Bryant Butthurt they’re not part of historic non conference run

[king conn]

If I am UNH, I am using this as Bulletin board material.

Beat them head to head. Then both coaches can say that's why we played each other

 

[Rocktheworld]

If I am UNH, I am using this as Bulletin board material.

Beat them head to head. Then both coaches can say that's why we played each other

Playing a game to see who deserves to get stomped by UConn

Love it

 

[Huskyforlife]

The strangest part of this attack is ruining any future chance of UConn scheduling Bryant while that dude is coaching there. Congrats bud, I’m sure your AD is thrilled.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Read between the lines: "UConn won't play us" (Translation: "Wah!!! We want that game payout! )

 

[TheChamps990411]

Hes right. Dan Hurley doesnt want to play Bryant because hes intimidated so he avoided them by playing Kansas, North Carolina, Indiana, Texas and Gonzaga instead. Much less formidable and scary programs that we may be able to handle instead of having no shot against powerhouse Bryant.

 

[Zonepress]

Even when daddy gets you into the industry way earlier than you ever would have on your own, it’s important to find something to cry about

There could be a whole thread on nepotism in college sports, and you could start with the guys who never played the game in college , but somehow in their mid 20s are assistants at major
Programs but I guess Talik brown doesn’t have the resume to get a fulll asst job

 

[mauconnfan]

Not sure why anyone would have made a deal considering Grasso's mental health this summer.

 

[WrenchFan69]

I would so much rather play local public schools than a low major private school like Bryant, Sacred Heart, etc. The only lower-level private schools I'd like to play early season are Holy Cross and the Ivies, particularly Harvard and Yale. I'd be happy opening every season at XL against CCSU and playing UVM, UNH, Maine, Delaware, Stony Brook, Albany, Buffalo, Binghamton, etc.

 

[Icehawk]

Dan Hurley mentioned this in a presser, gave 'em some

 

[Captbluefin]

Didn’t we make Martelli’s kid cry in the 2014 NCAA tournament?

 

[Sibeerian]

Every time I read this thread title my brain thinks there's a guy named Bryan Butthurt.

 

[Vowelguy]

I would've thought Bryant was the geographic closest D1 school, but looks like they're tied for 3rd with Providence after CCSU and Holy Cross.

 

[Vowelguy]

Every time I read this thread title my brain thinks there's a guy named Bryan Butthurt.

Spouse of Amanda Huggenkiss?

 

[husky429]

There could be a whole thread on nepotism in college sports, and you could start with the guys who never played the game in college , but somehow in their mid 20s are assistants at major
Programs but I guess Talik brown doesn’t have the resume to get a fulll asst job

We might not want to open this can of worms considering 2/3 of our assistants didn't play in college.

Nepotism is obviously a real thing but 1) we've benefitted from it, and 2) I'm not convinced that being a college player really makes someone a better coach.

 

[kibblesnbits]

I think people are making far too much of this. I don't think it was a shot at UConn. I think it's a D1 coach trying to explain (justifying?, rationalizing?) why they were playing a D3 school. It's "Well, we wanted to play UConn but it fell through so we were left scheduling a D3 school instead."

 

[Hoophound]

I think people are making far too much of this. I don't think it was a shot at UConn. I think it's a D1 coach trying to explain (justifying?, rationalizing?) why they were playing a D3 school. It's "Well, we wanted to play UConn but it fell through so we were left scheduling a D3 school instead."

That’s all what it was. Bryant is aggressively tying to move up in the sports world and they’ve done pretty well with it. Martelli Jr. was trying to defend playing a D3 game to a reporter that had issue with it. As we all know around here, Bryant aims high for recruits and plays big basketball schools whenever possible. I don’t find any pleasure in playing them over UNH or anyone else, but there will be years that they provide the best challenge. They beat #10 FAU this year and beat Cuse last year. I prefer that to guaranteed 40-50 point wins.

 

[CL82]

I think people are making far too much of this. I don't think it was a shot at UConn. I think it's a D1 coach trying to explain (justifying?, rationalizing?) why they were playing a D3 school. It's "Well, we wanted to play UConn but it fell through so we were left scheduling a D3 school instead."

It didn't sound like that. It sounded like we wanted to play Connecticut, but they wouldn't play us because Bryant is improving.

If I was Hurley, I wouldn't schedule them again. Playing Bryant really doesn't help us and it's not like we have any affiliation to that school. As others have said before I'd rather play Central.

 

[Zonepress]

Probably don’t want to open that can of worms