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San Diego Union Tribune: "UConn still not a Blue Blood."

Is UCLA a blue blood currently? An argument can be made either way.
 
There is something to the fact that there are teams that everybody loves or hates. And they drive ratings even if they are ordinary. Duke, UNC, Kentucky Kansas will get the casual viewer in a way Florida, Clemson, and Iowa State won’t. It’s really that way in every sport. There is a reason that Notre Dame gets special treatment in football. They haven’t been national champions since the Reagan Administration. I think we are somewhere in the middle. When we are good we draw better than other good teams When we’re are average or below, even our own fans don’t watch.
 
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mlpavela said:
This is great:

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

UConn has the resume of a college basketball blue blood, but is it one?

BOSTON — The University of Connecticut was originally Storrs Agricultural College, founded in 1881 by the Storrs brothers, humble farmers and merchants who also had the town named a…
www.sandiegouniontribune.com www.sandiegouniontribune.com

Just yesterday I was joking with a friend about being able to hear Kansas fans saying we're not a blue blood unless or until we can commit multiple level 1 violations and come away unscathed. Maybe that's the test.
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jibsey said:
Is UCLA a blue blood currently? An argument can be made either way.
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Currently, UCLA and Indiana are Blue-Beens. They'd have to reach the top again to re-join the other 4.

UConn is best positioned of any program for the term Blue-to-Be. Getting into the top 5 list for all-time weeks ranked #1, and strengthening its current Top 5 position in National Championships are the milestones that would make the Blue Blood designation undeniable.

It doesn't matter that other schools have their historic head start, and that times and conditions have changed. That said, posters in this thread who don't think the "Blue Blood" term matters aren't wrong.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
Currently, UCLA and Indiana are Blue-Beens. They'd have to reach the top again to re-join the other 4.

UConn is best positioned of any program for the term Blue-to-Be. Getting into the top 5 list for all-time weeks ranked #1, and strengthening its current Top 5 position in National Championships are the milestones that would make the Blue Blood designation undeniable.

It doesn't matter that other schools have their historic head start, and that times and conditions have changed. That said, posters in this thread who don't think the "Blue Blood" term matters aren't wrong.
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Yeah, I mean UCLA was unbeatable for many years, they’re had the players, formula and Wooden but it’s harder now and Hurley and staff are very good.
 
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PNolanFan said:
Honestly how many schools are as tortured by another school than san diego state and us... We have literally knocked them out of the championship, elite 8 and sweet 16 in like 3 of the 5 best seasons in program history
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And by increasing margins. First game was close. Second game they had hope late before Hawkins put the final nail in the coffin. Tonight was a massacre and really could have been a 40-50-point loss if we didn't go cold.
 
jibsey said:
Yeah, I mean UCLA was unbeatable for many years, they’re had the players, formula and Wooden but it’s harder now and Hurley and staff are very good.
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No criticism of you intended.

I still remember watching Houston with Elvin Hayes beat UCLA, and where I watched the rematch, as well as when Notre Dame and North Carolina State beat UCLA in 1974.
 
uconnbill said:
Who cares about a team UConn spanked two years in a row
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Not just that, the two toughest losses they've suffered as a program. My recon told me they were quietly optimistic going in. And we made them give up. Who cares about a team that gives up?
 
Does anyone have a copy of the San Diego Union Tribune handy? I need to line my kitty's litter box.
 
...but the article is actually well-written and I have no issues with it. I just didn't get the "international puppetry museum" reference with Jim Calhoun coming to UConn from Northeastern.

@mlpavela chose to give the thread a misconstrued clickbait title.
 
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SwingDog said:
...but the article is actually well-written and I have no issues with it. I just didn't get the "international puppetry museum" reference with Jim Calhoun coming to UConn from Northeastern.

@mlpavela chose to give the thread a misconstrued clickbait title.
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I agree it's a nice article. Many flattering things about UConn acknowledged. But earlier in the thread I shared the three times the author shared the conclusion that for all our greatness, we are not a blue blood. I'm not sure what's misconstrued, @SwingDog .
 
OviedoFLHusky said:
This.

The other day, I had to establish an online account for paying one of my bills. I was chatting with an online Help person (who I didn't know from Jack) who was answering my questions about the account. I signed off by typing in "Thank you! Go UConn! (March Madness)". The Help person types back, "I love them! I've been a fan of theirs since I was in high school! I'll be rooting for them too!"

Now, this company is located somewhere in the Dallas area -- and the Help person could be remotely working from anywhere -- but it's just another example: People not only know about UConn, quite a few of them are fans.

