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  1. Jimbo

    Voepel: Husky Legends on Paige's "Ridiculous" Freshman Season

    Nice piece by Mechelle, including a few quotes and some interesting per-40 stats from past Husky freshman seasons. https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31059560/even-uconn-legends-awed-paige-bueckers-ridiculous-freshman-season
  2. Jimbo

    Announcers not calling the game in front of them (yet again)

    With about 5 minutes to go in the UConn-DePaul men's Big East Tournament game tonight, and UConn up by about 30, Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery spent a solid 1:30 of airtime (spanning several possessions in the game) talking exclusively about, wait for it… UConn women's basketball. Among the...
  3. Jimbo

    Gabby Joins 1000 Rebound Club

    I don’t know yet how this game is going to turn out, but Gabby picked up her 1000th career rebound a little earlier, and I think that’s an accomplishment that warrants its own thread. I can’t imagine any of us saw that coming when she first started at UConn. It’s a great testament to her...
  4. Jimbo

    Ray Allen's Obsession with Greatness (GQ video)

    Just tripped across this video about Ray that GQ put up a few days ago. Apologies if this is a repost, but I scrolled back through the board and didn't see it anywhere. No mention of UConn, but it's still a pretty nice piece. Ray's one of a kind.
  5. Jimbo

    Double-digit seeds in Sweet 16

    Quinnipiac's awesome run this year made me wonder how often double-digit seeds reach the Sweet 16. It's happened about once a year since the turn of the millennium. Here's the full list of the 22 double-digit seeds to make it this far: 10 seeds (5): 1991 Lamar; Vanderbilt 2001 Missouri 2007...
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    Video of UConn's first NCAA Tournament team

    Apologies if this has been posted already, but it's pretty rare that I come across footage of any of Geno's pre-1995 teams, so I thought it was worth the risk of possibly creating a duplicate thread. This is an old Channel 8 story showcasing the 1988-89 Huskies on the eve of their first-round...
  7. Jimbo

    538: Baylor blowout win drops UConn's chances to 49%

    UConn Won By 61 But Their Chances Of A Five-Peat Dropped "Despite beating the Albany Great Danes 116 to 55 – for UConn’s 108th win in a row — our model showed the Huskies [sic] chances dropping from 52 percent pre-tournament to 49 percent after Round 1. How is this possible? In a word...
  8. Jimbo

    OT: Robert Osborne passes away

    Gonna go out on a limb and guess that I'm not the only classic-film fan on the board, and probably not the only Turner Classic Movies watcher either. Robert Osborne had an encyclopedic knowledge of film history, and it was a joy to watch him for so many years introducing movies with his...
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    Under the radar… Don't look now, but UConn just tied another men's record

    Did anybody anywhere catch this one? UConn's 35th straight road win ties the all-time Division I record for longest road winning streak, originally set by the Kansas men's team between 1924 and 1928. :) (See page 9 of the NCAA D-I men's record book here...
  10. Jimbo

    1990-91 season in review – yes, there is some actual video of this team!

    So I've noticed a couple BYers recently asking whether there was any video footage available of UConn's first Final Four team in action. I could've sworn that I once accidentally stumbled upon a 1991 season highlight video while poking around the fantastic uconnhuskygames.com website, but I was...
  11. Jimbo

    Nice video by UConn remembering streaks of 70, 90, & 91+

    No explanation needed. Just pure excellence. :)
  12. Jimbo

    Really nice Graham Hays article on UConn coaching staff

    I've really been enjoying his articles lately, and this is another good one with some nice insights: The core four behind UConn's 90 straight wins "Dailey recalled that the first time she put together a scouting video ahead of a game against Tennessee, a rivalry that would come to define...
  13. Jimbo

    Question for those who remember the Wooden years

    With the UConn women remarkably having matched the UCLA men's 88-game winning streak for a second time, it seems like an appropriate time to pose for the resident BY hoops experts this two-part question I've been pondering lately. I must confess I was not around during John Wooden's UCLA...
  14. Jimbo

    Great Adamec story all about Gabby… Don't call her "just an athlete"!

