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Message: [QUOTE="Sphinx, post: 2969281, member: 4623"] As a ray of hope, I would mention a game played in NYC on Jan. 2, 1990. Final score: St. John's 93, UConn 62. It put UConn at 10-3, but after an earlier homecourt loss to Villanova, it gave them an 0-2 start in the Big East. Calhoun had won the NIT in 1988, but after a very disappointing 1988-89 season, the debacle at St. John's had the doomsayers in loud chorus. That was the Dream Season. UConn finished 31-6 with both Big East regular season and tournament titles, a #1 NCAA seed, and an Elite Eight finish, stopped short of the Final Four only by Laettner's overtime buzzer beater. More to the point, it began the Calhoun dynasty that was to being four NC flags to the rafters of Gampel Pavilion. On the morning of January 3, 1990, there weren't too many die-hard loyalists assessing the St, John's loss and extrapolating that outcome. [/QUOTE]