OT: Where you from? How'd ya get here (CT or BY, take your pick)?
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I was born in New Jersey to native-NYC parents. They dragged me to South Carolina when I was in 3rd grade and I've lived in Columbia ever since. I love the city, but mostly don't like the rest of the state. I attended my first WBB game when I was in high school, at the old Coliseum in Columbia - #1 Louisiana Tech (Kim Mulkey was the PG) against #2 South Carolina (yes, we are not just a Johnny-come-lately to the game) and, even though we lost, I enjoyed the game. WBB is my 3rd favorite sport, after MBB and FB, and I've had USC season tickets for years. My seats are a few rows behind the opposing head coach, which is awesome because I get to compare coaches. I joined the Boneyard because there seemed to be a lot of intelligent discussion about the sport in here.
I'm shocked how many people posting in this thread live in SC.
I'm shocked how many people posting in this thread live in SC.
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Born and raised in Hartford in 19&%$%$&^%&^. Went to UConn in the 60s and played a little basketball and baseball there as a walk on. I still have the splinters in my butt to prove it. Went in to the Navy in lieu of being drafted and laying face down in a rice paddy for eternity. When I came back, I went to work for the Red Cross and lasted for over 40 years. Spent the first 12 years in Connecticut and then was recruited to come to the Washington area. Worked with the Alumni Association getting folks involved down here at tone point.
I just retired - finally - on January 1 (basically I discovered that I have many hundreds of golf balls that are in dire need of being lost...I'm sure I can accommodate them). As we speak, er, type...the packers are here putting everything together for the movers on Monday to spirit us away to Charleston, SC. Finally, no more $&^&^%&^%&^ snow to shovel.
I can still remember two special times. The first time I walked into Gampel after all of those nasty times in the old, rickety, leaky field house, I couldn't believe the pride I felt that we were finally really big time. Even better, I was in Tampa in 99. During those last 10-15 seconds when Ricky More shut down Langdon and it finally dawned on me that we were National Champions...I still remember the chills and the tears.
I just retired - finally - on January 1 (basically I discovered that I have many hundreds of golf balls that are in dire need of being lost...I'm sure I can accommodate them). As we speak, er, type...the packers are here putting everything together for the movers on Monday to spirit us away to Charleston, SC. Finally, no more $&^&^%&^%&^ snow to shovel.
I can still remember two special times. The first time I walked into Gampel after all of those nasty times in the old, rickety, leaky field house, I couldn't believe the pride I felt that we were finally really big time. Even better, I was in Tampa in 99. During those last 10-15 seconds when Ricky More shut down Langdon and it finally dawned on me that we were National Champions...I still remember the chills and the tears.
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Absolute fabulous thread and wonderful stories all - each one I read tempted me to comment about connection - spent 6 years in Mobay, Jamaica, or friend who went to Grinnell and told me of its founder - the original recipient of Greeley's admonition to 'go west, young man, go west'. (Always thought it called into question the founders geography, stamina, or ambition that IA was as far west as he got!) But not enough space ... so, my story:
My parents moved to Storrs, CT in 1947 when my Dad got a job in the English Department, just in time for the first major expansion of the University due to the GI Bill. My first sister was born at Willimantic hospital that winter and two more followed, our family doctor (Dr. Gilman - office on Dog Lane) having predicted a boy each time. By the time I came around he gave up and predicted a girl giving him a 100% score on being wrong. We lived on campus initially in housing called 'Oil Can Row' (surplus quonset huts with oilcans on sawhorses at the back), moved to the Mansfield Apartments when they were built, and then my parents built a home on Separatist Rd (where they lived when I came along in 1955.) I went to elementary school in what is now the town hall, and HS at E.O.Smith in the late 60s early 70s. I spent a lot of time running around the campus, going to free concerts, sit-ins, and watching football from the hill where the parking garage now stands (used to be the apple orchards on that hill.) I remember running on the 'new, amazing' track when it was first installed in the field house never being conscious that that area in the middle was the basketball court. And I was first introduced to computers when my 8th grade math class finished our year's work in half a year and we all learned Fortran II programming language and got time on the Uconn computer - still have stacks of punch cards, for some of the programs I wrote. Went to college at Princeton, dropped out to pursue theater, went back to school first at the O'Neill Center in Waterford, CT and then to Connecticut College - after graduating spent a year as the assistant Technical Director at Conn College before heading to NYC to pursue my dream. I did technical theater work in NYC mostly off Broadway for six years - my biggest claim to fame - telling Sir Anthony Hopkins to get the hell out of the way as he was standing in a sight line I was checking from the house - honestly I didn't know who he was with his back turned. I ended up working a union job in the back of beyond Brooklyn (near Christ the King HS - who knew!) for the NBC scene shop - mostly building sets for SNL. A friend from Princeton had started a very small company and I helped him, invested a little money, and in 1986 went to work with him when he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. While the union money was good, we were so removed from the actual artistic side that it no longer felt like art, just construction.
