Cincy Loses to Canadian Team by 18

[gwhuskyfan]

Just going to leave this here...

 

[YoungFree]

Just going to leave this here...

What's the big point to run this foreign tour? And if it's a good thing, why aren't the good guys doing one?

 

[Storrs South]

It's not as bad as it sounds, they have been the most dominant program in Canada for a decade. From what I've read it sounds like they've beaten some quality programs over the years and played other schools close.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

They (Carleton) beat everyone.

 

[HawkHusky]

Carleton knocks off an NCAA-caliber team nearly every year (sometimes multiple). No shame in losing to the Canadian blue-blood.

 

[JCSuperstar]

Just going to leave this here...

Somebody should have reminded them that the 2nd game doesn't automatically make it the round of 32.

 

[Pudge]

What's the big point to run this foreign tour? And if it's a good thing, why aren't the good guys doing one?

ummmm ....

Maybe you should watch DUKE playing McGill and Concordia on the real ESPN soon. They all do these foreign trips. What is funny ... Duke isn't playing Canadian Champ Carleton; they are playing the two Montreal Universities that don't take athletics nearly as serious. And ... Carleton in Ottawa is not that far away.

 

[YoungFree]

ummmm ....

Maybe you should watch DUKE playing McGill and Concordia on the real ESPN soon. They all do these foreign trips. What is funny ... Duke isn't playing Canadian Champ Carleton; they are playing the two Montreal Universities that don't take athletics nearly as serious. And ... Carleton in Ottawa is not that far away.

I haven't heard of this before so that's why I was asking.

 

[Slasher]

What's the big point to run this foreign tour? And if it's a good thing, why aren't the good guys doing one?

You're allowed one foreign trip every four years. It's a great experience; you get ten extra practices than normally mandated, plus you can play a handful of games against competition. Plus the kids get to see the world a little.

 

[UconnU]

This isn’t really even an upset. Cincy is going to have a down year they lost too much talent.

 

[YoungFree]

You're allowed one foreign trip every four years. It's a great experience; you get ten extra practices than normally mandated, plus you can play a handful of games against competition. Plus the kids get to see the world a little.

Thanks for the info! When was the last time UConn did it?

 

[CL82]

How is this newsworthy? Well not unless some kid went off on them for 112 points. That I'd want to know.

 

[pj]

This isn’t really even an upset. Cincy is going to have a down year they lost too much talent.

But ... but ... Andy Katz has them #1 in the AAC! College basketball: Dan Hurley, UConn could make huge strides in the American Athletic Conference this season

If nothing else, this emphasizes that the conference is wide open and we have a shot to win it.

 

[YoungFree]

But ... but ... Andy Katz has them #1 in the AAC! College basketball: Dan Hurley, UConn could make huge strides in the American Athletic Conference this season

If nothing else, this emphasizes that the conference is wide open and we have a shot to win it.

Can you bottle up your optimism and send it to me? I have a second round of basic training coming up and would like to take a wiff of that every morning when I wake up.

 

[Storrs South]

Thanks for the info! When was the last time UConn did it?

I'm not sure of the last time MBB took an international trip; WBB had their trip to Italy last year. There were discussions of MBB going to Canada from this Courant piece in February 2017:

There is discussion of a foreign trip, which a team can do every four years, an excursion to Canada next summer, which could help the Huskies be better prepared for the start of the season.

Hard to determine if that was a reference to Summer 2017 or 2018; either way it never materialized. I'm guessing it was Summer 2017 and that UConn's game v. Michigan State at Ramstein airbase in Germany counted as the international trip in November 2012.

Why it never happened is a mystery on top of the other great ideas mentioned in the article like the Men's/Women's doubleheader at MSG and going back to Bridgeport during winter break, which if I remember sold out both years they did it and were well received by fans in Fairfield County.

 

[YoungFree]

I'm not sure of the last time MBB took an international trip; WBB had their trip to Italy last year. There were discussions of MBB going to Canada from this Courant piece in February 2017:

There is discussion of a foreign trip, which a team can do every four years, an excursion to Canada next summer, which could help the Huskies be better prepared for the start of the season.

Hard to determine if that was a reference to Summer 2017 or 2018; either way it never materialized. I'm guessing it was Summer 2017 and that UConn's game v. Michigan State at Ramstein airbase in Germany counted as the international trip in November 2012.

Why it never happened is a mystery on top of the other great ideas mentioned in the article like the Men's/Women's doubleheader at MSG and going back to Bridgeport during winter break, which if I remember sold out both years they did it and were well received by fans in Fairfield County.

I think this whole gambit of ideas sounds swell.

 

[Mokum]

Lets get Carleton into the AAC.

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

I'm not sure of the last time MBB took an international trip; WBB had their trip to Italy last year. There were discussions of MBB going to Canada from this Courant piece in February 2017:

There is discussion of a foreign trip, which a team can do every four years, an excursion to Canada next summer, which could help the Huskies be better prepared for the start of the season.

Hard to determine if that was a reference to Summer 2017 or 2018; either way it never materialized. I'm guessing it was Summer 2017 and that UConn's game v. Michigan State at Ramstein airbase in Germany counted as the international trip in November 2012.

Why it never happened is a mystery on top of the other great ideas mentioned in the article like the Men's/Women's doubleheader at MSG and going back to Bridgeport during winter break, which if I remember sold out both years they did it and were well received by fans in Fairfield County.

It got canceled because we literally couldn’t field a team after the transfers.

 

[6xChamps]

I'm not sure of the last time MBB took an international trip; WBB had their trip to Italy last year. There were discussions of MBB going to Canada from this Courant piece in February 2017:

There is discussion of a foreign trip, which a team can do every four years, an excursion to Canada next summer, which could help the Huskies be better prepared for the start of the season.

Hard to determine if that was a reference to Summer 2017 or 2018; either way it never materialized. I'm guessing it was Summer 2017 and that UConn's game v. Michigan State at Ramstein airbase in Germany counted as the international trip in November 2012.

Why it never happened is a mystery on top of the other great ideas mentioned in the article like the Men's/Women's doubleheader at MSG and going back to Bridgeport during winter break, which if I remember sold out both years they did it and were well received by fans in Fairfield County.

Not a team foreign tour but remember when Enoch played for Lithuania or something like that over a summer and dominated making us all think he’d be a force the next season? Good times.

 

[Wordbomar]

Not a team foreign tour but remember when Enoch played for Lithuania or something like that over a summer and dominated making us all think he’d be a force the next season? Good times.

Dominated was an understatment he was an absolute monster that summer. Guess the competition wasn’t what everyone though it was because he was same old Enoch when he returned to storrs

 

[whaler11]

Maybe this is my mind playing tricks on me - but I feel like I remember a UConn trip to Israel in the summer where the games were on TIC and I listened on the beach in Old Lyme.