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Tenspro2002 said:
26-8 in 2014 earned us a #7 seed.

Going back to 1990, we've earned a better seed than that 15 times in 27 seasons.

Yes, a #7 seed is mediocre by this program's standards.
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We are automatically going to take the AAC knock. Probably good for 2-3 seed drop every year.

Also, that 26-8 will be a little more common, given the necessity of the front loaded unbalanced schedule.

Basically what you are saying is they need to go undefeated in the AAC, one loss at the outside. Despite the conference, that's still tough to do.
 
intlzncster said:
We are automatically going to take the AAC knock. Probably good for 2-3 seed drop every year.

Also, that 26-8 will be a little more common, given the necessity of the front loaded unbalanced schedule.

Basically what you are saying is they need to go undefeated in the AAC, one loss at the outside. Despite the conference, that's still tough to do.
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An average regular season should be something like:

28-5 (15-3 AAC), #3-4 seed

If Gonzaga doesn't suffer from their conference, there's no reason we should.
 
Inyatkin said:
These are people who do not remember, say, 1996 very well.
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OR 1990
OR 1994
OR 1998
OR 2006

But, whatever; first world problems.

Thankfully Jim Calhoun left Boston and gave us the opportunity to debate the merits of KO. Hell, thanks to JC, there exists a Boneyard where old 40+ guys can debate/educate the lil uzi disciples.
 
RMoore1999 said:
OR 1990
OR 1994
OR 1998
OR 2006

But, whatever; first world problems.

Thankfully Jim Calhoun left Boston and gave us the opportunity to debate the merits of KO. Hell, thanks to JC, there exists a Boneyard where old 40+ guys can debate/educate the lil uzi disciples.
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Good call, an old clunker like me would never have known anything about Lil' Uzi without JC and of course KO who is recruiting Cam Johnson :eek:
 
AntG168 said:
I didnt say they werent fair weather. I said it has no effect on recruits. I agree our fan base has a lot of front-runners
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Gonna disagree with that. When you bring a recruit in to watch a game, you want/need a packed house. Recruits want the energy, excitement and bright lights of playing in front of a big crowd and national TV audience. Nobody wants to play in front of crickets. I've zero doubt that one of Rutgers' (for example) biggest problems is recruiting to that sh_ty gym in front of those sh_ty fans.
 
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Mr. Wonderful said:
You just described a fair weather fanbase.

I'm gonna make an unfair comparison to the early years of Calhoun's tenure to today. In 1988 when i first started regularly attending Civic Center games, there were only a handful of games that didn't sell out, and the atmosphere was electric. Those teams lost a lot of games too, but it didn't seem to matter. After going to a game, it was hard not to be a fan. Now I take my son to games, and he gives me puzzled looks... like "Why daddy? Nobody seems to care?"

The fans have ridiculous expectations now, and if the blueblood level expectations aren't met, they drift off and do other things... like watch the women or the Patriots. Fair weather.
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There is one thing I see a bunch of you throw around on here like it is a given - our "strong" attendance and loyal fan base back in the mid to late 1980's - Coach Calhoun's first several years. It is an absolute fallacy that most of the games were sold out and there was strong fan support at that time.

I grew up in Connecticut and started my freshman year in Calhoun's first year (1986-1987). The fan support sucked. I went to a few games in high school at the Hartford Civic Center, including a Georgetown game after my high school played a game there. Patrick Ewing's hey day. The place was dead. Maybe 1/2 to 2/3 filled, and hardly any enthusiasm. I also remember listening to a home game against St. John's late in my sophomore year (a game we won) where the announcers said the place was barely 1/2 full. The fact is that attendance and the rabidness of our fan base did not really take off until the Dream Season.

Did we sell out Syracuse games, and a few others? Yes. Were the fans great at those games? Yes. But for any of you to say we had a rabid and loyal fan base from the early 80's to the Dream Season at every game is total B.S.

Out of Conference games and games versus teams like Boston College, Seton Hall and even St. John's were not sell outs. I know, because I was there. The fans back then used to complain about the Hartford Civic Center, also :). And there was no Gampel Pavilion yet.

Sorry Mr. Wonderful, but your comparison is only "unfair" because it is not true. The truth is that only a handful of games actually sold out during that time. The majority did not.
 
Mr. Wonderful said:
You just described a fair weather fanbase.

I'm gonna make an unfair comparison to the early years of Calhoun's tenure to today. In 1988 when i first started regularly attending Civic Center games, there were only a handful of games that didn't sell out, and the atmosphere was electric. Those teams lost a lot of games too, but it didn't seem to matter. After going to a game, it was hard not to be a fan. Now I take my son to games, and he gives me puzzled looks... like "Why daddy? Nobody seems to care?"

The fans have ridiculous expectations now, and if the blueblood level expectations aren't met, they drift off and do other things... like watch the women or the Patriots. Fair weather.
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Some good points here about loyalty but take a look at the ticket prices then and now. With all due respect
our performances have rarely been Uconn standard the past two years. You can't blame that on the fans. Especially the lack of hustle and toughness that was so characteristic of this University. I think everybody recognizes this and there is a determination to change things in a hurry. Do the fans really help? Yes they do.
But motivation has to come from within and practice. At those prices the fans have been more than patient waiting for much of the team to get their collective heads out of their ..............
 
