TheOpenThread: UConn-St. John's, Big East Tournament Day 1
by Andrew Porter on Mar 9, 2010 12:15 PM EST
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A reasonable man would assume that at this point, UConn's season is over. Yes, the team will likely play a few days in the Big East Tournament and then burnout early in the NIT, but that is hardly a dignified way to end a season.
However, as it happens, I am not a reasonable man. No, I am a delusional homer, so I refuse to admit the season is over. Not ten minutes after the USF loss I was already plotting UConn's way back into tournament contention. For you see, when I look at this team, I can see its flaws, but I also see its talent, and even, on occasion, have seen them use that talent. I know I am about to have my heart broken, but I am willing to buy in anyway.
UConn starts its march back toward relevance today at 2:30 against St. John's. Please join us in the comments and share your thoughts.
(Ed.: May as well make this a day-long Open Thread, so if you feel the need to comment on the South Florida-DePaul thriller, or the NEW JERSEYYYYYY double-shot night session, go right ahead.)
(Ed. #2: Meacham here. Porter obviously wrote this, but I think if I had to sum up his feelings, this video - courtesy of ZLS44 - would do so:)
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Also, with this post
We already have more activity than last night’s’ last-minute women’s open thread. Take that, feminism!
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 12:26 PM EST reply actions
That's only because I wasn't around
I would’ve posted 25, 30 times easy.
YAY WOMEN
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
Also, if we're throwing up Major League videos
I think it’s only fair to include the one where the guy from the All State commercials tells the older, white player preaching Christianity (blanking on the name) to never touch his rum.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 12:32 PM EST reply actions
I always wondered what an eight hour liveblog might look like.
As I suspected, it looks ugly. If UConn loses this place is going to get pretty nasty.
What, you weren't around
for those back-to-back 12-hour liveblogs we did last year?
…and we’ll be doing again next Thursday and Friday?
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Why?
The NIT is a Tuesday/Wednesday thing, I thought.
Because the first round of the tournament is a holiday
But I am not averse to a 7 p.m.-midnight liveblog on whatever day we’re playing in the NIT.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
Correct
Don’t know why’d you’d mention though. We’re going to the dance.
by Andrew Porter on Mar 9, 2010 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
We weren't quite as active
as a community back in those days, but yes, I was there.
by Andrew Porter on Mar 9, 2010 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
This is my manifesto
I, obviously, am not pleased with how this season turned out. Back in November, I said I’d be thrilled with 25 wins, but there was the full expectation that we’d be back in the NCAA Tournament, kicking ass as per usual.
But something’s gone horribly wrong.
This team never gelled. The veterans who were role players last year could never figure out how to step up and be stars. The newbies were overwhelmed by the speed and athleticism of the college game. Until Kemba started going crazy-go-nuts in February, there wasn’t anyone I trusted with the ball in the final minute.
We appear to suck, and to have been the beneficiary of some fluky wins over good teams.
This I have accepted. At this point, anything better than an NIT home game or two would be gravy, as far as I’m concerned.
But whatevs. It’s Big East Tournament time, it’s about god damn time UConn wins a game or five here. I’m willing to drink the same Kool-Aid Porter’s been drinking since birth.
We’re winning today. And then we’re going to house Marquette. And the Lakers. And the 1992 U.S. Dream Team. And the Monstars.
Enough negativity. Let’s fucking go.
I DONT SEE WHY NOT?
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You said every time you are optimistic, your team loses...
WHY MUST YOU BE POSITIVE NOW.. OF ALL TIMES WHY NOW :(
I wish I was tall and black
Well, negativity sure as hell didn't work
But rest assured I will retract this entire thing when St. John’s starts the game on a 15-0 run.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
I DON'T SEE WHY NOT
As well.
Also, American Flag blue Kool-aid might be a wise investment.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
During times like these...
I really wish we had a Native American or a Shaman amongst our ranks to provide us with a war dance to grant us strength during our upcoming battle.
I wish I was tall and black
So how about this awesome USF-DePaul game?
34-21 USF and…tons of excitement in the Garden.
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I don't think
even Bull Man is enjoying this one.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
But wherever he is, he's chanting
U! S! F! U! S! F!
