The Senior Class: The Charges
by zls44 on Mar 3, 2010 11:38 PM EST
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My rage has led me to think about all the things this senior class of Gavin Edwards, Jerome Dyson and Stanley Robinson have and have not done.
IN THEIR FAVOR
-Made the Final Four in 2009, overcoming the injury of Jerome Dyson
-Got UConn's first ever win at home against a #1 ranked team (Texas, 2010)
Now, let's get to all the negatives. It's quite the list.
CHARGES AGAINST
-The first Jim Calhoun team to miss postseason play since 1986-87 (2006-07)
-The first Jim Calhoun team to lose a 1st Round NCAA game (San Diego 2008)
-The first Jim Calhoun team to lose a game at the Final Four (Michigan State, 2009)
-Have not won a single Big East Tournament game
-Have not won a Big East Regular Season Championship
-Lost to Syracuse in the Big East Tournament twice
-Lost the greatest game in Big East Tournament history (6 OT)
-They have the worst W-L of a 4-year Jim Calhoun class (not counting seniors in his first 3 seasons) since the 1994-95 seniors, and need 3 wins just to TIE that class (currently 89-41)
-Have a player who will likely never win an NCAA Tournament or postseason game, and has so far only played in one (Jerome Dyson, against San Diego)
-First UConn team to lose to Duke since 1992
-Drove Jim Calhoun to a medical leave of absence
-Performed so poorly in his return game against a mediocre team (to whom they lost twice) that Calhoun called it one of the most embarrassing losses in his career
-Lost back-to-back must-win-for-NCAA hopes in their senior year, including their final regular season game at Gampel Pavillion where they blew a 13-point lead
Anything else?
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I think
a few of your charges against are unfair, but I agree with the general sentiment you seem to have written this post from.
Needs An Edit
-Lost more regular-season games as SENIORS (14) than as Freshmen (13)
-First UConn team to lose to USF, a school that only plays basketball because the league tells them they have to
wait we havent won a big east tourney game in 4yrs….REALLLY???
by Jeffrey Gillespie on Mar 7, 2010 2:15 PM EST reply actions
Sad but true
Since UConn lost to Syracuse in the 2005 BET semifinals, here’s what they’ve done in MSG:
2006: No. 1 seed, bye to quarterfinals; lost to Syracuse in the Gerry McNamara game
2007: No. 12 seed; lost to Syracuse in the “UConn was godawful that year” game
2008: No. 4 seed, bye to quarterfinals: lost to West Virginia in the “Joe Alexander Posterizes Stanley Robinson” game
2009: No. 3 seed, double-bye to quarterfinals: lost to Syracuse in the 6-OT game.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
by Kevin Meacham on Mar 7, 2010 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
you forgot
- Stole secret files of troop movements in the Afghan theater and sold them to the Taliban.
- Kicked an old woman down the steps of Memorial Stadium.
- Created Swine Flu.
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