Number 6.. just wow

[gsmooth]

Up until 1998, I didn't think UConn would ever win it ! Wow.

I remember after losing to Mississippi State in the Sweet 16 in 1996, I felt so dejected as I really wanted Ray Allen to make it to the Final Four. To go from that to tonight is going from one extreme to another

 

[EnochRoot]

I remember after losing to Mississippi State in the Sweet 16 in 1996, I felt so dejected as I really wanted Ray Allen to make it to the Final Four. To go from that to tonight is going from one extreme to another

Eh, Ray's in the basketball Hall of Fame. He's smiling just the same.

 

[gsmooth]

Eh, Ray's in the basketball Hall of Fame. He's smiling just the same.

Oh I am sure and with good reason. Winning 2 NBA title and an Olympic gold medal along with many other notable personal accomplishments. I was just explaining the extremes in emotion I felt from that day to today.

 

[dalydosehoops]

This was a fun sidebar to write. Got Tom Moore as the nets were being cut to reflect on these two teams and the first two championship teams, which he was on staff for:

UConn’s repeat draws parallels to its first two crowning moments

Tom Moore and Dan Hurley (third and fourth from left) reconstructed UConn when arriving in 2018, building to back-to-back national champions...

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[NIT88]

Heck, I was out there watching a couch burn in the Jungle bonfire when we won the NIT, thinking that was as good as it would probably ever get. Hard to imagine we're here now.

I lost my couch in the Jungle that night as well. Never in my wildest dreams could I have pictured this.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Imagine heading into the ‘99 season someone telling you that UConn would have passed Indiana, Duke, and be tied with UNC in championships by 2024….

I remember after losing to UcLa in 95 i felt so dejected and i started thinking we wouldnt win a title and at best we might get to one final four which was all i was hoping. Just get to one final 4. I felt like that for a couple years but in 98` after losing to UNC in the Elite 8 i started thinking we had a really good chance and that it could be our one chance lol! 25 years later and 6 titles later it still feel a bit unbelievable. We are doing some historic stuff and one thing i definitely did not expect was going back to back. Never crossed my mind until this season.

 

[LStudfellow]

I was a sophomore living on Windham 4th (what a dump the Jungle was... but it was the place me and a bunch of partiers and straight out reprobates called home that I will never forget for as long as I live) when the NIT Championship and that bonfire happened in '88. And yeah, me and my buddies contributed plenty of "fuel" into that fire

Then I was there for that magical ride of the Dream Season two years later... lucky enough to witness our first Big East Tournament Title and eventual last second heartache to Laettner and the Dookies in the Meadowlands in person while doing both on the radio for WHUS. Not realizing then how torturous the next 9 Marches were going to be before we finally broke through in '99. Lucky enough again to be on hand for our first NCAA Title which still ranks as one of the 2 or 3 best Championship Games ever at Tropicana Field.

Never, ever would I have believed we would be on National Title #6 within 25 years. And to do the one thing we had not come close to doing before... going Back-to-Back, and in such dominant fashion. I have never felt such a sense of utter amazement, elation and yet also profound satisfaction as a fan of any other team before.

We are the luckiest fans in all of college basketball... Thank you Jim Calhoun, Danny Hurley and every single person who has made this such an amazing run for each and every one of us.

Haven't slept yet... and I don't think I will until tonight.

I absolutely love this team. The way they play the game of basketball on both ends of the floor, so hard and yet so selflessly, has been a true gift to watch this year.

Best. Sports. High... EVER!

 

[dalydosehoops]

Dan Hurley’s one moment in time, once unimaginable, now finds him the face of college basketball

Dan Hurley cuts down net after UConn’s second straight national championship, solidifying Huskies’ dominant two-year run. (Photo by Jaden Da...

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[jibsey]

God I love all of them but 2011 with Kemba going thru the BET and then 6 more was unreal. The names they took down on the way? Whoa.

 

[Cheddie]

Respect your opinion but nothing can ever beat 99.

99 truly shocked not only the world, but even UConn. I remember reading that Lew Perkins said during the game, "we can actually win."

 

[KembaRunner]

Last night was incredible and I stayed up until 3am reading the Yard and surfing IG. But i never doubted we’d win yesterday. Felt like a coronation.

I was a student on campus in 99 and, aside from my wedding weekend, it was easily the most fun weekend of my life.

 

[RedStickHusky]

I remember after losing to Mississippi State in the Sweet 16 in 1996, I felt so dejected as I really wanted Ray Allen to make it to the Final Four. To go from that to tonight is going from one extreme to another

I listened to that game in my car on armed forces radio, parked at a softball field in Korea. I let my assistant handle practice that day... Painful memory.

 

[NJHoops]

And I think this guy kind of knows ball. This program is so healed and strong right now. Don’t take it for granted and enjoy every single second.

 

[87Xfer]

This season actually may have passed 1990 as my favorite season being a husky fan. Unbelievable.

 

[Edward Sargent]

I used to watch Danny in high school. If you told me then he would lead UConn to back to back nattys I would recommend you be committed. We could never get a St. Ants kid to even sniff UConn

 

[BGesus4]

Could yesterday have gone any better??

Lock down number 6 by 15 pts for back to back.
Hurley laughs off leaving.
Luke says he’s not going anywhere.
Morning news of the squid being run out of town.

 

[Tommyboy]

I remember after losing to Mississippi State in the Sweet 16 in 1996, I felt so dejected as I really wanted Ray Allen to make it to the Final Four. To go from that to tonight is going from one extreme to another

I was just discussing that game last night. Watched that in a bar in Florida on the way back from Spring Break and we were so down. We had 5 quiet huskies the next part of the ride back to Storrs. From that to now, is just unbelievable.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Something that feels unique to UConn (someone correct me if I'm wrong) is when KO won he was holding up 4 fingers, Dan won last year everyone holds up 5, and this year everyone throws up 6...when Duke, UNC, Kentucky, won they don't do that. The UConn hoop culture and brotherhood is real. We're so lucky.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Born in 1994...

1999- don't remember it at all. So it goes here by default
2011- the Kemba run cemented me as a UConn diehard
2023- I had doubts that we'd climb to the mountaintop again in the AAC days just 3 years prior
2024- what else can be said? Blue bloods. Greatest team I've ever witnessed
2004- most of my memories are probably created through highlights but beating Duke is oh so sweet
2014- feel so dirty ranking this one last. Shabazz was incredible, plus the arc with being banned, conference realignment...

Wow, its crazy to put these in a list like that

 

[RedStickHusky]

Something that feels unique to UConn (someone correct me if I'm wrong) is when KO won he was holding up 4 fingers, Dan won last year everyone holds up 5, and this year everyone throws up 6...when Duke, UNC, Kentucky, won they don't do that. The UConn hoop culture and brotherhood is real. We're so lucky.

Connectedness operates in multiple dimensions.

 

[RedStickHusky]

What I like about #6 is that, like #1, no one can say the bracket opened up for us. We beat the best challengers.

 

[brihman]

Nadav Henefeld made Calhoun look like a genius.

Imagine Nadav in Hurley’s offense..

 

[Dutch Boyd]

My yard flag is already obsolete after a year. Time for a new one.

 

[husky99]

And I think this guy kind of knows ball. This program is so healed and strong right now. Don’t take it for granted and enjoy every single second.

Love everything about this

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Same. It's nuts.

You were also watching a couch burn in the jungle? That's some coincidence!