Anyone Ever Attend a UConn BB True Road Game

[superjohn]

I remember being absolutely miserable at the UConn - Pepperdine game in Malibu in 2005 because that was the night the California bar exam results came out and I couldn’t check to see if I passed until I got home.

I believe that was the first game of the Craig Austrie era and they were on their way to Maui. Also a little white dude named Gerrity who I think ended up transferring to USC ended up having a pretty nice game and making the game less enjoyable than it should have been. Fans were fine though. Like being in a high school gym.

A group of my friends were at that game.

 

[Samoo]

We went to a BC UConn game in the old Boston Garden .ca. 1990. Less than 5000 fans, half of them rooting for the good guys. Made our way down toward the UConn bench, though it was quiet enough that you could probably here Jim swear up in the cheap seats.

 

[bazzdog]

I went to a game in Miami when Constantin Popa played for Miami- If I remember correctly he was like 7 feet tall. I held up a sign that said - “No Hopa for Popa”

I may have been at that one too. ‘94 I think
Calhoun got tossed in first minute.

 

[JonnyRI]

PC at the Dunk in mid 90s as a teenager with friends and their dads. My friends and I painted UCONN on our chests and led cheers in our section the whole game. My brother being a bit hefty had two NNs since there were only 4 of us. It was a blast.

GTown at Verizon something like 3-4 years ago with brothers and dad. We were right next to the student section and led all game. We gave (and got back) a lot of poop from the students. It was awesome. Lost in the last few minutes. We got tore up then. That sucked.

 

[JonnyRI]

UConn at Georgetown at the Verizon Center in 2015, sat in the student section since my cousin was an alum. Got razzed the whole time.

Was that the game we led most of the way and lost in the last few minutes? An afternoon game I think. If yes then I was there too with my family.

 

[Citrusdog]

UCONN vs UNC in 2004. Carolina fans treated us fine - even after the beat us 86-83...or something like that?! We just didn't play very well. But.... they also remember who won the NC that year. - and it wasn't them. ;-)

 

[Travelman6]

Jan 28, 1995 vs Kansas @ Kemper Arena. It was a combined Men’s and Women’s team set. We came in at 15-0. We lost 88-59.

I still remember this game. I think I was on a family trip in North Carolina or something and it had snowed that day.

I had moved to Ohio for grad school and my buddy moved to Michigan with his family and we took on the Michigan State game in 1999-2000 season. Unmercifully heckled and rightly so since lost 88-65. Mostly though it felt like pity since we were so bad. Robertson and Wrenn were both suspended for the game. Mich St won it all that year so I guess that’s something.

Ugly game. I think MSU went up something like 46-17. One of the worst played Calhoun first halfs since the very early 1990s/an entire decade.

Saw UConn vs PC at the Dunk. Late 90's. If I had to guess I would say 97. I honestly can't even remember who won. I

Uconn was 16-6 vs PC in the 90s including a 4 game and 5 game-winning streak, so not too hard to guess,

 

[SoFla Steve]

I went to all of the UConn v Miami games at the old Miami Arena until "The Yooo" got its own on-campus arena, the Miami Convocation Center. Today it's called the Watsco Center and still seats under 8,000. When I was there, the arena hadn't been finished. The City of Coral Gables wouldn't let them put all of the seats in because they were worried about all the traffic that basketball games would bring. (UM basketball brings traffic?!)

I was there for one of the first games ever held there. Darius Rice lit us up for 40+ including a game-winning steal and 3-pointer. We were wearing the colors and after the game, fans really got on us. We were #11 and they sucked, but they won.

As it turned out, I attended our last ever game in the AAC -- at Tulane. None of their elderly fans bothered us.

Oddly, the only time I ever got to The Arena Formerly Known As The Carrier Dome (TAFKATCD) was for a Rolling Stones concert.

 

[Improviser]

Wow. I was going to ask if this was a serious BY question but I shall not. If they look at this post and reply, many will share my answer I am sure.

Went to a true road game at every real original ( not ray's ... wrong thread) BE gym with some double dips in pro arenas such as SJU with the Garden in there, Nova including Spectrum, BCU Conte and the Boston Garden.

Worst was the Iverson years at Gtown ... To me anyway. But many great times had. I guess I AM old.

Anybody else? Come on now ...

Edit: everything about Syracuse both sucks and blows.

Went to a true road game at BC in the early 1970's. I never was bothered but the UConn fans sitting near me cursed out the refs every time they called a foul on UConn.

The UConn fans shouted out and accused the Refs of being biased against UConn because of being from a common Boston area ethnic group. I will not elaborate.

And they kept on with that how BC hired the Refs. The BC fans were okay. The game was at the old Roberts Center.

Also, went to a true road game at Harvard when they had their old gym. Not many people there and a few UConn fans. No problem with the Harvard fans.

Same situation when I attended a game at BU, and at the Yale Payne Whitney.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Went to the final UConn game at the RAC in 2014 full gear. Hard to call it a true road game because there were so many UConn fans especially in my section. Some fans were a little smug about leaving for the Big10 but no one was ill mannered. RU was so bad then we won fairly easily it wasn’t much of an atmosphere.

 

[phillionaire]

Went to the game against Ohio State in Columbus back in 2016 with a few friends. We were drunk bleep-holes the whole time because we were still salty about the Michigan-OSU game a few weeks before. JT was short.

