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You can change one UConn loss to a win. Which game are you chosing?

Goldenflash said:
Interestingly, I was at the UCLA, UNC and George Mason games. Stopped attending figuring I was the jinx. Won six titles since then, Hmmm!
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This is why I’ve been skipping the post season/F4. So mad I didn’t go in 24, as there was no scenario that would have them losing. Well I guess losing to UM means I can start attending
 
Dibbie said:
This is why I’ve been skipping the post season/F4. So mad I didn’t go in 24, as there was no scenario that would have them losing. Well I guess losing to UM means I can start attending
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Better than going in 2009........
 
Outside of the Michigan one.

George Mason of course. I remember feeling a sense of disbelief and shock for that game.

Second would be 2009 Michigan State. I was more sad for those guys and on the verge of tears after that last slam they had. 2009 had an amazing season and I really wish that Dyson injury didn’t happen.

Might’ve been a special attachment to those guys because we really saw those players grow up from the ground up to get there. Whole rotation outside of Kemba played together for 3 years which just seems crazy to think about these days.
 
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For years it would have been Duke 1990
Because , only older fans will understand a final four was the impossible dream and we had a near decade of frustration after that that compounded that heartbreak.
However with 8 FF’s and 6 NC
I have to change that to 2026 .
A lose in the Championship game magnifies it. Plus 3 in 4 years makes the program not a simply a blue blood but a legendary of near mythological status. .
We were playing an alleged super team spotted them 13 from the FT line and they were hanging on at the end.
That effort from these guys was heroic and exceeded the expectations of even diehard fans like me.
Throw in the fact 2 key players were playing so hurt they needed surgery in the post season and this team may be legendary.
 
The NM St loss propelled us to the best four year stretch we've ever had. I can't believe people want to change that.

Basically every prior loss provided some future benefit. UNC in 1998 was the impetus for our first title. Texas in 2003 led to our second.

I don't know what's ahead that wouldn't be there if we pulled out the Michigan game, and as it's difficult to do better than winning it all, I will say that is the only loss worth changing. I do however reserve the right to retract that thought if we end up winning three in four years in the not too distant future.
 
TroyHall98 said:
Since ‘95 UCLA has been mentioned a few times, I will go with ‘96 Miss State. I know Ricky was injured which might have capped how much further we could have gone but losing in the fashion we did (outmuscled, career games from their shooters) still irks me.
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The guy who had a great shooting night was a 3-time All-SEC guard and a 41% 3 point shooter who had it going that day. He made 7. Nobody else on the team made a 3. That team was very good. They were a fringe top 10 team for part of the season but had some injuries that hurt them
 
FfldCntyFan said:
The NM St loss propelled us to the best four year stretch we've ever had. I can't believe people want to change that.

Basically every prior loss provided some future benefit. UNC in 1998 was the impetus for our first title. Texas in 2003 led to our second.

I don't know what's ahead that wouldn't be there if we pulled out the Michigan game, and as it's difficult to do better than winning it all, I will say that is the only loss worth changing. I do however reserve the right to retract that thought if we end up winning three in four years in the not too distant future.
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No diff than the Bronx is Burning 1990 Yankees, which was the negative catalyst that launch their dynasty. George sicked an illegal snitch on Winfield, got suspended from ever being GM again and Gene Michael's built the Yankees dynasty.

Sometimes a hiccup has a purpose.
 
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Ray Allen's team over UCLA in the 1996 NCAA Tournament. The one team that could beat us that tournament.
 
Teddie1056 said:
For me it's gotta be the last game we just played, but if not that one, I'd choose the New Mexico State loss in 2022. I really think that team was special, and RJ Cole deserved better going out.

It was a bullshit ass game. They shot 65% from 3 and we shot 30% from 3. If they shot 50% from 3 even, we probably win the game.
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The only one that guarantees another title is the Michigan game. Thats the right answer.
 
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Michigan. No contest. It’s the only flip that guarantees a title.

That’s kind of how I view this, overall. How far we would we have gone if we hadn’t been eliminated?

So 1990 for sure. 2009 also. 2002.

I maintain Florida likely would have beaten us up in 2006, but you never know, so the George Mason game is up there. 1994-1996 and 1998–any and all of those 4. 1994 in particular, we were Final 4 bound.

I know we lost to the eventual champ last year but I think the team was too flawed. But it’s still in the top-15.
 
nomar said:
I maintain Florida likely would have beaten us up in 2006, but you never know, so the George Mason game is up there.
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I've always felt that the 2006 team, as unmotivated as it was, would have been up for the challenge if they faced Florida. They also had the size and depth to compete with them.

I believe we could easily have had a scenario where we took care of Florida, then mailed it in, giving UCLA another title.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I've always felt that the 2006 team, as unmotivated as it was, would have been up for the challenge if they faced Florida. They also had the size and depth to compete with them.

I believe we could easily have had a scenario where we took care of Florida, then mailed it in, giving UCLA another title.
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My issue with the 2006 team was lack of ball handling. Always felt like it was going to eventually trip us up.

Sum was less than the whole of its (insanely talented) parts.
 
Obviously the game from 2.5 weeks ago. We didn't get a fair shake and it would've been 3 titles in 4 years putting us at 7 titles in the past 27 tournaments.
 
superjohn said:
Obviously the game from 2.5 weeks ago. We didn't get a fair shake and it would've been 3 titles in 4 years putting us at 7 titles in the past 27 tournaments.
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Don't get me going on the refs. It was bad. Really bad.
 
Teddie1056 said:
For me it's gotta be the last game we just played, but if not that one, I'd choose the New Mexico State loss in 2022. I really think that team was special, and RJ Cole deserved better going out.

It was a bullshit ass game. They shot 65% from 3 and we shot 30% from 3. If they shot 50% from 3 even, we probably win the game.
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The New Mexico loss was a good thing. We learn the most from some of our biggest failures. That loss had a profound effect on Hurley and his strategy. It was a key factor in what was to come the next two seasons
 
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Goldenflash said:
Interestingly, I was at the UCLA, UNC and George Mason games. Stopped attending figuring I was the jinx. Won six titles since then, Hmmm!
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I was at the George Mason game too and did not attend this year's Sweet 16 & Elite 8 games in the same arena in DC for this exact same reason. That was a bitter ending in OT.

I still believe had AJ Price not gotten involved in laptop-gate, we would've had the PG that team needed to win the title. So much talent on that team.
 
The George Mason game ... was living in Arlington VA (Ballston), went to the Washington game 2 nights before - we should have won it all that year, instead we helped to create the Florida back-to-back

But, I suspect that 2011 and 2014 have other schools' fans whining on repeat too, about what coulda/shoulda/woulda happened

Looking back, the GM game was just a bump in our amazing road, to date ... in a strange way, I'm glad our amazingly talented (but sleep-walking, guard non ball-sharing team) lost that game - we've learned and delivered from it, imho, 4x since
 
jfuchs91 said:
Has to be the Michigan game - a win means another natty and 3 titles in 4 years.

Other contenders would be George Mason in 2006 and the 6OT game vs. Syracuse.
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YES!!!! All of that!!!
 
1- George Mason (We were supposed to dominate! I just felt bad for them, too much confidence on that team, it was a sad day in Mudville)
2- 2026 (Dynasty, but this loss hurts less if we win in the next couple of years)
3- 6 OT (I have too many Syracuse fans as friends lol)
 
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