What has happened to this board?

[HuskyHawk]

The Daniels leaving idea is obscene. That ain't happening

Agreed. And yet he would be drafted higher than either of the other two.

 

[zls44]

I think a mix of conference realignment and the tournament ban made everyone incredibly cranky.

 

[Hi-Low]

I think you are reading board wrong ....sure some people say dumb things but most think Bazz, Boat, Daniels should return. People feed off what the players say and all 3 in various ways are saying the are considering entering the draft. Ofcourse all 3 of them would benefit from another year at UConn but it's their life and it's up to them....I think all 3 return.

 

[ctchamps]

And what is with all this talk about a FF next year if everyone comes back. Will we be good..YES..maybe top 20, but we will not be a top 10 talented team without some serious improvement on our front line or finding a diamond in the rough in our big man recruits. We will most likely have a tougher schedule. (no depaul and providence twice).

We had 7 overtime games. What happens if they go the other way and Bazz doesn't have 55 points in OT. Every game we played...even the dregs were close games. Our margin for error was tiny. If we get into foul trouble or injury (like at the end of this year), we could pill up losses.

I think we end of with a similar record as this year, but we will need good matchup in the NCAA for a title run. Time will tell...

I can't speak for others. All I can say with certainty is that there are potentials for next year. One very unlikely potential is that something happens to the world and there is no season. Now that I have that out of the way the remaining potentials are UConn wins every game next season (low probability), UConn loses every game next season (low probability) or some combo of wins and losses (very likely). How many wins, how far UConn goes in the tournament, how high the team is ranked is purely conjecture.

As far as talk about the final four next season that is conjecture. And it is conjecture that UConn is a top twenty team next season, although with a higher probability of that happening than getting to a final four. Making projections isn't the problem imo. It's insisting that projections are something more than possibilities. Predictions aren't etched in stone.

You point out how little margin there was from this wonderful season to one that could have been very disappointing. But you failed to point out the other possibility if SN had not been injured with the shoulder or ankle and if the refs made the correct call in the Marquette game.

And that is how life works. There are some things we can factor in our life's predictions. But there is too much uncertainty, too many unknowns, to predict events with accuracy. It no longer surprises me how many people fail to grasp this. Of course understanding it still doesn't always help those gut wrenching events that impose themselves on us unexpectedly. But in sports no one should be surprised. There are far too many seasons in which the unexpected has happened both positively and negatively. And UConn fans have been very privileged to experience both.

 

[Kitaman]

I think a mix of conference realignment and the tournament ban made everyone incredibly cranky.

Well rejection never feels good.

 

[swami7774]

This place fell apart when that guy nyhuskyfan left. What a brilliant mind and sharp wit. And handsome too!

Rumor(s) had it that "nyhuskyfan" underwent some drastic and dramatic personal changes, the nature of which he didn't reveal but MAY be indicated by his altered handle.....

 

[Gurleyman]

Why don't you re-incarnate? what is this crap-" Gurleyman", anyway?

Not in ny anymore, and don't really identify myself as a New Yorker, so it was a poor choice of handle. I was raised a Gurleyman. Had my family taken the other house, I'd have been raised a Horsebarn Hiller (or Horsebarner, for short). Not all that much better, handle-wise, but we would have been able to walk down the street to go sledding in winter.

Perhaps Dog Lane would have been ideal.

 

[James]

Ill kinda have high expectations if we return 3 potential all league players. Lets not write off how well Ollie coached because of OTs. The high expectations stem from napiers return and his physical ability; Im a crazy person but I think hell be the best pg in college healthy.

 

[temery]

Whoever replied about Ricky Moore posts pre 3/29/99 was spots on (I think it was tzandrew).

People here were brutal ... Until 77-74. The very same people had better hope I never create an archive of their posts.

If I ever meet Ricky Moore, I will personally apologize on behalf of the 'yard. The same goes for pretty much every former player.

