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Best UConn in-game runs

Bezzz said:
My favorite part of the 2004 Duke game was Rashad repeating "Don't worry about it." at the free throw line. Go to 6:56.
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My favorite part is at the :03 second mark the Duke girl trying to clap on beat and freaking out when the cheer is screwed up. It sums up everything you ever need to know about Duke in just 5 seconds.
 
selles said:
The word you're looking for is "pimped".
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or cuckolded.

If NYC is St. Johns wife, we had our way with her while all he could do was watch helplessly like the weak beta he is.
 
1990 NCAA Tournament at the XL - we hit BU with a 21-1 second half run, then hit Cal with a 17-0 first half run in the next game. Loudest I've ever heard that place.
 
The 12-0 run to beat GTown in the ‘96 BE Tourney will always be my favorite. We looked dead in the water at 74-63. The final minute was classic - King’s dunk on the putback had the Garden in a frenzy. Ricky Moore clamping down on Iverson, and Ray’s only bucket of the 2nd half on an off-balance shot that practically crawled in from underneath the rim. Epic game.
 
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Well my favorite? Years ago they were playing maybe New Hampshire. They scored like the 1st 32 points or so. I was hoping they would hold them scoreless for the entire first half.
 
2011 National Championship game vs Butler. Butler 21-18 at half time. To begin the second half, we went on a 22-6 run to put the game away,
 
For those of us who were around when it all started... the "run" at the beginning of the Georgetown game on the night of January 20th, 1990 still stands out as the most important regular season run in the history of UConn basketball. It was the first time that we started to really believe that team could be something.

There was no hurdle bigger for us to get over than the mighty Georgetown Hoyas at that time... not even St. John's. Syracuse? No. Calhoun had already taken a couple of games off of them by the time we beat them earlier that week on Big Monday. No... it was Mt. Georgetown and mighty John Thompson who had stood as "the bridge too far" until that game. Beating us in every way imaginable up until that night. And always with their domineering swagger that made us loathe them (and respect them) like no other foe. Also remember they came into that game not only ranked #2, but in line to move up to #1 the following Monday after then #1-ranked Kansas had already lost earlier in the day.

Sure, you can say that the run happened at the beginning of the game, and at one point Georgetown came all the way back and took the lead before we ultimately won the game (still the most clutch 2nd half regular season performance in a key game by a Husky - Nadav Henefeld), so how important could that run have been? It did not win the game for us.

And furthermore, you can say "you can't really call 14 points scored over 6 minutes a run", and normally I would agree. But the way it crescendo'ed with the Rod Sellers emphatic slam (16:43 mark on the video... thank you as always tcf!) and the crowd reaction overcomes that hurdle, at least for me.

All I can say is: you had to be there or be watching it to understand. Something happened during that run that carried our program to another level, really for the first time... where we had never been before. A belief that we could stand toe to toe with the best, hold our own, and even come out on top. And not just on the court - you could feel it boiling over from the crowd, too. It was an explosion of joy and excitement unlike anything I had ever witnessed up until that time at a sporting event.

Putting the back drop together with what happened as it unfolded, and then what came after is why that particular run will always belong on any list such as this... and as a 35-year Husky fan I will always be thankful for having the chance to have witnessed it first hand. Even if you have never seen it before, watch it. The video quality is not great... but it still gives me goosebumps watching that run, Nadav's 2nd half performance, and the crowd at the end of the game when it was over and we realized we had ripped that #1 ranking right out of the clutches of the big, bad Georgetown Hoyas... and ourselves become a team to be reckoned with in the process.

Enjoy:
 
LStudfellow said:
For those of us who were around when it all started... the "run" at the beginning of the Georgetown game on the night of January 20th, 1990 still stands out as the most important regular season run in the history of UConn basketball. It was the first time that we started to really believe that team could be something.

There was no hurdle bigger for us to get over than the mighty Georgetown Hoyas at that time... not even St. John's. Syracuse? No. Calhoun had already taken a couple of games off of them by the time we beat them earlier that week on Big Monday. No... it was Mt. Georgetown and mighty John Thompson who had stood as "the bridge too far" until that game. Beating us in every way imaginable up until that night. And always with their domineering swagger that made us loathe them (and respect them) like no other foe. Also remember they came into that game not only ranked #2, but in line to move up to #1 the following Monday after then #1-ranked Kansas had already lost earlier in the day.

Sure, you can say that the run happened at the beginning of the game, and at one point Georgetown came all the way back and took the lead before we ultimately won the game (still the most clutch 2nd half regular season performance in a key game by a Husky - Nadav Henefeld), so how important could that run have been? It did not win the game for us.

And furthermore, you can say "you can't really call 14 points scored over 6 minutes a run", and normally I would agree. But the way it crescendo'ed with the Rod Sellers emphatic slam (16:43 mark on the video... thank you as always tcf!) and the crowd reaction overcomes that hurdle, at least for me.

