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Joey Chitwood

That was an all-time run in my book. Not in terms of stakes but overall degree of difficulty and charisma & cajones displayed. The one-handed layup made me laugh. The fade away 3 falling out of bounds. Pass to Cling, running floater. But my favorite was the fast break 3. 9/10 guys would gather themselves as he was pretty damn open. Joey shot it with as quick a release as he would if a defender was barreling towards him. Slowly fading as he momentum carried him away from the hoop.

The whole run made me wish people cared about SportsCenter still.
 
JB75 said:
Just finished watching game. That run by him and Diarra was some of the most exciting UConn hoops at Gampel in a while. Great fun game all around
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On Joey's big three that brought the House down.. Assisted by Diarra.. On one of the replays I focused on Diarra's body language vs watching the shot.. He was backpedaling to head down court before the ball even went through the hoop (or so it seemed) ..That's how much confidence these guys have in each other
 
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runner11 said:
That was an all-time run in my book. Not in terms of stakes but overall degree of difficulty and charisma & cajones displayed. The one-handed layup made me laugh. The fade away 3 falling out of bounds. Pass to Cling, running floater. But my favorite was the fast break 3. 9/10 guys would gather themselves as he was pretty damn open. Joey shot it with as quick a release as he would if a defender was barreling towards him. Slowly fading as he momentum carried him away from the hoop.

The whole run made me wish people cared about SportsCenter still.
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Small point, the jumper in the corner was a 2 not a 3. His only 3 of the game was the transition bomb.

And my favorite part of the corner J was he somewhat lost his balance coming around the screen and had wits to take one dribble to get himself squared up and in a better shooting position and he was quick with that dribble.
 
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runner11 said:
That was an all-time run in my book. Not in terms of stakes but overall degree of difficulty and charisma & cajones displayed. The one-handed layup made me laugh. The fade away 3 falling out of bounds. Pass to Cling, running floater. But my favorite was the fast break 3. 9/10 guys would gather themselves as he was pretty damn open. Joey shot it with as quick a release as he would if a defender was barreling towards him. Slowly fading as he momentum carried him away from the hoop.

The whole run made me wish people cared about SportsCenter still.
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I watched the SportsCenter coverage of the game and they completely glossed over this run. But I'm rewatching it now and fully agree that this was an all time run. So quick and so exciting. Also, Diarra made such a huge impact too.
 
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RichCTBB said:
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I snagged a piece of this overpriced, (likely) shoddily made merch with a smile on my face last night. Got the crewneck with the waves. Anything for the human highlight reel!

I will say, I think the Boneyard needs to put together a marketing/merchandising dept to help these guys with design and NIL efforts.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Small point, the jumper in the corner was a 2 not a 3. His only 3 of the game was the transition bomb.
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I think this is what amazes me the most, we knew he had a reputation for 3's but had no clue he would be one of the best if not the best on team at attacking the basket.
 
MTBingNinja said:
Someone needs to make a gif out of that play
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The gif needs to include the defender holding onto JC’s left arm, which is the reason he willed the ball up to the hoop with only one hand with barely any control of the ball.
 
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superjohn said:
Joey was ridiculous last night. His shooting has obviously been awesome all season but his feel for the game and for the moment is pretty special. I had no idea what we were getting with him.
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You can tell he is the proverbial gym rat. Nothing on the court seems like it's the first time he's been in that situation.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
UConn plays at Hinkle and very next game Joey C channels his inner Jimmy Chitwood from Hoosiers.

Coincidence?

I think not.

He's even nailed the baseline J off the picket fence.
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When I saw the thread title I remembered seeing Joey Chitwood stunt-driving at Plainville Stadium when I was a kid with my Dad around 1959. LOL. Ironically enough our Joey C. put on his own stunt show in that game.

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UChusky916 said:
I remember after our 3rd game, he didn't play well defensively and had an off shooting night. After the game, posters here were saying he shouldnt even be in the rotation. Hilarious.

Joey had a ridiculous game and almost single-handedly willed us to a W to avoid disaster.
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6th man is a 2 man race in the Big East right now with Clingan and Joey
 
dennismenace said:
When I saw the thread title I remembered seeing Joey Chitwood stunt-driving at Plainville Stadium when I was a kid with my Dad around 1959.
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I know I saw him about a decade later. I think it was at Riverside Park.
 
Greathusky said:
I wonder how many college BB fans throughout the country actually believe that his last name is California?
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More than a few. Might even be a few players, coaches, and journalists by the end of the year that think thats his name. Fox even showed him as Joey California on one of the stats graphics during the broadcast, obviously in good fun, but those kind of things are self perpetuating.
 
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