Just to get this thread back on track:

Michigan getting in the mix for Pitt grad transfer Cam Johnson

Kentucky Basketball: Calipari pursuing Pittsburgh transfer Cam Johnson

Haven't seen mention of any impending visit to UConn.

I think Michigan and UK are the clubhouse leaders at this point and the family connections to Squid represent a edge to UK. I'd also give TCU an outside shot due to Dixon and their NIT championship.

With the optics of all the defections looking bad for UConn and UK/UM well positioned for deep NCAA runs, I hate to say it, but I don't think KO has a chance of landing Cam. Hope I'm wrong.
 
If UK is on him, and Cal even has some connections, it's a done deal if they want him.
 
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The Funster said:
We talk about the AAC being a crappy basketball conference. So why haven't we dominated it?
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If you were looking for a serious answer, it is simply because we haven't had good enough teams to do it. This league isn't anything special, we would just be a middling, maybe even bad, team in any league right now.
 
King Husky said:
How many shooting guards does Kentucky possibly need? It would be a bad decision for him to choose Kentucky. Michigan on the other hand would be a great fit for him :/
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As many as they can fit. Keeps them away from everyone else.
 
The Funster said:
We talk about the AAC being a crappy basketball conference. So why haven't we dominated it?
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As far as recruiting goes, that doesn't even necessarily matter. It's being able to tell kids, "we are a P5 school. We play Duke and UNC twice a season. ESPN flagship TV viewing. You want to play with the best, come here."
 
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intlzncster said:
If UK is on him, and Cal even has some connections, it's a done deal if they want him.
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If Cal has his fork in him already i say we see if he wants to set up a visit, and If he seems wishy washy move on
 
King Husky said:
How many shooting guards does Kentucky possibly need? It would be a bad decision for him to choose Kentucky. Michigan on the other hand would be a great fit for him :/
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I'll start the rumor now. Cam Johnson commits and Diallo announces he's going pro the next day.
 
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Brochacho said:
Its amazing how fast UConn went from NCAA champions to a dumpster fire. Trying to scrape up 3 star recruits that were committed to a 9-22 team while being told no by multiple grad transfers. Amazing.
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What else I find amazing is people who go thread to thread with all their pessimistic views and say the same damn thing.

We get it, we really do!!!Head bang
 
mauconnfan said:
What else I find amazing is people who go thread to thread with all their pessimistic views and say the same damn thing.

We get it, we really do!!!Head bang
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and it's not like it's been smooth sailing and sh;;;;ts gone downhill. It's been the bumpiest 6 years in program history
 
UConnSwag11 said:
and it's not like it's been smooth sailing and sh;;;;ts gone downhill. It's been the bumpiest 6 years in program history
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It's not pretty and I won't say it is. But the constant need to find every thread and fault something KO or something UConn mens basketball is just whacked these days. It was a real bad year, but people here have made the BY really unenjoyable, consistently I might add. We all have criticism but can we keep a little bit of loyalty to the program that has given us so much. In other words quit repeating the obvious.
 
mauconnfan said:
It's not pretty and I won't say it is. But the constant need to find every thread and fault something KO or something UConn mens basketball is just whacked these days. It was a real bad year, but people here have made the BY really unenjoyable, consistently I might add. We all have criticism but can we keep a little bit of loyalty to the program that has given us so much. In other words quit repeating the obvious.
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What does being a critic of our coaching staff have anything to do with loyalty to the program? The program is A LOT bigger than the coaching staff.
 
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mauconnfan said:
It's not pretty and I won't say it is. But the constant need to find every thread and fault something KO or something UConn mens basketball is just whacked these days. It was a real bad year, but people here have made the BY really unenjoyable, consistently I might add. We all have criticism but can we keep a little bit of loyalty to the program that has given us so much. In other words quit repeating the obvious.
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(Round of applause) Your My Hero

The boneyard has really become unbearable. Its a bunch if ppl repeating the same thing over and over again. And if you try to add any shred of light to a situation your labeled delusional
 
AntG168 said:
(Round of applause) Your My Hero

The boneyard has really become unbearable. Its a bunch if ppl repeating the same thing over and over again. And if you try to add any shred of light to a situation your labeled delusional
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From my perspective it's the same thing but reversed with a barrage of threads of kids no one thought once about all last season but now because they are simply "available" have sprouted 8 page threads stalking a teenagers twitter who has never once even said the word "UConn" publicly. Reality to me is a more valuable discussion than fantasy.
 
AntG168 said:
(Round of applause) Your My Hero

The boneyard has really become unbearable. Its a bunch if ppl repeating the same thing over and over again. And if you try to add any shred of light to a situation your labeled delusional
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BUConn10 said:
From my perspective it's the same thing but reversed with a barrage of threads of kids no one thought once about all last season but now because they are simply "available" have sprouted 8 page threads stalking a teenagers twitter who has never once even said the word "UConn" publicly. Reality to me is a more valuable discussion than fantasy.
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But reality isnt black and white. Its somewhere in the middle. This board reminds me of american politics right now. Everybody is either dead right or dead wrong. No one is actually having unbiased discussions. Its turned into screaming matches about whos a fake fan.
 
AntG168 said:
But reality isnt black and white. Its somewhere in the middle. This board reminds me of american politics right now. Everybody is either dead right or dead wrong. No one is actually having unbiased discussions. Its turned into screaming matches about whos a fake fan.
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And who do you think initiates the "fake fan" arguments? The "fantasy" side or the "misery" side as it seems to be called?

Exactly.
 
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