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

[Palatine]

I thought it was OOF!

 

[cullaville]

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.

and on the train into NYC UCONN HUSKIES

 

[Mike Honcho]

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.

Good lord.

 

[WrenchFan69]

I don't care if it's the best, it's certainly my favorite. Go dogs

 

[CL82]

It's not an homage to Klaatu?

No, but I may go with that explanation the next time anyone else asks.

 

[John]

Big red may have done the chat and 1982, but it was already well established when I was in school in the late 70s.

could be my faulty memory, but we had season tickets in the 70s (field house and HCC) and I don't remember that cheer at all.

 

[CL82]

could be my faulty memory, but we had season tickets in the 70s (field house and HCC) and I don't remember that cheer at all.

I do. I also remember opposing teams yelling U S U C K, You suck, You suck, You suck, so I suspect it's been around a long time.

 

[Deepster]

could be my faulty memory, but we had season tickets in the 70s (field house and HCC) and I don't remember that cheer at all.

It's not. You're spot on.

 

[CL82]

 

[Mr. French]

Good lord.

My wife calls me a refrigerator with a head.

 

[Dutch Boyd]

Even our “lets go Huskies” live or on tv is pretty impressive as well.

 

[uconnblueinky]

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.

Maybe it's time for redemption ?
Grab the lights , friend, you know what to do .

 

[controlfade]

The Jets and UConn chant are the same exact chant. The extra letter doesn’t make a bit of difference. Spell it then say it three times.

and the Jets chant started in the 70's. im not saying we stole it but def is not original

i do enjoy hearing it though in arenas

 

[Deepster]

and the Jets chant started in the 70's. im not saying we stole it but def is not original

i do enjoy hearing it though in arenas

To say it’s not the same is like saying “Let’s go Hus-kies clap clap clapclapclap” isn’t the same as “Let’s go Yan-kees clap clap clapclapclap” is different because of the first syllable.

 

[controlfade]

To say it’s not the same is like saying “Let’s go Hus-kies clap clap clapclapclap” isn’t the same as “Let’s go Yan-kees clap clap clapclapclap” is different because of the first syllable.

they are exactly the same

 

[CL82]

To say it’s not the same is like saying “Let’s go Hus-kies clap clap clapclapclap” isn’t the same as “Let’s go Yan-kees clap clap clapclapclap” is different because of the first syllable.

And in kindergarten when my teacher first started, teaching spelling, she was clearly ripping off the Jets because the Jets invented spelling. Am I right? 😂

 

[Deepster]

And in kindergarten when my teacher first started, teaching spelling, she was clearly ripping off the Jets because the Jets invented spelling. Am I right? 😂

I don’t know where you’re getting this weird spelling angle. But you do you.

 

[CL82]

I don’t know where you’re getting this weird spelling angle. But you do you.

No, I totally agree with you, the Jets invented spelling, so anyone who spell something must've ripped off the Jets. It makes perfect sense to me. 🙄

 

[FreeKlaiber]

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).”

If not the first, one of the first Big Red lead was during dream season 89 at Civic Center when we beat Georgetown when they were number 1. It was a weapon that year because it was organic, and by that game students were starting to call on him to deliver during timeouts. I still remember where Big Red was sitting, and how it got the crowd to next level

 

[controlfade]

The Jets chant started in the 70’s and some say the 60’s.

No, I totally agree with you, the Jets invented spelling, so anyone who spell something must've ripped off the Jets. It makes perfect sense to me. 🙄

 

[huskyjawz]

If not the first, one of the first Big Red lead was during dream season 89 at Civic Center when we beat Georgetown when they were number 1. It was a weapon that year because it was organic, and by that game students were starting to call on him to deliver during timeouts. I still remember where Big Red was sitting, and how it got the crowd to next level

That was a great part of it, when the chant for Red preceded his thing. I don't ever hear that anymore.

 

[Huskyforlife]

There’s no way to objectively quantify which fan chant is better (loudest recorded decibels?). But this actually made me realize I don’t know what chants other programs use, does anyone have examples?