UCONN NATION - Take the emotion out of this for a moment

[JMick]

It's the pieces. They address specific needs we don't have right now. If you include JA, Larrier, Sid Wilson, Gilbert and Diarra that would be 5 Top 100 players gone possibly. This is the talent you need to bridge classes.

JA and Larrier probably didn't even want to be back for next year. Who knows what will happen to Gilbert. We have a bad team and a bad coach. We can afford to lose pretty much everyone and get back to building a real UConn basketball team

 

[BlueDogs]

OT but I read that UCONN women's lacrosse which had been playing in the Big East will play in the AAC next season. WHY???! Another program to decline in the AAC like football, men's basketball, men's and women's soccer etc. The best route was to have stayed in the Big East and gone independent in football. Then once we'd demonstrated some sustained football success, wait for a P5 conference to call. The athletic jumped in before it was time and now we're a shambles.

Good Lord, it's not the conference. Witchita is ranked in the top 10, and Cincy in the top 20. We sit in the bottom third of the conference. The problem isn't football. The problem is a coach that recruited terribly, cant coach up players or get players working as a disciplined unit.

 

[Stainmaster]

Good Lord, it's not the conference. Witchita is ranked in the top 10, and Cincy in the top 20. We sit in the bottom third of the conference. The problem isn't football. The problem is a coach that recruited terribly, cant coach up players or get players working as a disciplined unit.

How many times has Cincy made it to a Sweet 16? Wichita has what, one F4 berth in program history? How many guys does each program have in the league, much less guys who weren't NDFAs?

This board would be furious if we were Cincy or Wichita.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Those professing that KO has to go within a day or two of our last game this season have a very valid argument.

I do ask however: How is the buyout getting paid?

 

[UConnNick]

OT but I read that UCONN women's lacrosse which had been playing in the Big East will play in the AAC next season. WHY???! Another program to decline in the AAC like football, men's basketball, men's and women's soccer etc. The best route was to have stayed in the Big East and gone independent in football. Then once we'd demonstrated some sustained football success, wait for a P5 conference to call. The athletic jumped in before it was time and now we're a shambles.

The chances of a P5 conference taking an independent UCONN football program are less than zero. Basketball means nothing in conference realignment decisions. If it did, we'd already be in a P5 conference. Our football program must remain in the AAC for us to have any chance at ever getting a P5 invite.

 

[JMick]

I do ask however: How is the buyout getting paid?

@August_West 's bitcoin wallet. He wanted to flair bet on our record this season. maybe we can make him up the ante

 

[DMIL]

JA and Larrier probably didn't even want to be back for next year. Who knows what will happen to Gilbert. We have a bad team and a bad coach. We can afford to lose pretty much everyone and get back to building a real UConn basketball team

Possibly.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

@August_West 's bitcoin wallet. He wanted to flair bet on our record this season. maybe we can make him up the ante

That could work.

You'll need to offer an Arby's dinner to meet with him to discuss it. If you pick up the dinner tab he just may go for it.

 

[zls44]

If there's one think Kevin Ollie has done better than anything else, its taking any sort of emotional attachment away from the fans towards the program. I'd have had trouble sleeping after a loss like this 5 years ago. Now I just don't care.

 

[UConnDan97]

If there's one think Kevin Ollie has done better than anything else, its taking any sort of emotional attachment away from the fans towards the program. I'd have had trouble sleeping after a loss like this 5 years ago. Now I just don't care.

That's ironic, because I feel sick to my stomach still. They played a good game tonight, and there was improvement by a lot of players. And after going down 9 points while Tulsa hit a bazillion threes, we fought back and played with heart and intensity.

If the game today didn't bring out any emotion from you, I'd question whether or not you're a UConn fan. I'm not trying to be mean. But they played as exciting ball game tonight...

 

[BlueDogs]

How many times has Cincy made it to a Sweet 16? Wichita has what, one F4 berth in program history? How many guys does each program have in the league, much less guys who weren't NDFAs?

This board would be furious if we were Cincy or Wichita.

Come on, now. If KO was 11-2 the KO sycophants would be naming him HOF ready. Hell, I'd like to see us at least be near the top of this so called horrendous conference. One thing I can assure you is SMU, Witchita and Cincy will at least be in the first round of the NCAAs. We won't even be invited to the NIT at this rate.

 

[zls44]

And after going down 9 points while Tulsa hit a bazillion threes, we fought back and played with heart and intensity.

Showed a lot of heart gagging away leads at the end of regulation and OT.

Intensity? Take a look at the jump ball Tulsa fought for in the first OT. Look at how fired up the Tulsa kid was and tell me the last time you saw a UConn player show that much emotion on the court about a big turnover.

There are no moral victories when you lose at Tulsa. Something Kevin Ollie has done in all four of his trips there.

KO is not the answer.

 

[DMIL]

Come on, now. If KO was 11-2 the KO sycophants would be naming him HOF ready. Hell, I'd like to see us at least be near the top of this so called horrendous conference. One thing I can assure you is SMU, Witchita and Cincy will at least be in the first round of the NCAAs. We won't even be invited to the NIT at this rate.

This is a solid football and basketball conference. Horrendous is not the right word.

 

[superjohn]

JA and Larrier probably didn't even want to be back for next year. Who knows what will happen to Gilbert. We have a bad team and a bad coach. We can afford to lose pretty much everyone and get back to building a real UConn basketball team

Not to mention Diarra isn't a top 100 recruit.

