Advice Needed

[UConnSportsGuy]

What the heck are we supposed to do for the first game on Friday?

I could never cheer for Duke against any team even if my life depended on it. My deceased relatives would literally come back and kill me themselves.

And I feel the same for St John’s with their scumbag Coach, fans, and program.

Normally I would just cheer for the asteroid. But UConn is going to physically be in the building as well, so I cannot even cheer for the 0.000001% chance of an asteroid hit.


How is everyone else going to handle the Sophie’s Choice?

 

[NewBlood]

Well I feel better about a Matchup with Duke but the loss would sting deeper

StJohns is a team of mercenaries, with a dirtbag coach. Good for the conference but sad we have to rely on such a sham of a school

I do believe we can beat StJ on a neutral court. And this team is a fighter, resilient and tough. Plus I would love to have this highlight the stupidity of the ncaa about seeding

Either way, we handle our business Friday, we will handle our business Sunday

 

[formerlurker]

Why stress? The reasons to celebrate beating either one of them far outweigh any anxiety you're feeling. We need to handle our own business first.

 

[Supes]

Definitely rooting for the Johnnies. Big East pride. No question at all.

 

[formerlurker]

Suck Ft. John's doesn't hit the same.

 

[thekollieman]

It’d be fun to put Duke out of yet another tournament on our way to a championship, but I’d rather get the last laugh against St. John’s. We know for a fact we’re capable of beating them by 32 points… so let’s just do something even somewhat resembling the way we played them in Hartford, BUT

MSU first! One game at a time, as the saying goes: survive and advance. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Definitely cheering for St John's. If you take care of our business with MSU, we want a payback for the Big East final with a healthy Silas. We can definitely beat them again.

 

[Scoe]

I’m sorry I just couldn’t resist. Directed toward toward the thread title not the OP.

 

[John]

One game at a time. Bad mojo looking ahead.

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

I'd prefer St. Johns just to hear Hurley complain to the Nation about how disrespected the Big East was this year. Under- seeding Johnnies then putting the Leagues two best teams in same bracket.

 

[brihman]

It might be St John’s waiting for us. They are a tough match up for Duke.

 

[HuskyHawk]

If our fans weren’t in the arena, I’d go “giant meteor”. But I’ll be ok with 7 overtimes. The good news is that even if Duke wins, playing St. Johns beats the hell out of you.

 

[willie99]

It's not looking ahead, I just want St John's to beat Dook for Big East pride. We have to show the world we're a basketball powerhouse conference. We have to work it, the other conferences are simply anointed, they can lose a ton of games and still get a one seed. They can lose 16 games and still be on the bubble

The powers that be don't want two Big East schools to be in the FF, that would blow their self-fulfilling "metrics" away, that's why we're in the same region as St John's. I want to play St John's in the Elite Eight, but we both have to win to get there.

 

[BlueandOG]

Cheer for St. Johns because Duke will have as many titles as UConn if they win this year. That is unacceptable.

 

[jibsey]

What the heck are we supposed to do for the first game on Friday?

I could never cheer for Duke against any team even if my life depended on it. My deceased relatives would literally come back and kill me themselves.

And I feel the same for St John’s with their scumbag Coach, fans, and program.

Normally I would just cheer for the asteroid. But UConn is going to physically be in the building as well, so I cannot even cheer for the 0.000001% chance of an asteroid hit.


How is everyone else going to handle the Sophie’s Choice?

Great post. I’m torn the same way. We don’t fear anyone but I would take my chances against Duke. I think St. John’s beats Duke because of physicality but Duke can make shots.
And if it turns out Hurley described our potential 4th game as a bloodbath.