The company had offices on 5th Ave and 14 St and we tabulated retailer newspaper advertising for manufacturers. As the company grew we moved out of the city to Amsterdam, NY where our landlord burned down the whole building complex in an insurance fraud (caught and jailed) and we ended up taking the insurance money and moving the back room operation to Montego Bay, Ja, where I lived for 6 years. I then moved back to Saratoga Springs, NY followed by 18 months in London working from home, Chicago, IL (Evanston and then downtown) when we merged with a competitor, and a very strange 6 months in Clarksville, TN transitioning another merged company. My dad died around the end of my time in JA, and I was helping my mother. That became more important as she reached her 90s and having shifted to part time I bought a small house in Miami and split time between there and Storrs, CT. My mom died at age 95 a few years ago and I now own the house in CT and am shifting more towards there than Miami. I hate NE in Jan - Mar, but love it the rest of the time and love the home I grew up in. I officially retired 18 months ago because I no longer needed the job to maintain health insurance - not to be political, but as a type II diabetic, the only way I could get insurance was by staying on a payroll - now, someone else is doing my job who actually needs the job, and I am no longer bound to a job I had wanted to leave for about 5 years.
On Basketball - loved the game as a kid and loved the Celtics, but only ever played intramurally and was never very good. Theater took up all my outside activity time so never pursued anything athletic in school except pick-up games. My dad started watching the women on CPTV and whenever I was home during the season we would watch together. He was so excited about the TASSK force and especially Sue Bird, but died the summer before their freshman year. I began really following them at that point and to this day, I think about him when I watch the games. Being an academic and a former 'miler' and relay member throughout his HS and college years he loved the women because they represented student athletes more than the big men's sports. Been reading and posting for quite a while on the boneyard - and the Uconn women are my sporting passion - I follow the Boston teams closely in the pros, but not with the same passion and part of that is due to the BY. Being able to join a community that is both passionate and respectful makes the experience of being a fan so much better. The other sports forums I visit occasionally to pick up news, but it is a hard slog to find an intelligent thread - they all descending into banality almost immediately.
Probably too much information and too long, but ... I loved the detail in earlier posts and the odd 'bells' rung by tidbits posted.
And a last one - my sisters are now spread out in Maui, Los Angeles, and Freedom, NH - we actually like each other a lot, but succeeded in living just about as far away from each other as possible and staying in the states - my niece is living in Tacoma, WA continuing the family tradition!
FYI - for some reason the word for drama on a stage gets change when posted into theater - haven't tried theatre - maybe that will work.
My parents moved to Storrs, CT in 1947 when my Dad got a job in the English Department, just in time for the first major expansion of the University due to the GI Bill. My first sister was born at Willimantic hospital that winter and two more followed, our family doctor (Dr. Gilman - office on Dog Lane) having predicted a boy each time. By the time I came around he gave up and predicted a girl giving him a 100% score on being wrong. We lived on campus initially in housing called 'Oil Can Row' (surplus quonset huts with oilcans on sawhorses at the back), moved to the Mansfield Apartments when they were built, and then my parents built a home on Separatist Rd (where they lived when I came along in 1955.) I went to elementary school in what is now the town hall, and HS at E.O.Smith in the late 60s early 70s. I spent a lot of time running around the campus, going to free concerts, sit-ins, and watching football from the hill where the parking garage now stands (used to be the apple orchards on that hill.) I remember running on the 'new, amazing' track when it was first installed in the field house never being conscious that that area in the middle was the basketball court. And I was first introduced to computers when my 8th grade math class finished our year's work in half a year and we all learned Fortran II programming language and got time on the Uconn computer - still have stacks of punch cards, for some of the programs I wrote. Went to college at Princeton, dropped out to pursue theater, went back to school first at the O'Neill Center in Waterford, CT and then to Connecticut College - after graduating spent a year as the assistant Technical Director at Conn College before heading to NYC to pursue my dream. I did technical theater work in NYC mostly off Broadway for six years - my biggest claim to fame - telling Sir Anthony Hopkins to get the hell out of the way as he was standing in a sight line I was checking from the house - honestly I didn't know who he was with his back turned. I ended up working a union job in the back of beyond Brooklyn (near Christ the King HS - who knew!) for the NBC scene shop - mostly building sets for SNL. A friend from Princeton had started a very small company and I helped him, invested a little money, and in 1986 went to work with him when he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. While the union money was good, we were so removed from the actual artistic side that it no longer felt like art, just construction.
