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[QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 5288908, member: 10"]
Imagine if that had happened instead of hiring Calhoun? Ugh!

I just remember Toner saying he was impressed by Calhoun when Northeastern beat UConn in that Connecticut Mutual Classic and that helped convince him to hire Calhoun. Did it really? I can't find much evidence of it. It was a long time ago.

[I]In fact, Calhoun had led Northeastern to a 90-73 thumping of UConn in the Connecticut Mutual Classic that previous December. UConn athletic director [URL='https://archive.ph/o/Ftnda/https://www.nhregister.com/search/?action=search&channel=uconn&inlineLink=1&searchindex=property&query=%22John+Toner%22']John Toner[/URL] sat at the scorers’ table for that game and apparently liked what he saw from the 43-year-old crazy man on the opposing sidelines.

“I think it impressed him, how hard his kids played,” noted Chardis, the longtime UConn beat writer for the J-I who is now the sports information director for UConn men’s hoops.[/I]
[HEADING=2][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)][URL='https://archive.ph/Ftnda']Jim Calhoun, UConn pairing reaches 30-year anniversary[/URL][/COLOR][/HEADING]
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