Will The Dunk have the best game and atmosphere in college basketball this year?

[FriarJ]

I get a kick out of the Jock Jams complaints. I pre-date that stuff and don't like those tunes except maybe Gary Glitter. I'm from the We Will Rock You or Na, Nan, Hey Hey goodbye era. Whatever newer music you all want to play is probably not anything that will pump me up, but might as well try something. It would be cool if UConn had some old classic tune it could claim like the Red Sox do with Sweet Caroline. That would give the old farts something while you played newer stuff.

The light touch on enforcement is something every college should have. I think we've done that wrong for over 35 years now since it went to 21. Should be 18 for anybody who isn't driving and is in a controlled environment (like a college campus or bus). Give kids on the bus a wristband that lets them drink at XL. Boom. Attendance solved. Would cut down on the excesses. UConn is of course on the opposite end of that spectrum now from what I'm told, like it's run by Dolores Umbridge.

People downvoting those who said they were rooting for PC, like me? That's a lot of effort for something that is meaningless to UConn. Is this a Villanova board now? Even @Zissou doesn't do that and I doubt @FriarJ downvoted anyone rooting for Nova.

I don’t downvote anyone ever anywhere. I’ll let you know if I have a problem with a post

 

[superjohn]

I don’t understand why we can’t fix the music. Seriously already, there is nothing worse than turning on a big game and we start with Jock Jams.

The music didn't strike me as good big game music last night. They played Taylor Swift and they were playing Let it Be late in the game.

UConn's problem is it seems like they've tried to do everything to make the campus and game atmosphere boring. College is supposed to be a drunken madhouse.

 

[FriarJ]

The anthem was electric. Seriously all of it was impressive minus the Taylor Swift singalong. Very strange.

I've been going to games at the dunk for a while now and I can't remember anything like that. Even in the Kris Dunn and Bentil days, there was nowhere near the student support there was last night. Really sucks they can't find a way to play the UConn/PC game. Complete joke.

PS - UConn really needs to retire the Jock Jams and get some energy into the crowd.

The PC/UConn game would have been electric there. I can’t believe we have to wait another year. It will be over 10 years by the time it happens. Kids in college then are now married with kids.

 

[Padutch5]

There are a couple factors that go into it. 1st as others have said we are friggin starved. To the point of lunacy (admittedly me) to be relevant and win. The team is very good this year. Cooley is a marvelous ambassador for the program. Next is the student support. When you get 3/4 of the entire student body to attend games over two hours before tip, they will be fun.

Finally, and very significantly the games are not on campus. PC is the city and the states program. The people who manage the Dunk and the police need to be commended. They let these college kids be college kids. The game was way oversold and two complete walkways were essentially standing room only for kids, and in regards to not being on campus, there is booze. Lots and lots of booze. You all saw it on TV, just by statistics alone, 65% of those kids there last night were under 21 but because they are bussed to and from they are allowed to have good fun.

Wait. What? You can’t possibly be saying its good the games are not on campus and the students go>?? All I have read for years is students will not go off campus for UCONN games?

 

[Zissou]

People downvoting those who said they were rooting for PC, like me? That's a lot of effort for something that is meaningless to UConn. Is this a Villanova board now? Even @Zissou doesn't do that and I doubt @FriarJ downvoted anyone rooting for Nova.

Wait, we can down vote?

Jk, lol.

I do love the Big East - and Prov and UConn are key members. I originally joined here to advocate for UConn to the Big East and I love having UConn back home.

I really expected Nova to roll over Prov this week. It was a great game. Classic Big East slug fest. The Fast Food Fryers brought it and the Dunk was lit up. Fryers are not over rated. I’d love to see Prov and UConn go Elite 8.

Sweet Caroline - yuck. Let the Bosox have their thing. Even Nova plays it…. We should all be a little more original than that. Some universal jams are appropriate: Gary Glitter… yes. White Stripes… yes. The Jazz Singer…. Nyet.

 

[Waquoit]

There is no problem. Everyone plays the same songs. The Dunk had the electricity of a Cinderella story and that only works every 20 years or so.

 

[Deepster]

There is no problem. Everyone plays the same songs. The Dunk had the electricity of a Cinderella story and that only works every 20 years or so.

Exactly. That environment is the exuberance of a team that’s surprised to be this good. We expect a title contending team every year now, fair or unfair. That makes our fan base whiny and hypercritical.