The company had offices on 5th Ave and 14 St and we tabulated retailer newspaper advertising for manufacturers. As the company grew we moved out of the city to Amsterdam, NY where our landlord burned down the whole building complex in an insurance fraud (caught and jailed) and we ended up taking the insurance money and moving the back room operation to Montego Bay, Ja, where I lived for 6 years. I then moved back to Saratoga Springs, NY followed by 18 months in London working from home, Chicago, IL (Evanston and then downtown) when we merged with a competitor, and a very strange 6 months in Clarksville, TN transitioning another merged company. My dad died around the end of my time in JA, and I was helping my mother. That became more important as she reached her 90s and having shifted to part time I bought a small house in Miami and split time between there and Storrs, CT. My mom died at age 95 a few years ago and I now own the house in CT and am shifting more towards there than Miami. I hate NE in Jan - Mar, but love it the rest of the time and love the home I grew up in. I officially retired 18 months ago because I no longer needed the job to maintain health insurance - not to be political, but as a type II diabetic, the only way I could get insurance was by staying on a payroll - now, someone else is doing my job who actually needs the job, and I am no longer bound to a job I had wanted to leave for about 5 years.
On Basketball - loved the game as a kid and loved the Celtics, but only ever played intramurally and was never very good. Theater took up all my outside activity time so never pursued anything athletic in school except pick-up games. My dad started watching the women on CPTV and whenever I was home during the season we would watch together. He was so excited about the TASSK force and especially Sue Bird, but died the summer before their freshman year. I began really following them at that point and to this day, I think about him when I watch the games. Being an academic and a former 'miler' and relay member throughout his HS and college years he loved the women because they represented student athletes more than the big men's sports. Been reading and posting for quite a while on the boneyard - and the Uconn women are my sporting passion - I follow the Boston teams closely in the pros, but not with the same passion and part of that is due to the BY. Being able to join a community that is both passionate and respectful makes the experience of being a fan so much better. The other sports forums I visit occasionally to pick up news, but it is a hard slog to find an intelligent thread - they all descending into banality almost immediately.
Probably too much information and too long, but ... I loved the detail in earlier posts and the odd 'bells' rung by tidbits posted.
And a last one - my sisters are now spread out in Maui, Los Angeles, and Freedom, NH - we actually like each other a lot, but succeeded in living just about as far away from each other as possible and staying in the states - my niece is living in Tacoma, WA continuing the family tradition!
FYI - for some reason the word for drama on a stage gets change when posted into theater - haven't tried theatre - maybe that will work.
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Hi All,
From Glastonbury where I was born when "Save the last dance for me" was number one on the billboard.
graduated GHS in 78 and went to college in northern Vermont for wildlife and Forestry Mgmt. Ended up in the Northern Rockies of Idaho and Montana as "Hot shot" forest fire fighter...best job i ever had.
got married 3 kids. wife is a hair dresser and was doing the hair of a former alum who kept talking of UConn back in fall of 94. watched a couple of games on CPTV and my life has never been the same.
Rebecca was and is my fav of all time on UConn. Yet it became so much more for me.
My Grandmother played basketball for the J.B. Williams soap factory in glastonbury during the depression and i had a pic of her on her team. she had passed so i never got to learn her stories. I wanted to learn how we got from them to UConn.
so my new life's endeavor started. I began searching the internet when there was little there. I started acquiring artifacts online and eventually from players from yesteryear and today.
