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So I made the mistake of going to the Central-Brown game this afternoon.

This is by far and away the worst Central team since I started following them pretty closely back in the late 90s.

Lenehan would play legitimate minutes for them. They started a walk-on today (Andrade) against Brown.

Mobley is a very good NEC player. Peel can play against other guys who are 6'6. Cumberlander is passable.

Without Vinales and McMillan they are strikingly bad. If UConn puts an effort into stopping Mobley, there is almost no way Central can score.
 
whaler11 said:
So I made the mistake of going to the Central-Brown game this afternoon.

This is by far and away the worst Central team since I started following them pretty closely back in the late 90s.

Lenehan would play legitimate minutes for them. They started a walk-on today (Andrade) against Brown.

Mobley is a very good NEC player. Peel can play against other guys who are 6'6. Cumberlander is passable.

Without Vinales and McMillan they are strikingly bad. If UConn puts an effort into stopping Mobley, there is almost no way Central can score.
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At least the hot dogs were free and they gave out holiday ornaments.


(I was also in attendance and yes they are really bad/no bench)
 
zls44 said:
At least the hot dogs were free and they gave out holiday ornaments.


(I was also in attendance and yes they are really bad/no bench)
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And not in the sense that they don't have good players on the bench. They don't actually have players on the bench to substitute.
 
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Poor CCSU. Program had some momentum in the early 2000's just not enough interest to justify any real investment into it.
 
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CAHUSKY said:
My mom asked me tonight if Central was a big rival. Of course she also thought UCONN was the team in the "pretty light blue" uniforms tonight.
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I'll never forget the time when I was still a UConn student, home for break and shooting a few baskets in the driveway. My stepmother was taking out the garbage and she saw me hit a couple shots. Unintentional comedy ensued:

Mom: "Hey, that's pretty good! Have you thought about trying out for the team at school?"

Me: "Hehehe...well...um...no, Mom; they're....hehehe...like really good...hehehe..."

Mom: "Now that's just the type of attitude that keeps people from doing the things they want to do! You should go for it! You'll never know unless you try!"

Me: "Um...hehehe...I don't think you understand..."

Mom: "Well, I think you're good enough, and that you should think about it."

Me: "Ummm, okay...what's for dinner?"
 
CTBasketball said:
Maybe I can transfer and walk-on.
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Too many games against poor teams aren't good for players, coaches, fans, or the team when it comes to NCAA selection and seeding (remember SMU last year).
 
SureUOTE="Louis, post: 1174967, member: 5738"]Too many games against poor teams aren't good for players, coaches, fans, or the team when it comes to NCAA selection and seeding (remember SMU last year).[/QUOTE]
Sure if you have to many of these games. Right now I'm thinking this could be good for us. Rest Boat, give Omar some valuable court time, give the Rock some experience and work on some things for Temple and getting a win.
 
This game comes at a good time. I feel for CCSU and Howie for sure but everyone either needs some rest or to work on some things moving forward. Perfect timing after Christmas too. They've had a strange schedule in the fact they've played a couple of tough games after long breaks already, without the cupcake tune up in between. They deserve this!
 
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I honestly thought Howie was going to fare better at Central. It would be great if they could be good
 
Sully said:
I honestly thought Howie was going to fare better at Central. It would be great if they could be good
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Hard to do when your facilities are worse than most high schools. They can't attract any level of talent when they weight train in a glorified utility closet in the basement of what might be the worst D1 basketball gym in the country. What Howie has done is actually really impressive.
 
FartMan69 said:
Hard to do when your facilities are worse than most high schools. They can't attract any level of talent when they weight train in a glorified utility closet in the basement of what might be the worst D1 basketball gym in the country. What Howie has done is actually really impressive.
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Nobody's really sure but they don't seem to be funding all the scholarships either.

They have fallen so far behind in facilities against even the NEC it feels a bit hopeless.
 
Let's hope this one can be a confidence builder for our bigs.
 
whaler11 said:
Nobody's really sure but they don't seem to be funding all the scholarships either.

They have fallen so far behind in facilities against even the NEC it feels a bit hopeless.
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It's mind boggling how they upgraded all of their outdoor facilities while completely neglecting the building that houses it's best sport and athletic department. They should have used the momentum from the 06-07 run because the buzz around that program at the time was for real.
 
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FartMan69 said:
It's mind boggling how they upgraded all of their outdoor facilities while completely neglecting the building that houses it's best sport and athletic department. They should have used the momentum from the 06-07 run because the buzz around that program at the time was for real.
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The teams from 98-02 were legitimately good. They got screwed going to play Pitt at the Igloo.

They would have been ok this year if they had Vinales and McMillon.

Watching Monmouth and Quinnipiac move on has been brutal.

Even getting into America East would have been a huge improvement - but Hartford has been their version of BC.

I love Howie, it sucks watching him go out like this. The team is borderline unwatchable - they aren't even competitive most nights.

It feels a lot like going to UConn football games the past few seasons. Used to be so much fun - now it feels like an obligation at times.
 
The university as a whole doesn't offer much to any conference. It's a commuter school with awful facilities in a market dominated by UConn . If by some miracle they did get into America East i'd think they'd have a hard time finding a place for their football team. Doubt the NEC would be interested in a football only arrangement. It sucks because i took a few classes their and have casually followed the bball team so i really feel ashamed about the downfall of the program.
 
FartMan69 said:
The university as a whole doesn't offer much to any conference. It's a commuter school with awful facilities in a market dominated by UConn . If by some miracle they did get into America East i'd think they'd have a hard time finding a place for their football team. Doubt the NEC would be interested in a football only arrangement. It sucks because i took a few classes their and have casually followed the bball team so i really feel ashamed about the downfall of the program.
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Duquense is a football only member of the NEC and Rhode Island was going to be until they changed their minds.

I don't know if they forced Monmouth out or if they chose to move to the Big South.

What they could have offered America East a decade ago was a pretty solid basketball program. They have been to some NCAA baseball tourneys and had their big soccer run.

Hartford fits in America East even worse than Central does. But it seems any ship anywhere has long sailed away - so it's Wagner and the St Francises for eternity I guess.

It's not like America East isn't rinky dink anyway so it would only be a marginal improvement. I hate AE moving to campus games for their tourney - it just screams small time.
 
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