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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 5062294, member: 153"] I've been watching since the 1970s and this is my favorite game PERIOD outside of the National Championships. The program was in a deep dark hole prior to this game. We were left behind by the ACC. We were suddenly conference mates with really weird schools. Calhoun was gone. We were banned for a metric which didn't even exist the year it was used against us (a metric which is laughable now in the world of transfer-craziness). The previous year, the Big East coaches decided to toss us out of the Big East tournament. We weren't recruiting well. Absolutely everything was against the program and the players. When Michigan State clawed back from an early deficit and went into halftime looking good, Charles was talking about how they were going to blow the doors off of UConn in the second half. Michigan State were a veteran team, Magic Johnson was in the audience, as were all the head honchos of the B1G. When MSU grabbed a 33-23 lead at the 16 minute mark of the 2nd half, the announcers started talking about golf. And then it was Shabazz-time. He went off. UConn went on a 26-6 run capped off with a Boatright 3. The UConn fans were going bonkers when he hit that 3. MSG was louder than it's ever been. Izzo was shown grimacing like he was tied to the tracks in front of a runaway freight train. The Ancient Greeks invented the word catharsis to describe a clearing of emotion after many traumatic moments. This was the most cathartic moment in program history as all UConn fans and the team let loose with their emotions and Michigan St. and Charles in the studio didn't know what had hit them. [/QUOTE]

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