This lead to me wanting to share what i learned with others. I began doing local exibitions. This would eventually lead to me doing them at NCAA Regionals, Final four and more.
I wanted to develop a museum but it never happened. Yet other things did. Many articles, historian of the short lived NWBL and much more.
Yet what i became most proud of was of my work on the All American Red Heads. this team had faded into the cobwebs of history. I located the owner and we became like father and son. He entrusted me to help carry on the legacy of the team.
I wrote the nomination from which they were selected to be the first womens basketball team ever inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Was on stage that night with 65 players as we were presented by Dr J for induction. We all had tears in our eyes as the likes of MJ, Larry Bird, Magic, Cousey and others stood and gave a standing ovation.
The ring you see as my avatar is my Naismith ring. very humbled to have been recognized for these efforts.
trying to wrap up a book on this team that has been a much harder task than i ever thought. Yet we have a good contract with a publisher and have faith it will happen within a year.
UConn womens basketball has had a major in my life and that of my family. I will always be a fan of what this team has meant to the 4 fours that we live in.
I now reside in Rocky Hill. Taking a step back from the history work for the most part and just enjoying watching a good game of womens basketball.
From Glastonbury where I was born when "Save the last dance for me" was number one on the billboard.
graduated GHS in 78 and went to college in northern Vermont for wildlife and Forestry Mgmt. Ended up in the Northern Rockies of Idaho and Montana as "Hot shot" forest fire fighter...best job i ever had.
got married 3 kids. wife is a hair dresser and was doing the hair of a former alum who kept talking of UConn back in fall of 94. watched a couple of games on CPTV and my life has never been the same.
Rebecca was and is my fav of all time on UConn. Yet it became so much more for me.
My Grandmother played basketball for the J.B. Williams soap factory in glastonbury during the depression and i had a pic of her on her team. she had passed so i never got to learn her stories. I wanted to learn how we got from them to UConn.
so my new life's endeavor started. I began searching the internet when there was little there. I started acquiring artifacts online and eventually from players from yesteryear and today.
This lead to me wanting to share what i learned with others. I began doing local exibitions. This would eventually lead to me doing them at NCAA Regionals, Final four and more.
I wanted to develop a museum but it never happened. Yet other things did. Many articles, historian of the short lived NWBL and much more.
Yet what i became most proud of was of my work on the All American Red Heads. this team had faded into the cobwebs of history. I located the owner and we became like father and son. He entrusted me to help carry on the legacy of the team.
I wrote the nomination from which they were selected to be the first womens basketball team ever inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Was on stage that night with 65 players as we were presented by Dr J for induction. We all had tears in our eyes as the likes of MJ, Larry Bird, Magic, Cousey and others stood and gave a standing ovation.
The ring you see as my avatar is my Naismith ring. very humbled to have been recognized for these efforts.
trying to wrap up a book on this team that has been a much harder task than i ever thought. Yet we have a good contract with a publisher and have faith it will happen within a year.
UConn womens basketball has had a major in my life and that of my family. I will always be a fan of what this team has meant to the 4 fours that we live in.
I now reside in Rocky Hill. Taking a step back from the history work for the most part and just enjoying watching a good game of womens basketball.
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I was born and raised in Vermont. Both my parents graduated from UConn in the 70's. I'm an only child and a girl and my dad is a huge sports fan so I was groomed to be a fan from day one. I played basketball from fifth grade through high school and my really awesome parents bought me season tickets to the XL Center (I think called Civic Center back then) sixth grade through eighth grade. These were the Sue, Swin, D days. If the game was on the weekend, we would stay with my grandparents in Milford but if it was a weekday, my parents would take half a day off, pull me out of school, and drive down and then back in one day. These games are some of the best memories of my childhood and being able to watch the games live, was when I truly fell in love with UConn WB. I went to a few games in high school but was too busy with my own schedule to get to many. I want off to college in Hawaii and didn't watch too many games during those four years (time change, college life, beach
) but would drive down for a game with my dad (unfortunately my mom was/is too sick to make the drive) during winter vacation.
