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Proper Game Watching Etiquette

TheShot1990 said:
Who is that poster who’s wife asked “do you have a game tonight?”

Mine’s the same

Either they think we play for the team, or they want to steer clear of the room, we’re in.
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That would be my wife. This morning she asked me when is my next game. She is pretty smart though, she left this morning for a 10 day trip to visit our children and grandchildren. Said she couldn't stand being around me this week. I don't bother asking anyone to watch games with me anymore, nobody wants to. Last night she was watching with me at the beginning. In the first 1 minute and 27 seconds we had 2 turnovers, missed 2 pointers and had committed 2 fouls. I was flipping out, she went upstairs. She once asked me what number I was.
 
Alone with my feet up. Cocktail to my right, cell phone to my left logged into the chat in case I need to express an irrational thought. Wife will occasionally pop in and make a comment on the score. If we happen to be behind she’ll say “Ohhhh boy” and my blood pressure goes through the roof. I generally don’t yell at the TV but I will drop the occasional F-bomb if the kids aren’t around.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
I've watched every game with the volume off since Iona. Greatly reduces the stress. If there's a good play I'll rewind and watch with audio.

We have friends who have a rolling watch party for the tournament with a pretty spectacular set up. I went for a couple hours on Saturday afternoon and someone asked me if I was coming yesterday. I laughed out loud at the absurdity of watching a UConn tournament game in a group setting.

I actually watched the game last night in the office preparing for a deposition. About as miserable a night as I can remember.
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Any night you spend knowing you'll have to speak to litigators the next day is a terrible night.
 
I don't have any superstitions, I've seen the team win and lose in the tournament in all sorts of different places and with so many different people. The only thing I don't like is watching in a super crowded environment with a lot of distractions, I also want sound for the biggest games.

This is supposed to be fun, some of you seem to make it a miserable experience. Watching alone on a park bench sounds awful.
 
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Fishy said:
I can't watch with people, especially my family. I don't yell or throw things, but I cannot deal with other people and their thoughts. (It's also why I have never even entertained the idea of visiting the chat here and enduring you coconuts during a game.)

I really, really, really cannot watch with people if those people are my in-laws. I love them dearly but they have never had an unexpressed thought in their lives and that can be grating during a UConn game. If UConn goes down 2-0, invariably, my mother in law will say, uh-oh and my brain will start to bleed.

Making that worse, we vacation with them around this time every year. We rent a place in Florida and there's one television. Since it's NCAA time and that's even more stressful than normal, what I do is remove myself from the situation.

I go find a park bench in the complex and I watch the games there. I take my iPad and a few airplane bottles of rum. Here's where I watched the San Diego State game.

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Are we talking about a big game or just any game? If we're talking a big game, I can only watch with my sons, who are also totally into it, my wife (who knows to leave me or us alone) or my dog (who reads my emotions and starts growling and barking at the television when I seem upset. But I may watch standing behind the sofa rather than sitting on it.

I watched the BYU game on a pretty damn good TV feed flying back from Las Vegas this year. I had headphones on and stayed silent, but was moving my hands and arms. My wife found it unacceptable. I didn't care.
 
Cannot go to someone else’s place to watch these games. I stay home and watch in my living room, my son watches in the other room and depending on how it’s going will join him or not. I’ll swear at the refs and get up to pace but mostly after the last under 8 min timeout. My dog will run over to see if I’m ok but leaves if we are cheering too loudly. I’ll be a wreck for the game Friday waiting until 9pm again for it to start. But at the same time - there’s nothing better!!
 
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who tries to summon some mojo in interesting ways. I had a few different shirt choices ready to change if needed last night. I went with the shirt with Kemba’s step back ankle breaker in 2011.
 
Doctor Hoop said:
I was in the ‘Man Cave’ alone watching, and my wife came down to chat and say goodnight. It went well for about 3 minutes until an egregious foul call (O’Connell) caused me to shout “Oh, come on!”.

She knew it was time to leave 🤣
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Oh man I hate in game conversation. I'm watching the game. I don't want to hear how you bumped into the neighbors at the grocery store.
 
Fanta drives me nuts. He's so excitable, everything with his voice and game commentary way up Here, and it's stressful, and when the other team is doing good and he's yakking about it I can hardly stand it. At the same time I do want to hear what Donny Marshall or the other guy is saying. Sorta stuck. Mostly I watch by myself because no one else is as interested as I am in watching the games, following the team. I do have tickets for Hartford so I get to go to 8-10 games a season, Mohegan Sun exhibition included. Shakes up the winter.
 
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NatiHuskiFan said:
I’m glad I’m not the only one who tries to summon some mojo in interesting ways. I had a few different shirt choices ready to change if needed last night. I went with the shirt with Kemba’s step back ankle breaker in 2011.
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My living room for the playoffs. Mojo galore!
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I gripe about the chat but I'm always on it. You all are my only social media contacts. I dont F with all that other fluff.

So lately, because I live in TN now and for some reason many of you back home get the feed before me, I love seeing someone post in the chat "AK baaaaaaang" or something or other.
Not having seen it on my side yet and waiting for it to happen is like double the thrill.

But the greatest thing about being an insane UConn fan is that my Dad (who still lives in Greenwich) and I talk every day multiple times a day, 365 days a year about one thing: UConn basketball. I have a great relationship with him, 1,000 miles away, and I owe a lot of it to our mutual love for the Huskies. Nothin better.
 
Jaydumo20 said:
I gripe about the chat but I'm always on it. You all are my only social media contacts. I dont F with all that other fluff.

So lately, because I live in TN now and for some reason many of you back home get the feed before me, I love seeing someone post in the chat "AK baaaaaaang" or something or other.
Not having seen it on my side yet and waiting for it to happen is like double the thrill.

But the greatest thing about being an insane UConn fan is that my Dad (who still lives in Greenwich) and I talk every day multiple times a day, 365 days a year about one thing: UConn basketball. I have a great relationship with him, 1,000 miles away, and I owe a lot of it to our mutual love for the Huskies. Nothin better.
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Are you on YouTubeTV by chance? There’s a delay you can turn off for sports but I forget exactly how to do it.

Also anyone running cable will always be ~15s ahead
 
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GlastonTim said:
I watch with my wife, adult son and my brother(living with us this bball season).. All diehards. It’s loud and fun! We try not to get negative, doesn’t always work out that way.
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My wife is always telling me that my negativity is actually affecting the team. I keep telling her they don’t listen anyway.
 
2014DualCs said:
Are you kidding? I stand up and pull my “shorts” up and actively play defense whenever we get a huge bucket and need a stop to go on a run…

My wife went through with the marriage already knowing this so I should be good to go… should…
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I don’t even know how this would work. I just picture a guy slapping the floor and getting in the the stance.
 
I frequently watch games with other people. I'm loud, so is most everyone else.

I can't watch a game alone with my wife. For some reason, she thinks I'm going to sit there and shut up. She should know by now that's never going to happen. So she goes to another part of the house where she can still hear me.

I have no game watching etiquette, and I don't expect anything from anyone.
 
lonsharkin51 said:
Do anyone else’s dogs come over and offer sympathy when you’re yelling at the TV? Mine will come see what’s wrong with me and then vacate the living room for the duration of the game to get away from me.
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Mine often watches with me. Gets on the couch where I'm lying, lies over my legs, and actually watches - not looking around the room or at me, but intently at the TV. It's odd, and he really only pays attention to the TV when it's sports. I try to not scare the crap out of him, but I'll tell him if that was a good or bad play.
 
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