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UConn. Georgetown. 2016 & 2017.

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CallMeBruce said:
How can someone writing about college basketball for Sports Illustrated think that's accurate?
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I don't know if it's the same for other schools, but the seeminly numerous rewritten narratives concerning UCONN over the years really piss me off. I'm sure my homer glasses are biasing my perception, but still.
 
chapwilvaug72 said:
exposure in wash dc has accomplished nil

only phil gamble attended huskies from '86-'89
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Au contraire! Albie Mouring out of the Maryland burbs, Rudy and Scoe out of B'more, and last but certainly not least Antric Klaiber out of Alexandria.
 
selles said:
Au contraire! Albie Mouring out of the Maryland burbs, Rudy and Scoe out of B'more, and last but certainly not least Antric Klaiber out of Alexandria.
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Josh Boone & Jerome Dyson

And how in the world someone left Tim Coles out of this?

Come on!!!!
 
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You'd think our biggest rivals would be at least as eager to play us again as is mid-level, non-rival Georgetown.

You know, it's kind of sad that Cuse is our biggest rival.

Looking up and confirming that Georgetown was upper-mid-level really made it stand out how much UConn has carried the conference. Since the modern era, the Old Big East is tied with the SEC in second for championships (7; ACC has like 11). UConn has 4 of those 7 and 4 of the last 5.
 
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upstater said:
Josh Boone & Jerome Dyson

And how in the world someone left Tim Coles out of this?

Come on!!!!
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Nice. Now that I think about it, Willie McCloud might have something to say about this as well.
 
Turning down a home and home with Cuse because the return game wouldn't be played in MSG should result in the immediate firing of Warde Manuel.

I'd really like to see us schedule another game in Boston. Maybe a 3 game series with ND. One home, one in ND, one in Boston.
 
WingU-Conn said:
Turning down a home and home with Cuse because the return game wouldn't be played in MSG should result in the immediate firing of Warde Manuel.

I'd really like to see us schedule another game in Boston. Maybe a 3 game series with ND. One home, one in ND, one in Boston.
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I'd love to see a series with Louisville, maybe the third game in DC

....after Harrell is gone.
 
tcf15 said:
@GavinKeefe: Ollie said UConn is trying to finalize a meeting with Syracuse "down the road."
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Talking about meeting in the Battle for Atlantis I imagine... not sure how much school-school negotiation goes on in setting the winter tournaments up
 
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Rocktheworld said:
Talking about meeting in the Battle for Atlantis I imagine... not sure how much school-school negotiation goes on in setting the winter tournaments up
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Pretty sure he's talking about a separate series.
 
WingU-Conn said:
Turning down a home and home with Cuse because the return game wouldn't be played in MSG should result in the immediate firing of Warde Manuel.

I'd really like to see us schedule another game in Boston. Maybe a 3 game series with ND. One home, one in ND, one in Boston.
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That's a great idea. When was the last time we played there? Was the Memphis game there back in 06 or 07? I'm pretty sure we played gonzaga there with the return in Seattle. cant remember when that was but that was an interesting not home but kind of home and not home but kind of home series.
 
chapwilvaug72 said:
exposure in wash dc has accomplished nil

only phil gamble attended huskies from '86-'89

only other achievement: article in next day wash post headlines "U-Conn." JokE; the post cannot read front of jersery or univ letterhead & would not retain or comprehend what they saw maybe b/c they cannot see; which states "UCONN"
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Rudy Gay disagrees.
 
I'm sorry but I don't think UConn playing mid majors helps at all. The nonconference schedule should be of P5 teams. Scheduling old BE foes who are not P5 sends a signal that UConn is still with them. Not a single BE school supported UCon during the APR debacle. I would not play them. Play other P5 schools only from any league.
 
buddy said:
I'm sorry but I don't think UConn playing mid majors helps at all. The nonconference schedule should be of P5 teams. Scheduling old BE foes who are not P5 sends a signal that UConn is still with them. Not a single BE school supported UCon during the APR debacle. I would not play them. Play other P5 schools only from any league.
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This makes no sense. By this logic, we would be better off playing Rutgers or Penn State than Georgetown. I understand the bitterness, but don't make it seem like it's anything else.
 
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buddy said:
I'm sorry but I don't think UConn playing mid majors helps at all. The nonconference schedule should be of P5 teams. Scheduling old BE foes who are not P5 sends a signal that UConn is still with them. Not a single BE school supported UCon during the APR debacle. I would not play them. Play other P5 schools only from any league.
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Well, their "mid-major" conference got a 2 and a 3 seed. Our league champ got a 4.

Now, we won the whole shebang, but Georgetown only helps, and denigrating the Big East--when our conference is a mess--is ridiculous.
 
