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2nd Favorite Squad Besides UConn?

I root for the teams we've beaten in nonconf.

Alabama, Iowa St, Florida, OK St, Oregon
 
I like the Midwest Big East teams a lot, especially Marquette. I love Milwaukee and it's people, I'm a big Shaka fan, and I like the school.
 
Well first is easy any UConn teamin any other sport! After that I like Gonzaga, Marquette , Xavier, Rutgers, Seton Hall, and BC, and Yale in noparticular order
 
My 2nd "favorite" tends to change from year to year and often isn't known until March. Love those senior-led mid-majors with great ball movement, although Dunk City was also a blast that one year. The team I watch 2nd most often is Pitt due to me living here and my wife being a double grad. Also one of her cousins is still connected to the team (Howland and the team attended his wedding) so I occasionally get some inside info. Also learned that family can often get gear that "fell off the truck".
 
I’ll annotate myself as one of the top Clingan fans here on the BY, being an alumni of BCHS and the Bristol PD nearly putting a Restraining Order out on me considering my following and infatuation of all things Clingan. With that said, maybe I’m biased but suggesting that Action Jackson sit in place of Clingan is blasphemy. Let’s keep ‘em both on the floor as much as possible together.
 
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I have about 350 teams tied for second favorite and then about 10 tied for last.
 
Virginia - Went there for school. Chose UVA so I could catch great college basketball. My freshman year they were middling at best. Tickets were free and available. First game I caught was when Uconn visited in 1993. Which was an absolute trouncing. My Virginia pride had not developed yet so I was 100% for UCONN.. Sat front row.
 
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I like St John’s. They are fun to watch and they play hard. It isn’t pretty, but it’s tough basketball. Mike Anderson seems like a great guy too. On top of that, my girlfriend in college was from Long Island. Her dad had season tickets. He’d give the tickets for SJU/UConn in MSG each year. He was a great guy. I like knowing that he’s happy when the Johnies win. He’s probably around 80 now.

I also like Providence. I have a lot of family there and enjoy the area. As a result, I’ve always liked PC a little bit, except when we were battling them.
 
Traditionally it’s been Gonzaga for me. I’ve met many of their former players , Derek Raivio is a super nice guy. He remembered me from basketball camp and was nice enough to let me and my friends hang out with him and Pargo at the beach when I was in high school.

Also met Adam Morrison and he’s just as nice as Derek.

So I got love for the Zags but I’m not sure where I stand with Timme. Never met him but not a fan of his hair headband combo he’s rocking! Lol
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Weird comment
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It's 'on brand' and you're being kind.

He wrote it for laughs, got all that he deserved, and perhaps thinks that others are too dumb to get his joke.

I wouldn't have said "weird," but I usually stay silent, thinking that he isn't worth the trouble of commenting. In that light, I like your comment.
 
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back2BE4us said:
Curious to see the answers...

For me it's always been Gonzaga. Mark Few is drastically underrated IMO and the way they remain so cohesive every year, despite lofty expectations while not being in the media limelight as a "blue blood".

I see them as a model program with a unique style of ball. They don't get rattled when down and remain humble in-game.

Great program, and although I'm Husky all the way I still have a small % set aside for those Bulldogs.
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I have to admit that ive always said if Uconn wasnt my favorite team id be a Kansas fan.
 
kansashusky said:
Kansas, duh. Watch how they guard ball screens ;)
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IU media did a nice write up on that. I think KU and UConn have similar offensive problems. Motion and movement based, not a lot of guys who can create their own shot.

“Kansas guards ball screens at the level of the screen. This means that the screener’s defender is usually adjacent to the screener. Playing at the level gives the ball handler less room to attack without committing to a full hedge. The Jayhawks rely on off-ball defenders to help when the screener rolls and then recover to their initial man.”

www.thehoosiernetwork.com

Indiana Basketball Film Breakdown: Why Kansas is one of the nation's best - The Hoosier Network

IU is looking to avoid its first losing streak of the season against Kansas.
www.thehoosiernetwork.com www.thehoosiernetwork.com
 
Hoophound said:
I like St John’s. They are fun to watch and they play hard. It isn’t pretty, but it’s tough basketball. Mike Anderson seems like a great guy too. On top of that, my girlfriend in college was from Long Island. Her dad had season tickets. He’d give the tickets for SJU/UConn in MSG each year. He was a great guy. I like knowing that he’s happy when the Johnies win. He’s probably around 80 now.

I also like Providence. I have a lot of family there and enjoy the area. As a result, I’ve always liked PC a little bit, except when we were battling them.
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Dear Lord.
 
back2BE4us said:
I live in Cincy and wife's whole family went to Xavier. That home game recently...I never heard the end of it. Never been to Gampel but I can tell you Cintas gets loud loud. Ringing in ears from that UConn game.
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Hopefully we’ll return the favor when Xavier comes to CT, and you’ll be able return the favor to your family for not letting you hear the end of it
 
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I have a few definite least favorites but my secondary teams are U. Buffalo (hometown/alum) St. Bonnies (nearby).

I've always had an affinity for Arizona teams though I never really "root" for them. I just usually like their players and teams and their uniforms are great. Almost every era from Stoudamire/Reeves to Simon/Bibby then early 2000s loaded rosters and now recently with Miller and Lloyd. Love Larsson, Kriisa, Mathurin.

I've also always liked Villanova teams, for the most part. Hated Nardi and a few of those guys but Kittles, Tim Thomas, Brunson, Jay Wright...I just always loved their guard heavy style.
 
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