Stephen A. Smith at UConn

[RayIsTheGOAT]

I attended the Stephen A. Smith lecture at UConn this evening

-He came out immediately with "Let me start off with this, are there any UConn basketball players in the house?"
I was sitting in the same section as Cobb and Onuorah. Cobb shouted something like "Yeah, whatchu want?"
Stephen A. responded "Alright I'll go easy then. There was a time when you hear UConn basketball and you think 'national championship'. Ben Gordon, Okafor, Kemba and the crew. Those days are over, sorry to say. And it will be a long time before you get back there."

-He also went on multiple occasions saying that he loves Ollie, and although he had to go, the root problem is the conference affiliation. He says they have to get back into the Big East.
He said something like-
"I didn't even know where Wichita was until I did a College Gameday there. The interest in UConn basketball, for me, is when they play the St. Johns, Georgetowns and Syracuses. You can't be playing Wichita, Cincinnati, UCF."

-Thinks if there is anyone that can do the job, Dan Hurley is capable.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I attended the Stephen A. Smith lecture at UConn this evening

Why?

 

[Yardigan]

I attended the Stephen A. Smith lecture at UConn this evening

-He came out immediately with "Let me start off with this, are there any UConn basketball players in the house?"
I was sitting in the same section as Cobb and Onuorah. Cobb shouted something like "Yeah, whatchu want?"
Stephen A. responded "Alright I'll go easy then. There was a time when you hear UConn basketball and you think 'national championship'. Ben Gordon, Okafor, Kemba and the crew. Those days are over, sorry to say. And it will be a long time before you get back there."

-He also went on multiple occasions saying that he loves Ollie, and although he had to go, the root problem is the conference affiliation. He says they have to get back into the Big East.
He said something like-
"I didn't even know where Wichita was until I did a College Gameday there. The interest in UConn basketball, for me, is when they play the St. Johns, Georgetowns and Syracuses. You can't be playing Wichita, Cincinnati, UCF."

-Thinks if there is anyone that can do the job, Dan Hurley is capable.

So...not really a pep talk, per se?

 

[NowInStorrs]

1. UConn has already won a championship in this conference.
2. Wichita State is in... wait for it... Wichita, a city that anyone who spent some time with a map of the US is familiar with.
3. The dude just likes to hear himself talk and give whatever hot take he can conjure up.

 

[Rocktheworld]

This was me plenty of times this season

 

[80shusky]

Stephen A Smith is Skip Bayless wearing better clothes.

 

[superjohn]

I attended the Stephen A. Smith lecture at UConn this evening

-He came out immediately with "Let me start off with this, are there any UConn basketball players in the house?"
I was sitting in the same section as Cobb and Onuorah. Cobb shouted something like "Yeah, whatchu want?"
Stephen A. responded "Alright I'll go easy then. There was a time when you hear UConn basketball and you think 'national championship'. Ben Gordon, Okafor, Kemba and the crew. Those days are over, sorry to say. And it will be a long time before you get back there."

-He also went on multiple occasions saying that he loves Ollie, and although he had to go, the root problem is the conference affiliation. He says they have to get back into the Big East.
He said something like-
"I didn't even know where Wichita was until I did a College Gameday there. The interest in UConn basketball, for me, is when they play the St. Johns, Georgetowns and Syracuses. You can't be playing Wichita, Cincinnati, UCF."

-Thinks if there is anyone that can do the job, Dan Hurley is capable.

Why was Stephen Smith giving a lecture at UConn and why on earth did you attend?

 

[SouthBayHusky]

I attended the Stephen A. Smith lecture at UConn this evening

-He came out immediately with "Let me start off with this, are there any UConn basketball players in the house?"
I was sitting in the same section as Cobb and Onuorah. Cobb shouted something like "Yeah, whatchu want?"
Stephen A. responded "Alright I'll go easy then. There was a time when you hear UConn basketball and you think 'national championship'. Ben Gordon, Okafor, Kemba and the crew. Those days are over, sorry to say. And it will be a long time before you get back there."

-He also went on multiple occasions saying that he loves Ollie, and although he had to go, the root problem is the conference affiliation. He says they have to get back into the Big East.
He said something like-
"I didn't even know where Wichita was until I did a College Gameday there. The interest in UConn basketball, for me, is when they play the St. Johns, Georgetowns and Syracuses. You can't be playing Wichita, Cincinnati, UCF."

-Thinks if there is anyone that can do the job, Dan Hurley is capable.

Ef him and the horse he road in on!

 

[Storrs South]

Stephen A. responded "Alright I'll go easy then. There was a time when you hear UConn basketball and you think 'national championship'. Ben Gordon, Okafor, Kemba and the crew. Those days are over, sorry to say. And it will be a long time before you get back there."

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

I think once you don't take Stephen A. seriously and realize the fact that he is a television personality and entertainer, first and foremost, over an objective sports analyst, you can appreciate him. Especially since he admitted tonight that his main goal in his career is to keep ratings up.
Or you can just find him to be obnoxious.
But I enjoy him.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

It being 4/20, he said it multiple times.

 

[MDHuskFan]

Only thing more irrelevant than us w/out the big east is Stephen A w/out skip.....if anyone knows the need for an affiliation it’s his talentless self

 

[BlueDogs]

If we don’t win a championship for the next 25 years, we’ll still have more than 99.9% of all schools to have played the game. Took Nova 31 years to win their second. So, he can shove it.

 

[intlzncster]

Did he yell at you guys the whole time?

 

[champs99and04]

I like Stephen A. He doesn't take himself nearly as seriously as people think. I'll listen to him rant about LeBron all day before I endure some of these other ESPN intellectuals who are too cool to have a passionate opinion on something other than social justice. And yes, I know Stephen A. has dabbled in those waters quite a bit, but that's the point - you never get the sense that he thinks he's too good for his job like you do with others at that network.

 

[husky8273]

Why was Stephen Smith giving a lecture at UConn and why on earth did you attend?

Stephen A. Smith Spring Weekend Lecture
Public
· Hosted by SUBOG

 

[UConnNick]

Saying UConn should join the NBE proves he's as big a moron as Dookie V.

 

[Travelman6]

He said something like-
"I didn't even know where Wichita was until I did a College Gameday there.

Any person with even a very basic, rudimentary knowledge of geography can locate Wichita with ease. Is this guy a joke?

Stephen reminds me of this:

 

[bazz&boujee]

he's not wrong

 

[WrenchFan69]

The second anyone says the word "back" when talking about UConn and the Big East, they've lost all credibility.

 

[metsfan2323]

This viewpoint will fade when we start dominating the AAC and return to our status as tournament stalwarts.

Laughable that he mentions one ACC team and two C7 programs that are shadows of their old selves.

 

[CTBasketball]

People forget about Wichita but it’s one of the top 50 biggest cities in the country.

Sad.

 

[djct1999]

The only good thing about Stephen A. Smith is when Frank Caliendo impersonates him. Otherwise, the guy is as informed about college basketball as my six year old is.

 

[HuskyHawk]

He’s a complete and utter moron. Proves it almost every time he opens his mouth.

 

[jibsey]

ESPN has to fill their airtime with something and using Baylis and Smith shows what little else they have. 2 bombastic jerks.