Even if he’s in the unemployment line, as is my speculation after his women’s BET no-show.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
We should see if that USF blog
knows about him. If we could score an interview, it would be the highlight of my pseudo-career.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
As I recall, Shawn Courchesne of the Courant got him to do a video interview last year
But I can’t find it anywhere. I agree, it would be our greatest achievement and undoubtedly the high point of the blog.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
I can't believe I've never heard of this
I will scour The Courant’s archives tonight.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
Boeheim COTY
Calhoun should have won...
for having to put up with this year’s team. Any other coach would have thrown in the towel or jumped off a bridge
I wish I was tall and black
Not surprising
Magoo took a team that was unranked to a #1 seed. He deserves it.
I will be rooting so so so hard for whichever #16 seed they draw, though.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
App
You guys need one so i can join in the liveblog away from the computer
work
I’m stuck at work today which can be either good or bad depending. I’m hoping for USF-Depaul to go 3
OT’s so I can get home by the tip.
Oh yeah, and fuck Mike Jarvis.
by fcmonk on Mar 9, 2010 1:33 PM EST via mobile reply actions
NCAA already beat you to it
(in regards to Jarvis, of course.)
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 1:36 PM EST up reply actions
USF wins, 58-49
One down, 14 more to go.
Tip time for UConn: approx. 2:26 p.m.
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lets go boys!!
BET Championships here we come!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:01 PM EST reply actions
and im not talking about the black entertainment network
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
Word from @AdamZagoria
is that Calhoun is going to start the same starting five from the last game, which is a bit annoying. But maybe that means the message got through.
Walker, Dyson, Robinson, Oriakhi, Majok, if Zagoria’s right.
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Or that
He finally realized he was considering starting Donell Beverly.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
Which assumes that
He ever really meant to not start the senior triumvirate in the first place. Which I don’t believe was ever true.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
uconn undefeated in...
2011-2012!!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:15 PM EST reply actions
What time is it?
GAME TIME
What time is it?
GAME TIME
Any dogs in the house?
WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF
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30 seconds ago
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
hattttteeee the 3
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:25 PM EST reply actions
This is my perfect starting 5
I think this is our best lineup.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 2:25 PM EST reply actions
agreed
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
Are you overlooking the prowess of the Beverly-Smith-McJuice backcourt?
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
That was awesome.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
They're off to a great start
Fraschilla also said that UConn missed the tournament in both ’07 and ’08.
AHHHHHHHHHHHH
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:26 PM EST reply actions
SOMETHING SOME TENACITY
ON D!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:26 PM EST reply actions
showing*
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
Dyson with the cross body block on that last loose ball
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Off to a scintillating start here today
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dyson working on maintaining his average of
7 TOs a game
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:29 PM EST reply actions
2*
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
only 5 more to go...
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
Um....you can take four steps with the ball behind your back now?
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Is that the crab walk
I’ve been hearing so much about?
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
we can hit them
minus the bigs (gavin not included)
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
Hmm..
Still suck on offense. Other teams hitting every 3 against us.
Good thing we didn’t shake up the lineup today.
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I really don't get the fascination.
He’s not one of UConn’s five best players right now. Could be. But isn’t.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
dyson 3 turnovers in first 4 minutes
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:35 PM EST reply actions
I have a feeling
him and the captain from the Titanic movie get along well.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
Coach Cal with the greatest backhanded compliment ever for Marquette
That is just a glorious quote.
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yesss
but it will certainly be hung up in their locker room when we play them next
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:37 PM EST up reply actions
sneaky
Snuck out to my car to listen to some of the game on the radio. Maybe I should start my car and drive into a wall.
The way this is going, does Coach even bother benching Dyson and Sticks?
by fcmonk on Mar 9, 2010 2:37 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Can we please go with the JV lineup again?
We can’t possibly do much worse.
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Defensive rebounding
One of many lowlights.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
wow...
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:40 PM EST reply actions
was going to say nice transition ball by UConn..
but then St.Johns did it right back to us
I wish I was tall and black
St. John's can't freakin' miss.
ST. JOHN’S.
Christ.
Nice oop to Gav, though.