I've received several email over the years asking if former players have ever posted on The Boneyard. Not that I know of (Justin posted once, but that was before he graduated, I believe) ... I know of no player who hasn't been brutalized at one time or the other. I have no idea why they would post here. Would you?

 

[arnie3]

Not in ny anymore, and don't really identify myself as a New Yorker, so it was a poor choice of handle. I was raised a Gurleyman. Had my family taken the other house, I'd have been raised a Horsebarn Hiller (or Horsebarner, for short). Not all that much better, handle-wise, but we would have been able to walk down the street to go sledding in winter.

Perhaps Dog Lane would have been ideal.

Well that explains it! Although Dog Lane would have been cool. Anyway, you know that I've always liked your posts through the years no matter the handle!

 

[Dove]

Somewhere up above in this thread Huskybass dropped a serious Milli Vanill lyric. And nothing happened.

If this was the Golden Age of the Boneyard that would never have been accepted and a rope would have been thrown up and over the nearest rafter.

MAYBE the OP has a point.

 

[Scot-e]

I miss the hangings- so simple yet so satisfying.

 

[suzyq]

Selby?

Probably a bit of evidence to support the original post.

 

[suzyq]

Clearly this thread hit a nerve as it flushed out of hiding both Deepster and Swami.

 

[Gurleyman]

Ricky wasn't villified as a senior. Just the opposite. He reached deity status when he destoyed Mateen Cleaves early in the year and stayed there as he shut down guard after guard. Other fans would visit pregame to talk about how good their lead guards were and we'd explain to them that their guy was about to be locked down. At one point Al McGuire said of Ricky "he puts an elephant in your head", which didn't make much sense, but we adopted it as our mantra. He might have been more beloved than Khalid and Rip.

His sophomore year was another story - he was Rickety. Couldn't stay healthy when he wasn't suspended. Struggled in leadership role on a young team and took the brunt of our angst over our plunge into NIT status. Some nights we struggled to score 50 points.

As a junior, it was a mixed bag. Khalid took over the reins and we won 30 games, so there was less angst. Some still lamented he couldn't shoot, some already appreciated what he brought in his stopper role and ability to push tempo. We were more concerned about Rash's season-long shooting slump after losing his starter role, and Jake's inability to provide post scoring.

 

[Huskybass]

Somewhere up above in this thread Huskybass dropped a serious Milli Vanill lyric. And nothing happened.

If this was the Golden Age of the Boneyard that would never have been accepted and a rope would have been thrown up and over the nearest rafter.

MAYBE the OP has a point.

My post was meant merely to solicit a laugh or two. Any Milli Vanilli reference is so preposterous, that it is clearly for entertainment purposes only. Girl you know its true.

 

[Dove]

My post was meant merely to solicit a laugh or two. Any Milli Vanilli reference is so preposterous, that it is clearly for entertainment purposes only. Girl you know its true.

ANOTHER lyric!! Its all or nothing with you 'bass.

Where's the rope?

 

[swami7774]

Whoever replied about Ricky Moore posts pre 3/29/99 was spots on (I think it was tzandrew).

People here were brutal ... Until 77-74. The very same people had better hope I never create an archive of their posts.

If I ever meet Ricky Moore, I will personally apologize on behalf of the 'yard. The same goes for pretty much every former player.

I've received several email over the years asking if former players have ever posted on The Boneyard. Not that I know of (Justin posted once, but that was before he graduated, I believe) ... I know of no player who hasn't been brutalized at one time or the other. I have no idea why they would post here. Would you?

He was "Rickety" Moore until 3/29/99.

 

[Gurleyman]

He was "Rickety" Moore until 3/29/99.

He shed that nickname before the championship game. He was beloved his senior year - shutting down Cleaves to start the year (and then everyone else), willing us to the comeback win at St. John's, etc. Put an elephant in your head, cut off the head of the dragon - those were Ricky-related expressions. He actually tired himself out in the first half on 3/29/99 by killing it on both ends - let Langdon make a couple threes late in the half (maybe his only brief defensive lapse of the whole season). But he was replenished at the end, fortunately.