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Hard to compare. They are operating in almost totally different sports. If Calhoun had the transfer portal and extra COVID years at his disposal like exists today, his tenure would’ve been drastically different (assuming he embraced it the right way). One of Calhoun’s big difficulties was...

Does this mean we will get a Jumbotron above the center of the court? Or just replace the existing ones? Those are a pain to look at.

I would. are you serious?

I’m genuinely curious what this Virginia performance tonight would’ve done against a 16 seed playing for lives with no pressure.

If you say you won't be disappointed if this team loses a game from here on out, you're lying. No matter how great of a year they have, the lasting stinging memory would be losing in the tournament, if it happens. Unfortunately that's the nature of the business, especially when you've proven to...

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Matt Cross. Although I believe he has 1 year left, and UMass isn’t joining the MAC until 2025. Still a name to keep an eye on after the season ends. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4433563/matt-cross

It’s gotta be Shulman/Bilas I’d imagine. That’s by far the marquee ESPN matchup for the entire weekend. Unless they send them to Houston/Texas A&M (meh). Arizona Purdue is on Peacock (lol) and Kentucky/Kansas is always a CBS thing. Love Walton though.

Climate Pledge, by the way, is a state of the art arena. Went there for the grand opening concert and it was spectacular.

I love 10pm tips. 11pm is even better. There is nothing like watching the Pac12/MW/WCC after dark. Especially when Bill Walton is on the call. It’s like a lullaby that transitions me to sleep. It helps I have a remote job and don’t have to wake up until ~8:45am each day.

You lost me at “If it’s close late, advantage UNH”. Huskies by 30.

Would they actually have the same matchup two consecutive seasons? Has that ever happened/is it allowed to happen?

I think the realization has finally set in nationally that UConn is a wagon again, and as long as Hurley is here and can maintain a chip on his shoulder, that’s not slowing down anytime soon.

Pop has just as much of a right to hop on the mic and say that as the fans do to boo Kawhi.

That is bonkers to give an extension like that already.

Another awesome story to point to for future portal targets.

Love the FAU story but I think they come back down to earth a bit this season. The Big East is properly hyped. The number of high-end coaches in the league is ridiculous. I like this Texas team- bet they’ll climb up those rankings. It’ll be interesting as they have to likely play us, and then...

Are you suggesting Fanta might have a bias towards the Big East?

Cinci is cookin a bit on the recruiting trail. Wes Miller is a good coach. And obviously now they’re in one of the two best basketball leagues in the country. It’s not surprising they’re going to start pulling dudes.

It all depends on what Flagg values. The football game concerns are ridiculous. Player development- advantage UConn. Hurley is more proven than Scheyer. Chance to win a national championship- slight edge to UConn but probably a moot point. Conference- Advantage UConn probably. NIL and media...

They did win the national championship last year…. and have won the Big 12 a million years in a row. Also they’ve brought it some dudes. Including one that we all drooled over.

Can’t wait for the season. Loaded schedule. As a season ticket holder, I can’t complain too much about the non-con home schedule because the BE schedule is awesome and I’ll be attending Indiana/Texas/Lville and UNC. But agreed, would’ve been nice to schedule a Yale, UMass, URI, Vermont, or the...

I agree. The reasons we were “flashes in the pan” the two titles before this were anomalies. 2012 was kind of flukey in that it was Calhoun’s last year, the talent just didn’t mesh well, we forced Drummond into the lineup because we had to and it screwed up the chemistry of the team it seemed...

Agreed it would have been nice to have 1 marquee home non-con game. I guess it’s still possible? Schedule hasn’t been released yet… Fortunately, the conference schedule is a gauntlet, so plenty of good home games there.

Our schedule is bonkers.

I just don’t buy any of this, man. Not sure who your sources are, but I don’t buy that Yormark specifically is “playing” us. Why on earth did the Big 12 need UConn to leverage PAC 12 schools into joining the conference? UConn had nothing to do with the PAC 12 media rights deal and Apple debacle...

Question for the class- If we had hired Jim Mora 3 years ago, would we have a seat at the table?

So UConn’s only hope really comes down to the Pac12 staying together completely, or the Big 12 wanting us over Utah? Both seem pretty unlikely.

We’re all in total agreement. Again, my point holds true. He hasn’t had much playing time at this level so we don’t quite know what we’re going to get. I don’t know why that’s such an outlandish thing to say. I have as high of hopes as anyone about Samson. I saw him in the open practice last...

Yes. But did you see him when he returned from injury? He couldn’t get his feet under him and crack the rotation. Again, I’m optimistic that he can be a force off the bench this season- maybe even fight for starting time. But the point is that it’s a question mark at this time.

Well the freshmen are all new, and we lost California and Alleyne, who were both upperclassmen. And then we’re relying on Samson, who, even though we’re optimistic, is a bit of a question mark due to lack of playing time at this level. The bench is a question mark, no two ways about it.

Then explain why this program was so easily accepted into the conference. All because they played in a better conference? Well they’ve proved for 2 decades they don’t belong in a power conference for football.

The most frustrating aspect of all this is the national perception around UConn football. It was abysmal from the time RE 1.0 left until the hire of Mora. No doubt about it. But people don’t even realize the job Mora did in just 1 year to turn it around from legitimately a bottom 5 team in the...

I’ll take option 3- Combined leftover ACC and BE.

I couldn’t give two flying effs about Utah.