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Is the U C O N N chant the best in college basketball?

The UConn and Jet chants are similar on the surface - both spell the name and say it 3x.

But the UConn chant, the moment in the game, the tradition behind it with Big Red make it infinitely better. The fact that we bring it wherever we play is also awesome.
 
Only tangentially related but many years ago I lived in the downstairs apartment of a house in downtown Danbury near the hospital. UConn was good that year and I took christmas lights and strung them to read UCONN in huge letters in the front windows of my porch. A local newspaper reporter saw it and took a picture and included it in the paper as part of a lead up to a big game they had coming up. Standing in front of the lights and even from the street they clearly read UCONN but in the picture in the paper it looked like UCOON for some reason. A friend called me and told me to check the paper. I was absolutely mortified and took them down.
Anyway, U C O N N UCONN, UCONN, UCONN! is the best chant for so many reasons including the obvious connection to a beloved team fan and because you know if you hear that the team is cooking.
 
Tyler2Rings said:
The UConn!...Huskies! chant is fine. It works during quiet moments of the game if the band isn't playing. But I can't stand it when someone starts it as our guys are getting ready for FTs.
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Reminds me of orientation
 
ETSA said:
The vowel sounds make a big difference. Jets vs. UCONN. Just an "eh" vs. "OOO" "OHH" and "AHH"
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Nope. Agree to disagree. And the Jets did it first.
 
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CL82 said:
Lol I love that you're gonna die on this hill Deepster.

Besides the extra letter, the two chance are completely different cadences. I think in the past, we've also established that the UCONN champ is actually older than the Jets chant.
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Nope. Jets chant started in the 70s. Big Red did the UConn chant in 1982.
 
Deepster said:
Nope. Jets chant started in the 70s. Big Red did the UConn chant in 1982.
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Big red may have done the chat in 1982, but it was already well established when I was in school in the late 70s.
 
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Kenny11 said:
It’s amazing. Almost as amazing as…the rest is still Unwritten
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Did they stop playing Party up and Ante up at PeoplesBank Arena or have I been too casual to notice?
 
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CL82 said:
Big red may have done the chat and 1982, but it was already well established when I was in school in the late 70s.
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Prove it.

“According to the “official” history on UConn’s athletics site, that chant tradition “began in the late ’80s after Big Red felt that UConn spirit needed some extra support in leading their chants.

UConn Magazine (University publication) also places the origin in the early 1980s and describes Emery launching the chant because the cheerleaders’ prompts weren’t getting a response.

UConn’s official athletics site, however, describes the tradition as beginning in the late ’80s, so there’s a discrepancy between the university’s short official history and multiple long-form profiles of Emery (the 1982 date is the one most secondary sources attribute to him).”
 
Deepster said:
Prove it.

“According to the “official” history on UConn’s athletics site, that chant tradition “began in the late ’80s after Big Red felt that UConn spirit needed some extra support in leading their chants.

UConn Magazine (University publication) also places the origin in the early 1980s and describes Emery launching the chant because the cheerleaders’ prompts weren’t getting a response.

UConn’s official athletics site, however, describes the tradition as beginning in the late ’80s, so there’s a discrepancy between the university’s short official history and multiple long-form profiles of Emery (the 1982 date is the one most secondary sources attribute to him).”
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I was was at school and I was doing that cheer so that's a firsthand witness. There's your proof. But if you want to get back up to that, ask Tom whether he made up the chair or whether he just got up and did an existing cheer.

It kind of cracks me up, though, that you think the Jets invented spelling. They didn't.
 
EricLA said:
No. The women's games have the dumbest and most annoying chant ever.

UCONN... HUSKIES
UCONN... HUSKIES
HUSKIES... UCONN
U

I'm not sure where this came from but most of the time they don't get it right, it's supposed to be one side shouting UCONN and the other side answering HUSKIES, but most people don't get it, it's never that loud, and is just a weak ass attempt at a chant.

Usually it's started by one fan in the entire stadium and if you are lucky, many join in quickly. I think the U...C...O...N...N.... UCONN UCONN UCONN chant is is often started by the band or the cheerleaders so there's generally a larger contingent right out the gate.
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I'm with you, I don't know what it is about that chant, but can't stand it
 
CL82 said:
The U...C...O...N...N... chant is best to used during games, particularly after a big play and an opponent timeout.

The UCONN... HUSKIES chant is best to used when entering or leaving the arena. It's more of a greeting or acknowledgment of fans.

