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Message: [QUOTE="Dokey, post: 3650426, member: 9636"] Many years ago I mentioned my love of women’s sports and how I coached fast pitch pitchers to a fellow bookseller at a mystery convention where we were both exhibiting. He told me he had season tickets behind the team bench at UConn games. He was a little gnome of a guy, gone now, but I took his advice and caught my first UConn game On tv. It was more 20-25 years ago. I took my own daughter to Colorado games during the Ceal Barry years when the Buffs played NCAA home court tourney games to packed houses. Ranked No. 2 in nation, everyone was looking forward to Colorado vs UConn in championship game but they were upset. so UConn was on my radar. As the years rolled by and UConn came to have every game televised, thanks to the explosion in cable and satellite tv, I became a bigger fan as Colorado lost its own winning ways. The men’s game never appealed. Watching giants play a game designed for scrawny junior high kids held no interest. Dunks were a snore. Watching women pass and cut and play defense was more my game. But the main reason I focused on UConn is because I love excellence. [/QUOTE]