Since graduation, I've moved back to Vermont to help take care of my mom. Watching and reading about UConn WB and to a lesser extent the men, has not only been somewhat of an outlet but also incredibly fun and exciting and I'm happy to have rediscovered my love of the program!
) but would drive down for a game with my dad (unfortunately my mom was/is too sick to make the drive) during winter vacation.Since graduation, I've moved back to Vermont to help take care of my mom. Watching and reading about UConn WB and to a lesser extent the men, has not only been somewhat of an outlet but also incredibly fun and exciting and I'm happy to have rediscovered my love of the program!
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caramel
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I was born in Brooklyn,Connecticut and lived 40 years in Brookln and Danielson.I was privileged to work near the campus for five years as a produce manager at Big Y foods.By privileged,I mean,I got to see a number of Connecticut athletes on occasion coming into the store while I was working.However,I was a fan of Connecticut sports from the early Yankee conference.
I eventually moved to Florida,where I still reside.
I accidentally came across the boneyard one day searching Connecticut ladies women's basketball,and have been watching the site ever since.
I am surely a rookie here,for I see some people with 6000 plus posts.
My favorite all time women's player is a tie between Shea and Sue Bird.
I eventually moved to Florida,where I still reside.
I accidentally came across the boneyard one day searching Connecticut ladies women's basketball,and have been watching the site ever since.
I am surely a rookie here,for I see some people with 6000 plus posts.
My favorite all time women's player is a tie between Shea and Sue Bird.
caramel
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Got me,I only have 23,150+ days to think of.
UcMiami
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Hope you both are accounting for leap years here - don't want anyone lying about their age on this board!!!
My wife and I are natives of Long Island and have been following the UCONN women since the mid 90's. I graduated from Middlebury in 1969 and played soccer there for Joe Morrone before he moved to Storrs. After teaching for three years in Saratoga, we moved to UCONN for grad school and I signed on as assistant soccer coach for the '72 - '75 seasons while earning a masters and a PhD. I used to earn $10 per game at the men's games in the old field house by standing on the baseline to keep fans off the court.
From UCONN I took a faculty position at Salisbury University in Maryland where we have been ever since. We routinely attend games in the DC and Philly areas and watch on TV. Attending the Paradise Jam last year was our fan-career highlight and we plan to make it to Ft. Myers for the 2014 tournament as well.
Summers find us in West Fort Ann, NY at our summer residence on Copeland Pond.
From UCONN I took a faculty position at Salisbury University in Maryland where we have been ever since. We routinely attend games in the DC and Philly areas and watch on TV. Attending the Paradise Jam last year was our fan-career highlight and we plan to make it to Ft. Myers for the 2014 tournament as well.
Summers find us in West Fort Ann, NY at our summer residence on Copeland Pond.
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I thought you lived on a golf course! ;^)
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With my new titanium hip, I hope to be there a lot this summer!
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born in hartford and lived in connecticut my whole life. i love new england and would never move from this area, though the southwest could be my new winter home when i retire. i have followed this board for years,mainly for recruting updates. i have followed the uconn men since wes b. and the uconn women since the beginning of the cptv era. i may or may not ever post again, but i will still follow the board, and thanks to all for keeping the boneyard interesting and informative.
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Born in '51, started watching sports with my dad. Vaguely remember Cousy on TV. Fell in love with the Celtics in the Bill Russell era and thanks to an uncle who lived in Boston caught a few games at tha Garden. In high school discovered the "Impossible Dream" Red Sox. Remember going on a field trip to The Shakespeare theatre in Stratford, watching Macbeth while everywhere kid were tuned into their transistor radios listening to one of the World Series games. Went to UMASS and lucked into the Julius Erving era- waiting outside The Cage for hours to see a game. Julius dated a girl on my floor so got to know him- great guy. Pitino and Al Skinner were on that team too. Married a guy who loved sports and moved to CT. Had planned to go to the UMASS/UCONN game at the Hartford Civic Center the night the roof fell in, but bad weather kept us home. Started coaching rec and travel basketball in town when Gampel opened, and wanted to see it. No tickets available for the guys, women you could just walk in. So started going to the women's games and got hooked. Took my players too. Games were free at first, then they went to season tickets which let you sit in the lower level. Loved the '91 final four, Wendy Davis, Kerry Bascomb and company. Our interest ratcheted up Rebecca's freshman year, and then Jen and Jamelle the following. It was so much fun going to Gampel! Then my favorite game of all time- when Tennesee came to town in '95. What an experience! No one leaving at the end of the game- the team coming back out... And then the tournament. Just wow. Being at Gampel when they came home. I tell you, it was memorable. Have enjoyed the ride and look forward to its continuation.
