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This also was a weekend when UConn had its ribbon-cutting for the Hall of Champions in the lobby of the Werth Family Center. The place is superb. There are encased championship trophies and nets. There are glass murals of the greats. There are interactive features. It’s a 21st century mini Hall of Fame.
“It’s hard to be a 17- or 18-year old kid and not walk in here and feel inspired,” Allen said Saturday.
That part isn’t ironic. That part is planned. Yes, it took a while to get the Werth lobby spruced up in a way befitting those 15 national titles. Too long. But it got done. And now it’s a showcase for recruits, a magnet, just as Lobo’s giant No. 50 and Allen’s No. 34 are inside Gampel. There were a bunch of recruits in for this game, seven including already committed James Bouknight and Jalen Gaffney.
“Ray shares, man," Hurley said. "Ray loves to share the wisdom. Ray has reached out to players on the team, to me with encouraging text messages. He doesn’t do it in a billboard manner. He does it behind the scenes.
We’re beginning to write a new chapter in UConn history, a new book, turn the page on the last couple of years. I think Ray’s going to have a heavy presence around here once we get the summer sessions and the new Huskies come in.”
Jeff Jacobs: An ironic twist in UConn’s gem of a weekend
“It’s hard to be a 17- or 18-year old kid and not walk in here and feel inspired,” Allen said Saturday.
That part isn’t ironic. That part is planned. Yes, it took a while to get the Werth lobby spruced up in a way befitting those 15 national titles. Too long. But it got done. And now it’s a showcase for recruits, a magnet, just as Lobo’s giant No. 50 and Allen’s No. 34 are inside Gampel. There were a bunch of recruits in for this game, seven including already committed James Bouknight and Jalen Gaffney.
“Ray shares, man," Hurley said. "Ray loves to share the wisdom. Ray has reached out to players on the team, to me with encouraging text messages. He doesn’t do it in a billboard manner. He does it behind the scenes.
We’re beginning to write a new chapter in UConn history, a new book, turn the page on the last couple of years. I think Ray’s going to have a heavy presence around here once we get the summer sessions and the new Huskies come in.”
Jeff Jacobs: An ironic twist in UConn’s gem of a weekend
