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Jalen could be back for Senior Night

I'm so conflicted on the Jalen saga. On one hand i'd love for him to come back with Gilbert, and see what this team could do in the american tourney. On the other I understand Chief's point of having him sit out, recover, and give a professional career a go. Such a tough spot for the kid, however if ending his career on a positive note means something to him I think he gives it his all to come back.
 
dannyHAM said:
I'm so conflicted on the Jalen saga. On one hand i'd love for him to come back with Gilbert, and see what this team could do in the american tourney. On the other I understand Chief's point of having him sit out, recover, and give a professional career a go. Such a tough spot for the kid, however if ending his career on a positive note means something to him I think he gives it his all to come back.
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Jalen’s a good kid, but the ending on a usual UConn MBB positive note ship has sailed, I think. Sad to say, because I would like to have his career end on a positive note.
 
We've learned to make some late charges and some have gotten more playing time to prove themselves.
The missing link is back to finish the job.
It's time to gel at the right time and at the least make a statement for next year.
We will be the team no one wants to face early in the tourney.
Bartender.....one more kamikaze....
 
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Robertelamin said:
He also isn’t alive so maybe you should pull for Jalen on one of his last games.
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I am certainly pulling for Jalen. I wish him nothing but the best. My comment was solely focused on the comparison of Wes to Jalen. Not sure where the shade is coming from here.
 
Once on the way to a game, we saw Phil Gamble on the side of the road next to a broken down car. (he made it). Yeah seems crazy they wouldn't travel together in this day & age.
 
It’s actually shocking to think that with how bad this season has gone that if jalen does come back and get a couple games under his belt we actually could make a decent run in the AAC tourney. that’s how bad this conferences is. we could basically throw away the entire year and still have a shot to slip into the big dance and it’s not like last year where cincy and Houston we’re clearly a cut above everyone. this year our top teams aren’t even that good really. We have almost three weeks to get AG back to 100% and get Jalen back in the flow - I definitely think he wants to end his Uconn career on the court. Longshot but something to cling onto as a ray of hope
 
Scrutiner said:
I seem to recall Calhoun always had them stay at the Farmington Marriott the night before games, maybe even before Gampel games, in order to ensure everyone was present and accounted for.
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He was still doing that up to his last years at the Marriott behind tgi friday in manchester
 
methodology said:
He was still doing that up to his last years at the Marriott behind tgi friday in manchester
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You could spot players at that TGI Friday’s after games all the time back in the day.
 
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JB75 said:
It’s actually shocking to think that with how bad this season has gone that if jalen does come back and get a couple games under his belt we actually could make a decent run in the AAC tourney. that’s how bad this conferences is. we could basically throw away the entire year and still have a shot to slip into the big dance and it’s not like last year where cincy and Houston we’re clearly a cut above everyone. this year our top teams aren’t even that good really. We have almost three weeks to get AG back to 100% and get Jalen back in the flow - I definitely think he wants to end his Uconn career on the court. Longshot but something to cling onto as a ray of hope
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Disagree, in part. This league has gotten better. The top end has remained the same but there are more teams down the line that have improved. I don’t want to see Tulsa or USF, even WSU in the first round. And don’t tell me anyone in this league wants to see Memphis a time any point in the tourney at home. I still think with a full healthy roster we would of had a chance against anyone, but it’s definitly a tougher road than years past.
 
JB75 said:
that’s how bad this conferences is. we could basically throw away the entire year and still have a shot to slip into the big dance and it’s not like last year where cincy and Houston we’re clearly a cut above everyone. this year our top teams aren’t even that good really
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But the lower tier teams are better. Conference is deeper this year. Just no high end teams.
 
JB75 said:
It’s actually shocking to think that with how bad this season has gone that if jalen does come back and get a couple games under his belt we actually could make a decent run in the AAC tourney. that’s how bad this conferences is. we could basically throw away the entire year and still have a shot to slip into the big dance and it’s not like last year where cincy and Houston we’re clearly a cut above everyone. this year our top teams aren’t even that good really. We have almost three weeks to get AG back to 100% and get Jalen back in the flow - I definitely think he wants to end his Uconn career on the court. Longshot but something to cling onto as a ray of hope
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I agree wholeheartedly, although I wouldn't go as far to say the conference is bad. As much as I want this conference to succeed at the highest level, I think Cinci and Houston are going to get exposed very soon after post season play starts. Houston has done everything asked of them by beating who's in front of them, but from the eye test, they dont pass as a top 10 team. Not even close.
 
I guess what I meant to say is that there is no one that we cannot beat this year . Whereas last year and prior years I thought we had no shot against the top seeds and wud try to hope we got a seed whereas not to play them(cincy, smu , Houston ). I actually do think temple , ucf and Memphis and USF are better than previous but whichita st Houston smu and cincy are not. So there’s no one in this conference I wud say I’m trying to avoid in tourney. Deff not afraid of UCf, or cincy.
 
JB75 said:
I guess what I meant to say is that there is no one that we cannot beat this year . Whereas last year and prior years I thought we had no shot against the top seeds and wud try to hope we got a seed whereas not to play them(cincy, smu , Houston ). I actually do think temple , ucf and Memphis and USF are better than previous but whichita st Houston smu and cincy are not. So there’s no one in this conference I wud say I’m trying to avoid in tourney. Deff not afraid of UCf, or cincy.
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If we're healthy we can compete with anyone. It would be tough for this group to string 3 straight 'A' games together, though
 
JMick said:
If we're healthy we can compete with anyone. It would be tough for this group to string 3 straight 'A' games together, though
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Three straight underhand toilet paper roll games would definitely be a challenge.

Edit: on a serious note, I still believe finishing 9th not 8th in 2011 and getting to warm up by clobbering DePaul and not sitting around the first day was one of the key parts in our legendary run. Plus, that broke our insane 6 game BET losing streak.
 
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JB75 said:
I guess what I meant to say is that there is no one that we cannot beat this year . Whereas last year and prior years I thought we had no shot against the top seeds and wud try to hope we got a seed whereas not to play them(cincy, smu , Houston ). I actually do think temple , ucf and Memphis and USF are better than previous but whichita st Houston smu and cincy are not. So there’s no one in this conference I wud say I’m trying to avoid in tourney. Deff not afraid of UCf, or cincy.
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We can’t beat Houston.

We could beat cinci or ucf.

Sucks we get Houston.
 
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