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Can we please give Samson his flowers? After his 2nd foul I was legitimately sweating with anxiety in a way I hadn't before in the tournament. In the 2nd, he obviously couldn't best Edey physically 1-on-1 but the fronting and the constant battling for position, that undoubtedly had an effect on tiring him out. He fought so hard to battle through his disadvantage and his cumulative efforts added up on Edey.

As always, his dunks are the demoralizing cherry on top of disappointment cake for the other team. Was really an admirable job in an arguably already decided contest for his match up.
 
UCan3 said:
Was it just me or did it seem like every announcer / commentator in the tourney was blatantly rooting against us? They spent 90% of the time complimenting, discussing the other team (Pre-game / Halftime / in game) and little attention to what our team was doing / accomplishing.

Clear example was last night is when Rafferty (without missing a beat) declared, after Cam absorbed a HARD foul - Bill quipped “he knows how to sell it,” Really Bill? Liked how you also clammed up as the replay showed how bad the foul was… Classy.

It seemed like every halftime / pregame / Game Call was 90% on the other team, and very little about the significance of what UConn was doing. A bit disrespected in my book. If this was a Duke/NC/Kentucky team doing what we did, they would be lathering them with praise / attention. For us, they only came around when they had to… Barkley looked like he has personally lost the game when he had to give Uconn the respect we deserved.. Sorry Chuck.

So I was hoping Dan would be a bit more reflective in his post game comments….But after the treatment we got this year- kinda of see where Dan felt the need to take the opportunity to remind people that we are the most successful program in last 30 years.
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No it wasn’t just you. I agree.
 
UCan3 said:
Was it just me or did it seem like every announcer / commentator in the tourney was blatantly rooting against us? They spent 90% of the time complimenting, discussing the other team (Pre-game / Halftime / in game) and little attention to what our team was doing / accomplishing.

Clear example was last night is when Rafferty (without missing a beat) declared, after Cam absorbed a HARD foul - Bill quipped “he knows how to sell it,” Really Bill? Liked how you also clammed up as the replay showed how bad the foul was… Classy.

It seemed like every halftime / pregame / Game Call was 90% on the other team, and very little about the significance of what UConn was doing. A bit disrespected in my book. If this was a Duke/NC/Kentucky team doing what we did, they would be lathering them with praise / attention. For us, they only came around when they had to… Barkley looked like he has personally lost the game when he had to give Uconn the respect we deserved.. Sorry Chuck.

So I was hoping Dan would be a bit more reflective in his post game comments….But after the treatment we got this year- kinda of see where Dan felt the need to take the opportunity to remind people that we are the most successful program in last 30 years.
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It was just you, the last month and really this entire season was a constant promo for the UConn program. Every 2 minutes there was a new stat being talked about to highlight our dominance
 
Wow, so much to say but most of it has already been said. At halftime last night I found myself thinking that it would be a real shame if this team doesn't win it all. They just deserved it. You just go down the list and you had every player playing totally unselfishly and simply doing what they needed to do to help the team win. Absolutely amazing. Clearly the best TEAM in college basketball.

Six wins in 25 years is unthinkable. If that's not obvious to you, check yourself now. It's so unlikely. Prior to this year, I think over the past twenty years, the #1 overall seed going into the tournament won the championship twice (it's something close to that, I didn't look it up again). I had the same thought after last year about how unlikely it was, and now it's happened again.

I'd be interested to know what odds a sportsbook would post for any team to win 6 championships in the next 25 years?

Enjoy the ride!
 
navery12 said:
It was just you, the last month and really this entire season was a constant promo for the UConn program. Every 2 minutes there was a new stat being talked about to highlight our dominance
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hmm okay.:
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
I haven't read this whole thread, but we owe a tip of the hat to Painter for coming out with a generic game plan and not changing it despite the fact that Edey was single-handedly keeping Purdue in the game for most of the first half. Shouldn't the Alabama game have showed Painter that counting on one or two players to make amazing plays the whole game is a bad plan? There may have been nothing Purdue could have done, but that is not an excuse for Painter doing nothing.
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It wasn't Painter doing nothing. It was UConn dictating that we are going to let your best player get his and not allow your other players to get anything. Purdue was the second best three point shooting team in the country, and we chose to take that away, and did it successfully. UConn was able to do it because they had the players to do it. Clinghan was unique. A rare case of a single guy able to make things just difficult enough for Edy to make the math work out. Our guards were too much for there guards. We wore them down just like we did to all of the other teams. There was nothing Painter could have done.
 
navery12 said:
I know we complain all the time about not getting respect from ESPN, but maybe that's starting to change. I know this is completely meaningless, and the lineup will definitely change, but ranking this projected lineup #4 is a clear sign of respect for what Hurley has built

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way to early top 25s have never been more irrelevant. I preferred the old ways, but it is what it is
 
visitor123 said:
I was lurking on Syracusefan last year and after our 1st round win they started a thread to laugh at us. That helped with the mojo so much. Thanks Syracusefan!
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I went their last night to see what they were chatting about, and to their credit they dusted off their thread about Ollie getting fired and Hurley being hired. Great read.
 
