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Need a recommendation of a UConn game to watch

Ajs120102 said:
Not having March Madness is going to suck. No sugar coating it. But luckily, we have UConnhuskygames.com to rewatch games. I am a younger fan- in my 20s- so I never got to watch the olden days. Which games would you recommend I rewatch? Can be regular or post season.
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This site is awesome. I didn't know about it - thanks!
 
XLCenterFan said:
UCONN/Clemson, 1990 Sweet 16....it's late, it's great, it's Tate!
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That's a good one. Will never forget it. Was it the game after that one when Rod Sellers tried to bounce Christian Laettner's head off the floor with his forearm (and didn't even get called for a foul), or was that the next season?
 
nycscooby said:
1/90 - Syracuse (at Gampel)
1/90 - Georgetown (at Gampel)

I remember these two games during January of that first dream season, I think both 'Cuse and Georgetown were ranked in Top 5 (the Hoyas may have been #1 at the time) and the Huskies won both games in the same week.
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Both great, I still have these on a VCR tapes somewhere. By the way, both were at the Hartford Civic Center. Syracuse was #5 at the time, a weeknight game, and then that Saturday Georgetown was #2 with Alonzo Mourning, and would become #1 with a win since the previous #1 had just lost. we jumped out to a 14-0 lead and to this day I have never heard the HCC/XL Center as loud as it was that night. Great memories.
 
87Xfer said:
That's a good one. Will never forget it. Was it the game after that one when Rod Sellers tried to bounce Christian Laettner's head off the floor with his forearm (and didn't even get called for a foul), or was that the next season?
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Next season
 
I'm 18 years old. I've been watching UConn games since I was 12, so it was the 2014 season for me. Since then, I've only seen us in the top 25 a handful of times, and those are my only memories of the program really. Thanks for recommending these games which will give me a little glimpse into the past.
 
Ajs120102 said:
Not having March Madness is going to suck. No sugar coating it. But luckily, we have UConnhuskygames.com to rewatch games. I am a younger fan- in my 20s- so I never got to watch the olden days. Which games would you recommend I rewatch? Can be regular or post season.
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Stanford in February 1999
We went to Palo Alto and beat crap out of them on their floor. That was the game that made me realize how good we really were. Only Duke (I thought) could beat us. I was wrong. ☝️
 
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FatHank said:
All and any!

A Yarder maintains this in case you don't have it yet.

UConn Husky Games

Edit: OP put the link above in his post. Doh. Corona-what!
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Everything mentioned has been great. Don't forget Pitt in '99 with El-Amin hitting the game winner and jumping on the scorers' table! Down 6 with a minute left.

Also loved the win at Stanford without Hamilton, and Jake coming off an injury.
 
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nycscooby said:
1/90 - Syracuse (at Gampel)
1/90 - Georgetown (at Gampel)

I remember these two games during January of that first dream season, I think both 'Cuse and Georgetown were ranked in Top 5 (the Hoyas may have been #1 at the time) and the Huskies won both games in the same week.
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Was at the games, have watched them many times, and agree worth a watch....but Hartford, not Gampel. “Its 10-nothing, it’s 12-nothing”
 
Scoe said:
I was just thinking of this, I suggest you watch every game in chronological order by the time your done with all the videos hopefully this whole Corona epidemic season ends.
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With this pandemic you may be on to something. I may just binge!
 
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andy34 said:
GREAT pick. Really, any of the Maui games that year are excellent choices.
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thx, i gotta say the best part was rod strickland giving kemba love after the game
 
i enjoy any tourney games from 2011 or 2014 knowing who finished #1. espn classic would be really nice right about now
 
Just watched the 2004 semifinal game against Duke. Two things I forgot about that game. One, the Huskies turned the ball over a lot, especially in the first half (10 of them). So many of them were careless and Duke had a lot of points off them.

The second thing was how the refs called the game so tight. Luckily for us there were a lot more fouls on Duke at the end than UConn. Reminded me of a 2020 AAC game. :)
 
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I just watched the first championship win. This pandemic may be good for something!
 
Citrusdog said:
Stanford in February 1999
We went to Palo Alto and beat crap out of them on their floor. That was the game that made me realize how good we really were. Only Duke (I thought) could beat us. I was wrong. ☝
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Without Rip if I remember right?
 
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XLCenterFan said:
If you want to watch the best UCONN team ever (in my opinion), watch some games from the '05-'06 season.
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I'm hoping this comment is sarcasm. That year the whole was less than the sum of the parts.
 
EricCantona said:
Beating Duke in the Final Four in 2004 is one I watch often. It was sweet watching Calhoun out coach K. So was beating the choke artist JJ Redick.
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I love that 2004 team. Sometimes I get the feeling that team is somewhat forgotten in a sense that it wasn’t the first (1999), and It didn’t have the magic of 2011 with Kemba, or the Cinderella story of the 2014 team. They just dominated from start to finish for the most part. There were so many times when that team just made it look so easy. Outside of that Duke game, the other NCAA Tournament games were a breeze with little to no stress. If you want to see a dominant/complete UConn team, watch any game from the 2004 NCAA Tournament, especially the Duke or Georgia Tech game from the Final Four.
 
Waquoit said:
I'm hoping this comment is sarcasm. That year the whole was less than the sum of the parts.
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Not sarcasm. This team was unreal - they just couldn't get the job done. Your'e a clown anyways. You were talking trash about people being "too nice" towards CV and Gilbert. Hagiography, right?
 
XLCenterFan said:
Not sarcasm. This team was unreal - they just couldn't get the job done. Your'e a clown anyways. You were talking trash about people being "too nice" towards CV and Gilbert. Hagiography, right?
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You are definitively being too nice if you think that team was unreal in a positive sense.
 
I really think the most exciting UConn team was the 90-91; Tate George, Chris Smith, Nadav Henefield with the Microwave. Best defensive team ever, and had offensive weapons as well. The BE conference was the best in the land. Teams couldn't even bring the ball past half court.

Only problem for you young'uns is that they are not recorded in HD. Will look like the old Godzilla movies.
 
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87Xfer said:
How many of us were at that game?? Thx for the link, I didn't realize there was a recording of it floating around.
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I was there as a 15 year-old & had been going to games with my Dad for eight years. I thought this was the pinnacle & everything that came after has been gravy.
 
Ratso said:
uconn/kentucky maui 2010

when kemba officially broke out!
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Kemba broke out the game before against Wichita State; he scored 29 in the 2nd half and that was the game where Jay Bilas just ran out of superlatives for him and I believe said that he's playing like an All-American. The Kentucky game was when we as a team broke out. That was when the country as a whole knew we were going to be really good.
 
HooperScooper said:
Just watched the 2004 semifinal game against Duke. Two things I forgot about that game. One, the Huskies turned the ball over a lot, especially in the first half (10 of them). So many of them were careless and Duke had a lot of points off them.

The second thing was how the refs called the game so tight. Luckily for us there were a lot more fouls on Duke at the end than UConn. Reminded me of a 2020 AAC game. :)
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Rumor had it the head of officiating went nuts on the officials at half-time for calling it do tight
 
XLCenterFan said:
Not sarcasm. This team was unreal - they just couldn't get the job done. Your'e a clown anyways. You were talking trash about people being "too nice" towards CV and Gilbert. Hagiography, right?
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2006 may have had the most talent 1-10 but they were not the best "team"
 
ucp990411 said:
2006 may have had the most talent 1-10 but they were not the best "team"
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It's subjective. I think this was the best UConn team I've seen, and I've been watching for about 30 years now.
 
2006 was really good

i think 2009 was no slouch- a few nba players on that team
 
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