It's not fair

[willie99]

We're too good, I kinda feel bad for other fanbases, all optimistic and stuff before the game. Then they tip off, and our coaches and our team and our fans take over

We are arrogant and spoiled

 

[Rocktheworld]

I was thinking watching this game “yeah, I’d hate us too if I wasn’t us” especially these poor B1G fans

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Dooooooooooooomed

 

[alexd]

Life isn't fair.

 

[cellocgg]

Oh man, the poor little B1G and ACC schools, I feel so bad for them and their fans

 

[Chin Diesel]

Friday night liquid courage.

Proof, we as a proper society, are not yet extinct.

 

[Stasher599]

Was just thinking about how much talent we have and this team. Let me be the first to say enjoy the run with this team. I can see us losing a handful of players to the NBA very soon. We might end up with 2 one and done’s.

 

[nomar]

You can only imagine how badly Underwood and Illini fans wanted revenge. Better luck next time!

 

[alphasigko]

Oh man, the poor little B1G and ACC schools, I feel so bad for them and their fans

Not so much, if at all!

 

[businesslawyer]

Eh. The only thing really unfair is where Illinois has played the last two “neutral’ games against us. We used to mock Duke and UNC for getting those type of “neutral” games.

 

[CL82]

Eh. The only thing really unfair is where Illinois has played the last two “neutral’ games against us. We used to mock Duke and UNC for getting those type of “neutral” games.

At least we play them in a different state.

 

[Hoophound]

They didn’t need to take the game if they didn’t want to play us in NYC. We always had to play actual NCAA tourney games in North Carolina. Thats a different ball of wax.

 

[NJHoops]

Eh. The only thing really unfair is where Illinois has played the last two “neutral’ games against us. We used to mock Duke and UNC for getting those type of “neutral” games.

This game wasn’t scheduled as a “neutral.” UConn plays them in Chicago next year as part of the two-year deal.

 

[CL82]

This game wasn’t scheduled as a “neutral.” UConn plays them in Chicago next year as part of the two-year deal.

Aren't they both considered "neutral" venues?

 

[temery]

Mojo terminator. Nothing good will ever come from posts like this.

 

[NJHoops]

Aren't they both considered "neutral" venues?

For stats purposes, MSG is semi-home for UConn and The United Center, where they’ll play next year, is semi-home for Illinois.

 

[RuffRuff]

Appreciate it while it's there.

 

[RuffRuff]

For stats purposes, MSG is semi-home for UConn and The United Center, where they’ll play next year, is semi-home for Illinois.

You'd have to think Chicago will be a much heavier Illinois fan base - can't see a lot of UConn fans showing up for that one.

 

[businesslawyer]

Aren't they both considered "neutral" venues?

Yes is the answer to that.

 

[willie99]

They didn’t need to take the game if they didn’t want to play us in NYC. We always had to play actual NCAA tourney games in North Carolina. Thats a different ball of wax.

Duke and UNC often get two home games in the NCAA tournament. There was at least one year when Dook went to the Final Four without leaving NC.

Playing IL in NYC in November (or December) is not the same as tournament games in March

Plus everyone wants NYC exposure (as opposed to say Charlette)

 

[CL82]

You'd have to think Chicago will be a much heavier Illinois fan base - can't see a lot of UConn fans showing up for that one.

Oh, I don't know, Connecticut fans are...

 

[Excalibur]

We're too good, I kinda feel bad for other fanbases, all optimistic and stuff before the game. Then they tip off, and our coaches and our team and our fans take over

We are arrogant and spoiled

I remember an Alabama fan commenting after our final 4 win that “this is what teams must feel like when they’ve played us in football over the last 15 years”. Play an A+ game and still are only barely competitive.

 

[KembaRunner]

At least we play them in a different state.

This isn’t any more neutral than when we play them in Chicago next year. Boston, well that one was “neutral.”

 

[QDOG5]

Mojo terminator. Nothing good will ever come from posts like this.

Tom, do your magic. I can’t unread what I’ve already read but I hope I never run across that post again please.

 

[Lafayette]

Selection committee developed a semi neutral court for our games at MSG and TD as well as other teams in similar locations.

Seems fair as MSG unless BET or we play St. John’s is 75%+ UConn fans.

 

[Mike Honcho]

Eh. The only thing really unfair is where Illinois has played the last two “neutral’ games against us. We used to mock Duke and UNC for getting those type of “neutral” games.

We're playing them in Chicago next season. It's similar to our arrangement with Gonzaga a couple years back.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Eh. The only thing really unfair is where Illinois has played the last two “neutral’ games against us. We used to mock Duke and UNC for getting those type of “neutral” games.

I remember a second round tournament game against Ohio St (and Jim Jackson) in Cincinnati, a sweet 16 game against Florida in Miami, a regional final against UNC in Greensboro ans a national semifinal against Michigan St in Detroit.

I'll leave out the regional final against UCLA in Oakland as that may be stretching things a bit and I'll readily admit that the scales balanced with Michigan St when we played the regional final at the Garden, but all in all I believe we are still owed a little when it comes to neutral sites.

 

[Derucky]

I remember an Alabama fan commenting after our final 4 win that “this is what teams must feel like when they’ve played us in football over the last 15 years”. Play an A+ game and still are only barely competitive.

Now THIS is a fair and accurate post.

 

[NJHoops]

Yes is the answer to that.

If you want to be wrong.

 

[Derucky]

Not so much, if at all!

Exactly. This thread is a load of horse manure. It's like Geno said during the 100 game win streak when the naysayers were trying to say it was "bad for the game". Auriemma said, "There's going to come a day when we lose. I'm not taking my foot off of the gas." And he was damn right - the couldn't beat the "big girls" when it counted for 8 years. Success sans cheating is NEVER something you apologize for - THEY sure won't when it's their turn!