Calipari also has depth to his rosters because he gets those type of classes almost every year, and he’s a great defensive coach who has been doing this for a long time. Penny is largely unproven, lost almost all of his team’s production in last year’s graduating class, and doesn’t have great depth as a result. On paper they should finish 1st or 2nd in the conference, but a deep tournament run would surprise me.
It's a positive for UConn only if UConn has a good season this year because it will make college bb fans pay more attention to the AAC. Could help with UConn's recruiting next year if we do well.The truth is... we should all LOVE this
For anyone who has not been paying attention, since forming the conglomeration of mostly ill-fitted conference mates (for us) we have been out wandering in a wasteland on so many levels, particularly when it comes to being able to lather up a deep-in-our-souls hatred for someone... anyone.
We have had to mostly manufacture it... and that has SUCKED. And frankly, it has not worked much.
We have hated on Kentucky (John Calipari) and Duke (Coach K) by far more than anyone else, and certainly anyone in our conferece, over the last 5 years... and we rarely even play either of them. It's just not the same. Sure, we pick on the nose picker and Syracuse as well, but it is just not the same when the "highlight" of our year has come in December! And sorry, but Cincinnati, even with that little Napoleonic head coach Cronin, did not rise up to that level with any consistency, either.
I, as well as many of you, have been around long enough to remember what it was like to really HATE a team and their coach... Georgetown/John Thompson, St. John's and Louie Carnesecca, Syracuse/Boeheim, Villanova and Rollie and then Pittsburgh with Ben Howland and then Jamie Dixon. We respected them, sure (at least for the most part)... but we HATED them. We REVELED in those moments when we beat them. Particularly in the moments that produced the highest stakes. Those are some of the games that stand near the pinnacle of best games we have ever been involved in.
Now, we have a guy who is a chip off that old block... big ego and all! And he brought in a recruiting class that even surpasses Calipari and Coach K, atleast for this year.
So, I think Penny's boastfulness is wonderful... two AAC conference contests to actually circle on our calendar. What a novel concept. Thanks Penny!... and thanks to Coach Hurley and the entire coaching staff, too, as they rebuild our program back towards what we were like in our glory days.
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Totally different to say it on the eve of the game, after scouting the opponent's tendencies and identifying weaknesses that no-one had previously exploited, than to say it to a reporter(s) before your players have ever competed on a basketball court as a team before, and you have no idea who you'll have to beat to do it.
Just having fun.
One sports book in Vegas you can now bet on teams to NOT win the NCAA title.
I get what you’re saying but you’d love what the coach is saying if it was Hurley. At least I would. He’s confident in his team and sees something special. Great for them. We just gotta focus on ourselves and when ready go to battle.
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Shotguns too
I have no issue with Memphis and Penny. I'll root against them when I deem appropriate, like any other non-UConn program, but without the vitriol I have towards programs that have a tradition with UConn and/or where I know grads.
Stopping $ and cheating isn't happening. It's only getting worse and it has nothing to do with Hardaway or Memphis. It will be because of the California ruling. Now agents will be more involved with college basketball. Not necessarily within the rules. Where there's money there will be agents sniffing.
