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Message: [QUOTE="UConnNick, post: 2493917, member: 1526"] I'm a UCONN alum, but was only in Storrs for two years. I transferred from American University. We were still only a Yankee Conference power during my time. We went to the 1976 NCAA Sweet 16 with a team that featured Tony Hanson, Joey Whelton, Al Weston, and John Thomas from Bogalusa, LA. I believe John still lives in CT to this day. Jeff Carr and I believe Randy LaVigne were freshmen on that team. Also Jim Abromaitis, I think. Abro later served on the Board of Trustees, I believe. That may have been Dee Rowe's next to last season coaching the team. We attended the Sweet 16 in Greensboro, NC. It was Rutgers, VMI, DePaul and us. We lost to Rutgers something like 92-79. They had Phil Sellers and Eddie Jordan. They went undefeated that season until they lost in the semis of the Final Four. Indiana went totally undefeated and won the title that year...last team to go undefeated on the men's side. We sat right behind the UCONN bench in Greensboro. Rutgers beat VMI to advance to the Final Four. DePaul was still a few years away from making the Final Four during the Mark Aguirre era, but Dave Corzine was on that DePaul team. UCONN's first women's BB team played in 1975. I think they finished 2-8. Sadly, neither myself or anybody I knew on campus, male or female, had any idea we had an official women's intercollegiate team. Let's just say it was not highly publicized or promoted. If I had known I might have checked out a few of their games. I attended a HS which had a great women's BB team. I had friends on the team and attended a lot of their games. [/QUOTE]

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