Best of the Last Decade: Out of Conference Games

[CTBasketball]

http://the-boneyard.com/blog/best-of-the-last-decade-out-of-conference-games/

 

[huskiesnyc]

Good list but I would have the Michigan State win last year in the top 3

 

[huskiesnyc]

Where is the Gonzaga game from 2006? Maui finals and Denham hit the game winner

 

[CTBasketball]

Where is the Gonzaga game from 2006? Maui finals and Denham hit the game winner

I fixed it. Thanks for letting me know.

 

[Silk City]

Solid list. I like how you put the Indiana game so high because that was a real ovelooked game in UConn getting back on the stage to reach two more . That Michigan St game in Germany could move up based on how we do this year--- any sort of run this team makes really began with that game. Still get goosebumps thinking about watching that huge run at the beginning from a TV at Rentschler

 

[Edge2017]

A friend and I trudged through that awful snowstorm to the Washington game last season, thanks for including it. Enosch threw down a crazy alleyoop and got the player of the game because of it. The ovation for KO was really special coming from a 1/4 filled XL Center.

 

[champs99and04]

Kind of surprised the Wichita State game isn't on the list from the Maui Invitational. It wasn't the marquee, headline-grabbing victory MSU and Kentucky were, but our season easily could have spun in an entirely different direction if we had lost that game. Instead of having the opportunity to beat MSU and Kentucky, we would have played D-2 Chaminade and Oklahoma (could be wrong on that). In fact, we may well have been on the bubble heading into the BET with Texas being our only big time OOC win and a 9-9 BE record. As far as the game itself is concerned, it was pretty exhilarating in my opinion. Kemba picked up two fouls early, the freshman battled to a relative draw in the first half, and then Kemba stormed back with 29 points in the second half (in one of the most dominating 20 minute stretches of basketball I've seen from a UConn player).

Also, I'd probably eliminate the Washington game from last year. The emotional aspect of winning the game hours after KO had been awarded a contract was nice, but the game itself featured some pretty ugly basketball. Aside from that swap, good list.

 

[Deleted member 3149]

Kind of surprised the Wichita State game isn't on the list from the Maui Invitational. It wasn't the marquee, headline-grabbing victory MSU and Kentucky were, but our season easily could have spun in an entirely different direction if we had lost that game. Instead of having the opportunity to beat MSU and Kentucky, we would have played D-2 Chaminade and Oklahoma (could be wrong on that). In fact, we may well have been on the bubble heading into the BET with Texas being our only big time OOC win and a 9-9 BE record. As far as the game itself is concerned, it was pretty exhilarating in my opinion. Kemba picked up two fouls early, the freshman battled to a relative draw in the first half, and then Kemba stormed back with 29 points in the second half (in one of the most dominating 20 minute stretches of basketball I've seen from a UConn player).

Also, I'd probably eliminate the Washington game from last year. The emotional aspect of winning the game hours after KO had been awarded a contract was nice, but the game itself featured some pretty ugly basketball. Aside from that swap, good list.

Was going to say that. Had we lost the Wichita St game, the whole season would've changed.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

The national televived Stamford game where we had a couple of suspended players.
U of A at Tucson
The win at Texas.
The Corny Thompson teams win at Georgetown and Syracuse
The. Tony Hanson teams win to break a 30 or 40 game Manly winning streak was pretty sweet.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Anyone have highlights of these games? Indiana game?

 

[Waquoit]

The Corny Thompson teams win at Georgetown and Syracuse

Those were conference games