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HuskyHawk said:
I think 2014 was lucky. But honestly, every national title involves some luck along the way. I fully expected us to win it last year. And in 1999 and 2004. 2011 knew we had a chance. 2014, that was a miracle. Not sure what this manufactured controversy is, aside from you doing the voodoo that you do so well. You going to the game in December? I checked and Angel Du$t is playing at the Bottleneck on the 2nd.

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OkaForPrez said:
For sure this entire thread is @HuskyHawk bait but it is a nice cathartic canvas to get all my thoughts on the matter out.
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I like huskyhawk and take his allegiance declarations at face value, hes a good sport who I like to tweak, but no. This is going to be linked reposted to Phog and the other boards and social media feeds these insecure lunatics post on. So thank you for your stellar work here. You (and I) deal in measured facts. And these people need a wake up call.
 
August_West said:
I like huskyhawk and take his allegiance declarations at face value, hes a good sport who I like to tweak, but no. This is going to be linked reposted to Phog and the other boards and social media feeds these insecure lunatics post on. So thank you for your stellar work here. You (and I) deal in measured facts. And these people need a wake up call.
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Happy to help, let me know what else I can waste time on in support of this caseload.
 
August_West said:
Missing tourney sucks. No doubt. But heading into tourney as one of the top 8 seeds in the tourney and consistently missing the mark is a sign of a culture of institutional choking.
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Or that they resemble Purdue
 
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CL82 said:
Agree to disagree.

(You know that August is bored and is trolling you, right?)
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OkaForPrez said:
For sure this entire thread is @HuskyHawk bait but it is a nice cathartic canvas to get all my thoughts on the matter out.
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Yes and yes. And he knows I know, hence my YouTube reference. But it's Friday afternoon, it's hot and sometimes you have to just play the role you've been assigned.
August_West said:
I like huskyhawk and take his allegiance declarations at face value, hes a good sport who I like to tweak, but no. This is going to be linked reposted to Phog and the other boards and social media feeds these insecure lunatics post on. So thank you for your stellar work here. You (and I) deal in measured facts. And these people need a wake up call.
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And I have disabused Jayhawk fans of their stupidity on Twitter at times. And UConn fans as well. That place has the worst of both in many ways.

Side, side note. Kansas and UConn have something in common. We can't seem to make a football helmet that looks good. Well they just did. So now I'm wondering if UConn can create a snarling side view Husky or something.
 
CL82 said:
. The Connecticut fan default is quiet confidence.
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There was so much trash talking coming from SDSU fans on the walk up to the stadium in April. I have a fond memory of looking around at all the smiling UConn fans.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Side, side note. Kansas and UConn have something in common. We can't seem to make a football helmet that looks good. Well they just did. So now I'm wondering if UConn can create a snarling side view Husky or something.
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HuskyHawk said:
Side, side note. Kansas and UConn have something in common. We can't seem to make a football helmet that looks good. Well they just did. So now I'm wondering if UConn can create a snarling side view Husky or something.
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This one?
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CL82 said:
This one?
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Meh.
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That one is meh. Just like as ours. Because front facing logos don't work well on helmets. Ignore the black, which I don't like. Imagine a side Husky angle, with a bit of a growl. It could be awesome.

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John said:
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That was the best we've had. If we had Penn State's history it would be fine. Need a little more excitement.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I think 2014 was lucky. But honestly, every national title involves some luck along the way. I fully expected us to win it last year. And in 1999 and 2004. 2011 knew we had a chance. 2014, that was a miracle. Not sure what this manufactured controversy is, aside from you doing the voodoo that you do so well. You going to the game in December? I checked and Angel Du$t is playing at the Bottleneck on the 2nd.

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How was 2014 lucky and a miracle?
 
HuskyHawk said:
That one is meh. Just like as ours. Because front facing logos don't work well on helmets. Ignore the black, which I don't like. Imagine a side Husky angle, with a bit of a growl. It could be awesome.

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Definitely better.
 
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superjohn said:
How was 2014 lucky and a miracle?
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Because the team wasn't all that good. Absolutely curb-stomped by Louisville. Lost to SMU at home. OOC they won some games, IU by 1, Florida by 1, BC by 2. Even late they were squeaking out close wins over USF and Rutgers. That was not a dominant team.

No other UConn championship team had a resume like that. Very few other championship teams did, and most of them are in the "miracle" category. That includes Kansas in 1988, Nova in 85 and NC State in 83. They needed OT to beat St. Joes. Then something magical happened.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Because the team wasn't all that good. Absolutely curb-stomped by Louisville. Lost to SMU at home. OOC they won some games, IU by 1, Florida by 1, BC by 2. Even late they were squeaking out close wins over USF and Rutgers. That was not a dominant team.

