It must be tough being a cuse fan

[kyle]

They'll be nursing their hangovers with some ray allen highlights on ESPN tomorrow. The fun never stops.

 

[Scoe]

4>Melo

 

[otp85]

These posts are pointless. As many have mentioned we have 4 and they have 1. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. They them say and do what they want, they have to because they don't have what we do. Everything you stoop to their level just legitimized them more.

 

[Pudge]

If you're really up for a good schadenfreude, look back at their board from when we were making our tourney run.

I like correct usage of schadenfreude.


But ... it's more than Cuse. It is Villanova. Pittsburgh. Georgetown. Even PC. They'd have to feel that they were right there with us for most of the last 15 years ... and then we AJ FOYT them.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I enjoy the Cuse people constant ramblings about how UCONN's path in 2011 was "the easiest ever".

Well I mean come on, it's not like we had to go against powerhouse Dayton

 

[Scoe]

Well I mean come on, it's not like we had to go against powerhouse Dayton

I rewatched some tournament games and St. Joes passed the eyeball test to me, Dayton didn't even play that well against Cuse.

 

[intlzncster]

Perhaps we caught a break or two, particularly with only having to bring our home whites to the Final Four as a 3 seed. However, when we faced a couple of virtual road games in Anaheim against SDSU and Arizona, it didn't feel easy going in. And when Arizona took Duke behind the woodshed in the second half and did stuff to them which you can only speak of in hushed tones, we weren't exactly all here saying "Wow, what a break! Easy Street from here." The tone was closer to "I'd rather play Duke."

And Arizona was the second best team in that tournament, Kansas be damned.

 

[intlzncster]

These posts are pointless. As many have mentioned we have 4 and they have 1. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. They them say and do what they want, they have to because they don't have what we do. Everything you stoop to their level just legitimized them more.

But it's fun...

 

[CL82]

I rewatched some tournament games and St. Joes passed the eyeball test to me, Dayton didn't even play that well against Cuse.

Agreed. They were a classic senior led team that could have made a nice little run. Regardless, you have to win 6 and I think I saw a few familiar names on the jerseys of the teams that we beat. Beating a 1, 2, 3 and 4 seed and the pre-season favorite seems like a pretty sweet run to me.

 

[elduderino]

Wait this kid in in college, at Cuse now?

HAHAHAHAHAHA wow... internet Cuse fans never fail.

Here he was last night, at 1:30 on a Friday, on a UConn internet forum, talking , probably drunk and alone.
Meanwhile, I'd say around the same time last night/this morning I was passed out after going out and getting my d-ck wet.

But then again, would you bother going out chasing whatever is waddling around Syracuse NY?

Nope, not still at 'Cuse, and certainly never an honors student as someone suggested. Yes however drunk and alone, the GF was away for the night so I got after the Ketel with abandon. In my defense, it was only like 10 o'clock here... Bit surprised Fishy doesn't think I'll be around long here though. From a guy that enjoys pot-stirring as much as him, he may be underestimating the power of not caring too much what other people think of your opinion. As long as this board has uconnball info, and I have to figure out how to kill a work week, I'll attempt to be around. That said, an apology is probably in order, not so much to UcannUrstillab*tch, but just generally so as not to come off as needlessly rude or disrespectful to the board. Pretty amazed how popular the thread grew over the weekend!

 

[UconnU]

What cuse(and other cbb) fans fail to realize is there's a reason for our success. Its leadership we do a better job at grooming leaders than any other program in the country. It may not always lead to championship but it certainly leads to post season success. Kea, caron, ricky, taliek, aj, kemba, bazz none of them showed up as natural leaders. Uconn made them leaders. When I was listening to the pentagon leadership conf the other day with all those d1 coaches and heard izzo basically say those floor leaders are once in a lifetime players I laughed... he doesnt get it. Leaders typically arent born... they are made. And that is the toughest thing to do.. to make a leader out of a cocky 18-21 year old kid.

 

[sdhusky]

What cuse(and other cbb) fans fail to realize is there's a reason for our success. Its leadership we do a better job at grooming leaders than any other program in the country. It may not always lead to championship but it certainly leads to post season success. Kea, caron, ricky, taliek, aj, kemba, bazz none of them showed up as natural leaders. Uconn made them leaders. When I was listening to the pentagon leadership conf the other day with all those d1 coaches and heard izzo basically say those floor leaders are once in a lifetime players I laughed... he doesnt get it. Leaders typically arent born... they are made. And that is the toughest thing to do.. to make a leader out of a cocky 18-21 year old kid.