 

[Platt81]

Been to many, but most notable was 2006 #1 UConn vs #4 Nova down in philly.

We somehow managed to get into the arena before we were supposed to and we’re escorted to a waiting area for the Nova students. To their credit they were ruthless. It was at the time of the whole Marcus Williams, AJ Price laptop saga and they ate us alive as we sat there.

During the game was fun and fine, we had many UConn fans around us including Rudy Gay’s family and the place was electric.

UConn lost that game and afterwards people were terrible, but I expect nothing less in Philly. Three people purposely hit my car as we were trying to leave and all I could think is, “what would they have done if they lost?” Great atmosphere nonetheless and probably the best regular season game I’ve ever been to

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

I went to many of the games here in Pittsburgh when Pitt was on the schedule. We also went to the recent Jersey games (Duke at Meadowlands, FSU at Prudential) and the Ohio State game in Columbus. I'm very much looking forward to the Big East schedule as it is going to be much easier to get to most of these schools from Pittsburgh than the AAC which usually involved either a long drive or at least 2 flights to get to the destination. I think we're going to make the Georgetown game a yearly event and then mix in Butler/Xavier/Nova or the occasional trip out west to DePaul or Marquette depending on if we can also get up to Storrs for a home game.

 

[Tommyboy]

Been to multiple UConn games here in Florida against UCF and USF but those sometimes become semi home games with the number of fans.

I did attend the game against UF a few years ago. That was a true road game. My son and I were all decked out Husky gear. During one of the UF free throws the place is silent and my then 9 year old screams "BRRRRRRICCCK!" during the shot. Half the stands turned and looked at us. I just laughed and pointed at him and shrugged. Most people we dealt with were great. Even after they lost.

 

[ConnZag3]

Living in WI it's pretty much only road games for me to get to. Haven't really had any bad experiences as a UConn fan, but my most memorable interaction was definitely when UConn played at Indiana in 2006. Huskies were #1 in the country and some dudes in the parking lot were giving me a hard time talking about how Indiana was gonna win and I simply told them we'll see in a couple hours...yeah that didn't turn out too well for IU.

Went to the Auburn game a few years back in Alabama and I was quite surprised how friendly the fans around me were. It probably helped that Auburn absolutely crushed UConn that afternoon, but I'm still a sucker for a good atmosphere and Auburn and their fans brought it that day. Super nice arena for them too.

 

[Mr. French]

09 UConn played UB (Buffalo) at Buffalo in an early season "gimme" type game - UConn was #2 in the country and UB wasn't nearly what they have been the last few years. UConn barely squeaked by.

Not exactly much of a "road" experience, the hype around UB wasn't exactly MSG levels, but people knowing UConn was the big, bad wolf made it pretty cool when UB hung around the whole game but ultimately UConn won. It gave me the best of both worlds, being a UB student at the time.

 

[gwhuskyfan]

Was at UConn-Seton Hall the Kemba title year. We were down 12 (I want to say) and came back to win. Fans chirping me in my UConn jersey the whole game, but we got the last laugh in the end. Been to Temple a few times including the Jalen game winner a couple years ago.

 

[RichCTBB]

‘95 at Providence....Ray unleashed a highlight dunk but we ended up losing. That team was so stacked that it was a gut punch losing to peecee.

 

[Greathusky]

I have been to a few as part of my Operation 351 travels (www.journeyto351.com).

My last one was last year at Tulane. No one there gives a crap about basketball and therefore did not give a crap about fans wearing UConn regalia.

 

[Palatine]

I attended a few. Never been treated badly by opposing fans.

 

[ThetaZoo]

Wow. I was going to ask if this was a serious BY question but I shall not. If they look at this post and reply, many will share my answer I am sure.

Went to a true road game at every real original ( not ray's ... wrong thread) BE gym with some double dips in pro arenas such as SJU with the Garden in there, Nova including Spectrum, BCU Conte and the Boston Garden.

Worst was the Iverson years at Gtown ... To me anyway. But many great times had. I guess I AM old.

Anybody else? Come on now ...

Edit: everything about Syracuse both sucks and blows.

I think we beat Iverson's team once at US Air Arena but I can't be sure. Saw a couple of games at the old Miami Arena too. I think we lost both. Johnny Salmons or Darius Rice beat us in one game with a crazy shot.

 

[krinklecut]

Watched them get blown out at Auburn. KO didn't engage with his players, sat on the bench and looked at the floor for nearly the entire game. Was clear his heart was no longer in it, and was a dead man walking.

 

[gampelcrazies]

Went to two road games while in Florida.

2008 vs USF (Craig Austrie game winner)

2012 vs USF (USF started the game with free throws before tip after a technical was called for not turning in a line up card).

So many UConn fans at both.

 

[Waquoit]

UCONN vs UNC in 2004. Carolina fans treated us fine - even after the beat us 86-83...or something like that?! We just didn't play very well. But.... they also remember who won the NC that year. - and it wasn't them. ;-)

They still liked us for 1999 then.

 

[Dooch]

Went to UConn at UNC in '04. Great game buzzer to buzzer, but most of their fans were polite even after we lost. A few were talking smack, we gave it right back to them though....and of course we won it all that year