It's not fair

[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.

 

[Derucky]

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

That's why we lost the Whalers, but that does not apply here. UConn has done A LOT in a relatively short amount of time in 1-A football, and all we've gotten for it is a football conference destroyed for money, politics, and NOTHING to do with the play on the field. If the BCs of the world are jealous of our basketball prowess, it serves them right. They started all this conference realignment crap - the Pac-12 can also thank them for their destruction. This all occurred in the early 2000s because BC was jealous of West Virginia in football and UConn in basketball, so they took their little, wimpy, elitist football and went "home", hypocritically selling out to the ACC - they haven't won anything in football and even less in basketball since, but hey, it's all about money anyway, right?

 

[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!

 

[Greathusky]

I am ashamed to admit my gratitude during this Thanksgiving season.

It's not good health, great family or a close family.

It's being a UConn fan!!!

 

[willie99]

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.

Sweet 16 vs Texas in Texas

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Imagine ignoring next season’s return game in the United Center.

 

[Windham4th]

It's not fair we don't get to go on a 30-0 run every time we face Illinois

 

[gsmooth]

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

Agreed let's not offend the Basketball Gods.

 

[DW1361]

Along with New Haven, Maine and Bryant, I’d like to see us schedule Syracuse for an easy warmup game early season.

 

[Waquoit]

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.

Right. And Texas in Texas, and Florida in Florida, and UCLA in California and Sparty in Michigan. But us playing in MSG is unfair? Get outta here with the nonsense.

 

[willie99]

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.

I've talked like this for decades, especially 23/24

We're too good, it is what it is

Nothing bad as ever come from anything I've said (I'm not superstitious, and I play craps)