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Poll: How do you prefer watching a UConn Men’s BB game?

How do yo prefer watching a UConn Men’s BB game?

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  1. Live at Gampel
  2. Live at XL (the 2-3 biggest BE home games)
  3. Home Alone






100. XL cupcakes /lower BE games
 
Either by myself or only with other UConn fans (in person, at a bar, at a house).

I don’t do well watching with casuals who talk through the entire game / don’t pay attention…
 
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After reading these replies I realize I am not the only nut who lives and dies with our team. During the tournament last year I developed a routine where I would run during timeouts. My wife thought it was a great way to improve my cardio. And I had to hit 20,000 steps every day of March madness. What a great benefit of rooting for the champs. Thank you Dan Hurley and crew for helping improve my health
 
ucp990411 said:
After reading these replies I realize I am not the only nut who lives and dies with our team. During the tournament last year I developed a routine where I would run during timeouts. My wife thought it was a great way to improve my cardio. And I had to hit 20,000 steps every day of March madness. What a great benefit of rooting for the champs. Thank you Dan Hurley and crew for helping improve my health
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I do 10 burpees every timeout. Glad I'm not alone, lol
 
I put the game on the TV and whoever is there has to watch it with me. If there is no one here, then I watch it alone.

Regular season game, meh, I just watch. Big game - I do pace a lot. Really big game, I will expand my pacing to actual overland travel.

For the title game this year, my wife and I rented a place on Florida for a week. My inlaws came to stay with us for a few days. I watched for like three minutes with them and then my mother in law said, oh, no, UConn’s losing in the first minute or two of the game and I got out of Dodge.

I watch the game on my ipad on a bench outside.
 
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In person when I can, but living in Texas the opportunities are limited. I mostly watch at home. Small gatherings mostly.
 
Live is best then home alone. I lose it when I have to watch games with people who have zero interest in the game. I ride my Peloton for the first half , shower then settle in for the second.
 
RJScootin said:
Always live when possible, if not home with my two boys 100% focused on game, we normally stand the entire game. Never a bar, no boys and majority don't care about game. Hoop in chat as needed to get fans reactions and maybe add my two cents.
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That is awesome! So pumped up everyone is standing! I may try that because I tend to jump out of my chair at great plays or bad ref calls. My wife won't even come into the room when the game is on.
She thinks she's bad mojo.
 
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I chose "a couple of friends/family" but it's just me and the Warden, that's it. If the kid is home on break, she will watch too.

I pace, I swear, I have the iPad on ESPN with the current stats. We usually buy a three-pack of games each year and they hate going with me because I can't sit still.
 
Fishy said:
For the title game this year, my wife and I rented a place on Florida for a week. My inlaws came to stay with us for a few days. I watched for like three minutes with them and then my mother in law said, oh, no, UConn’s losing in the first minute or two of the game and I got out of Dodge.

I watch the game on my ipad on a bench outside.
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That’s very nice of you. I absolutely would have made her leave the room and told her she could watch on the iPad.

It’s like when I’m watching games with my family… my dad, my brother and me are all screaming f bombs at the TV and my mom will go “oh no, did something bad happen”?
 
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McLovin said:
That’s very nice of you. I absolutely would have made her leave the room and told her she could watch on the iPad.

It’s like when I’m watching games with my family… my dad, my brother and me are all screaming f bombs at the TV and my mom will go “oh no, did something bad happen”?
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My mom knows nothing about sports but to this day she knows who Patrick Ewing is and she calls him "Hands of " Ewing.

We watched every single Knicks game growing up and my dad constantly screamed at the TV about the refs and constantly called Ewing "hands of shit." My mom would walk in the room and ask, "What did hands of do now?"
 
In person because you get a much better feel for the flow of the game. On TV it's much more nerve racking.
 
In person

Otherwise I'd save a ton of money
 
Home games - HAVE to be there. No excuses. What are we even talking about?

Away games - depends on the game. If it’s a big one, maybe with the fellas having beers in the basement. If it’s a huge one, maybe home by myself stressed. If it’s super rainy/snowy, home on the couch by myself with a fire going.

Never at a bar. Too many casuals and distractions. I’d want to slap the first person that asks “are they still in the AAC?”
 
Bars are usually out unless of course you’re assured of sound, loud. But even then it’s just not the same.

At the game was great, being part of it through the years as JC built this thing we have now, was so much fun memories for ever. Have to say that since I coached my son growing up and watched him play through HS and went to less games I have grown fond of being a home body. The ability to see a play that the refs miss and replaying it immediately to see they missed it happens a lot. In ‘99 I watched the BE tourney through the FF every game with a bunch of friends (a few BYers) at Rookies in Cromwell (now Chicago Sams)…and we had a blast. On Monday night I couldn’t leave the house I had to watch all the local and national pre-game hype I was a mess. My phone was ringing off the hook. I was happy with my decision and kind of haven’t looked back.

Home, yelling when I need to, replaying when I need to, going back and forth with my brother and friends about calls etc etc when I need to that’s the way I roll now.

Can’t wait to get back it.
 
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You are all disgusting animals and I’m embarrassed to be associated with you
 
mauconnfan said:
Bars are usually out unless of course you’re assured of sound, loud. But even then it’s just not the same.
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Back in early Calhoun I can remember going to bars to watch a game down here in Jersey. One time we had to get them to change it to put on the game on the big TV. Probably like all of us, I get into it and can be a little loud. It started to draw people's attention and they came over to see what was going on and they stayed to watch the game. By the end of the game, which we won, we had a bar full of Jersey people with no particular Connecticut rooting interest cheering for UConn. My wife and I still chuckle about that from time to time.
 
ucp990411 said:
After reading these replies I realize I am not the only nut who lives and dies with our team. During the tournament last year I developed a routine where I would run during timeouts. My wife thought it was a great way to improve my cardio. And I had to hit 20,000 steps every day of March madness. What a great benefit of rooting for the champs. Thank you Dan Hurley and crew for helping improve my health
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This is a great idea. I have to lose a bunch of weight, this is something that can help with that. Especially since I've usually got a ton of energy during games anyway.
 
  1. Live, but I moved 1,400 miles away so . . .
  2. With like-minded family and friends if I'm visiting CT, but mostly . . .
  3. Home alone where I can be crazy and have my laptop open for the chat and boxscore.
 
Of course live that’s too easy of an answer.

Specifically my tune is far different with a regular season game vs tourney game. I watch a regular season game wherever with whoever I’m usually easy going with a free schedule. Do I still get intense during games especially conference games of course.

Now postseason games I’m a complete nut. BE tourney games I’m about half and half, NCAA games a different story. I plan a rigid schedule around it. I cannot be around anyone during the games. I get super nervous all day I can barely sleep and I constantly pace back and forth in my living room I don’t eat during the games, drink no question. This latest tourney run obviously made me chill a lot.
 
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