Speaking of "visiting team" posters, what schools are represented on the BY?

[MilfordHusky]

Milford...I just don't know what to say... Except to speculate what it was like in your house when UConn played Tennessee. Had to be some tricky moments...

It's my nephew through marriage, so it's fairly recent. We all gang up on him. I knew it was a problem when I learned that his dog was named Neyland after the football stadium and he couldn't get married in the fall because it was football season. He's actually a nice guy, but at 38, still has something of a frat boy mentality.

 

[RadyLady]

It's my nephew through marriage, so it's fairly recent. We all gang up on him. I knew it was a problem when I learned that his dog was named Neyland after the football stadium and he couldn't get married in the fall because it was football season. He's actually a nice guy, but at 38, still has something of a frat boy mentality.

 

[stwainfan]

Just a little info on Neyland. General Robert Neyland US Army. Also Tennessee football coach. Had some impressive numbers as coach. Including
the Vols ran off 17 straight shutouts and in 71 quarters in a row.

 

[cabbie191]

Just a little info on Neyland. General Robert Neyland US Army. Also Tennessee football coach. Had some impressive numbers as coach. Including
the Vols ran off 17 straight shutouts and in 71 quarters in a row.

When was that streak?

 

[stwainfan]

When was that streak?

1938-39 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Neyland.

 

[meyers7]

South Carolina fan. Don't know if my avatar discloses that or not...

Pretty much.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

It's my nephew through marriage, so it's fairly recent. We all gang up on him. I knew it was a problem when I learned that his dog was named Neyland after the football stadium and he couldn't get married in the fall because it was football season. He's actually a nice guy, but at 38, still has something of a frat boy mentality.

He has a ways to go yet to outgrow his frat boy mentality. Not that I know from personal experience...well, OK, in the interests of full disclosure, I am speaking from personal experience. In truth (you know, what with full disclosure and all), he'll probably never fully outgrow it.

 

[johnnyc]

UConn.....then ND, St. John's, Marquette, North Dakota, Furman and Clemson.

 

[pinotbear]

 

[semper]

UConn, then ND. Love Cornell!!!

 

[RoyDodger]

Having lived in Connecticut for over 30 years, I'm strictly a UConn fan (primarily the women). However, now that I live in New Mexico, I take a mild interest in the UNM Lobos because some of my relatives are graduates of UNM.

 

[triaddukefan]

Duke fan here

My second favorite team is whoever is playing UNC (in every sport)

 

[pap49cba]

UConn, Michigan, Amherst, Wesleyan, Williams (Hint: The last 3 are not D1 factories.)

 

[ed4ourgirls]

UConn fan, of course. But as an alumnus of Illinois, I'm hopeful that Matt
Bollant can elevate the Illini women to respectability, if not top 25 status.

 

[pinotbear]

UConn, then ND. Love Cornell!!!

"Don't send my son to Harvard", the dying mother said:
"Don't send my son to Princeton: I'd rather see him dead!
But, send him off to Dartmouth, or, better yet, Cornell!
But, as for Pennsylvania, I'd see him first in hell!"

 

[Zorro]

UConn, SMU, Ball State. I will always have a spot in my heart for Ball State.

 

[ballhawk]

Uconn, then Cal. My hope for Cal is that someday they can recruit a shooter. When they made the FF 2 years ago Cal had the worst free throw percentage in D1 ball.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

UConn fan, of course. But as an alumnus of Illinois, I'm hopeful that Matt
Bollant can elevate the Illini women to respectability, if not top 25 status.

Any idea of the challenges he faces? I know TG when she was there got the women out of a second class facility, but is the arena dated? How are the locker rooms and facilities? (Although some RU fans went to games both when TG and Jolette were there, we never did).

Bolant seemed a good choice. Will be interesting to see how they do going forward. I used to root for Illinois in the abstract, but now that RU is in the B1G, so much for that.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

I'm a South Carolina fan with Rutgers a distant second since I grew up in New Jersey. I'm a season ticket holder for football, men's basketball and women's basketball.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

It's my nephew through marriage, so it's fairly recent. We all gang up on him. I knew it was a problem when I learned that his dog was named Neyland after the football stadium and he couldn't get married in the fall because it was football season. He's actually a nice guy, but at 38, still has something of a frat boy mentality.

