Where does uconn bball rank in your life?
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Jesus we are a dedicated bunch. If it was ever in doubt that the BY has the biggest diehards and non-casuals around, this poll clarifies it. I’m guilty as well though.
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They were combined but UConn Men #1 for me, WBB way down.
1. UConn MBB
2. Patriots
3 Red Sox
4. Celtics
5. Bruins
6. Kansas MBB
7 UConn Football
8. Kansas Football
9. NE Revolution
10. UConn Hockey, Baseball, WBB
If the World Cup is happening then USA men jump up quite a lot for a little while. What I watch depends in part on the value of a particular game. Pats > UConn cupcake game.
1. UConn MBB
2. Patriots
3 Red Sox
4. Celtics
5. Bruins
6. Kansas MBB
7 UConn Football
8. Kansas Football
9. NE Revolution
10. UConn Hockey, Baseball, WBB
If the World Cup is happening then USA men jump up quite a lot for a little while. What I watch depends in part on the value of a particular game. Pats > UConn cupcake game.
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- Uconn bball men (the only thing on the list that I’ll go way out of my way to not miss)
- My golf game (given the option to play, a husky hoops game would be only thing on this list that I would say no to playing golf for, and I am really bad at golf)
- Yankees
- College football
- NFL
- Hockey
- Pro bball
- Fantasy football (never played and no plan to)
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See @Jaydumo20 this example, even within our minuscule sample size of BY members, I feel like alums and non-alums will poll quote differently. I doubt this guy went to UConn.
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And yet @Jaydumo20 you have people like this lol so maybe my theory is wrong
Clearly there are alums who care more about professionals who are making a pay check and couldn’t care less about the fans than they care about kids who committed to the university for nothing and shared dorms with them; the people to whom the phrase “Students today, Huskies forever” doesn’t mean much
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Uconn men BB. I could not be happier with program, coaches and players. I honestly don't watch the women play but whenever I catch a few minutes for one reason or another I marvel at how dedicated and wisely coached they all are. I especially love to watch their fundamentals. It's like a clinic.
NY Giants (I have come back as a fan since the new coaches arrived). What sea change they are. Passionate about winning again. They are bringing back memories of childhood and later the Parcels, Belechick, L Taylor years. This is going to be a great Fall again with the Giants and then Uconn bb starting up again.
Yankees - they are a distant third now. Between the management and owners I don't know who is more boring and predictable. The entire Major Leagues just seem totally boring now. There doesn't seem to be any passion about winning. Every game is like a day at the beach. Get on base and exchange pleasantries with opposing team players. Players trying to milk the team; owners trying to milk the players. It's a mess. Added to that is their tv arrangements where the media and team are both milking the fans. See ya !!!
NY Giants (I have come back as a fan since the new coaches arrived). What sea change they are. Passionate about winning again. They are bringing back memories of childhood and later the Parcels, Belechick, L Taylor years. This is going to be a great Fall again with the Giants and then Uconn bb starting up again.
Yankees - they are a distant third now. Between the management and owners I don't know who is more boring and predictable. The entire Major Leagues just seem totally boring now. There doesn't seem to be any passion about winning. Every game is like a day at the beach. Get on base and exchange pleasantries with opposing team players. Players trying to milk the team; owners trying to milk the players. It's a mess. Added to that is their tv arrangements where the media and team are both milking the fans. See ya !!!
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I feel like there are more on here like this. I also feel like, before April, the above results would look different. I'm gonna do this poll again if Uconn has a poor start and the Pats/Giants are somehow winning their divisions by Dec.
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@Rocktheworld I do appreciate this honesty
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I mean I guess I missed that post, speaks a lot about the boomer lol
Then again the poor kid went to UConn nearly a lifetime before any real success found the program so how can you blame them
I was on campus from 08-12, the best 4-year run the AD has ever seen, so I’ve been a little more invested in athletics
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I take full responsibility for starting some crappy threads, but you'll be begging to vote in a late summer poll when we get our first 'Hurley Ain't the Guy' post sometime in early Dec.
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Slightly below my children but my kids are getting on my nerves.
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I think it’s easier to put them into tiers for me.
UConn (anything really, but obviously basketball tops the list, baseball not far behind) has such an emotional hold over me, I plan my life around their game days. I get stressful butterflies when watching them. It tugs at my innards, on a deep emotional level, in a way not every sport does.
They’re clearly in the top tier. The teams I feel similarly emotional about, where I’ll plan my life around their games and have that guttural, emotional feel while watching them are the US and Ukraine national soccer teams.
Probably because all three of those are linked to me beyond “rooting for laundry.” I’m from Connecticut. I went to UConn. I feel their successes and failures at incredibly personal levels. And of course, I’m American. We have that chip on our shoulder in soccer, and I want us to be successful more than anything. That said, if there was ever a WC final between the US and Ukraine, I’d root for Ukraine. That’s where my family’s from, and even though I’ve never been (my mother’s already promised my brothers and I a trip once the war’s won) and don’t speak the language, it’s again a huge part of my identity.
The Yankees are similarly important to me, but I think the sheer number of games calms the emotional highs and lows (until the playoffs - then it’s firmly in that top tier).
