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Message: [QUOTE="coachcap, post: 4612334, member: 621"] Once upon a time, Husky Men's Basketball played in the Yan-Con & a basketball season was considered successful if UConn took that league's title & beat Yale in the annual home & home series. In the 70's, success was defined by winning the New England Championship play-in series to the NCAA tournament in Springfield. The came the Big East: UConn wins the inaugural game in New Haven by scoring over 90 points. Again the bar is raised: First was to win enough conference tilts to avoid the dreaded 8-9 game. Next to fill MSG with busloads of Husky fans for a St. John's home game annually, so much so, that the then Red Men ordered Ticket Master not to sell tickets to any entities with a zip code starting in 06. The next step was to consistently win the Big East tournament Finally, in 1999, after years of being left at the door step, a National Championship arrives in Storrs. The Huskies marketing Department declares Connecticut as the 6th NYC burrough. Last night, after championship No.5 is locked up, Dan Hurley speaks about Jersey City now being a firm part of Husky Nation. But it is more than that: UConn has annexed Texas for tournament success, shown Phil Knight in person that Nike sponsorship will reap deep dividends, & as a final symbol of Husky dominance, moments after the title was sealed, the Empire State Building was lit up in National Flag Blue. [/QUOTE]