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Message: [QUOTE="cwh20, post: 4955101, member: 13009"] Beautiful job recapping! 1999 - I was there and UConn beat Duke at their so called coronation. That championship will always be at the top for me. The high lasted quite a while. The congratulations from across the country from fans of other teams (especially UNC) on The Boneyard poured in. That was magical! Kemba’s 2011 championship with Lamb was awesome too. What a run! I was happy the Big East Tourney started with the top teams getting byes. I was thinking UConn would be in the NCAA field but who knows what the committee might do? Beating Seton Hall and Georgetown cemented the bid and then amazingly UConn took down #1 Pitt, Syracuse and Louisville in the next 3 days! That earned UConn a #3 seed for the tourney after being uncertain of even getting a bid. Kemba and the guys took it from there. Someone else wondered if anyone could imagine we’d be in this place. Not a chance. There were grumbles about why we were even in the Big East if we were going to be fighting to not have to play in the 8/9 game every year come tournament time. And then Calhoun! I admit I was not aware of who he was when he was hired. And then the transformation began. The state was completely behind the team that qualified for the NIT in ‘88. The Garden was rocking when Cliff Robinson, Phil Gamble and Lyman Depriest took down BC and the Colorado to win it!! And it only got better from there. And now there is a chance to go back to back winning titles while obliterating the field? WOW!!! New levels of, “Can you believe THIS??” are here!! Bring home the championship Coach Hurley and staff! Go UConn!! [/QUOTE]

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