Dishin & Swishin: A last look at the National Champions with those that cover the Huskies

[DishNSwish]

A podcast today meant for The Boneyard to enjoy!!!

So today on Dishin & Swishin, we put a bow on the NCAA season, and celebrate the national champion Connecticut Huskies, with three of the “UConn horde” as they are affectionately known, the large contingent of print media that covers UConn for their respective newspapers.

Carl Adamec of the Manchester Jounral Inquirer is the “Dean of UConn writers” having covered the Huskies since 1989, longer than Gampel Pavilion has been in existence. Adamec has been to every NCAA tournament game coached by Auriemma and Dailey.

Rich Elliott of the Connecticut Post has “only” been covering UConn full-time since the 2002 championship season. Not a bad gig when the first team you cover full-time is considered the best of all-time, with Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Asjha Jones, Tamika Williams and Diana Taurasi.

Roger Cleaveland of the Republican-American completes our Huskies roundtable for the week. He covered some games in 1995 and attended every Final Four since 1996.

Together, the contingent has seen more championships hoisted and top draft choices run fast breaks than just about anyone, so who better to frame the 2013 UConn Huskies in a historical context?

From the emergence of Stewart, the “what-its” about Baylor, to where does this team stand among Auriemma’s championship teams, it is a great discussion to wrap up the college season.

http://ncaa.hoopfeed.com/?p=376

 

[DishNSwish]

And of course if you ever wanted to know what Carl, Rich and Roger SOUND like, after reading their stuff all this time, here's your chance!

 

[LesMis89]

Great stuff. Geno musing about changing the criteria for the Wall of Honor. KML's nickname for Kelly. I love it!!

Thanks.

 

[DishNSwish]

Thanks! It was a lot of fun to do this one.

 

[Wbbfan1]

Great Job as usual. I know you've said that sometimes you have difficulty getting access to UConn players, but perhaps you can get Kelly, Caroline and Heather. It would be interesting to hear about their experiences and what their future plans are. Kelly & Caroline might be ideal coaching candidates in the future.

 

[pap49cba]

Great podcast David. Really have enjoyed your episodes all year long. The stuff about The Wall was interesting.

 

[Icebear]

Super job.

 

[hoopsdiva]

Loved it.

 

[UcMiami]

Great job with this and all year long. Thanks.

 

[RadyLady]

wonderful! thanks!

 

[Nostical]

http://media.bloomberg.com/bb/avfile/vpRIKbltuBog.mp3

This is interesting too. It's a discussion about Women's Basketball Revenues and the effect of the National Championship on UConn's bottom line.

 

[DishNSwish]

Thanks for all the kind words everybody! It was a lot of fun doing this one, as you can imagine.

I'm still trying to grasp the full concept that having started as a fan and going to games with my family, covered a national championship team as media.

It's been a blast this season.

Now on to the WNBA draft on Monday and the Connecticut Sun!