“What Duke was, UConn is”

[Dogdeacon]

Great line by Tate. "Passed the baton in 1999"

Better still, UConn grabbed the baton, a championship and left Dook in their dust.

 

[uconngb]

I believe many here want to know,... What kind of IPA's do they drink at Dook? And do they have decent New Haven style pizza??

They drink wine coolers and eat quiche

 

[businesslawyer]

Ewww, imagine losing more than half of your national title game appearances

Wait? Good programs are allowed to lose in national title games? How in the world would we know that?

 

[Scrutineer]

And we all turn into massive dorks.

We may be well on our way......

 

[HuskyBaggins]

And yet, the top ranked recruit STILL goes to Duke despite all this. I'd say Duke has a ways to go to sink far enough for UConn to objectively pass them by

 

[QDOG5]

What UCLA was, UConn is!

Shout out to the old farts on the board.

Never say never but I don't see another UCLA run in men's college basketball ever again. I will take two in row though

 

[SallyH]

What UCLA was, UConn is!

Shout out to the old farts on the board.

Hey! I may resemble that remark, but a lady never tells.

 

[businesslawyer]

And yet, the top ranked recruit STILL goes to Duke despite all this. I'd say Duke has a ways to go to sink far enough for UConn to objectively pass them by

If you rank programs by how highly their recruits are thought of, we wouldn’t need to play the games. I suggest you find another measuring tool.

 

[RedStickHusky]

Nah... I don't hate us yet.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Duke was hyped up long before they deserved it.

UConn is finally being hyped up, long, long after they earned it.

John Feinstein's book 'The Legends Club' (about K, Smith and Jimmy V) takes you through the history of those 3 programs- Duke's history before K is crazy, because they were actually good way before K, so there definitely was some precedent for their program, like you said.

 

[Waquoit]

They went to the Final game just 2 years before K.

 

[HuskylnSC]

I apologize to all of you posters before me, I have not read one post. Not even the original post.

The verbiage of the title is enough for me to form a hopefully cogent comment. (And I hope is a redundant comment.)

The idea of being what Duke was is totally reprehensible to me.

Why would you even want to set a low bar by copying someone else.

Go beyond. Be something new. Be something fresh. Be original.

 

[AllHusky]

I apologize to all of you posters before me, I have not read one post. Not even the original post.

The verbiage of the title is enough for me to form a hopefully cogent comment. (And I hope is a redundant comment.)

The idea of being what Duke was is totally reprehensible to me.

Why would you even want to set a low bar by copying someone else.

Go beyond. Be something new. Be something fresh. Be original.

Well that was like a wet fart in a phone booth! Everyone just funnin'!!

 

[Waquoit]

I apologize to all of you posters before me, I have not read one post. Not even the original post.

The verbiage of the title is enough for me to form a hopefully cogent comment. (And I hope is a redundant comment.)

The idea of being what Duke was is totally reprehensible to me.

Why would you even want to set a low bar by copying someone else.

Go beyond. Be something new. Be something fresh. Be original.

Typical Yarder. Admits to not reading thread but that doesn't stop the drivel.

 

[SallyH]

It was probably 20+ years ago, but I remember a thread about reviewing books and movies we hadn't read or seen. It was fun.

 

[HuskylnSC]

Typical Yarder. Admits to not reading thread but that doesn't stop the drivel.

Atypical Yarder didn't read the opening apology that indicates my understanding the inappropriate nature of responding before indulging and then deems to correct me for what I obviously already know. Some drivel from Mr. Positive.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

UConn will never be what Duke was until the student sections sit immediately behind the benches.

If you think that’s gonna happen at the XL Center then let me know if you’re interested in a Kia I’m trying to sell.

 

[DogMania]

The two programs couldn't be any more different.

Coach K and his predecessor IMO did less with more, while JC and his predecessors have done more with less.

Dook gets infinity more top ranked recruiting classes than UConn but has often been bounced earlier than their seeding dictates, not to mention losing 6 out of their 11 appearances in the championship game. Considering how many Burger-AAs and other highly ranked recruits they've landed, you'd expect more tournament success than they've achieved. I'm pretty confident if JC had landed just a handful more highly ranked recruits, how many additional NCs he would have netted during his time here.

Also take into account how many of those highly ranked Dook recruits either didn't improve much, some transferring to other programs, and many not getting a sniff in the NBA, compared to the improvement we've seen with both a handful of highly ranked recruits and many unheralded ones that no one imagined making it to the NBA, but did.

I've always wanted to see if someone could apply some quantitative analysis, taking into account the rankings of the players for each year and calculated against how far they advanced in the NCAA tournament. I'm pretty confident that the results would favor UConn over Dook, and likely over any program since 1999.

UConn is a unique highly successful program with very little comparison to Dook or any of the other blue blood programs (UNC, UK, KU, Zona, etc.) that consistently pull in highly ranked recruiting classes just about every year but unable to cut down the nets.

 

[Demo Square]

Guys,

One HUGE difference to consider that is truly relevant now.

Duke's a Top Ten national university with an $11.5 BILLION DOLLAR endowment.

