Revenge Tour

[HuskyBaggins]

Next possible candidate(s) -

Texas - 2003 loss in the sweet sixteen
Miami - 1999 senior night (yeah it's a stretch)

 

[jibsey]

I have a bad taste in my mouth from Larranaga and George Mason as we ALL do.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

We are UConn. Other programs are looking for revenge against us. Not the other way around.

 

[businesslawyer]

While I generally don’t waste my time thinking about such things, would I take pleasure from beating Larranaga in a Final Four? Yes. Yes I would.

 

[warbler1055]

I will be very happy if and when we beat either one and move on !!!

 

[Matrim55]

Miami - 1999 senior night (yeah it's a stretch)

I still remember that game and it was absolutely brutal. REVENGE!!!

 

[Mr. French]

Larranaga for 06 is the most obvious one left.

 

[Kitaman]

We are UConn. Other programs are looking for revenge against us. Not the other way around.

I think we owe Creighton something. Hope it can wait till next season, but if it happens next week then we will exact vengenace like never before.

 

[huskymedic]

Assisted access <

-> In his four years at the University of San Diego, Joey Calcaterra went up against Gonzaga seven times. All seven were losses. Average deficit: 30.2 points.

Similarly, Calcaterra was 0-8 against Saint Mary's. All it took was a transfer to the UConn men's basketball team for his fifth and final season to finally exorcise some demons beat both of those teams. Quite handily.

"This is a little revenge tour for me," the 6-foot-3 guard said from the winning locker room, following the Huskies' utterly impressive, 82-54 thrashing of the Zags in the West Regional finals on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.

Calcaterra certainly played a role, knocking down a pair of 3-pointers and finishing with eight points, the most he's scored in UConn's four NCAA tourney victories… <-

 

[HuskyBaggins]

For the record, the 2006 team was the 180 degree opposite of this year's team. They didn't lose to Mason because of coaching, but because they had almost nobody that could handle the ball, and they were disinterested in college game with NBA stars in their eyes.

I don't think I could imagine a team MORE different from them than to his years team

 

[SubbaBub]

For the record, the 2006 team was the 180 degree opposite of this year's team. They didn't lose to Mason because of coaching, but because they had almost nobody that could handle the ball, and they were disinterested in college game with NBA stars in their eyes.

I don't think I could imagine a team MORE different from them than to his years team

Which is what was happening with this team in January. Glad they figured it out. We all are.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Before this started I saw this as a revenge tour but those whi were owed payback kept dropping off so I imagine the mojo Gods had a different plan.

I'm beginning to think this is an annihilation tour.

 

[businesslawyer]

For the record, the 2006 team was the 180 degree opposite of this year's team. They didn't lose to Mason because of coaching, but because they had almost nobody that could handle the ball, and they were disinterested in college game with NBA stars in their eyes.

I don't think I could imagine a team MORE different from them than to his years team

Yeah, I don't think it's fair to blame their loss in the NCAAs to being more worried about NBA careers. They played too many great games during the course of that year to think they didn't care about winning. Sixty seven of sixty eight teams in a NCAA tournament lose their last game each year. Sometimes it's just that crap happens.

 

[Drame]

I put some of the 2006 loss on coaching. We played the same defense the entire game and they tore us up. All we needed was something to mix it up a tiny bit. I think Calhoun was overconfident that they would eventually fold.

 

[kemba]

06 wasn’t just about George mason though, all of March was a struggle. Vibe was off with that team. Doesn’t mean they didn’t care but they didn’t play with that extra level of desperation for 40 minutes that you need to play with in March.

 

[USNavyDog]

I think Texas will be the harder of the two because its a road game in from of a massive crowd of mostly 60,000 fans. My preference is that we play Miami.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

06 wasn’t just about George mason though, all of March was a struggle. Vibe was off with that team. Doesn’t mean they didn’t care but they didn’t play with that extra level of desperation for 40 minutes that you need to play with in March.

The team lacked ball handlers and a true leader. It was a team of laid back, super talented guys.

Still crazy that they should’ve had AJ Price and Andrew Bynum on the team. Had a chance to be one of the best college basketball teams ever.

 

[The Yakk]

Yeah, I don't think it's fair to blame their loss in the NCAAs to being more worried about NBA careers. They played too many great games during the course of that year to think they didn't care about winning. Sixty seven of sixty eight teams in a NCAA tournament lose their last game each year. Sometimes it's just that crap happens.

We were damn lucky to escape our sweet sixteen game against Washington anyway. They should have beat us. Brandon Roy was by far the best player on the floor.

If they had beat us they probably would have been champs in 2006.

 

[MrSec224]

Larranaga for 06 is the most obvious one left.

No no

Texas is. Sir Jabari Rice played for New Mexico State last year with Teddy Allen, the brother of Timmy Allen. Timmy and Rice play for Texas.

And this is an angle that will be much closer to home for THIS roster

 

[FfldCntyFan]

No no

Texas is. Sir Jabari Rice played for New Mexico State last year with Teddy Allen, the brother of Timmy Allen. Timmy and Rice play for Texas.

And this is an angle that will be much closer to home for THIS roster

Don't forget 2003 and the ball getting stuck on the rim.

 

[businesslawyer]

We handled a Jim Larranaga team in a huge game on a national stage. Comfortably, start to finish. For the first time since March of 2006, I happily played Living on a Prayer immediately after the game. The song no longer has the power to destroy me.

 

[B1GEast]

Larranaga gone. Another box checked

 

[warbler1055]

I am sure Coach JC is enjoying this special moment in Houston remembering George Mason and Coach Larranaga in 2006.

 

[jibsey]

We handled a Jim Larranaga team in a huge game on a national stage. Comfortably, start to finish. For the first time since March of 2006, I happily played Living on a Prayer immediately after the game. The song no longer has the power to destroy me.

That George Mason game has been like a virus in my system all these years, painful. You’re right, Larrañaga prevailing would have been bad. Betcha coach Calhoun is happy about this one too.

 

[hardcorehusky]

This is payback to Donna Shalala being one of the Presidents blocking UConn from the ACC. F THE U!