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[QUOTE="huskyjawz, post: 4961646, member: 1776"]
Grew up in Trumbull.  In the 70's Fairfield U with Joey DeSantis and Fred Barakat were a bigger deal then UConn in the area.  My dad and my uncle were UConn alum.  I was a ballboy at the Schoolboy Classic at the Bridgeport JCC and got to see Corny, McKay, John Garris, Rafael Addison, John Bagley and others play.  Watching games on staticky Channel 20 and with Karl Hobbs and Corny and McKay we competed and won some games against the Cuse and Gtown, etc.  The Big East was huge then and I was hooked.  I remember watching a game Cliffy's freshman year and calling my cousin and telling him, you gotta see this guy, he is going to be a real player!  I got to campus the year after the NIT.  I think any student could get season tickets back then, and then the Dream Season happened.  It's hard to put into words how magical that year was.  Opening night at Gampel; going to my first Big East Tourney and getting to see us win our first.  I was behind the basket in the student section at the Meadowlands for the Shot, and then for the heartbreak two days later.  We were already planning on driving out to Denver....
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