You should really offer to consult for Izzo. I'm sure he could benefit from your wisdom.

SU is 54-37 all time vs. UCONN.

SU is 37-33 since the BE started & 8-6 in BET games.

Calhoun is .500 against SU. Exactly 27-27

Ollie is 1-0 vs SU and is tied with them with 1 National Championship.

Pretty remarkable how even it is until the NCAA tourney starts.

 

[otp85]

You should really offer to consult for Izzo. I'm sure he could benefit from your wisdom.

SU is 54-37 all time vs. UCONN.

SU is 37-33 since the BE started & 8-6 in BET games.

Calhoun is .500 against SU. Exactly 27-27

Ollie is 1-0 vs SU and is tied with them with 1 National Championship.

Pretty remarkable how even it is until the NCAA tourney starts.

Only numbers that matter are 4 and 1

 

[sdhusky]

Only numbers that matter are 4 and 1

Not really.

They matter more than anything else.

But don't tell Calhoun it didn't matter to lose 27 times to syracuse. Or lose in 6 OT game.

 

[Bayareahusky]

The Big East provided an incredible vehicle for its members to showcase their basketball programs..... Most teams made the most of it..... especially Uconn of course with all the NCAA titles.... it certainly elevated Georgetown, Villanova..... it brought PC to a Final 4, and Seton Hall to within a questionable late call of a championship.....

It helped Syracuse as well. But it should have provided much more of a tailwind for them, given the headstart it had on every other team in the conference. Even when the Carrier Dome was built, Syracuse already was featuring the "Louie and Bouie Show" of Louie Orr and Roosevelt Bouie.... they were regionally dominant. I still cannot believe that the program didn't win more in all their years being featured as the darlings of the Big East.

Boeheim deserves credit for lifting the program from what it was to what it has become. But I think history will show that he built the Syracuse basketball program into a very good and solid, yet not great program.

And now to have to be the 3rd guy in to break up the dance in terms of sharing/starting the Duke/UNC rivalry being built up by the ACC conference..... Too bad rivalries have taken a back seat to the money-driven conference alignment.

 

[alexd]

While we're on the topic, Cuse's top 2014 recruit, Chris McCullough, still doesn't have a qualifying SAT score.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

While we're on the topic, Cuse's top 2014 recruit, Chris McCullough, still doesn't have a qualifying SAT score.

What was the story behind him being expelled from Brewster Academy? I think it's hilarious how much of a non-story that was among Cuse fans. "Nothing to see here, we're too busy taking shots at kids at other schools."

 

[Wonkster]

... Kea, caron, ricky, taliek, aj, kemba, bazz none of them showed up as natural leaders ...

KeA made it evident he was a leader on his freakin' official visit to Storrs. Bone up on your Husky facts, man.

 

[Husky1964]

Right on Wonk!!!! KEA RAN the scrimmage on his official visit, and later questioned JC if he was being brought in to back up Ricky Moore. NOT.

 

[UconnU]

KeAanade itt evident he was a leader on his freakin' official visit to Storrs. Bone up on your Husky facts, man.

You win. Ill admit I shouldnt have used him as an example or rm... im 29 I was too young to remember early in their time in the program. It doesnt discount my point but I shouldnt have used them as an example. I believe research suggests 70 percent of leaders are made 30 percent are born...

 

[Adios]

Don't worry about them, delusion is a powerful sedative

Ain't that the sad truth.

I still have no idea how Syracuse exists.

 

[UCHuskies08]

Not really.

They matter more than anything else.

But don't tell Calhoun it didn't matter to lose 27 times to syracuse. Or lose in 6 OT game.

Really?

 

[otp85]

Not really.

They matter more than anything else.

But don't tell Calhoun it didn't matter to lose 27 times to syracuse. Or lose in 6 OT game.

Really.

All those fancy numbers and stats you posted had to be searched for and copied and pasted. We all know 4 and 1 off the top of our heads. Championships sir.

And the 6 OT was amazing regardless of outcome.

 

[intlzncster]

Ain't that the sad truth.

I still have no idea how Syracuse exists.

ESPN. It was a grand plan from the start. Savvy.

 

[intlzncster]

Really.

All those fancy numbers and stats you posted had to be searched for and copied and pasted. We all know 4 and 1 off the top of our heads. Championships sir.

And the 6 OT was amazing regardless of outcome.

I think they DO matter, though in a slightly different context. The relatively even play over the years lead to a rivalry. And then in the NCAAs, where the real accounting is performed, UCONN absolutely crushed them. The regular season legitimized Syracuse, and the NCAA tournament sunk them in comparison to UCONN>