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The Big 12 got 3 teams in the Elite 8. No other conference has more than one.
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FAKE NEWS!!!
UConnSwag11
Storrs, CT The Mecca
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FSU and Duke?
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Chief00
Chief gives everyone an opportunity to play genius for a day - of course FSU and Duke are in the ACC. A great and empowering day for the Casual Fans.
But, the primary point holds - The Big 12 got 3 teams.
But, the primary point holds - The Big 12 got 3 teams.
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A real "One Shining Moment" for casual fans.
The Funster
What?
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Good man chief. You set that one on a tee and someone knocked it out of the park. Raising up the casualfan involves building their confidence.
Mr. French
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Not one of your better moments.
August_West
Conscience do cost
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That's a pretty casual fan observation
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Chief00
Well said - and that should be celebrated!
...getting them wrong.
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Sabermetrics will never be the same...
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Chief, always giving.
intlzncster
i fart in your general direction
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What a thread....one of the untintentionally funniest threads of the year. LOL'ed 2 times already.
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Andre's surely reading it somewhere with his b!t¢hes.
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Google Analytics = Chief
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What’s your casual fan obsession?
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Goodness Chief always wins on the unintentional comedy scale.
Absolutely brilliant.
Absolutely brilliant.
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Chief00
Great question- First, because empowering the Casual Fan is the right thing to do.
From a business perspective, given our falling attendance in the two major sports, we need to be encouraging to those fans who are perhaps not knowledgeable sports fans - that’s its ok to go to a football game for the social aspects of a tailgate or make a basketball game - a night out during our long winter. Sometimes on this Board it might be tough on a newcomer - if they either don’t know the game or if their lookback of UConn History is relatively brief. Chief doesn’t believe these characteristics should be exclusionary and that all should be welcome to UConn Nation.
I recognize, in a five second quick look, if one gets the count of the conference affiliation wrong on an anchilliary point - even though the primary point was valid (3 of elite 8 are Big12 schools) certain fans whom perhaps don’t understand the game well can point that out to feel good about themselves as if they actual understand the game itself. Rather than criticizing that behavior, I think we should embrace it, if that makes them feel more part of the BY team. We can all make different levels of contributions.
Admittedly, this acceptance is a learning process, Chief has long been critical of the value of First Night and how it reinforces a lot of bad basketball habits, if your goal is winning competitive hard fought games. But, eventually Chief evolved to realize if this free night of what some view of affordable family entertainment can start the process and get the Casual Fan in the door - it’s a start. Maybe they will go to another game or two that year? What I also learned this year is that happy memories can transform to a life time habit. So I am all for First Night now - although I will never go myself.
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You strike me as a guy who thinks its ok to not foul down 4 with 11 seconds to play.
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So you are saying 9 B12 teams did not make the elite 8?
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Conspiracy Kitty says:
Hmm, first Chief promised us Big news, then he posts about the Big 12. Coincidence?
The Big Week ahead prediction was Hurley getting hired - without violating the gag order - LOL - it was too subtle for the Casual Fans and Chief got criticized anyways for not telling people what was going to happen.
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