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StoneTheCrows said:
Welcome aboard, Stone! Don't be shy, post again. The more the merrier, and sometimes contentious.
~*Jen*~
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I tried to reply before but lost it so here I go again!
Let's see.... I'm from Michigan. I went to college in Florida, which is where I met my husband. He's from Connecticut. Note here: our financial aid counselor is from Connecticut and she had a board full of UConn women's stuff in her office.
Anyway, I didn't really care. I wasn't into sports. But then a few years later, we ended up transferring to UConn. Then my husband talked me into watching a game. I remember. We had recently started classes and it was the game against Duke during the 70-game streak. So early 2003. And I just fell in love. They were so much fun to watch. And so I've been a fan ever since. No matter where I live (central Georgia, Atlanta, Huntsville, eastern Iowa), I stay a fan. We watch all the games we can, buy ourselves and mini chick whatever gear we can...
As far as the boneyard is concerned... I really don't recall how I stumbled upon the old one. I think it was in 2004 but I don't remember how/why. I'm not the most frequent poster but I do read a lot... sometimes. I get really busy, though.
Let's see.... I'm from Michigan. I went to college in Florida, which is where I met my husband. He's from Connecticut. Note here: our financial aid counselor is from Connecticut and she had a board full of UConn women's stuff in her office.
Anyway, I didn't really care. I wasn't into sports. But then a few years later, we ended up transferring to UConn. Then my husband talked me into watching a game. I remember. We had recently started classes and it was the game against Duke during the 70-game streak. So early 2003. And I just fell in love. They were so much fun to watch. And so I've been a fan ever since. No matter where I live (central Georgia, Atlanta, Huntsville, eastern Iowa), I stay a fan. We watch all the games we can, buy ourselves and mini chick whatever gear we can...
As far as the boneyard is concerned... I really don't recall how I stumbled upon the old one. I think it was in 2004 but I don't remember how/why. I'm not the most frequent poster but I do read a lot... sometimes. I get really busy, though.
ChicagoGG
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I tried to reply before but lost it so here I go again!
Let's see.... I'm from Michigan. I went to college in Florida, which is where I met my husband. He's from Connecticut. Note here: our financial aid counselor is from Connecticut and she had a board full of UConn women's stuff in her office.
Anyway, I didn't really care. I wasn't into sports. But then a few years later, we ended up transferring to UConn. Then my husband talked me into watching a game. I remember. We had recently started classes and it was the game against Duke during the 70-game streak. So early 2003. And I just fell in love. They were so much fun to watch. And so I've been a fan ever since. No matter where I live (central Georgia, Atlanta, Huntsville, eastern Iowa), I stay a fan. We watch all the games we can, buy ourselves and mini chick whatever gear we can...
As far as the boneyard is concerned... I really don't recall how I stumbled upon the old one. I think it was in 2004 but I don't remember how/why. I'm not the most frequent poster but I do read a lot... sometimes. I get really busy, though.
Any time you would like to post more pix of the mini mojo keeper, please do. She is adorable! Enjoy your posts, too.
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cockhrnleghrn
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My sister-in-law was at UMASS when Dr. J was playing, too. She then got her masters at UCONN.
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Thanks for sharing, Alex! What a beautiful little girl! See why you are such a proud dad!
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Born <10 minutes from Gampel (although it would not be there for another 35 years). As a kid my uncle brought me to games at the old Field House. I vaguely remember Wes Bailosuknia, Toby Kimball, etc. My oldest clear recollection of UConn B-Ball from around that era was seeing UMass's Dr. J play. A few years later my friends and I would sneak into the field house to play basketball. I remember playing around buckets and wet spots in the leaky old field house.
A far as WCBB goes that interest started with the 1990 final 4... I remember thinking (naively)that Jennifer Azzi "sure doesn't play like any girl I've ever seen". And then the very next year UConn got there... hooked.
