendship Heights] and majorly sick. Please send PM if you can come to our neighborhood to pick up our two tickets. Price is right [free]. FCFS
  18. Charles T

    Hyperbole

    Ashamed to repeat this but he was quoted: "Willnett Crockett is the laziest player we've ever had on our team. Ever." And he didn't take it back even after she helped destroy Duke in Durham with 11 first half points [2/1/2003]. SMH. Love the man but that one had me SMH.
  19. Charles T

    Kyla Irwin!

    Kyla's mother and father (and sitting between them maybe her brother) were in Toronto in their aisle seats in Row E well before the tip. Glad to see Kyla scrapping tough in the paint
  20. Charles T

    Who on here is a UConn Alum? And who is not? I am.

    My grandpa (1965, economics) says he watched Yankee Conference BB in the old field house, where fans stood on the dirt floor behind the bleachers and smoked at halftime. And btw there was nada for the women athletes except shared space in the Hawley Armory. It was another era.
  21. Charles T

    OT: UConn's George Springer

    Thrilled to see UConn's George Springer's 11th inning home run to help tie the WS at 1-1 and raise his BA from zero to .333.
  22. Charles T

    Life for a WNBA player

    When they both played for the Washington Mystics, Stef and Bria shared an apartment in Virginia, eight subway stops from the Verizon Center home court
  23. Charles T

    Mystics @ Lynx - 9/12/17

    If it was a fight, they woulda stopped it
  24. Charles T

    what is the best place to park at the XL center

    Only for those who can walk a half mile each way: on nights and weekends there are idle unlocked fenced lots used on business days by court employees. Lots are off West St south of Capitol Ave. The walk to XL is pleasant, down to and through Bushnell Park then north on Trumbull St. It satisfies...
  25. Charles T

    A fact about Geno's compensation

    No funds from the CT State budget are used to pay Geno Auriemma. [See Duncan Idaho's post in the OP; the link there is Athletic Coach Salaries] "Athletic Coach Salaries," 2005 Report of the Office of Legislative Research. In relevant part it states: Compensation is paid from Athletic Department...
  26. Charles T

    Geno: Gabby's the Lawrence Taylor of women's basketball

    Coach's post=game presser comment, 4:00-5:00 Example: With 3:38 to play 3rd Q. Score is 80-24. Gabby dives for a loose ball at the sideline, saves it, and crashes into the USF bench.
  27. Charles T

    UCF Coach and Players Post-Game Comments

    Turnovers: Thursday vs Maryland = 10; Sunday vs UCF = 21. UCF players were quick to anticipate and/or move into passing lanes and UConn was slow to make adjustments. Coach and CD will be clear about the need, for example, for shorter passes. We'll see what happens vs ECU.
  28. Charles T

    Maryland flag unfurled

    During the 3rd period media timeout about 30 rows of fans unfurled in two halves the Maryland state banner. It energized the arena as it rolled down into the band. In the first half, a Maryland season-ticket holder in the next seat told me: "Never seen all the top rows of seats filled. Ever."
  29. Charles T

    OT-photo-riddle: inept basketball teammate?

    Can't set a simple screen
  30. Charles T

    That FSU squeaker in Tallahassee...

    Olympian Letitia Romero did not play vs Connecticut, a disadvantage for FSU....
  31. Charles T

    OT, Coach Jen

    Jen Rizzotti coaches her valiant George Washington University team Wednesday night Dec 7 2016 at American University, in Washington, DC. GW seemed overmatched by a much bigger, heftier AU team and lost 66-61. Fought all the way. Jen taught all the way. Photo taken from my $5 seat, one row from...
  32. Charles T

    Last Night's Action. Did You Notice. . .

    Not a "how many," nor a "what," but "when": Sadie's 3 broke a late 4th quarter tie and a 2-pointer then a foul shot iced it for USC with a few seconds left. So USC beat 25th ranked Texas A&M. And, btw, at College Station, meaning, for USC, it was on the road. Noteworthy early season outing....
  33. Charles T

    Geno's Presser - Chattanooga Game

    Thanks for this, JavaMan. And for all you do to add great material to The Boneyard. Especially like Geno's comment re What Does The Hall of Fame Coach Do Now? [at 3:30] ...We need a good old fashioned ass-kicking right now.
  34. Charles T

    Geno Wants Shea To Lace-em-up

    At 11:30 on this tape, Shea defends against McDivitt, taps the ball and dives to get a tie-up. Run the tape out to the 11:51 mark to see a replay of a great Shea fist-pump. It's from the title game on Sunday April 2, 2000 in Philadelphia, btw Women’s NCAA Tournament: 2000
  35. Charles T

    At Temple Feb 1 2017

    Lower sideline -- majorly premium tickets -- still available for UConn women at Temple. Full disclosure: they're $34 for two [$12 each plus $3 fee for service each plus $4 to have them mailed in one envelope.]...
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