GiladKatzDeli said:
1.) You’re not going to block a hook shot from a 7’4” player (so don’t try to and potentially get into foul trouble).
2.) Win the rebounding battle
3.) Lock down everybody other than Edey
4.) Just try to slow Edey, he’ll score, just make him earn it.
5.) We can’t lose if we score points, if we score 75+ I like our chances.
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Update on my post from yesterday on keys to the game: It worked.
 
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superjohn said:
No, I said the same thing to anyone that would listen. Clingan only has one foul, Clingan has only one foul! It was like Christmas.

Props to the refs, they let them play but sheesh. Edey is allowed to do what he wants. There was the early arm thing when the game started with Clingan. There was the three point line thing and then there was the late game stuff when it was already over and they let Edey throw elbows into Karaban's neck.

Overall the refs let the players battle and decide the game without them being noticed. Edey got about 4 calls and I think we got 3. The refs were really good overall.
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It was late in the game and the final result was already known, but Edey completely bulldozed Karaban a couple times (I thought Karaban took an elbow to his face, but it was actually Edey's shoulder). Looked like fouls to me, but then again when you have a 6'8" guy defending a 7'4" 300 pound guy, I guess that's what it's supposed to look like.
 
Isn't it interesting that in both Women's and Men's basketball, the NPOY was a generational, two-time winner and neither one of them brought home a championship?
 
That was near flawless execution of an elite defensive game plan leading to total destruction. I could tell Edey was gassed with a few minutes to go in the 1st half and I knew it was over. They are so relentless and grind teams down to the point where they just give up. This game was a perfect encapsulation of the entire season. Great coaching, execution and team work leading UConn to the promised land once again. About 30 minutes after the game was over Hurley was asking assistants where the East Regional and Final Four will be next year :cool:
 
Linart said:
Isn't it interesting that in both Women's and Men's basketball, the NPOY was a generational, two-time winner and neither one of them brought home a championship?
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Keyshawn Johnson and Paul Pierce this morning talked about how bored they were.

Meanwhile, Pierce was saying the problem with US basketball is kids don't learn offense the proper way, they just dribble drive. He criticizes them because they're all about flash. They should learn how to play like Euro kids.

At the same time, he says the UConn game is boring bland basketball.

I wonder why the kids are more interested in flash?

Anyway, I saw a fantastic first half. In fact, I agree with the Cuse fans who said this: "Best first 10 minutes in title game history. Incredible!"

People who think last night was bad basketball don't know ball.
 
Question about the trophy. Is that the real trophy? It looks cheap. What are all the crystal trophies in the UConn trophy case?
 
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goskis2018 said:
I went their last night to see what they were chatting about, and to their credit they dusted off their thread about Ollie getting fired and Hurley being hired. Great read.
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That thread is pure gold!
 
Gregg Doyel has been an idiot for years now but he outdid himself with this one, lol @ putting Braden Smith over Castle

 
B1GEast said:
Jersey City???? Lol
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Proud to say our younger cat was adopted from Jersey City on November 19th 2021.

Since then UConn has:
  • An overall record of 91-21
  • Won one Big East Championship
  • Won two National Championships

Here's a shot of the lower Manhattan skyline from the street of the cat shelter:
IMG_9264.jpg


You're welcome for the good mojo!
 
upstater said:
Keyshawn Johnson and Paul Pierce this morning talked about how bored they were.

Meanwhile, Pierce was saying the problem with US basketball is kids don't learn offense the proper way, they just dribble drive. He criticizes them because they're all about flash. They should learn how to play like Euro kids.

At the same time, he says the UConn game is boring bland basketball.

I wonder why the kids are more interested in flash?

Anyway, I saw a fantastic first half. In fact, I agree with the Cuse fans who said this: "Best first 10 minutes in title game history. Incredible!"

People who think last night was bad basketball don't know ball.
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Given how inaccurate Pierce's comments are, assuming you are accurately summarizing his statements, there has to be an explanation for his statements. Doesn't surprise me that a person who played for Kansas wants to denigrate a team that now has two more NCs than his alma mater. Plus this leads me to believe Pierce still holds animosity towards Ray.
 
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ctchamps said:
Given how inaccurate Pierce's comments are, assuming you are accurately summarizing his statements, there has to be an explanation for his statements. Doesn't surprise me that a person who played for Kansas wants to denigrate a team that now has two more NCs than his alma mater. Plus this leads me to believe Pierce still holds animosity towards Ray.
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Keyshawn was worse.

This is accurate. They both said it was dry and flat and had no star power. Then he criticized the style of play while specifically mentioning the Euros do it right.
 
80shusky said:
That was near flawless execution of an elite defensive game plan leading to total destruction. I could tell Edey was gassed with a few minutes to go in the 1st half and I knew it was over. They are so relentless and grind teams down to the point where they just give up. This game was a perfect encapsulation of the entire season. Great coaching, execution and team work leading UConn to the promised land once again. About 30 minutes after the game was over Hurley was asking assistants where the East Regional and Final Four will be next year :cool:
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There was one play with about a minute left in the 1st half where Edey was quite clearly leaning on Karaban and the look on his face and the relative limpness of his body to me screamed "I need to do this to stay up." It was kinda wild
 
jostar1 said:
Question about the trophy. Is that the real trophy? It looks cheap. What are all the crystal trophies in the UConn trophy case?
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iirc the crystal ones are coaches poll championships? Someone correct me if I'm wrong on that one
 
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