Best UConn Game You've Been To...

[mauconnfan]

Best UConn game, all sports?

UConn Football's win in South Bend.

I was at that game too....it was great and it was fun but it doesn't compare to the Top 10-20 basketball games!!

 

[CL82]

That UConn Texas game was insane. Best moment from that game? Majok diving for the loose ball, passing to Dyson from the ground and then Dyson subsequently throwing the half court lob to Sticks for the alley-oop. Surprised those Patoni tiles didn't crumble down with how loud Gampel got.

Surely a lesser tile would have but not a Patoni.

 

[UConNation]

2006 Villanova at UConn at Gampel - WITHOUT A DOUBT the best game I've ever been to. We had just lost at Villanova a week or so before when we were #1 and they were #2. After the loss we flip-flopped in the rankings, but when they came to town we absolutely tooled on them. I couldn't speak for about 3 days after that game. Not to mention it was one of the last times I got to see my favorite UConn player of all times... Rashad "The Knife" Anderson.

 

[amory]

We've all been to many games, I'm sure. Which one would you call your all time favorite that YOU attended? 3 Categories here- personal favorite, runner up, and "I wish" category.

My personal favorite was- Being at the UConn vs. Texas game in 2010. Storming the court as a Senior in high school was something I'll never forget. My friends and I thought we were college kids for the day, and we cheered until we lost our voices.

I know I'm gonna get called out for being the "no fun police" but I went to that game too and while it was indeed awesome (as a huge Celtics fan as well, it was cool to see Avery Bradley play for Texas...and lose), the storming the court nonsense was...well...nonsense. UConn fans should never storm a court, let alone against a lame duck #1 Texas team that had already lost earlier in the week.

The Huskies weren't playing good basketball at that point though, so it was a huge win, so I sorta get it.

My favorite game I've been to was the 2011 Big East Championship game against Louisville. The whole building was for UConn pretty much, and somehow my seats ended up being in the middle of a ton of Cardinals fans. My girlfriend and I went back and forth with the Louisville fans the whole game, just berating each other. After the famous Kemba pass underneath to J Lamb I thought the building was gonna explode.

The train ride back to CT after the game was unforgettable too. Just a bunch of half in the bag UConn fans cheering the whole way.

 

[UConnPuneet]

Two best games I've been to were the '02 and '04 BET title games. Even though '02's considered more of a classic (and I absolutely loved that team), I've always been partial to the '04 game, mainly because Pitt manhandled us after we had jumped out to a 13-2 lead, and when we were down 11 in the 2nd half, it felt like 30 and their fans had taken over MSG. Then Gordon came alive after a bad first half. And instead of nailing a 35-footer again, Taliek decided to airball a layup which was rebounded and kicked out for an open Rashad 3 that gave us the lead before more BG heroics at the end. That BET run was just as important to that team as five-in-five was to 2011.

Another fav that hasn't been mentioned was the win over St. John's in '99. They'd come off that classic OT loss to Duke the previous week. We trailed by 12 and Calhoun called his famous timeout where he didn't say a word and just stared in the huddle. Team responded with a 10-0 run to get within 2, 7-0 run to tie the game, then an 11-0 run to pull ahead for the win to get to 19-0.

Also enjoyed all 4 home wins vs Cuse as a student ('03-'06, all by 14+ pts), especially in '05 when both coaches were coming off their 700th wins and we ripped em apart in the 2nd half to get JC his 701st. Gerry McNamara shot roughly 9-652 combined in those games. The Cuse win this past year was awesome as well.

Games I wish I'd been at: the three Final Fours we won, JC's return from cancer in '03, Cardiac Kemba
Games I wish I hadn't been at: the one Final Four we lost, the BC game in '03 (worst loss ever in Gampel)

 

[UCDaveD]

Game I wished I went to: 2008 UConn vs Indiana at Assembly Hall less than 24 hours after suspending Dyson & Wiggins.

 

[hoosierhusky]

I have never been able to see UConn live...Now that I'm going through a divorce this coming season I'm determined to go to a game most likely I'll catch them @ Cincinnati

Game I wish I went to was the 08 Indiana game I actually almost went to it but at the time I was an assistant coach of a High School team and we had a game that night so I chose not to skip my game.

 

[gampelcrazies]

Worst game I have ever been to 2009 MSU and the best has to be 2011
Final four UConn-UK

 

[mauconnfan]

I have never been able to see UConn live...Now that I'm going through a divorce this coming season I'm determined to go to a game most likely I'll catch them @ Cincinnati

Game I wish I went to was the 08 Indiana game I actually almost went to it but at the time I was an assistant coach of a High School team and we had a game that night so I chose not to skip my game.

Welcome to the Boneyard hoosier - sorry to hear of your issues but looking at the bright side you get to see the Huskies live now......all good in the long run!!

 

[hoosierhusky]

Welcome to the Boneyard hoosier - sorry to hear of your issues but looking at the bright side you get to see the Huskies live now......all good in the long run!!

Thanks....I've been a lurker on the boneyard for years not sure why i never posted more ....I'm going to be more active in the future.....Also development looks like I'm moving to the Louisville area so I could potentially see UConn @ Cincy and Louisville

 

[mauconnfan]

Thanks....I've been a lurker on the boneyard for years not sure why i never posted more ....I'm going to be more active in the future.....Also development looks like I'm moving to the Louisville area so I could potentially see UConn @ Cincy and Louisville

Hey not Louisville? LOL.......you'll need to ask upstater before you move, or if you want positive feedback check out Bobby's Ghost over on the Cardinal board!! All in fun.......

 

[alexd]

I have never been able to see UConn live...Now that I'm going through a divorce this coming season I'm determined to go to a game most likely I'll catch them @ Cincinnati

Game I wish I went to was the 08 Indiana game I actually almost went to it but at the time I was an assistant coach of a High School team and we had a game that night so I chose not to skip my game.

Damn!....that game at IU.....I had planned a game viewing party at our house all season long and the night before, I hear about the suspensions. I'm thinking, "well this party is going to suck".....turned out to be a pretty fun afternoon!!!