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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 4949051, member: 181"] [I FORGOT THAT I WAS EDITING AND EXCEEDED THE TIME LIMITED. HERE'S THE COMPLETION OF THE ALREADY 'DISCLAIMED' OVERNIGHT RAMBLINGS] Upon such a dubious foundation, I offer the simple response that John Fanta did not start watching basketball yesterday, but that he's only obligated by the words he chose, to consider teams since 2010. I find it notable and commendable that he has responsibly framed his opinion in fully personal terms. He shows respect for his limited historical perdpective. I admire that. I'll estimate that only half of the period he is considering exists during the period when he has pursued, to increasing success, a professional commitment to watching a lot of basketball. By contrast, I began watching my first college basketball games more than six decades. I'm disinclined to brush off anything Fanta says simply in the basis of having seen more over a longer period of time. He's not claiming that he has basis to make all-time pronouncements. All things considered, I have been owed & delighted by UConn's game performance this season in unique ways. I'm deeply interest in watch what the do next, on Saturday night. I find nothing offensive or implausible in learning that someone who currently pays broad and close attention to the subject of my most passionate current leisure time interest has come to regard what he has been witnessing as being special in a way not unlike what I'm doing. As a footnote of sorts, I'll add that this is my 4th consecutive season of watching the UConn Women's team playing at least 30 games, after decades of limiting my viewing to the biggest regular season matchups and tournaments not really until semi- or quarter-final games. I've been present for unprecedented player losses due to injuries, massive lineups disruptions, the ending of various win streaks that I believe will never be equaled or exceeded again, and the challenges & drama that surround all of this. For UConn to have returned to the Final Four this season amazes enough to label it (from [I]my[/I] limited perspective) the best season of coaching I've ever seen from Geno. Maybe somebody wants to wonder if I just started watching last Monday. That's okay by me, and no backhanded slap at you. I'm richly engaged with the his year's team & season, players & coaches...and I was last year, the year before, and the year before. I've gotten great joy watching the best of the various teams and the astonishing roster of players since, I'll figure, 1995, sometimes more present than others. But this injury-plagued, National Championship drought period that began during the time of the the second wave of COVID-19 and a broadened pool of skilled players in many conferences has special meaning. [Over & out, too tired to re-read, proofread, correct, or edit, but I can't be too far off, and I hope that the worst of my errors will bring laughter to those who catch them. I definitely laughed at myself when I learned that I'd exceeded my time limit to edit] [/QUOTE]

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