I have schooled, worked and lived in CT my whole life.
A far as WCBB goes that interest started with the 1990 final 4... I remember thinking (naively)that Jennifer Azzi "sure doesn't play like any girl I've ever seen". And then the very next year UConn got there... hooked.
I have schooled, worked and lived in CT my whole life.
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I just picked up one of those myself in October...no time for golf now, though!
huskyharry
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Grew up around UConn...my father was a Sociology Prof. Played basketball at E.O. Smith and then went to UConn myself (ran track for one year and played a little intramural ball).
Joined the Navy in 1985 and still have about 4 years left. We have lived in San Diego for the last 11, although I spent most of two of those years in Afghanistan. Currently, taking care of Marines at Camp Pendleton.
Started on the Boneyard circa 1996.
Joined the Navy in 1985 and still have about 4 years left. We have lived in San Diego for the last 11, although I spent most of two of those years in Afghanistan. Currently, taking care of Marines at Camp Pendleton.
Started on the Boneyard circa 1996.
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I was born and raised in Norwalk and have lived in CT all of my life. Being an Irish Catholic, my immediate family and cousins were all Notre Dame fans. Fighting Irish football was more important than than the religious part. And college football was always my favorite sport. When UCONN decided to go D1 in football, Notre Dame became my second favorite. I finally bought season tickets for the first time, last week.
I fell in love with the men's basketball progaram in Calhoun's first year. His team had very little talent, but outworked everybody. What he built in Storrs is mindboggling. There were a few of his teams that turned me off, but Kemba brought me back. Though my favorite player was Scott Burrell.
I have been coaching basketball since 1986 and girls since 1991 (including 15 years of AAU ball). Started following the women's team a little back then, but not until CPTV got involved did I become a diehard. While i love the women's program for their dominance. I love them more for their unselfishness on the court and the way they handle themselves off the court. I feel Geno Auriemma is the best coach in all of sports. Maya Moore is my favorite player with Ralph and Rizzotti not far behind.
I found the Boneyard while I was searching for info on women's recruits and now I read it everyday.
I fell in love with the men's basketball progaram in Calhoun's first year. His team had very little talent, but outworked everybody. What he built in Storrs is mindboggling. There were a few of his teams that turned me off, but Kemba brought me back. Though my favorite player was Scott Burrell.
I have been coaching basketball since 1986 and girls since 1991 (including 15 years of AAU ball). Started following the women's team a little back then, but not until CPTV got involved did I become a diehard. While i love the women's program for their dominance. I love them more for their unselfishness on the court and the way they handle themselves off the court. I feel Geno Auriemma is the best coach in all of sports. Maya Moore is my favorite player with Ralph and Rizzotti not far behind.
I found the Boneyard while I was searching for info on women's recruits and now I read it everyday.
BooRadley
CPL Boo, USMC
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~*Jen*~
Mommy to the Mini Mojo Keeper
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Aw, thank you! I don't post about her too often because I don't want to hijack any threads or clog up the board during the season. But she's awesome!
Ask and ye shall receive.
Easter 2014
2014 Final Four game
~*Jen*~
Mommy to the Mini Mojo Keeper
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Cute!
And you left Atlanta almost a year to the day before I did.
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Born in Bloomsburg PA because my Mom had me young and back then you had your baby elsewhere.
Lived, and still live in Danbury, CT.
Went to UCONN my first two years of college; but I was having such a good time that I didn't keep my grades up. Parents pulled the plug and brought me home. But UCONN stayed in my heart.
Saw my first college basketball game in an empty field house watching the men and have been hooked on both teams since then. Corny Thompson where are you??
I #bleedblue .
Lived, and still live in Danbury, CT.
Went to UCONN my first two years of college; but I was having such a good time that I didn't keep my grades up. Parents pulled the plug and brought me home. But UCONN stayed in my heart.
Saw my first college basketball game in an empty field house watching the men and have been hooked on both teams since then. Corny Thompson where are you??
I #bleedblue .
arty155
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Bravo Zulu! Good to see you aboard, HH. So, Chaplin Corps or Medicine? (Not that it matters… come to think of it, I prayed at least as earnestly in the dental chair, as in any chapel!)
Semper Fi,
Arty
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