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It's been a month. Enjoying the championship?

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Still up and hard. Only '99 was more satisfying for me. But this one, the way we did it curb-stomping every opponent, finally gave us unanimous Hoops World OG street cred. A walk-on Danny H. spiking was the perfect metaphor.

Downside...I have to listen to my wife tell everyone at get-togethers how I wore the same t-shirt for three weeks without washing it. Embarrassing but worth it.
 
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CL82 said:
Yep. Just today I got a call from someone I don't really know all that well who mentioned it and congratulated me.

Last week I was in a board meeting where the board president said "I'm a Villanova grad and we are good basketball school…[Insert some vaguely related point on teamwork or something]"

I said "I agree with ______ and I am a UConn grad and we're a better basketball school" and got a chorus of "Ohhhhhhh!" from the rest of the board members.
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Are you still on that board?:)
 
Enjoying it very much, especially with my daily coffee...

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I can't sleep at night. Everybody is leaving, Hurley can't land any decent transfers in the portal, Castle is leaving as a lottery pick next year..... what are we going to do? The pain, the agony, I'm dying here...

Doomed
















:cool:
 
Hell yeah it’s a high a will never come down from. Traffic isn’t as stressful for me.
 
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Sick Puppy said:
Still up and hard. Only '99 was more satisfying for me. But this one, the way we did it curb-stomping every opponent, finally gave us unanimous Hoops World OG street cred. A walk-on Danny H. spiking was the perfect metaphor.

Downside...I have to listen to my wife tell everyone at get-togethers how I wore the same t-shirt for three weeks without washing it. Embarrassing but worth it.
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Psssh, it worked though, didn't it? Nothing to be embarrassed about there.
 
Sometimes I still can't believe it. Very proud. I have been watching highlights for months now. We have been on a crazy rollercoaster - both in terms of program trajectory and regular season ups and downs.
 
I try to celebrate daily but then I think "why couldn't we have had a more viable path, all of our championships we've lucked into, the fix was in just like every other year, what a pity. "

In all seriousness, we are blessed. It was my first time going to one of our Final Fours and I had an incredible experience and even got a picture with Danny.

It was a magical season and it was a total TEAM effort and when it mattered we used our Defensive identity. The way we always win, through Defense.

Offensively I think it's the prettiest basketball we've ever played. So many assists.

The guys love each other and love us. In Houston they could not have been more gracious. I ran into Sanogo and he had his hands full getting off of the bus, and he had his hands full. I didn't want to try to fist bump him with his hands full, and he looked at me and offered me an unsolicited elbow bump.

They had a quiet confidence with great leaders by example and hustle with Adama and AJax.

I could go on and on with more stories from the trip. Such a wonderful ride. Whenever I get a little stressed at work just remember the ride this year and the tourney, Houston, and all is better. Thank you Danny and Benedict.
 
willie99 said:
a calculator? are you an accountant?

Love the cup
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I purchase and operate real estate portfolios. Luckily, most of it isn’t beyond 6th grade math, hence a calculator from 1995.
 
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Reflecting back, I now have a warm love for the city of Albany.

It was my first time seeing UConn in the tournament and everyone and everywhere within the city was cool.
 
I've watched elite 8 final four and natty 4-5x each. If I'm working around the house, I'll just play it in the background. It's better than music
 
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all day every day. it’s been since 2014 and ppl forgot about them. and gentleman like doug gottlieb still come out to talk trash. i love it!
 
Somehow I found myself deep in StorrsSouth’s YouTube channel last night watching game highlights from 2017 through the 2019-2020 season. Decided to scroll back through the forum and follow along in some of the posts from then (was a BY lurker for a good while before making an account last year)

Man those were painful times. I started being a fan around 2010-2011, so I wasn’t used to anything except tournaments with a blip here and there. Nothing like that where losing was expected and winning was a pleasant surprise. Almost stopped watching entirely, but at the expense of my blood pressure and emotional health I kept watching the games. And right when things started getting good, Covid shut down the world. I truly think UConn could have made a run in the AAC tournament that year. They were figuring it out at the right time. Not surprising they returned to the tournament the next year

Then I watched the video of the full season highlights of last year. Compare that gameplay to gameplay from 5 years ago. Night and day

So hell yeah I’m still enjoying the championship, and I’m going to enjoy it every damn month for the rest of my life
 
I’m at Disney this week with the family…wore
my Big Red Appreciation T shirt the first day at Magic Kingdom….pretty sure I saw someone with a Miami hat read my shirt and then just look down at the ground. AND THEN…….went on the Tron ride where the theme was victory for the blue team over the orange team….and then saw this sign yesterday at Epcot. So many signs for the Good Guys
 

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