Wow - that was some crap there

[upstater]

That's not hyperbole. Are you sure you know what insinuating means?

Exaggeration isn't hyperbole? You're exaggerating. no one on this board stated that UConn used to lose a lot of games early. NO ONE.

A few of us said that the team often had January funks and came out of it in February under Calhoun. We also said Calhoun would sometimes sit on the bench like Ollie did last night. In fact, last year's team had quite a funk in the American in January, as you might recall.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Exaggeration isn't hyperbole? You're exaggerating. no one on this board stated that UConn used to lose a lot of games early. NO ONE.

A few of us said that the team often had January funks and came out of it in February under Calhoun. We also said Calhoun would sometimes sit on the bench like Ollie did last night. In fact, last year's team had quite a funk in the American in January, as you might recall.

Bizarre semantic argument aside, you're still wrong. UConn teams under Calhoun won more often in January than they did in February.

 

[upstater]

I just did look at the results. Under Calhoun, February was UConn's worst-performing month, with a .625 winning percentage. His teams were generally stronger in January (.654), and obviously even better in November(.888)/December(.874). March was in the middle (.673), and April was great (.800), but given the fact that those were tournament-heavy months, I'm not sure how to consider that, since you're going to play very few games in the years you stink and a lot more games in the years you're great.

You have to take into account that Calhoun was at UConn almost a decade before he had consistent results. The Dream Season was an outlier in his first 9 years. It wasn't until 1995 that the team started having regular success going to Final 8s. I'd love to see the breakdown of February versus January from 1995 on, because 1987 to 1994 was a very different beast.

 

[upstater]

Bizarre semantic argument aside, you're still wrong. UConn teams under Calhoun won more often in January than they did in February.

I'm just saying, calm down and stop exaggerating. No one here said UConn used to be a school that lost lots of games in January.

 

[CallMeBruce]

You have to take into account that Calhoun was at UConn almost a decade before he had consistent results. The Dream Season was an outlier in his first 9 years. It wasn't until 1995 that the team started having regular success going to Final 8s. I'd love to see the breakdown of February versus January from 1995 on, because 1987 to 1994 was a very different beast.

Done and done: still better in January, though it's closer. From 95-96 through 11-12, UConn was 108-51 (.679) in January and 95-46 in February (.674). You're still wrong.

I'm just saying, calm down and stop exaggerating. No one here said UConn used to be a school that lost lots of games in January.

I appreciate the advice, but I'm very calm. Several posters have implied that early-season losses aren't worth worrying about because UConn is a team that has always excelled in the postseason regardless of regular-season results. I don't believe that to be the case. I don't feel that I'm exaggerating at all.

 

[Kembacity]

I just did look at the results. Under Calhoun, February was UConn's worst-performing month, with a .625 winning percentage. His teams were generally stronger in January (.654), and obviously even better in November(.888)/December(.874). March was in the middle (.673), and April was great (.800), but given the fact that those were tournament-heavy months, I'm not sure how to consider that, since you're going to play very few games in the years you stink and a lot more games in the years you're great.

I'm not going to make claims that under calhoun or ollie we were specifically better or worse in different months, just that as a program, we've always been prone to some odd losses, where we show up and just don't look ready to play that day. Its because of this that no matter how awful a loss, it never makes me question the team's skills on the whole, it happens. Also, I'm sure this is how most teams feel, since its how it goes "sometimes you win, sometimes you lose"

 

[nycscooby]

Didn't know everyone handles things the same way. Thank you for that excellent assessment.

Yes, that was exactly the point I was making that everyone handles divorce the same way.

 

[CallMeBruce]

I'm not going to make claims that under calhoun or ollie we were specifically better or worse in different months, just that as a program, we've always been prone to some odd losses, where we show up and just don't look ready to play that day. Its because of this that no matter how awful a loss, it never makes me question the team's skills on the whole, it happens. Also, I'm sure this is how most teams feel, since its how it goes "sometimes you win, sometimes you lose"

Sure, but everyone loses weird games sometimes. Duke just lost consecutive games to NC State and Miami. I don't think that even the juggernaut UConn teams were unusual in their propensity to lose regular-season games, particularly to conference foes.