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Best UConn comebacks?

Chin Diesel said:
The UMass game at the Civic Center when Rashad introduced himself to our fandom as an assassin is up there too.
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I sat right beyond the bench. 34-9 at half; end up winning 59-48. Rashad was huge. What a game.
 
Duke in 04 and GTown in 96 for the importance of the games. Don't remember the particulars, but weren't both 12-0 runs to cap it off? (I don't count that useless Duhon 3 that caused Verne to show his Duke bias.)

The UMass game was an amazing comeback because we looked like we had never played basketball before and then Rashad and Ben hit 900 straight threes, and it was over. I think in 95 we were down like 25 at the half to a hideous Pitt team. We came back and crushed them in the second half.
 
boog204 said:
Duke in 04 and GTown in 96 for the importance of the games. Don't remember the particulars, but weren't both 12-0 runs to cap it off? (I don't count that useless Duhon 3 that caused Verne to show his Duke bias.)

The UMass game was an amazing comeback because we looked like we had never played basketball before and then Rashad and Ben hit 900 straight threes, and it was over. I think in 95 we were down like 25 at the half to a hideous Pitt team. We came back and crushed them in the second half.
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Your memory for sports facts makes me jealous. I don't remember either of these games. I can't recall any games over the past 25 years except a game vs Washington in the 05 tourney and a Cincinnati game where kemba threw himself a lob off the backboard.

We're the same age You taking that ginkgo biloba?
 
Palatine said:
We were down 24 at halftime versus Pitt (can't remember home or away). With ten minutes to go in the game we were ahead and pulling away.

The UMass comeback at Civic Center was a god one.
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January 11, 1995 (Basketball): In a remarkable comeback, #2 UConn erased a 15-point halftime deficit (and a 25-point first-half deficit) to defeat Pitt 85-76 at Fitzgerald Field House. The Huskies outscored the Panthers 55-31 in the second half.
 
The one game where I knew Shabazz Napier would be the next guy was 2012 Big East Tournament vs. WVU.

We were down like 10 with 4 to go, Truck Bryant launched a Luol Deng-style heat check which led to the UConn killer Dennis Kalicla fouling out, and then Napier took over down the stretch to tie and send to OT where we eventually won. Garden was PUMPING.
 
CTBasketball said:
The one game where I knew Shabazz Napier would be the next guy was 2012 Big East Tournament vs. WVU.

We were down like 10 with 4 to go, Truck Bryant launched a Luol Deng-style heat check which led to the UConn killer Dennis Kalicla fouling out, and then Napier took over down the stretch to tie and send to OT where we eventually won. Garden was PUMPING.
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I remember a nice come back by the team that afternoon - I was there as I skipped out on work that day. But I don't remember the exact sequence of events . Just remember Napier was important !
 
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Excalibur said:
Away in 1995.

Randy Smith had a great column in the JI after that game that I cut out and still have --

"Put yourself at Fitzgerald Field House with the scoreboard reading 'Pitt 40, Visitor 15'. At that moment, all hidden doubts concerning your team and yourself have emerged, and are staring you smack dab in the face. If you're a phony, the conditions will expose you as a phony. If you're a pretender, you'll be exposed as a pretender. If you've got an ounce of quit in you, you'll quit. Adversity sometimes brings out the best in athletes and sometimes the worst, but it always brings out the real athlete -- good, bad, or somewhere in between. Down 25 in the other guy's building is a time for truth telling . . . ."
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I used to really enjoy Randy Smith articles. Sometimes, he really missed the mark, but he was very good at his job.
 
Khalid table game is goated in my book… had a brief daydream about Demary doing something similar right before the end of regulation last night
 
Jaydumo20 said:
Your memory for sports facts makes me jealous. I don't remember either of these games. I can't recall any games over the past 25 years except a game vs Washington in the 05 tourney and a Cincinnati game where kemba threw himself a lob off the backboard.

We're the same age You taking that ginkgo biloba?
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Those gummies catch up to you later in life. 😀
 
Gurleyman said:
Ones I thought of were already mentioned. Down 34-9 to UMass at the half. Down 24 to Pitt. Duke, Georgetown.

There was also a game against BC in the middle of our long streak against them that we won in double overtime when we down by 18 in the second half, I think Sheffer and Donyell both hit tying threes at the end of regulation and OT.
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Was at that one too…..Donyell went OFF in the 2nd half. Was a huge snowstorm that night.
 
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InTheRed said:
I remember sitting in Huskies looking at my buddy when we were down 11 and saying that if they were going to win, they couldn't give up another point. I didn't realize until the next day that I was right.
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I got Arnold Dean's autograph at that game. If you don't know that name, ask your grandpa.
 
Jaydumo20 said:
Your memory for sports facts makes me jealous. I don't remember either of these games. I can't recall any games over the past 25 years except a game vs Washington in the 05 tourney and a Cincinnati game where kemba threw himself a lob off the backboard.

We're the same age You taking that ginkgo biloba?
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During COVID, I rewatched a ton of old games to prevent myself from recording an album of my acoustic ballads. So...
 
CTBasketball said:
The one game where I knew Shabazz Napier would be the next guy was 2012 Big East Tournament vs. WVU.

We were down like 10 with 4 to go, Truck Bryant launched a Luol Deng-style heat check which led to the UConn killer Dennis Kalicla fouling out, and then Napier took over down the stretch to tie and send to OT where we eventually won. Garden was PUMPING.
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Remember when people called him the "reacharound bandit"? That was unfortunate phrasing.
 
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bdbdbdbd said:
I got Arnold Dean's autograph at that game. If you don't know that name, ask your grandpa.
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I loved listening to Arnold. I believe Donny Marshall started broadcasting on Arnold’s show.
 
BC vs UConn in 2002 at the HCC. It was similar to yesterday - we were down 10 with less than 3 min left and came back to win in OT. This was the game that featured an amazing dunk by Tony Robertson. It was so awesome to own bcu forever
 
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BlueHen said:
1996 Big East final vs Georgetown. Allen vs Iverson

Down 11 with less than 5 minutes to go, UConn ends game with 12-0 run to win 75-74. Ray Allen hits game winner with about 13 seconds left.
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Announcers were so sure we were going to lose that they voted Victor Paige MVP - boy that pissed me off
 
This made me realize that Hurleys UConn teams dont have a buzzer beater victory yet.
 
NJHusky said:
This has to be at the top of the list

The game against Albany in tournament..

Others?
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Not sure what the best comeback is but good word! Prov hit us with haymaker after haymaker that you were sure put the game away and each time this team would respond with a huge shot. That was absolutely insane! Also let me add is it just me or was the lineup with Stew,AK, Silas, Mullins and Tarris seem to be the best we`ve looked on both ends of the floor all season? That lineup looked incredibly cohesive on both ends.
 
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Matrim55 said:
This is the correct list. Everything else is commentary.
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Because of stakes, yes

But down 25 to Pitt and 18 to BC on the road are obviously mathematically more significant. And that stupid UMass game
 
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