I certainly hope none of my nieces or nephews get married during football or basketball season. 2 have married so far, and they were kind enough to get married in the spring (I'm not as much of a baseball fan). Let's hope the other 4 use common sense when picking dates if they get married.

 

[caramel]

UConn fan, of course. But as an alumnus of Illinois, I'm hopeful that Matt
Bollant can elevate the Illini women to respectability, if not top 25 status.

Would be nice to see Illinois become a consistent, good team.Would help their conference be more competitive and fun to watch.

 

[caramel]

UConn, SMU, Ball State. I will always have a spot in my heart for Ball State.

Never know about Ball State.The way teams you never would believe make the tournament the past few years,you cannot count anyone out,so,here is rooting for them to reach the goal of playing in the post season.

 

[mhshuskies]

I live in Wisconsin so next to UConn for basketball, I follow the Badger men. Never got excited about the Badger women, though. Love Badger football and hockey. But later this year I'm moving to the Ann Arbor area so we'll see if I get infected with Wolverine fever.

UCONN #1, Purdue #2

 

[mhshuskies]

Notre Dame fan and alumnus. I went there, as did 2 of my sisters, my Dad and both his brothers. It's a family thing. But I'm the only one of the group with more than a passing interest in WCBB.

I feel sorry for you to have to carry the burden of such a horrible family legacy!

 

[meyers7]

UConn fan, of course. But as an alumnus of Illinois, I'm hopeful that Matt
Bollant can elevate the Illini women to respectability, if not top 25 status.

Being from IL (the state, not UofI), I always try to cheer a little for them, but there usually isn't much to cheer for.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

Any idea of the challenges he faces? I know TG when she was there got the women out of a second class facility, but is the arena dated? How are the locker rooms and facilities? (Although some RU fans went to games both when TG and Jolette were there, we never did).

Bolant seemed a good choice. Will be interesting to see how they do going forward. I used to root for Illinois in the abstract, but now that RU is in the B1G, so much for that.

Assembly Hall (I think it's called the State Farm Center now) is indeed old, but it seats about 16000
and is undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation which will presumably be done by the start of
the season.

Illinois is in that familiar situation where they need more talented kids to win and they need to
win to attract more talented kids. There's plenty of blue chip prep talent in Illinois but Bollant
isn't getting any of it yet. His best incoming freshman (6'3" Chantrice White) was ranked in the
70's or 80's I think. So basically he's going to have to prove he can win without big time talent.
He was successful at Green Bay without prep all stars, but the competition level is higher now.

We shall see. I wish him well.

 

[hjoerring]

Very good inquiry. I am a Husky fan- although I matriculated at the Univ. as a grad. student. I have often asked myself why the love for the Husky. Afterall, I have studied at Cal, UW and worked for a period at UT-Austin, . Today, I am in Denmark where we do , bu, really, play bb. While in Calif and Seattle I never followed wo/men bb or fb- though fb was everything in Seattle. So what is it with Uconn that forces me to hold on and support? (I should add that I do like Stanford and support the rivalry, but fear that not many on the Yard give 2 cents about it, preferring to wish upon TN.)

 

[OneTrickPony]

SMU
Berkeley
LSU
UC Davis
UCONN
Georgia Tech
Georgia

 

[slug25]

My schools:

UConn
Lehigh
Brown
Penn

Other family schools include:

Lafayette
Rice
Columbia
Stanford
SDSU
Tennessee (by marriage)

Milford's listing of "family schools" reminds me of a tradition we started several years go. Whenever someone in our family gets a degree, we hang a school pennant on the wall of our summer camp. To date, the display includes UConn, St. John's, Middlebury, SUNY Potsdam, Dickinson, Bates, Western Maryland, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Cal-Berkeley.