 

[UConnDan97]

Showed a lot of heart gagging away leads at the end of regulation and OT.

Intensity? Take a look at the jump ball Tulsa fought for in the first OT. Look at how fired up the Tulsa kid was and tell me the last time you saw a UConn player show that much emotion on the court about a big turnover.

There are no moral victories when you lose at Tulsa. Something Kevin Ollie has done in all four of his trips there.

KO is not the answer.

The last time?

Well it was either Jalen with his big overtime bucket or Vital with his big 3 in overtime or it was the Kwintin dunk. All during tonight's game; all hyped up.

If you didn't see it, it's because you either weren't looking our didn't care to look. Either case would be on you...

 

[zls44]

If the game today didn't bring out any emotion from you, I'd question whether or not you're a UConn fan. I'm not trying to be mean. But they played as exciting ball game tonight...

Whats it like settling for less?

 

[UConnDan97]

Whats it like settling for less?

Settling for less of what?

 

[zls44]

Settling for less of what?

Lemme clarify this for you, champ- what's it like watching a program with 4 national championships have a coach who is 0-4 at Tulsa with the latest loss dropping them to 7-7 a year after going 16-17 but thinking its ok because Hey, The Kids Played Hard.

 

[UConnDan97]

Lemme clarify this for you, champ- what's it like watching a program with 4 national championships have a coach who is 0-4 at Tulsa with the latest loss dropping them to 7-7 a year after going 16-17 but thinking its ok because Hey, The Kids Played Hard.

What's it like, sport? As I've already said, it makes me sick to my stomach hours after the loss.

The fact that you feel nothing probably means that you settle for less. See you at the games, sport...

 

[zls44]

The fact that you feel nothing probably means that you settle for less.

I feel nothing because four years of almost constant mediocrity has had that effect on me. Maybe you're a sadist. Or maybe you're just lying to yourself.

 

[UConnDan97]

I feel nothing because four years of almost constant mediocrity has had that effect on me. Maybe you're a sadist. Or maybe you're just lying to yourself.

Or maybe you're just a crappy fair weather fan who only cares when the team is winning...

 

[zls44]

The last time?

Well it was either Jalen with his big overtime bucket or Vital with his big 3 in overtime or it was the Kwintin dunk. All during tonight's game; all hyped up.

I saw all three of those and none of those were bigtime shows of emotion, not nearly the level Tulsa showed throughout the game. They are going through the motions, trapped in purgatory.

 

[UConnDan97]

I saw all three of those and none of those were bigtime shows of emotion, not nearly the level Tulsa showed throughout the game. They are going through the motions, trapped in purgatory.

They didn't emote enough for you? Not enough emotion for the guy who said he felt no emotion today?? Awww...

 

[zls44]

They didn't emote enough for you? Not enough emotion for the guy who said he felt no emotion today?? Awww...

Yeah, I don't like that the team looks like they're just going through the motions and as a result, the fanbase continues to feel ambivalent.

How many in-game Big Red moments have there been the last two seasons? There was one in the WSU game, that was a nice start.

 

[DMIL]

I feel nothing because four years of almost constant mediocrity has had that effect on me. Maybe you're a sadist. Or maybe you're just lying to yourself.

Folks are just making the best out of a tough deal man......We are resetting and desperately looking for some light.

 

[UConnDan97]

Yeah, I don't like that the team looks like they're just going through the motions and as a result, the fanbase continues to feel ambivalent.

How many in-game Big Red moments have there been the last two seasons? There was one in the WSU game, that was a nice start.

If you think they went through the motions against Wichita or Tulsa, then you weren't watching the game.

We lost. It sucks. It really sucks. Or at least it sucks for those of us that still give a damn. But don't say they're going through the motions when they're clearly busting their a $$es out there...

 

[Milo65]

How many times has Cincy made it to a Sweet 16? Wichita has what, one F4 berth in program history? How many guys does each program have in the league, much less guys who weren't NDFAs?

This board would be furious if we were Cincy or Wichita.

Exactly! Temple, Houston, Tulsa are all better teams! Mick Cronin is able to recruit and the Northeast is a Mecca for college basketball recruits. Tired of excuses! Ollie would be getting his clocked cleaned nightly in the Big East.

 

[BlueDogs]

If you think they went through the motions against Wichita or Tulsa, then you weren't watching the game.

We lost. It sucks. It really sucks. Or at least it sucks for those of us that still give a damn. But don't say they're going through the motions when they're clearly busting their a $$es out there...

It's all perspective. They are playing with much more intensity than in the early part of the season. They have emotion and get hyped. But it's like kindergarteners playing soccer - lots of energy but no discipline made even worse by a lack of skills. I think KO's entire strategy boils down to "ok, this time guys we really got to play even harder and make more shots" . You can see what you want in any game, because there is no real consistency or team identity.

 

[BlueDogs]

This is a solid football and basketball conference. Horrendous is not the right word.

Agreed - that's why I said "so called". Blaming the conference is the easy go to answer for our problems when it isn't remotely the bulk of our problems.

 

[The Funster]

If there's one think Kevin Ollie has done better than anything else, its taking any sort of emotional attachment away from the fans towards the program. I'd have had trouble sleeping after a loss like this 5 years ago. Now I just don't care.

I hate to admit it but for me, this is true.