Your First UConn Game In Person

[Spaceman213J]

I was a kid. It was at the Civic Center and I think it was Syracuse. It was a tight game. It was anti-climatic for the UConn fans. Syracuse stole the ball on a half court entry with a few seconds left and went in for a layup as time expired to win by 1. It was a long drive home to Morris, CT.

 

[cohenzone]

LOL- so long ago. Vinny Yogobaskas (sp?) was playing. Hawley Armory, with a track around the upper floor. Don’t remember the opponent, but probably a Yankee Conference game. When Storrs was a legitimate hick place and a wonderful spot to grow up.

Finally someone older than me. Hawley Armiry was already a relic when I started at UConn. These are all fun recollections.

 

[businesslawyer]

LOL- so long ago. Vinny Yogobaskas (sp?) was playing. Hawley Armory, with a track around the upper floor. Don’t remember the opponent, but probably a Yankee Conference game. When Storrs was a legitimate hick place and a wonderful spot to grow up.

So to paraphrase Lou Holtz, you remember Storrs before they built the second one.

 

[Vuce]

I was a kid. It was at the Civic Center and I think it was Syracuse. It was a tight game. It was anti-climatic for the UConn fans. Syracuse stole the ball on a half court entry with a few seconds left and went in for a layup as time expired to win by 1. It was a long drive home to Morris, CT.

Yup! That was February of 1988. I was a freshman at UConn. Cuse was ranked #12 and Jeff King (RIP) threw the ball away and Stevie Thompson scored the game winner. That SUCKED!
My first UConn game was in 1983 at the Curry Hicks Cage at UMass. My dad is a UMass grad and brought me. UConn lost by two points. Karl Hobbs had a shot to tie it at the buzzer.

 

[millertime7774]

HCC in the early 80s vs Ewing, Michael Graham and Co. We got crushed.

Same. 1982. We had beat them earlier in the season in DC, the Civic Center started out rocking, but that G'town team had come together and we had no shot. I was 12 and had been hooked for 5 or 6 years, finally got my parents, who only later became fans in the Calhoun era, to take me to a game. Nosebleeds, but I didn't care.

 

[Beaner]

BCU @ Gampel my freshman year in ‘96. Watching that, you knew Rip was gonna be special.

 

[oshkosh]

1997 NIT game vs Nebraska. I was young but it was RIP’s freshman year and Rashamel Jones was the team’s best player at the time. My dad went to Filene’s to get tickets as they sold Ticketmaster seats. The 90s.

Edit: just looked this up (honestly hadn’t thought about it in years) but Tyronn Lue was Nebraska’s PG and I remember he was lighting it up in Gampel. Good guys won though

 

[8893]

My dad went to Filene’s to get tickets as they sold Ticketmaster seats.

Whoa there’s a memory of lots of shows and games purchased at Filene’s Ticketmaster outlet!

 

[TRest]

Went to most of the games my freshman year fall 79, but looking at the schedule I can’t remember who was the first opponent.

 

[Improviser]

I was there. Wasn’t Yale led by Bobby Trupin, a pretty good guard?

Bobby was a very good guard, but he graduated the year before.

And, he was actually drafted by the New York Knicks at number 90, in the 12th round. Their roster for 1965-66, does not show his name.

Interesting life, shown in the 2014 article below. His family was involved in a sport camp at Kutscher's for many years.

Bob Trupin: A Champion of Lifelong Learning

Once in a while, someone comes along who has clearly figured out why he or she was placed on this planet. Madison resident Bob Trupin is a great

www.theday.com

 

[Palatine]

Field House '62 or '63. Toby Kimball started at center. My older brother was a freshman at UConn and took me to a game.

 

[alexd]

My Dad got me into UCONN hoops in the mid 1970's but I didn't go to my first game until 1981. I saw their 2nd round NIT loss to Minnesota. Future NY Knick Trent Tucker lit us up for a gazillion points.

 

[uconnfan68]

Fall of 68, first game in the Field House. Only tv before that.

 

[Beaner]

Fall of 68, first game in the Field House. Only tv before that.

UConn was on TV back then? No jest. That’s an earnest inquiry.

 

[ColchVEGAS]

The first I can remember was I think 96 or 97...Jacques Vaughn and Kansas at the XL Center.

 

[JSB60]

11/30/68 lost to Yale in New Haven. Bob Staak’s team, Yale had Jim Morgan.

 

[Jkiller]

UConn vs Tennessee in 2011 with my dad. 2010-2011 was the first season I ever watched and I fell in love instantly. I didn’t even like watching sports before that. My dad was a UConn super fan since the 80s now I know more than he does. We’ve been watching every game together for the last 10 years

 

[uconnbill]

1980 St John's game at the Civic Center Big East game.
I always remember going to the old fieldhouse in 1974 and I think it was Maine

 

[uconnfan68]

UConn was on TV back then? No jest. That’s an earnest inquiry.

Watched since early 60s, freshman there in 68.

 

[WrenchFan69]

2004 at Gampel. I was 10. I remember being enamored with Josh Boone's cornrows. Can't remember who they played, but they won

 

[jdb50]

UConn was on TV back then? No jest. That’s an earnest inquiry.

Channel 8 would broadcast a few games. Dick Galliette would announce I believe. I remember seeing Bill Corley set a UConn single game scoring record and they had the UConn-URI slowdown game.

 

[cullaville]

Early seventies at Fairfield

 

[CL82]

'78-'79 season - field house - Thompson, McKay, Carr, Abro was a freshman

Versus Fairfield probably November 78 at the Field House. I feel like we won by a basket and I was hooked. I may be conflating different games though. It was crazy loud.

 

[storrsroars]

1976 at The Fieldhouse. I think it was vs Maine. Besides being impressed at how good Hanson & Whelan were, my major memory was, "What a dump."

 

[MTHusky]

1963 in the Fieldhouse against who I don't remember, but it was a win. That was when I became a Toby and Spider Dan Hesford fan. Spider threw himself all over the court causing multiple turnovers.