Chris McCullough names UConn "dream" school

[mauconnfan]

The last 15 years isn't all that college basketball has to offer America. SJU has a long and successful history. Uconn fans should remember where they came from before Jim Calhoun before knocking SJU's bball history.

We do and many of us also remember and respect Chris Mullin, Walter Berry, Willie Glass and even prior................but since 89-90 UConns achievements in the tourney have absolutely overshadowed anything Louie did in his long illustrious career........it's not close either. And there were only 20 good pregrams back then!!

Fishy and CAHusky have said it best so no need to repeat!! The ole'pimple on ass you might say.....

 

[johnhuskies95]

The last 15 years isn't all that college basketball has to offer America. SJU has a long and successful history. Uconn fans should remember where they came from before Jim Calhoun before knocking SJU's bball history.

Yeah, in the last 15 years UConn has 3 national championships and 4 final fours. How many did St. Johns have during it's best time period?


I'll wait.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

The last 15 years isn't all that college basketball has to offer America. SJU has a long and successful history. Uconn fans should remember where they came from before Jim Calhoun before knocking SJU's bball history.

St John's has a nice history but many St John's fans try to believe that before the Jarvis dismissal they were on an equal level with UCLA, UNC, Indiana & Kentucky. The reality is they were Bradley, DePaul and Temple (LaSalle could fit as well but they actually have national title).

The fact is that they were a regional power for the most part pre BE and save the Mullin years, were not all that special nationally (about 30 other schools could claim equal or better results from the mid 1980's to the late 1990's) as a BE school and benefitted greatly by the gambling scandals that eventually killed the men's hoops programs at NYU, CCNY & LIU. Additionally, what they hold their hat on primarily (NIT titles) occurred almost exclusively after the NCAA clearly surpassed the NIT in prestige (except in the rhetoric of a handful of eastern private schools who had little NCAA success) and it was a tournament that they were one of the owners/managers of. The deck was always stacked somewhat in their favor when they were in that tourney, especially when the other NY schools who were partners in that tourney no longer played competitive hoops.

 

[zls44]

Remember when UConn got early commitments from that Coombs-McWhatsHisName and Oria-something kid?

 

[DogMania]

Now if he could only cram a couple years of classes this summer and reclassify to 2012...

 

[jrazz12]

Seriously? The only St. John's-relevant discussion that should be happening on this board is Lavin's wife v. Sofia Vergara. Everything else is irrelevant and quite frankly, preposterous.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Army used to be great at football.

St. John's isn't in the conversation with UConn - they're Providence with fonder memories.

That is a completely and totally different circumstance than anything else. Army can't be great any more because the draw of the NFL has increased so much (and players want to jump straight from college to the pros) and lineman have gotten way bigger than the service academies can take.

 

[Gurleyman]

That is a completely and totally different circumstance than anything else. Army can't be great any more because the draw of the NFL has increased so much (and players want to jump straight from college to the pros) and lineman have gotten way bigger than the service academies can take.

I think we can chalk that one up to artistic license. We could have said CCNY or Holy Cross used to be good at basketball, too - but that's not a fair comparison either. Those schools actually won national titles.

 

[NOTaDIME]

Come on man, that may be all well and good up in Syracuse, but we don't pull that **** in Storrs.

Touché

 

[UConnSwag11]

i believe bill self just offered him

 

[UConnMatt813]

Seriously? The only St. John's-relevant discussion that should be happening on this board is Lavin's wife v. Sofia Vergara. Everything else is irrelevant and quite frankly, preposterous.

Can we start this discussion????