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Message: [QUOTE="BigErnMcCracken, post: 3340368, member: 70"] I would imagine that a good percentage of the people on this board did not experience rooting for a UConn team that had never won a national championship. The last couple years have been an abomination but they are on a decidedly upward trajectory. It sucked to lose a game that would have been a nice little statement for a team trying to climb back into relevance, but last night was the most fun I've had watching UConn basketball in [I][B]years[/B]. [/I](Granted, I had the house to myself and crushed a bottle of Williams Selyem and smoked a doink the size of my forearm but still . . .) At the end of the Ollie years and last year even the wins felt like unfulfilling slogs. I didn't even bother watching half the games I couldn't catch live. Now I actually look forward to watching this team play. Last night they looked like a real basketball team trading haymakers with a tough, seasoned Xavier team. Yeah they gave away too many possessions and the Gilbert giveaways down the stretch were frustrating but it's a process, there's gonna be strikes and gutters. They are definitely on the come-up though. Given Hurley's track record I think this team is going to be pretty duck good by the end of the year, and I think they'll be a tournament team. And next year, with Akok and Bouknight as sophomores, a senior Carlton, a junior Adams, and Springs, Jackson and Cole I think they're going to start paying people back for the last few years. [/QUOTE]

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