Quote in The Athletic

[NYCMike]

I think we’ve been dissed:
“There’s no dominant teams, because if you look at the dominant, blue-blood programs, there’s really only one of them that has a high-level coach right now. It’s Kansas,” says one high-major coach, granted anonymity so he could speak freely about his colleagues.

 

[my2cents]

I think we’ve been dissed:
“There’s no dominant teams, because if you look at the dominant, blue-blood programs, there’s really only one of them that has a high-level coach right now. It’s Kansas,” says one high-major coach, granted anonymity so he could speak freely about his colleagues.

That "high level" coach , coached them to a 29 point loss ( 4 in a row on the road) last night. AND he got his "high level" butt tossed with two technicals.

 

[brihman]

If that’s not bulletin board material I don’t know what is

 

[El Obrero]

When Dan Hurley turns sixty, I’d love to see Bill Self apply to be his replacement.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

Replace high level with long tenured (or a long history of success at a high level) and it makes sense. As it currently reads, I have nothing…

 

[Inyatkin]

More a shot at Kentucky, if anything

 

[navery12]

Nothing to see here. We can't even get unanimous agreement from UConn fans that we're a blue blood, let alone the national media

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Nothing to see here. We can't even get unanimous agreement from UConn fans that we're a blue blood, let alone the national media

5>4

 

[ColchVEGAS]

Blue blood this blue blood that. I'll take the 5 championships in 25 years and let that speak for itself.

 

[Tenspro2002]

It's absolutely a shot at Scheyer, Davis, Squid, maybe Cronin and Woodson.

It's also denigrating, through omission, our recent accomplishments and current dominance.

 

[McLovin]

I think you are referencing the same article I was just reading. I generally like the Athletic, but that article was written for click bait… while I do think there is a TON of parity in CBB this year, there are very clearly 2 dominant teams that the article decided to basically not mention at all.

 

[RedStickHusky]

It's the party line. We can get to seven or eight and the P5s will still be calling us cute.

 

[drayenob]

Disrespect that I'm confident our coach will put to good use.

 

[Palatine]

Who would you rather be? Vanderbilt or Musk.

 

[CL82]

I think we’ve been dissed:
“There’s no dominant teams, because if you look at the dominant, blue-blood programs, there’s really only one of them that has a high-level coach right now. It’s Kansas,” says one high-major coach, granted anonymity so he could speak freely about his colleagues.

Man, Cooley is so bitter now...

 

[87Xfer]

"Brendan Marks covers Duke and North Carolina basketball for The Athletic." Nuff said.

 

[CL82]

Nothing to see here. We can't even get unanimous agreement from UConn fans that we're a blue blood, let alone the national media

Because it's an undefined, and thus meaningless, term.

 

[EROCK CONN]

Knowing Hurley, he probably said it just so he could use it as bulletin board material in our locker room.

 

[businesslawyer]

When Dan Hurley turns sixty, I’d love to see Bill Self apply to be his replacement.

Why would Self leave a good place to be for a job where he’s going to look bad compared to his predecessor?

 

[Sphinx]

"Blue blood is an undefined and meaningless term."

Exactly. The relevant term in not "blue blood" but "championship." The relevant question is not "What are the blue blood programs?" but "What are the championship programs?" And the equating of "dominant" and "blue blood" is ridiculous. The woods are full of so-called blue bloods who have not been dominant in years.

If you took a poll of high school basketball coaches and asked them to name the three most dominant college programs in America today, I'll wager that 90% would include UConn. If you asked the same coaches to name three blue-blood college programs off the top of their heads, I'll wager that not 10% would include UConn.

 

[Bazz2014]

If that’s not bulletin board material I don’t know what is

And right in time for our home stand against #4 in the country. Kinda love the timing… just when we were riding high, put that chip right back on Hurley and the team’s shoulder.

Hope Hurley puts this on a bulletin board at practice and they come out absolutely scorching tomorrow and Saturday.

 

[HooperScooper]

Yeah that's definitely a diss. Get number 6 in April and I couldn't care less what some ACC writer down in North Carolina thinks. Actually I don't even care now.

 

[AllHusky]

He won't use it directly because he' a team/program not Me guy. The quote disrespects him personally. However, I'm sure that it'll "somehow" make it the kids. Do they read the Boneyard?

 

[temery]

Because it's an undefined, and thus meaningless, term.

"Blue Blood" is an easily defined term/label: any school that has dominated in one generation (~25 years), then another, is "Blue Blood."

UConn is Blue Blood.

 

[Waquoit]

Hurley lost 3 guys to the pros and has the number 1 team and longest winning streak. That's high-level coaching. He faced a murderers row of CBB coaches in the Dance last year and smoked 'em all. The "Eric Musselman will coach circles around Hurley" quotes seem like a lifetime ago.

 

[lavuuk153]

Don't worry guys, the high major coach is Hurley and he's playing 4d chess to get his team fired up.

 

[mussels]

I think you are referencing the same article I was just reading. I generally like the Athletic, but that article was written for click bait… while I do think there is a TON of parity in CBB this year, there are very clearly 2 dominant teams that the article decided to basically not mention at all.

???

if its the same article I read, the guy made a pretty compelling case for there being a ton of parity, and then closed with exacly your point.

“On the other, though, a handful of teams at the top have started to separate themselves. This week marked the fifth straight that Purdue and Connecticut, both 22-2, were ranked first and second in the AP poll. Houston (21-3), despite some offensive question marks, has ranked No. 1 in most computer rankings for months and has put together one of the best adjusted-efficiency margins in recent history. Those three teams will almost certainly be the top three overall seeds when the selection committee reveals its late-season top 16 on Saturday”

 

[AdamaNation]

I think you are referencing the same article I was just reading. I generally like the Athletic, but that article was written for click bait… while I do think there is a TON of parity in CBB this year, there are very clearly 2 dominant teams that the article decided to basically not mention at all.

Imagine if it was Izzo or pitino.

 

[NJHusky]

He really tries to prove his point about parity, but does add this at the end

For all the talk of a lack of a dominant team last season, there was one hiding in plain sight: UConn, which crushed its NCAA Tournament opponents in historic fashion and might be poised to go back-to-back.

 

[McLovin]

???

if its the same article I read, the guy made a pretty compelling case for there being a ton of parity, and then closed with exacly your point.

“On the other, though, a handful of teams at the top have started to separate themselves. This week marked the fifth straight that Purdue and Connecticut, both 22-2, were ranked first and second in the AP poll. Houston (21-3), despite some offensive question marks, has ranked No. 1 in most computer rankings for months and has put together one of the best adjusted-efficiency margins in recent history. Those three teams will almost certainly be the top three overall seeds when the selection committee reveals its late-season top 16 on Saturday”

It was basically a footnote in his article that was contrary to the headline and everything he spent 20 paragraphs trying to prove. There absolutely are teams head and shoulders above the field is all I'm saying (and the article tried to claim there were none).