All I can say is: you had to be there or be watching it to understand. Something happened during that run that carried our program to another level, really for the first time... where we had never been before. A belief that we could stand toe to toe with the best, hold our own, and even come out on top. And not just on the court - you could feel it boiling over from the crowd, too. It was an explosion of joy and excitement unlike anything I had ever witnessed up until that time at a sporting event.

Putting the back drop together with what happened as it unfolded, and then what came after is why that particular run will always belong on any list such as this... and as a 35-year Husky fan I will always be thankful for having the chance to have witnessed it first hand. Even if you have never seen it before, watch it. The video quality is not great... but it still gives me goosebumps watching that run, Nadav's 2nd half performance, and the crowd at the end of the game when it was over and we realized we had ripped that #1 ranking right out of the clutches of the big, bad Georgetown Hoyas... and ourselves become a team to be reckoned with in the process.

Enjoy:
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You can easily argue that the start of UConn being UConn, and Calhoun being Calhoun, was when Mourning mouthed off to Nadav on the offensive end and Nadav came down the court, demanded the ball in the post with Mourning on his back and then hit a fadeaway jumper and one with Alonzo crawling all over him. And said nothing. If there was one moment when everything turned, that was it.
 
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tcf15 said:
Off the top of my head I immediately think of 2:

UConn's 11-0 run in the Florida final four game that got them back in the game after being down 16-4
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I still watch this video every week. I was there. Loudest I’ve ever screamed in my life after that last 3, no question.
 
i loved that run on january 23rd 2010 vs number 1 texas where we took the lead for the first time with dyson's jumper. what a day that was and what a run to start the second half after a turnover ridden first half. blaney absolutely lit a fire under our boys and let it rip on the longhorns for that awesome W. also, the run to end the game to win by 14 wasnt too shabby either :D
 
Was there a good run against Texas at Gampel when Texas was ranked #1?

I remember the crowd being crazy I can't recall if there was a big run in there. Maybe to start second half?
 
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Does the entire 2004 game against Oklahoma count as a run? Beat the #6 team in the country by like 40 and was the loudest game I ever attended in person, plus this phenomenal sizzle from Taliek at the end...

 
Chin Diesel said:
Here it is.

From losing 48-52 to up 71-58. I'm calling 23-6 a "run".
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bmayuc said:
Does the entire 2004 game against Oklahoma count as a run? Beat the #6 team in the country by like 40 and was the loudest game I ever attended in person, plus this phenomenal sizzle from Taliek at the end...

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The football team may play at Pratt and Whitney Stadium; but Gampel sure sounded like a jet engine for those games.
 
Not the most important run, but the craziest one I remember was against Maine in the 91/92 season. If I recall, UConn got out to something like a 32-0 lead at Gampel. They were having a difficult time even getting across half court and Calhoun didn’t call off the dogs. It’s been almost 30 years and my memory isn’t so good at 51 but I believe that is close to accurate.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
Here it is.

From losing 48-52 to up 71-58. I'm calling 23-6 a "run".

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i watch this video at least once a month. chills just rush my spine when dyson hits the shot to take the lead and when kemba heavs that ridiculous long range three with the clock winding down
 
No specific game, but I think Calhoun had some fairly frequent in game runs. .............sorry, it is where my brain is after a tough work day.
 
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How about in '95. We trailed Pitt 40-15 in the first half, ended up winning by 9.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL; UConn Rallies From 25 Down to Top Pitt

"The Huskies (11-0, 4-0 Big East), the only unbeaten Division I team, fell victim to Pitt's turnover-producing full-court pressure and 3-point shooting and trailed by 14-2 with barely 5 minutes gone, and by 40-15 with 4 minutes 42 seconds left in the first half. But Connecticut turned up the defensive pressure after that, reeling off a 10-0 run to cut the lead to 15 and a 9-0 run early in the second half that made it 55-50."
 
Guapo said:
The football team may play at Pratt and Whitney Stadium; but Gampel sure sounded like a jet engine for those games.
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robert griffen once said the rent was the loudest stadium he played in
 
My favorite was 2014 USF game that the Huskies led 45-14 at half time. I was in St. Louis on a work trip and remember checking in on the score at the bar of Ruth’s Chris where the game was on TV for some reason. Had a bunch of wine at dinner and was feeling especially confident with the performance so I added a $100 bet at 100-1 for the Huskies to win the national championship.
 
Madmannsucks said:
Well my favorite? Years ago they were playing maybe New Hampshire. They scored like the 1st 32 points or so. I was hoping they would hold them scoreless for the entire first half.
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I was at that game. It was in Gampel in the 1990-91 season. That’s still the best run to start a game I’ve ever seen - 32-0. I don’t think New Hampshire scored until 8 minutes left in the half.
 
Not sure of the run but in 1994 at BC we were down 17 about mid way in the 2nd half and came back to force OT then win in OT. It was beautiful.
 
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