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Message: [QUOTE="Sargassoc, post: 2492427, member: 826"] Nope. B.A. Smith College, 1986 M.AL.S. Wesleyan, 1989 M.A., Hollins, 1994 I became a UConn fan when I moved to CT in 1986, though I admit to rooting for Stanford in their 1990 championship game. I was away for the weekend at the Newport Goat Island. The front desk gave us a free extended checkout (it started out as the [I]Never-Ending Weekend[/I], or something like it, but then continued on) in the room to allow us to watch the end of the game. (Coincidentally, this was the same year -- and hotel-- in which I also saw the end of the Tyson-Douglas fight just a few months earlier. And I was also accidentally in Newport in 1983 the day that the USA lost the Americas Cup. Not sure what this all means. . . and who among you might even care. . . ) I was always a women's sports fan (um, Smith College anyone?), but the paucity of televised women's basketball games in 1986 and shortly thereafter made that a challenge. In 1995, I left work early and drove to Gampel to welcome home the champions. I lived under an hour away and it seemed like a great idea (and it was) at the time. The place was rocking and I will always cherish the vision of Kara Wolters dancing her heart out on the floor when they got back. Those were the days that you could still drive up and get seats to watch a championship team. [/QUOTE]