We’re on to house money

[Fishy]

Obviously, we want to keep going and we can definitely beat Arkansas, but we’re at the house money stage.

Season is an unqualified success after tonight - NCAA monkey is dead and buried.

We have our flaws, but the other 15 teams will have their own and we have as good a shot as anyone to win this thing.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Obviously, we want to keep going and we can definitely beat Arkansas, but we’re at the house money stage.

Season is an unqualified success after tonight - NCAA monkey is dead and buried.

We have our flaws, but the other 15 teams will have their own and we have as good a shot as anyone to win this thing.

Amen

 

[auror]

Started the year ranked #23-27 at most places. Top 16 currently. Hopefully more. Lets go.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Obviously, we want to keep going and we can definitely beat Arkansas, but we’re at the house money stage.

Season is an unqualified success after tonight - NCAA monkey is dead and buried.

We have our flaws, but the other 15 teams will have their own and we have as good a shot as anyone to win this thing.

Yup. Would’ve been worried about Kansas. Not so much now

 

[SubbaBub]

Losing to Kansas would be par seeding. Losing to Arkansas would be disappointing.

 

[August_West]

Obviously, we want to keep going and we can definitely beat Arkansas, but we’re at the house money stage.

Season is an unqualified success after tonight - NCAA monkey is dead and buried.

We have our flaws, but the other 15 teams will have their own and we have as good a shot as anyone to win this thing.

I don’t know when you and I started seeing this stuff the same way. It scares me quite a bit. But yes. That’s the exact thing now. House Money now. We could go further, we should go further, but I’m not bothered any longer just having fun now.

 

[giddyup]

Just leave it all on the floor and see what happens. Only one game to play. Let’s win that one.

 

[businesslawyer]

Obviously, we want to keep going and we can definitely beat Arkansas, but we’re at the house money stage.

Season is an unqualified success after tonight - NCAA monkey is dead and buried.

We have our flaws, but the other 15 teams will have their own and we have as good a shot as anyone to win this thing.

Well said.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Disagree. There are very few times in any program's history where A) the team is very talented, B) the team plays with great chemistry, and C) there are no other dominant teams left. The other team that scared me the most, Kansas, is home already. There have been plenty of seasons, like 1995 or 1998 or 2002, where there was a team that was just better than UConn standing between the Huskies and the Final Four. That isn't the case this year.

The simplest way to think of blackjack strategy is that you want to get as much money as possible on the table when you have an advantage. UConn has the advantage right now. Let's double down.

 

[Malamute]

FDU playing with house money not us. We are playing with our own money like we want to keep it. I get the point though. Just a solid game plan and solid execution. Should be a fun week.

 

[Dibbie]

This team has the ability and path to win it all. I would be disappointed with anything less than a Final Four

 

[Hoophound]

I like the premise, but “f” that. We only get so many shots at this thing. We have what it takes to win this tournament. I can tell myself we are playing with house money, and I do. The truth is, I’m lying to myself. I’ve become complacent because of 8 years of futility. If we are to reclaim our place among the elite and recruit like it, we’ve got to get results. Let’s get to the Final Four and then talk about house money. This team has the goods.

 

[HuskyBaggins]

I don’t know when you and I started seeing this stuff the same way. It scares me quite a bit. But yes. That’s the exact thing now. House Money now. We could go further, we should go further, but I’m not bothered any longer just having fun now.

Probably because we've been through it all so many times. No matter how good the team is, getting past sixteen or eight is still no guarantee.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Disagree. There are very few times in any program's history where A) the team is very talented, B) the team plays with great chemistry, and C) there are no other dominant teams left. The other team that scared me the most, Kansas, is home already. There have been plenty of seasons, like 1995 or 1998 or 2002, where there was a team that was just better than UConn standing between the Huskies and the Final Four. That isn't the case this year.

The simplest way to think of blackjack strategy is that you want to get as much money as possible on the table when you have an advantage. UConn has the advantage right now. Let's double down.

Gonzaga is pretty good. UCLA is really good. Both beatable (not in the 1995 UCLA, 1998 UNC, or 2002 Maryland class), but are at least on our level.

 

[HuskyBaggins]

Disagree. There are very few times in any program's history where A) the team is very talented, B) the team plays with great chemistry, and C) there are no other dominant teams left. The other team that scared me the most, Kansas, is home already. There have been plenty of seasons, like 1995 or 1998 or 2002, where there was a team that was just better than UConn standing between the Huskies and the Final Four. That isn't the case this year.

