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FriarJ said:
I don’t recall it at all but somebody does and just posted this on YouTube. The amazing thing is when we were ankle biters to be ignored you were a regular poster on the PC board. How soon we forget...
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Yeah. And I got banned there for saying the same thing then that I'm saying now. You're not that good. Never have been.
 
When UConn was in its run it afforded in conference games at the highest level. It’s always great to be #1, and special to beat #1. Nova beat #1 UConn in 1995 and 2006.

I don’t think another Big East team besides Nova has been ranked number 1 since the split. There have been very good teams, but my recall would not have any of them reaching 1.
 
Deepster said:
Yeah. And I got banned there for saying the same thing then that I'm saying now. You're not that good. Never have been.
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Prov is pretty good. You’ll see
 
Deepster said:
Yeah. And I got banned there for saying the same thing then that I'm saying now. You're not that good. Never have been.
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Neither are you, but you have been.
 
Deepster said:
What makes you think I haven't followed them very closely?
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Wow, I thought you were just being arrogant. Didn’t think you were an idiot, oh well.
 
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the Q said:
providence has always played us tough and had some really good players that I loathe their miserable existence (such as Williams, Murdock, Dunn, Simpkins and croshere).

they’ve had some really good players like Gomes and shamgod who made them more than relevant.

but it’s not enough to talk smack now, despite UConn being down.

I don’t think UConn wins the conference yesr, but with the right transfer(s) they can certainly be 3rd. In fact if they got nolley and Bruner that’s where I’d slot them in.

but without those 2, they could easily finish like 7th with a lot of close games. This conference is pretty freaking deep.

3 years from now though I do expect them to be up where Creighton and Nova are right now. I believe in Hurley and the brand that much. But it’s not going to be an easy path either. But it starts with doing the job next year. Next year is huge as the building block for that.
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I wanted to add that I’m very surprised Hurley is pursuing Nolley. Dude is a head case.
 
FriarJ said:
Seriously I’m curious about Croshere. Do you know he committed to UConn and when he was scheduled to fly out to Storrs for a visit Calhoun pulled his ship to give it to Kirkland King? Calhoun told him to call Rick Barnes and go there which is what he did.
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Cro could have sighed earlier but he was waiting on Cal and Notre Dame and they also passed. But the best part about Croshere is that everytime he buried one against Uconn, Calhoun would scream at his assistants ‘we got the wrong guy’
 
FriarJ said:
I wanted to add that I’m very surprised Hurley is pursuing Nolley. Dude is a head case.
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Caron Butler was a head case too. Not claiming Nolley will be Caron. But sometimes a change of scenery and a coach like Hurley can be the difference. One thing Nolley is is extremely confident. If Hurley can trim the fat with him, watch out
 
seeya27 said:
We did have a Big East rival named BCU. But after bludgeoning them 22 times consecutively, it became more of a mercy rivalry.
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That was great. We even beat them when they were ranked and we weren't. I remember an early game in that streak when BCU literally quit running then accused UConn of running up the score. Jim Obie left sputtering something about payback. They didn't beat UConn for an entire calendar decade after and Obie was drummed out of CBB in disgrace. I guess the payback was blackballing us out of the ACC, a Pyrrhic victory for them.
 
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nadav said:
Cro could have sighed earlier but he was waiting on Cal and Notre Dame and they also passed. But the best part about Croshere is that everytime he buried one against Uconn, Calhoun would scream at his assistants ‘we got the wrong guy’
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I think it was Howie that took his verbal and when King wanted to come Calhoun told Croshere that UConn does not take verbals from players who had not visited the school. Apparently he called Barnes and basically handed Croshere to PC. It’s an interesting story I think.
 
AntG168 said:
Caron Butler was a head case too. Not claiming Nolley will be Caron. But sometimes a change of scenery and a coach like Hurley can be the difference. One thing Nolley is is extremely confident. If Hurley can trim the fat with him, watch out
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Very true and a bit of maturity helps too. He will have to mature if he comes because if you don’t want to play defense then you will have a rabid dog of a coach up your keister.
 
ucp990411 said:
Guys, we are not the program we were 5, 10 or 20 years ago. We will get back there though. We have been stuck in a BS conference and have been an average team there.
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You do what you want, but I'm gonna act like I've been there before. Because I have. Seventeen times in total.
 