    Sorry if this link is already posted in another thread somewhere, but I haven't tripped across it yet. Williams staying grounded, playing at high level This quote caught my eye, and not just because of Gabby's constant desire to improve: "Turnovers definitely concern me. It was really...
  15. Jimbo

    Adamec Postgame Piece (Oh btw, Gabby has two final exams tomorrow)

    I mean, as if everything she did for her team tonight weren't enough already… "Williams, though, was anxious to get back to Storrs Wednesday night. She has two final exams scheduled for Thursday. 'I'm just trying to get through ... I have two finals tomorrow, 50 percent of my grade, each one,'...
  16. Jimbo

    UConn's 2017 US News college ranking includes a WBB shoutout

    How Does Uconn Rank Among America's Best Colleges? They rank UConn in a tie for #20 among public schools nationwide, and tied for #60 among all schools. Both those rankings are down slightly from last year. But, on the bright side, there's this: "Notable alumni of the University of...
  17. Jimbo

    Fouling out

    I'm not sure if this has been pointed out yet, but one of my favorite random facts from this past season is that no UConn player ever fouled out of any game all year. I would love to know if this is unprecedented in UConn history, but I haven't been able to verify that. The UConn athletic site...
  18. Jimbo

    About lowering the rims…[merged thread]

    Count Kate Fagan among those who are opposed to the idea. Reasonable minds can differ, but I think she makes some good points. http://espn.go.com/espnw/voices/article/15090920/fagan-why-lower-rims-women-basketball-flawed
  19. Jimbo

    First Elite 8 since 1990 without…

    …a single team that played UConn during the regular season. Yesterday's Mississippi State game was the latest piece of evidence that teams typically have a hard time adjusting to UConn if they haven't seen UConn in a while (or ever before). That said, there are exceptions; Dayton in particular...
  20. Jimbo

    Stewie & Moriah Provide Commentary with Rebecca

    So great in so many ways.
  21. Jimbo

    Can you name every city where UConn has won a championship?

    Coming to you straight from the Good Problems to Have Department, see if you can remember all the cities, and then watch the video to see how your memory stacks up against Geno's! :D
  22. Jimbo

    FiveThirtyEight's Tournament Predictions

    Not surprisingly, Nate Silver & co. like UConn's chances. They currently give UConn a 70% probability to win the tournament. Notre Dame (9%) is next, followed by South Carolina (8%), Baylor (7%), and Maryland (3%). Everybody else in the field is at less than 1%. For some perspective, their...
  23. Jimbo

    Bracketology: Top 16 Teams Set?

    http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/bracketology According to ESPN's WBB home page, "Sixteen bids will be decided Saturday and Sunday, but as Selection Monday quickly approaches, the top-16 seeds already are set in Charlie Creme's projection." By this I assume they mean the seeds...
  24. Jimbo

    Quick Takes from Geno on Huskies in the WNBA

    Apologies if this has been posted already, but it was new to me. A few gems, but I personally found this one the most interesting: "Tina's the best center I've seen, and she needs to take it one more step up to be at the world-class level, let's say Diana's and Maya's."
  25. Jimbo

    Adamec: Opportunity for Chong Tonight

    https://www.sny.tv/uconn/news/opportunity-knocks-for-chong-against-tulsa/161151664/ I especially liked this quote from Stewie about Saniya: "I don't know how she does it, because I'm sure it has to be difficult. When we played at Madison Square Garden, she didn't warm up at all. Then she comes...
  26. Jimbo

    Fuller: Geno Not Satisfied with Defense

    http://elmcitytoeaglevillenhr.blogspot.com/2016/01/uconns-auriemma-wants-huskies-to-get.html "I talked to them about it today that we have to get better defensively. I am not saying we are a bad defensive team but we are not as good as I want us to be or as good as we've been in the past."
  27. Jimbo

    Hello, Happy New Year, and Here's to the End of Lurking

    Hello Boneyarders, The beginning of 2016 seemed like an excellent time to stop lurking around this forum multiple times a day and jump into the conversation instead. I've very much enjoyed seeing the insightful and respectful give and take here, so I'm looking forward to joining in. I grew up...
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