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Message: [QUOTE="dennismenace, post: 2390077, member: 6158"] Grew up in CT but wasn't a fan of college BB until I went to college. Went to Manhattan and Uconn used to play them over the Christmas vacation in the late 60's and I went to the games in the old Fieldhouse. Started to become interested while listening to Arnold Deane show as a Yankee fan in the late 70's. When the Big East was forming that was a very hot topic on the Deane show and when Corny Thompson got recruited I started to follow. Immensely enjoyed the whole Big East rivalry and becoming a fan of Uconn. What Jim Calhoun did is really hard to even put into words. Everyone around looked at Uconn as the doormat and Calhoun just kept believing and taking everyone with him. One of the greatest things I ever heard was a national tv announcer referring to Uconn as THE dominant team in the Big East during the 1990's! Who'd thought? Been a little rough the last few years and things have not gone our way but I have great hopes this will turn around. We need only look back to 2014 and continue to recruit the caliber of young men and staff who are believers and refuse to quit. [/QUOTE]