FriarJ said:
I think it was Howie that took his verbal and when King wanted to come Calhoun told Croshere that UConn does not take verbals from players who had not visited the school. Apparently he called Barnes and basically handed Croshere to PC. It’s an interesting story I think.
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Yeah, that sounds right. Croshere was a miss.

We were also trying to get a visit from a kid from Dalzell, SC at the time. That one worked out.
 
nadav said:
Yeah, that sounds right. Croshere was a miss.
We were also trying to get a visit from a kid from Dalzell, SC at the time. That one worked out.
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Along those lines, does anyone remember the story with Bob Sura? Wasn't there mutual interest but it just didn't work out?
 
FriarJ said:
Every message board everywhere are filled with losers. If you post on these boards and don't accept that then you might be the Grand Puba of losers. :) Yes, the young ones, that's my point. They have seen the trophy case and that's about it.
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PeeCee is a perennial NIT team. And it won’t change so long as UConn has a breathing basketball program. Players would chose UConn over PeeCee 999/1000 given that; A: Kevin Ollie is not the basketball coach, and B: UConn actually wants the player.
 
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nadav said:
Yeah, that sounds right. Croshere was a miss.

We were also trying to get a visit from a kid from Dalzell, SC at the time. That one worked out.
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So many of PC’s best players ever have either been from the state of CT. Or could have easily ended up at UConn. Honestly it’s possible that if we put all CT. Teams together PC’s would be better.
 
Waquoit said:
Along those lines, does anyone remember the story with Bob Sura? Wasn't there mutual interest but it just didn't work out?
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Good one. Sura wanted to go to Uconn, actually any major D-1 would have done, because he didn’t get much attention. Leitao pushed for him, but we already had offered and gotten a commitment from Richie Ashmeade. Who was a full blown disaster!
 
FriarJ said:
So many of PC’s best players ever have either been from the state of CT. Or could have easily ended up at UConn. Honestly it’s possible that if we put all CT. Teams together PC’s would be better.
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Well I’ve got nothing to do! Let’s do it.
 
ucawn said:
PeeCee is a perennial NIT team. And it won’t change so long as UConn has a breathing basketball program. Players would chose UConn over PeeCee 999/1000 given that; A: Kevin Ollie is not the basketball coach, and B: UConn actually wants the player.
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Thank goodness the BE gave you a ventilator.
 
nadav said:
Good one. Sura wanted to go to Uconn, actually any major D-1 would have done, because he didn’t get much attention. Leitao pushed for him, but we already had offered and gotten a commitment from Richie Ashmeade. Who was a full blown disaster!
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Wow, never knew this. What a bummer, Sura is one of my all-time favorite college players. He'll now go right up there with Camby on the "what if" UConn guys list.
 
superjohn said:
Wow, never knew this. What a bummer, Sura is one of my all-time favorite college players. He'll now go right up there with Camby on the "what if" UConn guys list.
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True. But we couldn’t afford Marcus!
 
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superjohn said:
Wow, never knew this. What a bummer, Sura is one of my all-time favorite college players. He'll now go right up there with Camby on the "what if" UConn guys list.
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PC has the worst. Tim Duncan wanted to come and the President at the time who was not a sports fan said Barnes could not offer him a scholarship even though he had kids transferring out until they actually left the school. Barnes got angry left to go to Clemson and Jason Williams and Greg Buckner were released from their LOI. They would have joined Croshere, Eric Williams and Troy Brown. All six of these guys played in the NBA.

We could have been a contender.
 
FriarJ said:
PC has the worst. Tim Duncan wanted to come and the President at the time who was not a sports fan said Barnes could not offer him a scholarship even though he had kids transferring out until they actually left the school. Barnes got angry left to go to Clemson and Jason Williams and Greg Buckner were released from their LOI. They would have joined Croshere, Eric Williams and Troy Brown. All six of these guys played in the NBA.

We could have been a contender.
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And of the 3 he only got Buckner to follow him.
 
nadav said:
True. But we couldn’t afford Marcus!
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I know but Camby and Ray Allen playing together for 3 years would've been insane. It would have been an all-time college basketball team and UConn would have another national championship or 2.
 
the Q said:
And of the 3 he only got Buckner to follow him.
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Duncan had already committed to Wake but I always wondered why Williams went to Marshall instead
 
FriarJ said:
Duncan had already committed to Wake but I always wondered why Williams went to Marshall instead
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didn’t he start out at Florida?
 
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