After that, it’s teams I root for and teams I obviously want to succeed more than just about anything, but I’ll miss the occasional game (or many games in the case of hockey and NBA, don’t really watch eithe regular season) or won’t let losses sting me nearly as deep. This would be the Giants, Knicks, Rangers, and Man City. Giants definitely lead the tier. Although I fully get sucked in when any of those teams make the playoffs.
If you didn’t bother reading that whole essay this unintentionally became, I don’t blame you. This is the tl; dr ranking based on how much of an emotional impact the wins and losses have on my life:
Tier 1 (gargantuan impact)
1. UConn men’s basketball
2. Ukraine NT
3. USMNT
4. UConn baseball
Tier 2 (big impact)
5. Yankees
Tier 3 (some impact)
6. Giants
7. Man City
8. Rangers
9. Knicks
UConn (anything really, but obviously basketball tops the list, baseball not far behind) has such an emotional hold over me, I plan my life around their game days. I get stressful butterflies when watching them. It tugs at my innards, on a deep emotional level, in a way not every sport does.
They’re clearly in the top tier. The teams I feel similarly emotional about, where I’ll plan my life around their games and have that guttural, emotional feel while watching them are the US and Ukraine national soccer teams.
Probably because all three of those are linked to me beyond “rooting for laundry.” I’m from Connecticut. I went to UConn. I feel their successes and failures at incredibly personal levels. And of course, I’m American. We have that chip on our shoulder in soccer, and I want us to be successful more than anything. That said, if there was ever a WC final between the US and Ukraine, I’d root for Ukraine. That’s where my family’s from, and even though I’ve never been (my mother’s already promised my brothers and I a trip once the war’s won) and don’t speak the language, it’s again a huge part of my identity.
The Yankees are similarly important to me, but I think the sheer number of games calms the emotional highs and lows (until the playoffs - then it’s firmly in that top tier).
After that, it’s teams I root for and teams I obviously want to succeed more than just about anything, but I’ll miss the occasional game (or many games in the case of hockey and NBA, don’t really watch eithe regular season) or won’t let losses sting me nearly as deep. This would be the Giants, Knicks, Rangers, and Man City. Giants definitely lead the tier. Although I fully get sucked in when any of those teams make the playoffs.
If you didn’t bother reading that whole essay this unintentionally became, I don’t blame you. This is the tl; dr ranking based on how much of an emotional impact the wins and losses have on my life:
Tier 1 (gargantuan impact)
1. UConn men’s basketball
2. Ukraine NT
3. USMNT
4. UConn baseball
Tier 2 (big impact)
5. Yankees
Tier 3 (some impact)
6. Giants
7. Man City
8. Rangers
9. Knicks
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UConn bball and it's not close. Huge gap, fball. Nothing really else, unless there is a passing interest with someone about to join the 3000 hit club/500 HR or some interesting stat like everyone in the American East having a chance to finish above .500 though the Yankees and Sox recent slump puts that in jeopardy and I'll keep a watch on those things. Or world cup football.
But it's gotten to the point where if college sports is screwed with any more, I might just give up on it. This most recent ACC move really pushed me closer, very very close and its partially because UConn wasn't involved but also just because it makes ZERO sense. If we reach a point where UConn is totally left out of the big boys club I won't even bother anymore and won't look back. There is still a glimmer of hope but if that goes away...
General rumblings I have seen, like around reddit and similar places, people think these most recent moves over the past year, starting with UCLA/USC are nuts and make no sense/aren't appealing.
But it's gotten to the point where if college sports is screwed with any more, I might just give up on it. This most recent ACC move really pushed me closer, very very close and its partially because UConn wasn't involved but also just because it makes ZERO sense. If we reach a point where UConn is totally left out of the big boys club I won't even bother anymore and won't look back. There is still a glimmer of hope but if that goes away...
General rumblings I have seen, like around reddit and similar places, people think these most recent moves over the past year, starting with UCLA/USC are nuts and make no sense/aren't appealing.
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Correct, I did not attend UConn, went to CCSU. Huge fan of the basketball team going back to the late 80's. I think my post made it seem I don't like the football team, not true, just can't call myself a fan like I am with the UConn basketball team or say the Yankees. I do watch the football team when they are on and I have nothing else to do. I never miss a basketball game.
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I’ce been a UConn basketball fan more than anything for most of my life. I’ve been an addict since my first game at the Field House as a kid in 1984.
However, I’m more emotionally invested in football the last 10 years. It is so critical that we have a winning football program for the survival of our AD overall, that I can’t seem to keep my mind off football. It’s developed an absolute passion for the team and the sport overall. The more that passion evolves, the more desperate I become about realignment.
However, I’m more emotionally invested in football the last 10 years. It is so critical that we have a winning football program for the survival of our AD overall, that I can’t seem to keep my mind off football. It’s developed an absolute passion for the team and the sport overall. The more that passion evolves, the more desperate I become about realignment.
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1. UConn basketball
1a. UConn football
2. Juventus (Italian soccer team)
4. NY Jets
5. Rest of UConn sports teams
1a. UConn football
2. Juventus (Italian soccer team)
4. NY Jets
5. Rest of UConn sports teams
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