Updated Numbers

[BFieldHusky]

Updated as of this morning:
RPI 48
Kenpom 21
BPI 27
Key Stat: 5-1 in true road games, 6-4 in road/neutral games. This is a big factor for the committee.

 

[BoatShow]

LOVE being road warriors again. The teams I grew up on in the late 90s-2000s always killed it on the road.

 

[alexd]

LOVE being road warriors again. The teams I grew up on in the late 90s-2000s always killed it on the road.

yep....1999 NC team did not lose a road game that season.

 

[Jay-Bone]

LOVE being road warriors again. The teams I grew up on in the late 90s-2000s always killed it on the road.

Khalid was Mad Max, fed off stomping others on the road.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Good opportunities also coming up against Top 100 teams:

at Temple
Tulsa
SMU
at Cincy
at SMU

At home against Houston could also end up being a game against a Top 100 team as they are borderline.

 

[1999.2004.2011]

Good opportunities also coming up against Top 100 teams:

at Temple
Tulsa
SMU
at Cincy
at SMU

At home against Houston could also end up being a game against a Top 100 team as they are borderline.

Conversely the only landmines remaining are ECU (Gampel), @USF and UCF (Gampel)

 

[RipCity]

I really can't see us losing to ECU USF or UCF. They're so bad.

 

[BoatShow]

I really can't see us losing to ECU USF or UCF. They're so bad.

RPI landmines

 

[bmo22]

RPI landmines

ECU and UCF are both top 200 so I don't think those teams will hurt us too much, as long as we win. USF is on the road at least even though they're sub-200. If we take care of the bottom feeders and our home games we'll be in good shape. Need to beat Temple on the road as well.

 

[RichZ]

I really can't see us losing to ECU USF or UCF. They're so bad.

Now you've done it.
DOOOOOOOMED.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

A sweep of SMU would go a long way. Obvious i know, but i want a nice win over them for a change.

 

[gtcam]

A sweep of SMU would go a long way. Obvious i know, but i want a nice win over them for a change.

Have to beat both Cinci and Temple on the road and let the chips fall where they may vs SMU
Do that and no WTF losses - UConn is all set

 

[Gurleyman]

yep....1999 NC team did not lose a road game that season.

Yep. Only team to beat us that year was Miami in Gampel. On Senior Day no less.

Props to Miami. They did what nobody else could. Sometimes you just have to tip your cap.

 

[jleves]

Yep. Only team to beat us that year was Miami in Gampel. On Senior Day no less.

Props to Miami. They did what nobody else could. Sometimes you just have to tip your cap.

I imagine this Boneyard Meme is so old only 1 in 10 will get it.

 

[CAHUSKY]

Yep. Only team to beat us that year was Miami in Gampel. On Senior Day no less.

Props to Miami. They did what nobody else could. Sometimes you just have to tip your cap.

And Cuse. We were 34-2

 

[Gurleyman]

I imagine this Boneyard Meme is so old only 1 in 10 will get it.

Probably too high. It was actually a chatroom thing back then that didn't even make it onto the main pages very often. Props to Miami was the fort the ead of 2006

 

[Matrim55]

Yep. Only team to beat us that year was Miami in Gampel. On Senior Day no less.

Props to Miami. They did what nobody else could. Sometimes you just have to tip your cap.

Everybody was hurt that game. Let's not give them too much credit.

EDIT: Actually my bad, it was the Syracuse game everybody was hurt for (KEL, Rip & Jake). Miami did, in fact, just beat us.

 

[Gurleyman]

And Cuse. We were 34-2

Common mistake. It gets confusing since basketball seasons overlap two calendar years. So some people think 1999 things actually happened in 1998 and vice versa. It's sort of like how the 2016 Super Bowl is really at the end of the 2015 season. Cuse's win actually didn't happen until the ensuing calendar year that preceded our title, but people think it actually fell into the season before the one after it really did.

They all blend together after a while.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

For some reason, cto was having memory lapses and kept trying to assert events that never actually occurred. Very concerning, but fandom can bring on strange results.

 

[CAHUSKY]

Common mistake. It gets confusing since basketball seasons overlap two calendar years. So some people think 1999 things actually happened in 1998 and vice versa. It's sort of like how the 2016 Super Bowl is really at the end of the 2015 season. Cuse's win actually didn't happen until the ensuing calendar year that preceded our title, but people think it actually fell into the season before the one after it really did.

They all blend together after a while.

Huh? We were 34-2 the year we won the National Championship (1998-199 season) and lost to Miami at Gampel. We also lost to Cuse. Im confused. http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/connecticut/1999-schedule.html

 

[jleves]

Huh? We were 34-2 the year we won the National Championship (1998-199 season) and lost to Miami at Gampel. We also lost to Cuse. Im confused. http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/connecticut/1999-schedule.html

I'm shocked that you are one of the people who does not get the reference.... I expect more from you CAHUSKY.

 

[Gurleyman]

Huh? We were 34-2 the year we won the National Championship (1998-199 season) and lost to Miami at Gampel. We also lost to Cuse. Im confused. http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/connecticut/1999-schedule.html

Look right in the url you posted. It says 1999 schedule, but it was really 1998-99. We beat Pitt when Khalid jumped on the scorers table in 1998, but it was in the 1999 title season. The reverse is true of Cuse. That game was in one calendar year, but it didn't actually take place until the year after the one before it.

But the bottom line is that Miami beat us fair and square. No excuses. Kudos to the Canes.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

Look right in the url you posted. It says 1999 schedule, but it was really 1998-99. We beat Pitt when Khalid jumped on the scorers table in 1998, but it was in the 1999 title season. The reverse is true of Cuse. That game was in one calendar year, but it didn't actually take place until the year after the one before it.

But the bottom line is that Miami beat us fair and square. No excuses. Kudos to the Canes.

I wonder how many Boneyarders are still around who were part of the chat that time in the year that happened before or whenever it happened, but Miami did come up big that year.

 

[Gurleyman]

I wonder how many Boneyarders are still around who were part of the chat that time in the year that happened before or whenever it happened, but Miami did come up big that year.

There are probably less than 10 people left. About the same number who would understand what Sammy Mejia and Paul Millsap have to do with the Boneyard.

 

[CAHUSKY]

I'm shocked that you are one of the people who does not get the reference.... I expect more from you CAHUSKY.

I'm about 4 glasses of wine in and don't know what any of you duckers are talking about. And I've been with the yard since just about the inception. All I know is we went 34-2 in 98-99 and don't give a sh&t about whatever you maniacs are talking about.