Pendergast Still Trying To Get Basketball Facilities Built

[husky99]

Pendergast Still Trying To Get Basketball Facilities Built
Hartford Courant

 

[UconnDon]

After JH' ignoring Fairfield County for years with little or no attempt to bring UConn sports into our home by radio or TV, or an occasional game or foray into the area, my guess is that it will take Pendergast a very short time to attempt to reach some of the dollars available for the projects in the sports program. He should see the potential in this part of the state and start with reaching out to the high school athletic directors and personnel.

We have been unable to receive any radio broadcast of UConn sports for maybe 20 years, or more, and sporadic TV coverage, particularly as to the OOC bb games. Never have their been efforts to get speakers from Storrs to local functions with exception of JC's occasional book tours with Westport's Bill Mitchell, and his annual (?) engagement in the Bridgeport area.

Jeff H. really did a job turning off people and fans here who might otherwise have been major supporters of the UConn sports programs with his failure to respond to emails, etc. Pendergast sounds like he might understand the job he has, and bring Fairfield County into the U. of Connecticut sports scene.

 

[Cheddie]

After JH' ignoring Fairfield County for years with little or no attempt to bring UConn sports into our home by radio or TV, or an occasional game or foray into the area, my guess is that it will take Pendergast a very short time to attempt to reach some of the dollars available for the projects in the sports program. He should see the potential in this part of the state and start with reaching out to the high school athletic directors and personnel.

We have been unable to receive any radio broadcast of UConn sports for maybe 20 years, or more, and sporadic TV coverage, particularly as to the OOC bb games. Never have their been efforts to get speakers from Storrs to local functions with exception of JC's occasional book tours with Westport's Bill Mitchell, and his annual (?) engagement in the Bridgeport area.

Jeff H. really did a job turning off people and fans here who might otherwise have been major supporters of the UConn sports programs with his failure to respond to emails, etc. Pendergast sounds like he might understand the job he has, and bring Fairfield County into the U. of Connecticut sports scene.

I think the school realizes this. I heard Geno mention a priority is scheduling a regular season game each year in Bridgeport.

 

[upstater]

What is it with radio broadcasts and Fairfield? I get WTIC clear as day here in Buffalo. But only during the evenings. During the day, there's a religious broadcast from a Baptist church locally.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

From what I've heard the main reason JC was adamant that the NBA players from UConn should not contribute until bulk of the required money was raised was because JH felt that they could pay entirely for the facility and he didn't need to do any work. As there was no love lost between Jim & Jeff, JC wasn't about to let his former players used to make JH's job easier.

I have a feeling that things will flow much smoother with Pendergast (who actually is a fund raiser) at the helm.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Jeff Hathaway didn't only turn off people in Fairfield County. There were plenty of alums right in his own back yard who felt no love.

Edit: It never ceases to amaze me that a practice facility has been so difficult to fund. We should all be ashamed of this. Are we rabid supporters of the program or not? Apparently not, if money is needed. The womenb's program has legions of retired q-tips to draw from, but apparently all of those donations go to CPTV. The men's program is the only nationally recognized game in town, but where are the big money supporters? I do what I can, but I'm feeling a little foolish. Am I pissing in the wind here?

 

[pepband99]

We have been unable to receive any radio broadcast of UConn sports for maybe 20 years, or more, and sporadic TV coverage, particularly as to the OOC bb games.

You must live in a very far SW part of Fairfield County, as WICC in Bridgeport was on the UConn basketball radio network for a good portion of that time, although not for last 2 years (pretty much coinciding with the downhill slide of that station - what a mess!).

As to the comments about "but we get WTIC in Buffalo" - the WTIC broadcast spectrum is intentionally not pointed SW, as it causes nighttime tropo interference (yes, I'm a broadcasting geek).

http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WTIC&service=AM&status=L&hours=N <-- this is what the nighttime coverage map looks like, see where it doesn't hit?

 

[Chin Diesel]

I wonder what kind of odds Vegas would put on whether or not Komisarjevsky ever sees a completed practice facility.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I think the school realizes this. I heard Geno mention a priority is scheduling a regular season game each year in Bridgeport.

yeah i thought i read last year or before this season started that the ffld game would've been in harbor yard even though thats the stags home court

 

[zls44]

1080 adjusts the signal at sundown so as not to interfere with KRLD. WTIC's signal is so powerful at night, it causes interference in Dallas.

 

[UconnDon]

You must live in a very far SW part of Fairfield County, as WICC in Bridgeport was on the UConn basketball radio network for a good portion of that time, although not for last 2 years (pretty much coinciding with the downhill slide of that station - what a mess!).

As to the comments about "but we get WTIC in Buffalo" - the WTIC broadcast spectrum is intentionally not pointed SW, as it causes nighttime tropo interference (yes, I'm a broadcasting geek).

http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WTIC&service=AM&status=L&hours=N <-- this is what the nighttime coverage map looks like, see where it doesn't hit?

Pep, you're correct - Old Greenwich. I recall when WICC, 600 I believe, was broadcasting bb games and actually drove up I95 until broadcast was clear. I wound up sitting in the Fairfield McDonald's parking lot for the duration of the WICC broadcast.

I've never been able to receive WTIC unless it's a weird weather pattern down here. But usually I lose it driving from Hartford along about Fairfield.

 

[Waquoit]

Do or do not... there is no try.

 

[Donyell]

So many lesser programs have practice facilities 'ala South Fla" who actually have a real nice facility . Don't get it that we can't make it happen. I live in Southeast Conn."Lisbon " and can not get 1080 for crap. Really pisses me off. Like to go out to my man cave in the heated garage I have and while the game is being DVR'd in the house having a cigar and some Drambuie (can't smoke in the house my wife will kill me} and listen to the game on WTIC and it sucks. Meanwhile the friars are on 103.7 fm . The red sox and celtic station and Patriots station and come in crystal clear.