Among the many memorable close calls over the years, Taliek's missed free throws at the end of the Seton Hall game sunk us that year.2001 we were a bubble team. I remember watching the selection show seeing other Big East teams getting low seeds and it sinking in that we weren't making it
My recollection was that it was pretty clear that the only way our resume would be at-large worthy required beating SMU, in which case it was moot anyway.2015 we played our way into the “next four out” following a semi-final win over Tulsa in Hartford. This was followed by a painfully slow death to SMU in the ship, with Boatright playing with one arm late in the game.
But that Duke game gave us this...We were an 11 when we blitzed LSU and Xavier in Smitty's Jr. year. Duke then whooped up on us in the Sweet 16.
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They AAC wasn't good so the resume was meh. Pretty light on Q1 wins. Kenpom 52, NET 60 and 19-12 with a bad record away from home and that awful awful St. Joe's loss (NET 240...so Q4). They'd have probably needed to make the AAC finals or (more likely) win it. Most sites projected us as a fringe bubble team, though if they got that St. Joe's game and one of the OT games they lost (2OT N-Xavier, 2OT Wichita State, OT Tulsa, 2OT @ Temple) they'd probably be a play-in team.I forgot our record in 2020 but we were hot and ready to win the big East tournament. I don’t remember if we needed to or not.
They didn't even call a foul on him. Another example of an egregious retroactive penalty only to us.Never understood the big deal about this with the NCAA. I'm sure Sellers simply thought Laettner's head was the basketball as he bounced it off the floor repeatedly.
Kind of how Clemens thought Piazzas broken bat was the ball (he actually said that)Never understood the big deal about this with the NCAA. I'm sure Sellers simply thought Laettner's head was the basketball as he bounced it off the floor repeatedly.
Was that season one of our biggest disappointments? We started out preseason 4 if I recallHave we ever had to sweat one out on selection Sunday? 2012 being a 9 seed is the closest I can remember. Any historians out there please chime in.
yes I remember that...we took down ShaQWe were an 11 when we blitzed LSU and Xavier in Smitty's Jr. year. Duke then whooped up on us in the Sweet 16.
And even that 2012 wasn't on the bubble so to speak. They were safely in the NCAAT even though they didn't do much besides get beaten soundly by Iowa State.Have we ever had to sweat one out on selection Sunday? 2012 being a 9 seed is the closest I can remember. Any historians out there please chime in.
Even though there were way more important life issues due to COVID, this is as sports fan will always be the great what if. I really wanted a NCAAT, or hell, even a NIT for Christian Vital. That guy produced a lot of blood, sweat, and tears for UConn.They AAC wasn't good so the resume was meh. Pretty light on Q1 wins. Kenpom 52, NET 60 and 19-12 with a bad record away from home and that awful awful St. Joe's loss (NET 240...so Q4). They'd have probably needed to make the AAC finals or (more likely) win it. Most sites projected us as a fringe bubble team, though if they got that St. Joe's game and one of the OT games they lost (2OT N-Xavier, 2OT Wichita State, OT Tulsa, 2OT @ Temple) they'd probably be a play-in team.
They were on a roll, though, so I could imagine them stringing off enough wins to make it that year. Damn COVID. Vital deserved NCAAT game or another year.
Considering we would pride ourselves on peaking at the end of the year, that team's complete face plant at the end of the season was shocking. A total no-show down the stretch. Calhoun benched everyone at South Florida. UglyThe 2009-10, 17-15 season where they beat #1 Texas and a top 10 Nova and wvirginia. They were 17-11 after those two and lost their last 4. They lost to lville to drop to 17 and 12 which crushed the season. Had they made it to 18-11 I think splitting the last two games and getting a win in the BET would have gotten them in at 20-13
We were one of the hottest teams in the country at that point. No one wanted a piece. CV would have been even Higher up the legendary echelon if we got to 16.The season Covid cancelled we were squarely on the bubble headed into the conference tournament if I recall.