National reaction

[Leebo]

I'm glad AD Dave disagrees with you as well.

Shame he subtweeted it. Wouldn't be surprised if enough UConn fans gave Norlander a hard time about it and he talks about it on the podcast or something though. If he doubles down then I'll be happy to call it out as stupid.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Who was it that said this? The reply from Benedict doesn't say either.

Matt Norlander said it on CBS. He also said twice that he lives in CT, and that his wife is a UConn grad. May he be reduced to begging by his wife just enough to smooth things out as we all move forward.

 

[auror]

Shame he subtweeted it. Wouldn't be surprised if enough UConn fans gave Norlander a hard time about it and he talks about it on the podcast or something though. If he doubles down then I'll be happy to call it out as stupid.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I love this so much

 

[Leebo]

It won't appease people here, but yeah, that's what I thought.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Matt Norlander said it on CBS. He also said twice that he lives in CT, and that his wife is a UConn grad. May he be reduced to begging by his wife just enough to smooth things out as we all move forward.

I'll go on a limb and suggest she 100% can control him putting out a clarification or retraction.

100%

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I'll go on a limb and suggest she 100% can control him putting out a clarification or retraction.

100%

"just enough," and no more.

There's nothing objectionable about him recognizing who we are, and where we're going.

Earlier (halftime?), he'd said that an 8-seed sounded right, so he's moving in the right direction. And Huskies just need to keep winning, one game at a time

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I locked it in at +8000 over the summer! I'd suspect it drops to +5000 or so tomorrow

+3000 on Barstool Sportsbook. I dabbled.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Odds to win the title are +6000 on mybookie. Js....

I put $100 on us after the 2nd Providence game. +7500 at the time.

 

[Waquoit]

It won't appease people here, but yeah, that's what I thought.

What Leebo thought maybe but that's not what he said. AD Dave didn't let it become part of the narrative. I'm glad the guy admitted he misspoke.

 

[Leebo]

What Leebo thought maybe but that's not what he said. AD Dave didn't let it become part of the narrative. I'm glad the guy admitted he misspoke.

He didn't explicitly say one way or the other, the interpretation of the "they" was up to context. So it's not surprising the Boneyard got insecure about it, but yeah.

 

[Kolumbo]

Who is this MPB?

 

[auror]

 

[zls44]

Norlander's one of the good ones. If he meant the fanbase, absolutely guilty as charged.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

I put $100 on us after the 2nd Providence game. +7500 at the time

Had to pull the trigger too after today. Could be a helluva turnaround time.

 

[6xChamps]

Norlander confirmed boneyarder

 

[MexicoHusky]

Had to pull the trigger too after today. Could be a helluva turnaround time.

As soon as I saw Bouk come back and play well with the rest of the squad I was on board. And with those odds... why not. I gotta sacrifice one really fancy dinner to potentially win a whole bunch of fancy dinners.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Lol I wonder which insider account is Matts?

 

[uconngb]

As soon as I saw Bouk come back and play well with the rest of the squad I was on board. And with those odds... why not. I gotta sacrifice one really fancy dinner to potentially win a whole bunch of fancy dinners.

A hundred bucks is a fancy dinner? Where do you live, North Dakota??

Oh

 

[djct1999]

This really made me laugh, courtesy of 860 Productions:

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Lol

Epic. Thanks Dave.

 

[Bogey02]

Started reading the 'yard during the dark days of the Ollie tenure, glad to be around when things are finally trending up! I don't think any team in the country wants to see us in the tourney.

 

[CTBasketball]

I put $100 on us after the 2nd Providence game. +7500 at the time.

Me too!

 

[willie99]

Last year all 10 teams were in the Top 94 of KenPom. If the tournament weren't cancelled they would have gotten 5-7 bids, and BracketMatrix had them with two 2s and a 3 seed.

Villanova, Creighton, and Seton Hall all tied for the regular season conference title.

There was ample competition.

Villanova has been better than the other teams, but all their best records were posted in the first few years after the Old Big East ended. We hit the league in a down year. It's recruiting well and its worst team—DePaul—would typically be favored over the worst teams of other leagues.

But Nova has won every regular season title, that does say something

The other programs may be second weekend good occasionally, but we aim higher

 

[navery12]

But Nova has won every regular season title, that does say something

The other programs may be second weekend good occasionally, but we aim higher

Kansas won every Big 12 regular season title for 14 straight years and everyone still considered it a strong conference. Someone dominating a conference =\= a conference being weak