Andy Katz: UConn-Richmond Monday

[Goatmeat]

Richmond alum here and UConn fan for life. Go huskies!

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

RIchmond is ranked #19 and looked way better than Kentucky.

They are really good. A tough veteran squad and their defense is ferocious.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Need to make this game happen. Get it done DH and DB!!

 

[Edward Sargent]

nope. Seems like teams are just scheduling games when they can find an opponent. Look at Nova, they just live at Mohegan and play whoever shows up lol

I think Nova has left the Bubbleville. I saw an interview with him and he talked about the mental toll of quarantines on the kids

 

[Edward Sargent]

Sounds like Andy Katz spoke to the Richmond coach and Borges to Danny!

 

[wheelerdog]

My most notable memory of Richmond basketball is when they beat #2 seeded Syracuse as a 15 seed in the '91 NCAA tourney. First time that had ever happened.

In '88 they beat Indiana at the Civic Center. I believe it was a 4 vs 13 game. Place went nuts with "Let's Go Spiders" chant.

 

[Rico444]

Sounds like Andy Katz spoke to the Richmond coach and Borges to Danny!

Hurley was on a conference call with the Horde two days ago and flat out said the team was looking for a "good opponent" for Monday the 7th. So if it was Danny that pumped the breaks on this, I wonder what changed?

 

[Dooooooomed]

Too quick a turnaround from Saturday to Monday going from Mohegan to Storrs??

 

[RayRay]

Hurley was on a conference call with the Horde two days ago and flat out said the team was looking for a "good opponent" for Monday the 7th. So if it was Danny that pumped the breaks on this, I wonder what changed?

Something seems off here. This isn’t consistent with what DH has been saying. Why would Katz report this? Clearly the two coaches spoke and agreed on it, but something must have changed. We will hopefully find out soon.

 

[superjohn]

Why does everyone speculate on everything and pretend they know what Hurley is thinking and doing?

 

[gwhuskyfan]

We advertised looking for a game on Monday so don't get that part of the Borges tweet

 

[upstater]

Well they cancelled Wednesday and the upcoming game tomorrow because of COVID results/tracing. They are currently paused on all basketball operations so I doubt they can set it in stone under the circumstances.

And I don't want the team I root for playing any team that is just now coming off a Covid pause. When this happened in Europe for soccer, the testing hadn't caught all the cases on a team, ended up spreading it to another team that spread it to another.

 

[alexd]

Too quick a turnaround from Saturday to Monday going from Mohegan to Storrs??

Reminds me of the old BE days....a Saturday game and then "Big Monday". Do it!!!

 

[UCSouth]

Exactly. Which is why the title of this thread should change.
“Andy Katz: UConn-Richmond Monday” sounds pretty set in stone to me, which it evidently is not, given what was actually tweeted.

So, from this point, going forward all thread titles in regards to games must end with a ????

 

[glastonbury50]

Rich what?

 

[Hoophound]

Maybe we ducked them. Tough game and we haven’t had much practice time. They’d probably kill us at this point in the season. I can’t think of a worse matchup for a disorganized and inexperienced group of players, many of whom are new to the team.

 

[millertime7774]

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[CL82]

I'm barely paying attention to the sports world. Are new games being added weekly/daily? If yes, that's kinda cool.

Hardly enough time to get a rivalry trophy made up.

(I kid, I kid)

 

[UconnFanDC]

Richmond is definitely a top 25 team and a senior laden team. This would a be tough match up but a great win if we pull it off

 

[CL82]

I still want to play Rutgers. Syracuse has 5 players out with COVID and is lined up to play Rutgers 12/8. I'd imagine the games doubtful to be played.

That would be a tough game too. RU was a solid team last year.

 

[pepband99]

We advertised looking for a game on Monday so don't get that part of the Borges tweet

Of course, that tweet will now live on in infamy. Nevermind that it's nonsense.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Old A-10 foe for Dan

if we win that’d be REAL nice

 

[tcf15]

Interesting...Have we ever played Richmond before?

Yes

 

[AntG168]

Maybe we ducked them. Tough game and we haven’t had much practice time. They’d probably kill us at this point in the season. I can’t think of a worse matchup for a disorganized and experienced group of players, many of whom are new to the team.

I don’t think you’re giving us enough credit. I don’t think they “kill” is. And Bouk might be the best player on the floor. We’d just need to show up

 

[upstater]

Yes


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Jake played 4 minutes.

Should be seen by our players who are younger than Seniors.