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Up early with my son so watching the 04 Duke games what other 04 season games should I watch to get excited for tomorrow
This. I remember gathering at the local watering hole for this one. Alabama was the hot, trendy team. I still remember the Breadman telling me UConn was going to get run off the court. Did not happen, in fact it was oppisite day for the Breadman.Watch the first half of the Alabama Elite Eight game.
I was in the building in Phoenix for this Regional, and it was amazing just how cocky Alabama fans were before the game — I’ll always remember some guy wooo-ing loudly at my Dad and me in the parking garage then being shocked we weren’t Bama fans, too. They had just beat Stanford and Cuse, and were very sure that meant we were next.This. I remember gathering at the local watering hole for this one. Alabama was the hot, trendy team. I still remember the Breadman telling me UConn was going to get run off the court. Did not happen, in fact it was oppisite day for the Breadman.
A close one against Rutgers (surprised to see Marcus at the end of the game here)
Taliek Brown extremely underrated for his ability to push the pace and create fast breaks even if the opponent had a few guys back. We scored a lot of easy points in an era where points where hard to come by in the half court.The pace at which 03-04 played, just wow. Dreadful FT shooting in this one and I still remember how my heart nearly sank after that one pass with 7 seconds left, looked like such a dangerous pass in the moment.
Watch the first half of the Alabama Elite Eight game. Then when you see Rashad and BG tomorrow, point them out and say “those are the two men who destroyed an entire state’s basketball dreams in 20 minutes.”
One of the most dominant offensive displays you’ll ever see that deep in the tourney, the Vandy game and even G-Tech for the title weren’t all that much more competitive either.
Watch the Oklahoma game, and wait for the Taliek pass. Then watch them beat up on G-Town a few days later.
Watch them run Cuse off the court by almost 30.
When you watch the ‘03-‘04 team, the thing to see is how this team absolutely decimated teams when Oakafor was healthy.
Gordon blowing on his fingers after a barrage of threes from he and Rashad in the first half was an iconic UConn moment.I watch this game every couple of years. Rashad hits a 3 at the end of the 1st half that just buries Bama. We were already killing them but it was just a dagger. I'm surprised they walked out of the tunnel for the second half
Arguably this was our best ever team and if you want to watch them firing on all cylinders, this is the game to watch.
Here’s the GTech championship game
That was an interesting final game. Georgia Tech easily beat us early in the season but I remember feeling confident we would whoop them in the final and we did. I seem to remember all UConn fans being very confident that GT would get hammered.
Sucks for the non-UConn fans, but man is it fun to be on top in a laugher for the title and not have to sweat it out.I've never been less nervous as a fan heading into a championship game.
They did beat us in MSG early in the season but IIRC we shot 10/30 (!) from the line and just didn't bring our A game that night. Whereas our guys were playing their butts off heading into the title game.
Sucks for the non-UConn fans, but man is it fun to be on top in a laugher for the title and not have to sweat it out.
Yeah a lot of Calhoun’s teams best offense was defense. They wanted to run teams out the gym.The pace at which 03-04 played, just wow. Dreadful FT shooting in this one and I still remember how my heart nearly sank after that one pass with 7 seconds left, looked like such a dangerous pass in the moment.
Here’s the GTech championship game
Emeka was an all-time great at collecting his own blocked shot (or a rebound) and outletting to Taliek or Ben to start the break. Once either of them started flying down the court in transition with others filling lanes, good luck. And if you somehow managed to contain that, it was actually worse for you because Rashad was spotting up for 3 and he wasn’t going to miss.Yeah a lot of Calhoun’s teams best offense was defense. They wanted to run teams out the gym.
Okafor didn't play in that first game. Everybody considered it a toss out.They did beat us in MSG early in the season but IIRC we shot 10/30 (!) from the line and just didn't bring our A game that night. Whereas our guys were playing their butts off heading into the title game.
Mek was in and out of that game with back spasms.I've never been less nervous as a fan heading into a championship game.
They did beat us in MSG early in the season but IIRC we shot 10/30 (!) from the line and just didn't bring our A game that night. Whereas our guys were playing their butts off heading into the title game.