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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 4350457, member: 37"] UConn had much bigger tournament losses with much better teams because of either a bad team matchup such as the loss to George Mason or a game in which an opposing player had a career game against us such as Tyus Edney in UConn’s loss to UCLA in 1995. That’s not even taking into account his end of game winning basket against Missouri in the second round which necessitated our having to play UCLA in essentially a home game for them. I still feel that was our best team ever and consider that loss an upset. Unfortunately because of that loss we had to wait four more years before our first NC. These upset situations (or difficult losses if you don’t consider that UCLA loss an upset because you don’t believe they were over seeded like I do) are what make sports so exciting. That is why the NCAA Basketball Tournament is so great. Fans want to see their lower ranked teams outplay a higher ranked opponent and the Boneyard fans are no different. We loved when our Bazz led team (7 seating) won but have trouble accepting things when the opposite situation occurs. In other words we can only accept the unexpected when it favors us. There are two major factors that have led to this moment in the current situation of college sports imo. The obvious is the desire for increased monetary accumulation. But the catalyst for this situation is the need for large numbers of fans to win at all costs. This leads to putting pressure on schools and coaches to succeed. That leads to an escalation of cheating, salary increases and facility upgrades. Whenever I observe one of our posters blaming the SEC or BIG 10 or threatening to stop watching college sports because of these events I feel strongly if we were in one of those power conferences those very same fans would be justifying the situation and extolling the benefits the situation brings to college sports. That is until we became perennial bottom feeders like the majority of teams in those conferences. [/QUOTE]

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