Just my opinion.
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This is perfect. No notes. The exact right way to be done. I commend you sir.
 
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ATLDYKA said:
I'm with you, I don't know what it is about that chant, but can't stand it
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it's not the greatest call and response chant, but it's better than nothing. Having been to many games with the Tar heels and Duke, tar heels having their "tar....heels...tar...heels" and duke fans respond with...uh...nothing or "lets go duke" at best.

So it fills a gap in the chant repretoire that we're better with, than without.
 
CL82 said:
I was was at school and I was doing that cheer so that's a firsthand witness. There's your proof. But if you want to get back up to that, ask Tom whether he made up the chair or whether he just got up and did an existing cheer.

It kind of cracks me up, though, that you think the Jets invented spelling. They didn't.
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What's the 82 in your handle all about? 🤔
 
EricLA said:
No. The women's games have the dumbest and most annoying chant ever.

UCONN... HUSKIES
UCONN... HUSKIES
HUSKIES... UCONN
U

I'm not sure where this came from but most of the time they don't get it right, it's supposed to be one side shouting UCONN and the other side answering HUSKIES, but most people don't get it, it's never that loud, and is just a weak ass attempt at a chant.

Usually it's started by one fan in the entire stadium and if you are lucky, many join in quickly. I think the U...C...O...N...N.... UCONN UCONN UCONN chant is is often started by the band or the cheerleaders so there's generally a larger contingent right out the gate.
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Are you new to UConn?
 
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CL82 said:
I was was at school and I was doing that cheer so that's a firsthand witness. There's your proof. But if you want to get back up to that, ask Tom whether he made up the chair or whether he just got up and did an existing cheer.

It kind of cracks me up, though, that you think the Jets invented spelling. They didn't.
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Okay. Because you said so. 👍🏻
 
EricLA said:
No. The women's games have the dumbest and most annoying chant ever.

UCONN... HUSKIES
UCONN... HUSKIES
HUSKIES... UCONN
U

I'm not sure where this came from but most of the time they don't get it right, it's supposed to be one side shouting UCONN and the other side answering HUSKIES, but most people don't get it, it's never that loud, and is just a weak ass attempt at a chant.

Usually it's started by one fan in the entire stadium and if you are lucky, many join in quickly. I think the U...C...O...N...N.... UCONN UCONN UCONN chant is is often started by the band or the cheerleaders so there's generally a larger contingent right out the gate.
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The ending is not 'U' or 'WOO', it's supposed to be 'WOOF'.
Not that that makes it much better. More of an identification than a fight chant.
 
I remember reading this down there and finally found it. Thank you, internet.
Tampa Bay Times on the Sunday after beating Ohio State in the semis, 3/28/1999:

Here's a look into the stat sheet and way beyond for the highlights and lowlights from Game 1: WORST STREAK Pity poor Ohio State coach Jim O'Brien, who has lost 19 straight games against UConn coach Jim Calhoun. Calhoun's explanation: "When he's had good teams, we've had great teams." O'Brien has nothing to be ashamed of. He engineered one of the best turnarounds in college basketball history, taking to the Final Four a team that was 8-22 a year ago. BEST PLAYER IN GAME 1 UConn forward Richard Hamilton, who led the Huskies with 24 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the floor. Hamilton can score outside or in transition or just put it on the floor and create a shot.

And he does it in the clutch. WORST BODY ON A GUARD UConn's pudgy 5-foot-10, 203-pound Khalid ElAmin, who was described by one coach as a refrigerator with a head. Let it be said that El-Amin is a valuable appliance for the Huskies, as evidenced by his 18 points, 6 assists and 3 steals. WORST DISH The corn dogs for $3.50 at Tropicana. Needed more mustard than El-Amin.

BEST REJECTION Ohio State center Ken Johnson sent a shot attempt by Edmund Saunders into the expensive seats with 1.1 seconds left in the first half. The block enabled the Buckeyes to go to the locker room trailing by just 36-35. BEST CHEER U-C-O-N-N! UConn! UConn! UConn! WORST LINE UConn's Jake Voskuhl had two points, five rebounds and five fouls in 19 minutes. Jake the Rake picked up two fouls in a 20-second span of the second half and fouled out with 1:24 left. WORST SEATS Section 321, Row A.
 
microfich said:
The ending is not 'U' or 'WOO', it's supposed to be 'WOOF'.
Not that that makes it much better. More of an identification than a fight chant.
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