When will UCONN lose an AAC game?

[RockyMTblue2]

"really" should have been "reeling" in that fictitious newspaper article. I don't have tappey talk to blame (and I don't know how to spell tappey and I'm to lazy to look it up.).

 

[HoopsFan21]

Is your point the overall level of talent in the ACC isn't measureably better than the AAC, sans UConn???

I don't know from a quantitative standpoint, let one of the other smart guys on this board figure that out. Look at last night's South Carolina and Tennessee games where the games were 50 something to 40 something (OK so South Carolina did finally get to 60). All the talking heads talk about what great hard fought SEC and ACC battles these were and how great those teams are. If East Carolina beats Tulsa 60-48 all we hear is what a terrible conference the AAC is compared to the others.

 

[geneticrex]

I don't know from a quantitative standpoint, let one of the other smart guys on this board figure that out. Look at last night's South Carolina and Tennessee games where the games were 50 something to 40 something (OK so South Carolina did finally get to 60). All the talking heads talk about what great hard fought SEC and ACC battles these were and how great those teams are. If East Carolina beats Tulsa 60-48 all we hear is what a terrible conference the AAC is compared to the others.

We're smart enough.

I believe it has more to do with the level of talent and athleticism than the final point total. When UConn plays these completely overmatched opponents in this miserable conference, the final score, as lopsided as it may be, does not necessarily reflect just how outlandish the matchup may have been.

When UConn plays a "name" school, even if the final score is in the 20-30 point range, the actual level of competition is much higher. In most years, the chances are slim that UConn could lose a game against a non-top 5 opponent, but it can and it has happened and it happened as recently as this season. Against the teams in the AAC, not only is the chance to lose basically non-existent, the prospect for a relatively competitive affair is practically an impossibility.

Duke and ND may have been pounded by wide margins, but playing against the likes of a Loyd, Allen, Turner, Williams, Stevens, etc., presents a far greater challenge than anything the AAC has to offer.

 

[Biff]

A future newspaper article begins" "The UConn Nation is really from the strangest loss in the program's history; a loss precipitated by Geno having only 4 players well enough to play after 7 players succumbed to acute food poisoning which was traced to the chicken pot pie they selected as their in flight meal. Geno wryly observed in his post game conference: "We are instituting a brown bags only travel regime as of tonight!"

What's an "in flight meal'?

 

[RegisteredUconn]

About ten minutes after hell freezes over.

I think hell would need to freeze solid, not just over. In Johnnie Mathis lingo, we lose our first on the twelfth of never. Problem with the poll is Never isn't an option. While I don't doubt that UConn would eventually lose an AAC game, my sanity depends on believing we won't be in the AAC long enough to see that eventuality. Thus, I don't think we ever lose an AAC game.

 

[Zorro]

What's an "in flight meal'?

An anachronism, if you fly economy.

 

[Biff]

An anachronism, if you fly economy.

Well I admit that I know peanuts about in flight meals.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

What's an "in flight meal'?

Apparently that is one of those elite program "rock star treatment" things that led one of our stars (Maya?) to say travel in the WNBA was a real come down from UConn. I know Biff, for you and I an in flight meal is a $5 box of animal crackers and a soda!

 

[triaddukefan]

Looks like a South Florida fan joined the board and voted

 

[HoopsFan21]

Apparently that is one of those elite program "rock star treatment" things that led one of our stars (Maya?) to say travel in the WNBA was a real come down from UConn. I know Biff, for you and I an in flight meal is a $5 box of animal crackers and a soda!

I haven't had animal crackers in quite a while. That plus a soda sounds pretty good actually.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I haven't had animal crackers in quite a while. That plus a soda sounds pretty good actually.

Just gotta avoid creating an explosive combination of the two and spewing it in the face of the annoying kid in the seat in front of you who has been making faces for the last 20 minutes.

 

[hoophuskee]

We've already seen Yellowstone erupt in a catastrophic manner this year. Don't expect another for another long, long time. The tremors below the gorund have long since settled since Geno moved Tuck and Nurse into the starting lineup.

The upsets I the past aren't comparable. Only one decent team in this conference and they aren't that good. It's the only game UCONN will look forward to in the conference. So unlike prior mediocre / decent teams that have beaten them in the past, UCONN will have much better focus for USF because it will be ike a treat to play them. Until you get a 3rd or 4th or maybe 5th team, UCONN's top focus will be on USF. They don't have a shot. It doesn't matter hwo close they ever get. Until league gets much stronger or they get some premiere players- they won't win.

Part of the problem these teams have is when - they aren't playing premiere players and premier teams one night then another night etc. You play mediocre teams then you play best-of-the-beasts - you aren't prepared no matter how much you talk about it. That Yellowstone eruption can happen but it will be a long long time in this conference before it does. The eruption was on a different planet, far-far away from the teams in this conference.

Just want to make it clear we/this thread are talking specifically THIS CONFERENCE- not the NCAA tourney.