1989-90 Team photo

[AreBee1969]

On Saturday the warden and I were at an antique shop and I came across a framed 8x10 of this pic with an Ownw Canfield article taped to the back of it. The guy running the booth was the photographer who took the pic in the field house in the fall of 1989. We reminisced about all these guys and what they accomplished that year and what they meant to the program. Smitty, who stayed home. Lyman, the toughest kid Calhoun ever coached. Tate, Murray, Sellers, Cyrulik, Pikiell, Gwinny. He said Freshman we’re not yet on campus so no Walker, Nadav or Burrell. Marc Suhr is also missing. We were both getting excited like little kids. It was a great trip down memory lane. The 8x10 wasn’t for sale but I bought a 4x6 copy of it.

 

[Dogfish]

I still credit Chris Smith staying home in CT as the catalyst that helped jump start the program.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I still credit Chris Smith staying home in CT as the catalyst that helped jump start the program.

I concur. “Smith wants to put UConn on the map” was the headline in the New Haven Register from what I remember when he committed.

 

[knicksin7]

I concur. “Smith wants to put UConn on the map” was the headline in the New Haven Register from what I remember when he committed.

Does anyone have the article, would love to read it.

 

[Horatio]

Cyrulik and “The Peoples Elbow” Sellers. Beautiful

 

[Deepster]

I still credit Chris Smith staying home in CT as the catalyst that helped jump start the program.

And I wonder how many kids under 25 know Smitty is still the all time leading scorer?

 

[BFieldHusky]

I concur. “Smith wants to put UConn on the map” was the headline in the New Haven Register from what I remember when he committed.

Billy Packer...rest in peace. "Smith's crossover dribble is illegal."

 

[my2cents]

Is Chris Smith in the Husky Ring of Honor? Probably.

 

[Lafayette]

Loved that team, and the grit of Smith and DePriest.

 

[Vuce]

Is Chris Smith in the Husky Ring of Honor? Probably.

He is. Smith was inducted in 2007

 

[Dibbie]

89 was my first year at UConn. Being there for the dream season was awesome. I actually grew up a St John’s fan as a kid, but that ended the first game at Gample.

 

[alexd]

And I wonder how many kids under 25 know Smitty is still the all time leading scorer?

It's crazy to think this but he may hold that record permanently.

 

[Wasn’t me]

The ‘Dream Season’ - it lit up the state like no other season up till that time. If you worked in Connecticut Corporate America everyone was talking about them day after a game even folks who were not fans.

Probably one of the loudest if not the loudest games I was ever at when Georgetown came into Civic Center with Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo (RIP) and #1 in the polls on the line only to get beat by UConn.

Personally, the Dream Season and the 2024 championship season are my 2 favorite UConn years.

 

[Dove]

Dan has a huge noggin.

 

[Dove]

Ah well. No time like the present...

TURN IT UP!!!!



The editing is incredible:

1. The singer screaming with a clip of John Gwynn screaming.
2. "They really know how to jam!!" At the word "jam" there is a well-timed dunk.

 

[Wasn’t me]

Ah well. No time like the present...

TURN IT UP!!!!



The editing is incredible:

1. The singer screaming with a clip of John Gwynn screaming.
2. "They really know how to jam!!" At the word "jam" there is a well-timed dunk.

Thank you for posting this - this brings back such good memories and just how special The Dream Season was. That season was as good as it gets. Yeah we’ve won 6 championships but there is only one Dream Season.

 

[Jaydumo20]

This is awesome. I'll never forget Tate came to my middle school to speak to us after that season. Our social studies teacher, Lynn Washington, is Scotty B's sister so she got him to come. Why not Scott? Who knows.

 

[Giscombe12]

 

[KembaRunner]

The ‘Dream Season’ - it lit up the state like no other season up till that time. If you worked in Connecticut Corporate America everyone was talking about them day after a game even folks who were not fans.

Probably one of the loudest if not the loudest games I was ever at when Georgetown came into Civic Center with Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo (RIP) and #1 in the polls on the line only to get beat by UConn.

Personally, the Dream Season and the 2024 championship season are my 2 favorite UConn years.

Obligatory plug for the Dream Season pod. Absolutely incredible trip down memory lane and superbly done btw. The live audio from games (including Gtown!) will get your heart racing.

 

[huskyjawz]

Ah well. No time like the present...

TURN IT UP!!!!



The editing is incredible:

1. The singer screaming with a clip of John Gwynn screaming.
2. "They really know how to jam!!" At the word "jam" there is a well-timed dunk.

Did UConn produce this? If not, who did?

 

[Jaydumo20]

After the gtown game "no bigger win in CT history than this one".... if we had any friggin idea what was to come.

 

[TheHorde]

Billy Packer...rest in peace. "Smith's crossover dribble is illegal."

Oh imagine him watching today’s NBA?

 

[StllH8L8ner]

After the gtown game "no bigger win in CT history than this one".... if we had any friggin idea what was to come.

Then we beat DC/Stevie Thompson/Billy Owen’s Cuse in the same week. I need to buy a VCR to rewatch some of those games. HCC was rockin!

 

[Scottzer]

If you’re going to plug, plug your whole thing! UConn's Dream Season: An Oral History

 

[FreeKlaiber]

I remember that first year at Gampel the massive sheets of ice falling off the outside of the golfball roof and nearly decapitating some of us sleeping out waiting for good seats. This is before the limited overhang at the entrance was installed, which is missing in this cover shot if you notice