Thank you calhoun

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For you old timers. December 28, 1985, UConn played Northeastern and Calhoun in the finals of the Connecticut Mutual Classic at the Hartford Civic Center. Northeastern blew UConn out 90-73 playing an uptempo style that was fun to watch. That was his audition for the UConn job and he was hired on May 14, 1986.

Unfortunately I remember that game. It was about a decade after the team that had Tony Hansen and Jon Thomas and lost to Rutgers after the great comeback against Hofstra. I thought we would become more of a force in New England but it never happened. Tony Tallies Two if I remember the headline correctly. A few years later we got Corny to commit, he was being recruited by some big name schools. I thought with him we would start to become more but it did not happen until JC took over.

 

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And don't forget Chris Smith, who JC credits with being his first major recruit. He still is Uconn's All-time leading scorer. Who can forget the 1990 run that team had.

Talked to Chris at the reception Monday. Great guy. Legacy Husky.