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Can't help but recall that '90-'91 1st round game vs LSU with Shaq. They weren't as well-rounded as Purdue, but were #16 in polls while we were unranked. Shaq scored 27 in that game, but no one else reached double figures. Shaq shot 50%, rest of team under 25%.College basketball’s true contenders include UConn, Arizona, Kansas - Sports Illustrated
The men’s top 10 are playing well right now, but not everyone has the same March ceiling.
Interesting that he's not sold on Purdue.
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Lyman DePriest dunked on Shaq
Funny story about that game. My brother-in-law was a professor and had Steve Pikiell in class. Piekell tells him about Calhoun calling a time out and totally went nuts on the team about not playing hard enough. Teams come out from the time out and an LSU player says to Pikell, man when are guys going to stop playing so hard. Pikell tells him what happened in the timeout and the LSU player says that man must f…..g crazy. Love Jim Calhoun
Thanks, I had not heard that one!
I rewatched the comeback a couple times because it was so much fun. But on the 2nd rewatch, it's worth noting that while Joey and DC come in around 13:30, GTown maintains a 7 point lead (trading baskets) until Diarra checks in almost a full 2 minutes later. That's when the fun really began. In under 2 minutes it's tied, and 75 seconds later, UConn is up 6.Here is the Athletics's power rankings. UConn #1. Love this.
College basketball power rankings: UConn is now the best team in the country
The Huskies are roaring to end 2022, winning on both ends on the floor.
I said the same thing live during the chat. Diarra was really disruptive on D, and I think fired up the others to match him. He was the key to it.
Yea I rewatched it too and came to a similar conclusion. Diarra was a real pest and ratcheted up the defensive intensity... he had a few deflections, that one awesome block on a dribble drive (that went out of bounds), that steal (and the foul).
It’s so fun to read things like, “If the NCAA tournament started today, I’d have little doubt in picking the Huskies to win it all” coming from national writers, and not just The Boneyard.College basketball’s true contenders include UConn, Arizona, Kansas - Sports Illustrated
The men’s top 10 are playing well right now, but not everyone has the same March ceiling.
Interesting that he's not sold on Purdue.
"There was a sequence midway through the second half that epitomized the Huskies’ explosive brilliance, and it started with Joey Calcaterra, who had gone scoreless in the opening 29 minutes of the game. He had a reverse left-hand layup off a back cut, followed by a forced steal, a nifty catch by the sideline, a drive into the heart of the defense, and a behind-the-back dump-off that cut Georgetown’s lead to two and sent the Gampel crowd into ballistics. UConn pressed the next inbounds and got a turnover and an immediate Hassan Diarra layup. After a good defensive play by underrated freshman big Donovan Clingan, Diarra buried a guarded kickout 3, and then Clingan blocked two Qudus Wahab shots in a row before feeding a break that ended with a wide-open Calcaterra 3. Roughly two minutes of game time had elapsed, and UConn had gone from down by eight to up by six. Georgetown looked deeply confused.Here is the Athletics's power rankings. UConn #1. Love this.
College basketball power rankings: UConn is now the best team in the country
The Huskies are roaring to end 2022, winning on both ends on the floor.