I want Cuse. Period. I want to embarrass them. I want to watch their bitter cheater of a head coach, pedophile assistant and illiterate players walk off the court in shame.
 
walker11 said:
This makes no sense. By this logic, we would be better off playing Rutgers or Penn State than Georgetown. I understand the bitterness, but don't make it seem like it's anything else.
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We would be better playing Rutgers or Penn State, no doubt. Get into the heads of the B1G. Starting with bottom dwellers will lead to games against the upper eschelon and put UConn into the minds of the conference. This could lead to match up in other sports as well. The remnant BE had a few good teams last year. How long do you really think that they will be relevant? The seedings are not done impartially. Do you really believe that Louisville deserved a 4 seed and UConn a 7 seed last year? Politics plays a major role in NCAA seeding. The NCAA has been trying to keep UConn from succeeding. UConn needs to schedule national, state universities. That will keep them in the news nationally. Playing former big east small catholic schools in the east will not promote UConn, but reinforce the notion that UConn is a regional basketball school.
 
uconNYC said:
UConn does not need 'exposure'. It needs needs tough games to strengthen its SOS and RPI.[/QUOTE
What makes you think Georgetown will be a tough team in the next year or two. If UConn wants to play a tough team then they should try to resume the series with Louisville. Tough team and P5 to boot, and schedule some B1G games in NYC. That would help UConn.
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buddy said:
We would be better playing Rutgers or Penn State, no doubt. Get into the heads of the B1G. Starting with bottom dwellers will lead to games against the upper eschelon and put UConn into the minds of the conference. This could lead to match up in other sports as well. The remnant BE had a few good teams last year. How long do you really think that they will be relevant? The seedings are not done impartially. Do you really believe that Louisville deserved a 4 seed and UConn a 7 seed last year? Politics plays a major role in NCAA seeding. The NCAA has been trying to keep UConn from succeeding. UConn needs to schedule national, state universities. That will keep them in the news nationally. Playing former big east small catholic schools in the east will not promote UConn, but reinforce the notion that UConn is a regional basketball school.
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No man, the basketball teams can't do any more for the AD. It can't be asked to do any more; they have championships to defend. The B1G watches our basketball teams and know they're for real. I'm sure they don't need help to imagine UConn playing B1G basketball schools. This is now, especially since April, completely on the football team. Who the basketball teams play won't improve the football product. All the basketball teams should be focused on is continuing UConn's tradition of excellence and winning championships. A majot part of that is seeding. A major part of seeding is SOS. Which means playing legitimate teams OOC takes priority.

Not to mention, UConn has a series with OSU set up.
 
buddy said:
We would be better playing Rutgers or Penn State, no doubt. Get into the heads of the B1G. Starting with bottom dwellers will lead to games against the upper eschelon and put UConn into the minds of the conference.
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WTF?

We just won a national championship, and beat the best the B1G had to offer along the way, for the 3rd time in the last 4 years btw. But now we need to play Rutgers just to make the B1G aware of us, and to give us a chance to possibly one day have the opportunity to play against the better teams in the conference?

What the hell am I reading?
 
buddy said:
We would be better playing Rutgers or Penn State, no doubt. Get into the heads of the B1G. Starting with bottom dwellers will lead to games against the upper eschelon and put UConn into the minds of the conference. This could lead to match up in other sports as well./QUOTE]

Drinking today????

Have you even watched what UCONN has done and who they've beaten along the way in the past 4 years? Many, many B1G schools on that list.
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And that is true. However, TV ratings drive CR we have been told here. How many cable boxes will be watching UConn-Georgetown, vs UConn-any P5 team? You want national exposure and national positive perception, you need to play national big time universities., and probably those away from the east coast. UConn-Georgetown will be a game with regional interest, but that is about all. It also appears from reading this board that the door will be closed very soon for UConn to schedule P5 teams. Best do it now and hope it plays a role in CR, as it also appears that if anything were to happen next it will be in the next 3-5 years, and if nothing positive happens for UConn by then, the next changes may not occur for 10-20 years when GOR's expires, and by then UConn athletics will be toast. I am only regurgitating what I have read here. These are not original thoughts by any means. If you want footnotes, I will go back and provide them. However, I feel that playing midmajors out of conference given the status of basketball in the AAC will not improve the national perception of UConn.
 
UCONN- Georgetown draws better than UCONN -Rutgers
 
buddy said:
And that is true. However, TV ratings drive CR we have been told here. How many cable boxes will be watching UConn-Georgetown, vs UConn-any P5 team? You want national exposure and national positive perception, you need to play national big time universities., and probably those away from the east coast. UConn-Georgetown will be a game with regional interest, but that is about all. It also appears from reading this board that the door will be closed very soon for UConn to schedule P5 teams. Best do it now and hope it plays a role in CR, as it also appears that if anything were to happen next it will be in the next 3-5 years, and if nothing positive happens for UConn by then, the next changes may not occur for 10-20 years when GOR's expires, and by then UConn athletics will be toast. I am only regurgitating what I have read here. These are not original thoughts by any means. If you want footnotes, I will go back and provide them. However, I feel that playing midmajors out of conference given the status of basketball in the AAC will not improve the national perception of UConn.
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Congrats on making that dude from St. John's look smart.
 
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