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Must win??

The Boneyard posters' consensus in this thread leans strongly to Yes, and I get why.

I strongly root for UConn to win every game, make every shot, get every loose ball, etc., so everything is a must and pretty much very little is a must at the same time.

But the thread is really just a distraction for understandably anxious fans. This cannot healthily be a question being posed to the players, nor can it be part of the team's preparation for tonight's game.
 
Huskyforlife said:
The one with 68 teams, that can change obviously if we keep losing, but we’re still safely in the tournament with a loss tonight. If we lose today the season isn’t over. “Must win” should only apply to games that end our season, or will held over our heads by rivals if we lose. Having a heart attack over losses in January is bad for your health, take a deep breath.
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Ok sure! It was must and it sailed away so is the field of 68 slowly. Not sure what you’re watching but no heart attack here it’s just not a good basketball team!
 
Never have I seen such an epic-sucking slide from such a talented team. After all the Ollie years, and all the BS - and never missing a game, I thought this was it. But yeah, barring an amazing spark post Butler... I'm not sure what momentum is going to carry us deep into the later part of the season.

It kind of reminds me of that Trae Young Oklahoma team, except without anyone even remotely resembling Trae Young.
 
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Giants have a must win game on Saturday.

This UCONN team went from a feel good to a really bad in the matter of a couple weeks. Never seen anything like it.
 
NC_Uconn_Fan said:
Giants have a must win game on Saturday.

This UCONN team went from a feel good to a really bad in the matter of a couple weeks. Never seen anything like it.
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Giants are playing with house money hope that at least it’s a good game!

If they happen to spring the upset it would take away some of the pain of our huskies crapping themselves.
 
bendm said:
at this point, as long as we finish top 3 to avoid the 4 v 5 matchup in the second round i'll be happy. this projects us as only 1 game out of that spot and 1 game out of 1st for that matter. i think there will be a couple upsets among the current top 4. marquette, pc, and creighton arent THAT good. xavier might be.
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At this rate we’ll be lucky to make the BE tournament.
 
Statement games were after losses 2,3,and 4. After the Hall, it’s a stop the accelerating deep dive at costs before the plane is unrecoverable
 
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Certainly in must not lose territory. But if I’m honest, squeaking out an ugly win over a meh Butler team at home isn’t going to give me any warm fuzzies. Need to really see them play much better.
 
Win or lose, I want to see something different from this staff and team
It cannot continue on idle as it has for some time.
If Newton steps out on the floor in the starting lineup I will lose my mind
 
It's only January. Butt yes, we have to Butler at home
 
Yes must win just to keep us ranked higher than gaffneys new home!!!!#24 FAU
 
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Not a must win. This is just the drama leading up to the seeding leading up to the tournament where every win is a must win.
 
mauconnfan said:
I seriously ask all of you is this a must win? I know it’s somewhat early still but for this team it’s not. Especially mentally, it’s getting late and they really need a win, a solid game for 40 minutes against a pretty good team but one they should beat.

For me it YES,
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For me also. Yes it is. Right now we have lost all respect in the CBB world. Fellow Big Easters are rated higher than us. We look absolutely pitiful. Butler has scouted us and watched tapes of our losses to make a game plan. If our boys win today it better start a complete turn around.
mauconnfan said:
I seriously ask all of you is this a must win? I know it’s somewhat early still but for this team it’s not. Especially mentally, it’s getting late and they really need a win, a solid game for 40 minutes against a pretty good team but one they should beat.

For me it YES, need to have it.
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It’s a must win.

There is also way more downside to a loss than upside to the Win too. If we win, great , we need it badly. Our season can still end in the crapper obviously after today, but this one is one you have to have if you have any designs of turning this around again this season.

If we lose today, I fear it will be a statement that this team is totally lost, and in March we will be analyzing one of the most epic collapses in recent memory. Just my gut. Hope I’m wrong.

I’d prefer to win. :-)
 
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Zissou said:
Not a must win. This is just the drama leading up to the seeding leading up to the tournament where every win is a must win.
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Drama? They’ve lost 5 of 6 and a loss versus Butler would make that 7 of 8 because at that point Xavier would cruise by us. There’s no talk of seedings at 15-7 it’s bubble talk at that point. Today is beyond MUST.
 
August_West said:
It’s a must win.

There is also way more downside to a loss than upside to the Win too. If we win, great , we need it badly. Our season can still end in the crapper obviously after today, but this one is one you have to have if you have any designs of turning this around again this season.

If we lose today, I fear it will be a statement that this team is totally lost, and in March we will be analyzing one of the most epic collapses in recent memory. Just my gut. Hope I’m wrong.

I’d prefer to win. :)
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This is why a close win does little for me either. It would mean a bad team beat another bad team while playing at home. For actual encouragement I need it to look more like our prior game against Butler. That could signal that they are figuring things out.
 
mauconnfan said:
Drama? They’ve lost 5 of 6 and a loss versus Butler would make that 7 of 8 because at that point Xavier would cruise by us. There’s no talk of seedings at 15-7 it’s bubble talk at that point. Today is beyond MUST.
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Go .500 for the balance, 20 wins going into BET. Of course you want to win, but UConn is not yet in Must Win territory on any one game.
 
mauconnfan said:
I seriously ask all of you is this a must win? I know it’s somewhat early still but for this team it’s not. Especially mentally, it’s getting late and they really need a win, a solid game for 40 minutes against a pretty good team but one they should beat.

For me it YES, need to have it.
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Yep
 
Zissou said:
Go .500 for the balance, 20 wins going into BET. Of course you want to win, but UConn is not yet in Must Win territory on any one game.
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They were in that territory without a doubt but appreciate the perspective.
 
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