Happy 3/29/99 anniversary

[ucp990411]

What a night it was!

 

[Deepster]

24 years ago today, we shocked the world.

 

[Marat]

I remember it like yesterday !

I never expected UConn to climb to the top of the mountain after suffering thru those disappointments in the 90s .

 

[whosurdaddy2720]

Proud of how far we've come but praying the script isn't flipped on us this weekend....



Doomed.

 

[Frank06830]

I remember it like yesterday !

I never expected UConn to climb to the top of the mountain after suffering thru those disappointments in the 90s .

I remember it like yesterday !

I never expected UConn to climb to the top of the mountain after suffering thru those disappointments in the 90s .

Proud of how far we've come but praying the script isn't flipped on us this weekend....



Doomed.

I remember walking out of the Mississippi State loss i Rupp arena thinking that was the closest we would ever come to going to FF. Big Red walking out with assured me better days were to come. Never forget that. Boy was he right

 

[Ha Who]

I’ll never forget missing the game for a stupid concert

The Rolling Stones Setlist at Hartford Civic Center, Hartford

Get the The Rolling Stones Setlist of the concert at Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT, USA on March 29, 1999 from the No Security Tour and other The Rolling Stones Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

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[coachn]

Went to game in 1999 with wife after driving up from vacation in Naples. Sat next to the Duke Crazys. What fun.

 

[Chonky]

Best birthday present ever (yes my bday is today).

Was living in Boston at the time. Planned a weekend trip to DC to golf with some buddies way ahead of the Final Four.

Was in the air during the game. Soon to be wife was at home taping the game on the VCR. Walked through TF Green probably right around the end of the game. Sports bar was packed and people were rowdy. Walked by terrified with hands over ears and looking at the ground.

Got back to the apartment unscathed. She comes out of the bedroom. Didn’t say a word…….but the wide ass grin she couldn’t keep hidden gave it away. Watched the game in complete suspense but always had an inkling in the back of my mind that we had won.

I have never let her live it down. She’s “allowing” me to fly to Houston to see it this year. That’s her atonement i guess.

 

[QuickDraw]

I remember this as the day I thought may never come and then the windfall. Now it feels like ships are fairly regular and yet soo special.
God I hope we get #5 this week

 

[August_West]

Next year I'm sure there will be a 25 year reunion celebration during the season. I think we should go big and schedule it for the 2024 Final Four instead of Gampel.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Best birthday present ever (yes my bday is today).

Was living in Boston at the time. Planned a weekend trip to DC to golf with some buddies way ahead of the Final Four.

Was in the air during the game. Soon to be wife was at home taping the game on the VCR. Walked through TF Green probably right around the end of the game. Sports bar was packed and people were rowdy. Walked by terrified with hands over ears and looking at the ground.

Got back to the apartment unscathed. She comes out of the bedroom. Didn’t say a word…….but the wide ass grin she couldn’t keep hidden gave it away. Watched the game in complete suspense but always had an inkling in the back of my mind that we had won.

I have never let her live it down. She’s “allowing” me to fly to Houston to see it this year. That’s her atonement i guess.

Happy Birthday!

 

[AreBee1969]

I was living in Boston and remember what seemed like the longest work day of my life. I vividly recall being incensed by the pregame interview with Christian Laettner where he said he hoped UCONN could keep the game competitive.

When I called my mom on Tuesday morning, she said she shut off the TV when it was 7-2 Duke. She couldn't handle the stress.

Rushing the floor of MSG in 1988, I thought I was experiencing the pinnacle of UCONN hoops.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Next year I'm sure there will be a 25 year reunion celebration during the season. I think we should go big and schedule it for the 2024 Final Four instead of Gampel.

A-Dub,

We have a 25, a 20 and a 10 due up next year.

 

[August_West]

A-Dub,

We have a 25, a 20 and a 10 due up next year.

4 at the final four!

 

[Deepster]

4 at the final four!

We can cover ourselves in velvet robes and gorge on salted cured meats, guzzling wine like the days of Caligula.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Sounds good to me. We just need a much younger version of Helen Mirren

 

[metsfan2323]

I’ll never forget missing the game for a stupid concert

The Rolling Stones Setlist at Hartford Civic Center, Hartford

Get the The Rolling Stones Setlist of the concert at Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT, USA on March 29, 1999 from the No Security Tour and other The Rolling Stones Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

www.setlist.fm

I missed the 1988 NIT championship for a Michael Jackson concert at the Civic Center. I remember catching the end of the game on the radio driving home.

 

[ucp990411]

A-Dub,

We have a 25, a 20 and a 10 due up next year.

And a one

 

[UCTitleTown]

I was in China in 1999 for work and completely disconnected from basketball for the entire NCAA Tournament. I was coming back in early April through Tokyo and grabbed a USA Today newspaper at the airport. On the front it said UConn was playing in the national championship. To say as a UConn fan since about 1980 that I was shocked and pumped would be quite the understatement. I was so happy to get back in time to watch that title game.

 

[F101Voodoo]

That was a night to remember. I .locked the VCR tape of that game in the safe to keep it safe. To top it off my wife won the office pool ( my place of work) so I was threatened not to “let” her fill any more pool sheets out. The guys in my office said that the reason women sometimes win is because they don’t know “ anything” about basketball. Those guys must be right since the
lady Huskies on.y won more than twice as many titles.