PS -- I wear my UConn t-shirts out shopping, and people have smiled and stopped me in the grocery store to talk about UConn!
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I were UConn gear all over the country. Favorable reactions probably 10:1
 
SwingDog said:
I just didn't get the "international puppetry museum" reference with Jim Calhoun coming to UConn from Northeastern
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The comment had nothing directly to do with Calhoun's arrival from Northeastern.

It referenced an academic program's facility that is unique to UConn, as a way of saying that the University had very little that truly distinguished it at the time.

I have no idea what is special about SDSU, but feel no need to slur it.
 
SwingDog said:
...but the article is actually well-written and I have no issues with it. I just didn't get the "international puppetry museum" reference with Jim Calhoun coming to UConn from Northeastern.

@mlpavela chose to give the thread a misconstrued clickbait title.
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
The comment had nothing directly to do with Calhoun's arrival from Northeastern.

It referenced an academic program's facility that is unique to UConn, as a way of saying that the University had very little that truly distinguished it at the time.

I have no idea what is special about SDSU, but feel no need to slur it.
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Thanks for the explanation.
 
mlpavela said:
I agree it's a nice article. Many flattering things about UConn acknowledged. But earlier in the thread I shared the three times the author shared the conclusion that for all our greatness, we are not a blue blood. I'm not sure what's misconstrued, @SwingDog .
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After reading the article it felt to me like your title was misleading because the writer himself didn't say UConn is not a blueblood.
 
I read a few articles about this last year. The definition of blueblood is subjective. While most seem to agree on UNC, Kansas, Kentucky and Duke; not everyone agrees on UCLA (hasn't done much lately), Indiana (hasn't done much lately), UConn (success has been too recent and over a short period of time).
Note that the stuff in parenthesis is arguments made by others - not my opinion.

Also note that the networks were happy to call us bluebloods leading up to last years Final 4 when they were trying generate interest and it suited them financially (they didn't want a Final 4 with no bluebloods).

We're bluebloods as far as I'm concerned. If we get left off someone else's list, I have 5 NC's to console me.
 
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SwingDog said:
After reading the article it felt to me like your title was misleading because the writer himself didn't say UConn is not a blueblood.
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The whole article implied that UConn is not a blue blood, including the last sentence:

“There’s a certain level of validation that’s going to come from this,” Hurley, 51, said last April in Houston after caressing the real thing. “I just feel like my career in coaching, even prior to this, maybe I don’t do a great job kissing the media’s ass and presenting this image that’s incredibly likable, but I am who I am. I’m from Jersey City, and this is how people from Jersey City act.”

But it is how blue bloods act?
 
BlueHen said:
I read a few articles about this last year. The definition of blueblood is subjective. While most seem to agree on UNC, Kansas, Kentucky and Duke; not everyone agrees on UCLA (hasn't done much lately), Indiana (hasn't done much lately), UConn (success has been too recent and over a short period of time).
Note that the stuff in parenthesis is arguments made by others - not my opinion.

Also note that the networks were happy to call us bluebloods leading up to last years Final 4 when they were trying generate interest and it suited them financially (they didn't want a Final 4 with no bluebloods).

We're bluebloods as far as I'm concerned. If we get left off someone else's list, I have 5 NC's to console me.
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I'm too lazy too check but Duke's success starts only a decade or so before ours, and everyone discounts that UConn was piling up conference championships and NCAA appearances in the Yankee.
 
TRest said:
I'm too lazy too check but Duke's success starts only a decade or so before ours, and everyone discounts that UConn was piling up conference championships and NCAA appearances in the Yankee.
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But they’ve been so much more consistently good than us. Sure we are close in NCs but the amount of runners-up, final fours, elite eights, etc dwarf ours. Same with regular season and conference tournaments (lol Yankee conference). And time spent ranked top 10. This applies to all the other accepted blue bloods UCLA, Kansas, and UK
 
jibsey said:
Yeah, I mean UCLA was unbeatable for many years, they’re had the players, formula and Wooden but it’s harder now and Hurley and staff are very good.
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It is harder for UCLA because everyone is paying players now (many top dollar) versus no one but them.
 
Rocktheworld said:
But they’ve been so much more consistently good than us. Sure we are close in NCs but the amount of runners-up, final fours, elite eights, etc dwarf ours. Same with regular season and conference tournaments (lol Yankee conference). And time spent ranked top 10. This applies to all the other accepted blue bloods UCLA, Kansas, and UK
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It helps when you’re gifted local arenas for 2-4 games per tournament.
 
uconnfan68 said:
It helps when you’re gifted local arenas for 2-4 games per tournament.
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Like we were this year! What a sign we've made it. Also Danny did NOT like a question implying we had home court advantage at the post game presser if I recall. "We won a ton of games to earn that!" he said, or something like that.
 
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