The simplest way to think of blackjack strategy is that you want to get as much money as possible on the table when you have an advantage. UConn has the advantage right now. Let's double down.

But there were also seasons like 1994, 1996, and 2006 where there weren't better teams in the way and they still didn't get there. It happens.

 

[Palatine]

FDU playing with house money not us. We are playing with our own money like we want to keep it. I get the point though. Just a solid game plan and solid execution. Should be a fun week.

That is exactly right.

Hurley has reclaimed our birthright. We were born in the Sweet Sixteen. Now the season begins.

 

[August_West]

Probably because we've been through it all so many times. No matter how good the team is, getting past sixteen or eight is still no guarantee.

This team hasn’t been through it but I like it for them too. I think win or lose we come out swinging rest of the way. I like that.

 

[jibsey]

Arkansas is a physically tougher team than either of the ones we played but I’m sure that the breakdowns of Arkansas will tell us more but our guys aren’t thinking House money, they’re thinking one shining moment.

 

[gsmooth]

It been a long 9 years since the last Sweet 16. So glad UConn is back Also we can be critical of Hurley and the Staff when we think they screwed up, but right now they deserve a lot of credit and we should heap nothing but praise to them

 

[Deepster]

I don’t buy this house money nonsense. We’re deep, healthy, good on both ends, top seeds have been eliminated. You never know when you’ll be in this position again.

Title or bust.

 

[Fishy]

Yup. Would’ve been worried about Kansas. Not so much now

Kansas and Houston were the two I did not/do not want to see - UCLA, to a lesser extent.

KU and UH are the two that could really exploit our ballhandling issues. We can definitely beat both - probably a better shot with UH - but it would be really tough.

 

[cohenzone]

I don’t know when you and I started seeing this stuff the same way. It scares me quite a bit. But yes. That’s the exact thing now. House Money now. We could go further, we should go further, but I’m not bothered any longer just having fun now.

It should be fun anyway.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

But there were also seasons like 1994, 1996, and 2006 where there weren't better teams in the way and they still didn't get there. It happens.

That's my point. UConn has been the best program in college basketball from 1989 through 2016, and UConn may be back. The Huskies have had several years where they were as good as any team in the country, and 1994, 1996 and especially 2006 hurt.

We want to make this year count.

 

[BugsyCT]

Oddly enough, I don’t think we’ve lost in the regional rounds since 2003 vs. Texas. We’ve either won it all, gotten to the FF, gotten bounced early, or missed the tourney entirely.

Reaching the Sweet 16 is a good accomplishment for Dan Hurley and this particular UConn team but they have the talent to go a lot farther.

 

[HeGotGame]

This team is 100% good enough to win a title.

But when you get this far anything can happen. I want to and fully believe this team should be playing in Houston but at this point anything can happen and the there is 0 doubt this program is back and heading in the right direction.

I am proud to be a member of the uconn family no matter what happens from here on out.

 

[SubbaBub]

If they play well, the opponent doesn't matter. That still applies. The trick is playing well for 40 minutes every game which we haven't since December.

 

[Hoophound]

If they play well, the opponent doesn't matter. That still applies. The trick is playing well for 40 minutes every game which we haven't since December.

We’ve come pretty close several times over the last month. Our challenges still remain the same, keep Newton running downhill and have Hawk show up and make a difference. Sanogo will do his part and the rest of the cast is almost always adequate.

 

[HuskyBaggins]

It been a long 9 years since the last Sweet 16. So glad UConn is back Also we can be critical of Hurley and the Staff when we think they screwed up, but right now they deserve a lot of credit and we should heap nothing but praise to them

Apparently some people aren't as keen on there being any allowance for being critical. I'm just stunned that there are people who want to pretend the middle of the season never happened - as if it has been all sunshine and roses throughout. Hell, maybe its even better for them to have gone through that adversity and come out the other side better for it. But it definitely happened.

 

[bazz&boujee]

Most teams chase championships. Championships chase us!!!!!

Only one goal.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I don’t know when you and I started seeing this stuff the same way. It scares me quite a bit. But yes. That’s the exact thing now. House Money now. We could go further, we should go further, but I’m not bothered any longer just having fun now.

Maybe it’s me, but when you’ve been on this ride through 4 titles, it becomes more about the journey than the destination.

People gave me grief about preferring consistent successes in the tournament every year over an occasional NC and missing the tournament in between. The tournament is a blast. Certainly want this ride to continue, but I’m enjoying it no matter what.