UConn's a public school with a $550 MILLION DOLLAR endowment, low for publics.

How will that HUGE difference serve the Huskies in this new competitive age of professional college basketball & competing for talent in the transfer portal & providing NIL bucks?

That's a critical difference, especially given how cheap Connecticut's legislature is with UConn. We are scrappy & love to take down blue blood programs, of which, Duke has been since the late 50's! But do we have the bucks & commitment to compete with other blue-blood's EVERY YEAR?

Father Demo

 

[UCTitleTown]

So I read an article that 2024 Top 5 recruit V.J. Edgecombe is expected to announce his decision in a week or two and Duke is the overwhelming favorite. We are in his final 10, but he didn't take an official to UConn. I really want this kid to be a Husky. I don't get these superstars all wanting to go to the same school in the same class. There's only one ball. We just won the national championship, could do it again, Dukies don't do well in the NBA, yet the Dukies are getting all the top rated recruits. Do we have any shot with Edgecombe?

 

[RichCTBB]

So I read an article that 2024 Top 5 recruit V.J. Edgecombe is expected to announce his decision in a week or two and Duke is the overwhelming favorite. We are in his final 10, but he didn't take an official to UConn. I really want this kid to be a Husky. I don't get these superstars all wanting to go to the same school in the same class. There's only one ball. We just won the national championship, could do it again, Dukies don't do well in the NBA, yet the Dukies are getting all the top rated recruits. Do we have any shot with Edgecombe?

At this point probably not, but I’d wager that Scheyer will be gone in 2 years, we’ll have #6 and will have surpassed dook as the program of choice for top recruits who aren’t afraid of a Hurley practice.

 

[KingAG]

So I read an article that 2024 Top 5 recruit V.J. Edgecombe is expected to announce his decision in a week or two and Duke is the overwhelming favorite. We are in his final 10, but he didn't take an official to UConn. I really want this kid to be a Husky. I don't get these superstars all wanting to go to the same school in the same class. There's only one ball. We just won the national championship, could do it again, Dukies don't do well in the NBA, yet the Dukies are getting all the top rated recruits. Do we have any shot with Edgecombe?

No

 

[61cygni]

TBF we haven't had a ton of players doing well in the NBA, I don't think that is a point for us in that debate

 

[Drame]

Which article. The last I read he was waiting till the end of the season. I think Duke will probably have 4 guards on their team next fall. I think we'll probably have 3, or four if we hit the portal.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Curious what people think of this quote. For context, Tate Frazier (formerly of Titus & Tate) said on his new podcast, One Shining Pod, how UConn is at the top of the sport right now with Hurley and that we are basically looking like the Duke of the 1990’s. Some of our fans on twitter were getting mad that he compared us to Duke, saying “UConn is UConn” - which I agree with - but I took it as a compliment, and a funny slight to Duke for saying they’re now a bunch of has-beens.

Only one coach has a NC at Duke.
compared to three different coaches at UConn which puts us with programs like Kentucky , UNC and Kansas .
There are a multiple programs with 2 different coaches, Indiana , UCLA, Nova , NCS and a few more but not Duke .
My conclusion is there a one Coach aberration .

 

[Cheddie]

What UCLA was, UConn is!

Shout out to the old farts on the board.

Um, no. I'm an "old fart" and UConn - really, no team - will repeat what John Wooden did with Kareem and Bill Walton. They won seven consecutive titles. They were two of the most dominant college players ever, and had great teams around them.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Um, no. I'm an "old fart" and UConn - really, no team - will repeat what John Wooden did with Kareem and Bill Walton. They won seven consecutive titles. They were two of the most dominant college players ever, and had great teams around them.

They had to win two games to make the final four and Sam Gilbert bought UCLA an all-star team every year. It certainly won't be repeated but it was also an entirely different era of college basketball.

 

[Huskyforlife]

So I read an article that 2024 Top 5 recruit V.J. Edgecombe is expected to announce his decision in a week or two and Duke is the overwhelming favorite. We are in his final 10, but he didn't take an official to UConn. I really want this kid to be a Husky. I don't get these superstars all wanting to go to the same school in the same class. There's only one ball. We just won the national championship, could do it again, Dukies don't do well in the NBA, yet the Dukies are getting all the top rated recruits. Do we have any shot with Edgecombe?

Duke has had more NBA success than us by a landslide. Let’s stick to negging on their creepy baby and cringy fans.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Duke has had more NBA success than us by a landslide. Let’s stick to negging on their creepy baby and cringy fans.

Grant Hill....and Zion???

I'd say they had more draft picks crash and burn. I'll take Ray, Rip, Rudy, Cliff and Kemba over Duke all day long.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Grant Hill....and Zion???

I'd say they had more draft picks crash and burn. I'll take Ray, Rip, Rudy, Cliff and Kemba over Duke all day long.

C'mon. You can debate how many "developed" at Duke or were just babysat for a year but this is a pretty bad take. There were something like 25 Duke guys on Rosters on opening night this year. Brandon Ingram, Tatum, Kyrie, RJ Barrett, Reddish, Bagley, Jalen Johnson, Tyus Jones etc.