No other UConn championship team had a resume like that. Very few other championship teams did, and most of them are in the "miracle" category. That includes Kansas in 1988, Nova in 85 and NC State in 83. They needed OT to beat St. Joes. Then something magical happened.
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I like to think we peaked at the right time. Frankly, we did. KO figured out what he could get out of Neils and DeAndre and used them perfectly. It was a perfect use of the tools in his tool box. Those guys started hitting some open shots and the confidence of everyone involved, especially KO, just went off the charts. They figured it out. In retrospect, there was a lot of talent out there for us too.
 
Hoophound said:
I like to think we peaked at the right time. Frankly, we did. KO figured out what he could get out of Neils and DeAndre and used them perfectly. It was a perfect use of the tools in his tool box. Those guys started hitting some open shots and the confidence of everyone involved, especially KO, just went off the charts. They figured it out. In retrospect, there was a lot of talent out there for us too.
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Freakin Terence Samuel was a terror. Think about that.
 
I hate to interrupt this riveting HuskyHawk/ADub dialogue, but has anyone seen or heard from Beakumhawks ? He doesn't come up on any searches that I could find and I knew he had some health issues awhile back, but that was before COVID and I think it's been years since he's been around.
 
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Deepster said:
I hate to interrupt this riveting HuskyHawk/ADub dialogue, but has anyone seen or heard from Beakumhawks ? He doesn't come up on any searches that I could find and I knew he had some health issues awhile back, but that was before COVID and I think it's been years since he's been around.
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He was treated like crap for a while here. He may have asked his account be deleted. Great guy. Never should have been mistreated.

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August_West said:
A Miracle beating Martelli, Jay Wright 2 seed, Hoiberg 3 seed, Izzo 4 seed, Donovan overall 1 seed and Caliparis 5 star fest. We ass backed into that one!
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Didn't say we didn't beat good teams or had an easy path. We beat teams that were mostly better than us.
Hoophound said:
I like to think we peaked at the right time. Frankly, we did. KO figured out what he could get out of Neils and DeAndre and used them perfectly. It was a perfect use of the tools in his tool box. Those guys started hitting some open shots and the confidence of everyone involved, especially KO, just went off the charts. They figured it out. In retrospect, there was a lot of talent out there for us too.
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Yes, certainly some of that. But we weren't the best team. The best team doesn't always win, in any sport. Lots of World Series winners and Super Bowl winners that weren't the best team. There is always an element of luck in sports. Doesn't take anything away from it to acknowledge that team needed it. UConn knew how to grind out defensive games. Maybe Villanova fans don't think there was any luck involved in their team shooting 78% from the floor against the most dominant defensive team in the country.
 
Deepster said:
I hate to interrupt this riveting HuskyHawk/ADub dialogue, but has anyone seen or heard from Beakumhawks ? He doesn't come up on any searches that I could find and I knew he had some health issues awhile back, but that was before COVID and I think it's been years since he's been around.
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As much as I've always hated UNC (going back to when they beat GTown in the '82 final), kudos to them for sending K off into retirement and the Dookies into the offseason with the taste of puke in their mouths. That said, I'll be holding my nose and rooting for UNC to beat Kansas. Easy enough to...
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HuskyHawk said:
Because the team wasn't all that good. Absolutely curb-stomped by Louisville. Lost to SMU at home. OOC they won some games, IU by 1, Florida by 1, BC by 2. Even late they were squeaking out close wins over USF and Rutgers. That was not a dominant team.

No other UConn championship team had a resume like that. Very few other championship teams did, and most of them are in the "miracle" category. That includes Kansas in 1988, Nova in 85 and NC State in 83. They needed OT to beat St. Joes. Then something magical happened.
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Lucky and miracle I take to mean they had huge breaks go their way like the star player on the other team going down 10 seconds into the game, the other team completely choking it away late at the line like Memphis did against Kansas, or a wild shot going in at the buzzer. UConn had one close game in the first round where nothing fluky happened and then they controlled all the other games beating 4 Hall of Fame coaches.

Florida went undefeated in the SEC and was 35-2 after their loss at the beginning of the season to Wisconsin, those two losses to UConn. That UConn team was really good they just couldn't matchup with that Lousiville Pitino team. There was nothing lucky about the run. Kansas winning it all in '08 was certainly lucky.
 
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temery said:
He was treated like crap for a while here. He may have asked his account be deleted. Great guy. Never should have been mistreated.
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I thought deleting an account wasn't a thing here. Posting is always optional though.
 
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