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physical game
like the refs no calls
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:41 PM EST reply actions
not sarcasm
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
If he had started the JV team...
and we lost, he would have been thrown under the bus for that move… sadly.
I wish I was tall and black
Would he really have?
Besides, by now the three stooges would be in the game.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
I feel like Dyson hasn't made a jump shot since the Texas game.
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mrs. jerome dyson said,
“im divorcing jerome”
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:44 PM EST reply actions
wayyyy too late dude
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
I like how the announcers are just assuming we win this game
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Can we get Tina Charles and Maya Moore on loan?
Jimmy call up Geno and make it happen
I wish I was tall and black
It is unbelievable how lethargic we look
Can one player look like they give more of a damn than the people in this commenting section?
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the y're not even running off the picks
outrageous
8 sju fouls
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:51 PM EST reply actions
9
whoot whoot
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
kennedy with 3
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
At work, so only half-watching
But every time I glance at it. something terrible happens.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 2:52 PM EST reply actions
Did St. John's just play Hack-An-Ater?
Because that shit worked like magic.
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haha everyone else has given up
I"M HERE TO HECKLE YA BOYS DON"T WORRY
Don't have to worry about that any more
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
So to sum up this first half
St. John’s has made every wacky-ass shot they’ve taken off the glass, and they’ve actually played hard.
UConn is missing bunnies, turning the ball over, and playing like they’ve played the last week.
Take the fucking seniors out, Jim.
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UConn comes out of this timeout on fire.
They cut the lead, and coast through the second half because of SJU’s foul trouble.
and then there was a stupid ater slap foul
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
I'm more upset at the three offensive rebounds prior to that
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
We are so ridiculously easy to defend
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we couldnt buy a shot
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:02 PM EST reply actions
This is absolutely pathetic.
I can’t even fathom how bad this team is right now.
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I feel like this season is Cal's attempt at a dark comedy
Next year he’ll go back to the bread-and-butter slap-stick, feel-good stuff.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 3:04 PM EST reply actions
Francessa on WFAN.com
Listening to him with the game on mute. He is DESTROYING the program and he’s right.
What's he saying?
I need some red meat to go with my outrage.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
"Look at that, right out of the timeout, UConn with a terrible possession"
Fuck you, commentator.
I wish I was tall and black
anybody see Blaney put his head in his hands?
That sums up the day. I want a screenshot.
Has there been a possession where St. John's didn't
1) score or 2) get an offensive rebound?
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pleeeeeease refs
be our friend today
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:07 PM EST reply actions
Justin Burrell doing his best to try to make the second half a little more entertaining
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Well, this is just getting comical now
Even Kemba’s missing FTs.
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Of course he is
Kemba SUCKS at FT’s in key games. Look it up.
17-23 against WVU
Something similar against Nova?
I think that’s Dyson you’re thinking of.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
One game?
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 3:10 PM EST up reply actions
2-5 vs. KY, 0-2 in 6 OT's
I love Kemba, but he seems to just tighten up late. Even in his good FT shooting games, his misses come late.
if anyone has "last 10 minutes" stats on dyson's FTs
I’d love to see them. They’re not good.
Anybody else see Dyson not even try to get that rebound?
right before the burrell fracas
johnny foul situation
four with 2
burrell with 3
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:08 PM EST reply actions
Has anyone seen the Simpson episode
Where, for whatever reason (can’t remember) Homer and Bart are having a pig roast. But Lisa rolls the grill down the road, leading Homer to say “It’s just a little dirty; it’s still good, it’s still good” … “It’s just a little airborn; it’s still good, it’s still good” and so on?
I feel like that’s what this season has felt like.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 3:09 PM EST reply actions
Walker's desperation 3 at the buzzer..
Did anyone else get their hopes up that it would go in, then have them swiftly crushed?
That feeling seems to be a reoccurring nightmare this season.
I wish I was tall and black
Yeah, you know what I'd definitely try to do?
I’d try to hold the ball until there’s 10 seconds left in a half before even attempting to run offense. Because that hasn’t backfired 20 times this year.
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wow.
I thought I had given up my emotions on this team. I was wrong.
"yeah its hard when your leader is so young [kemba], they need someone to step up"
welcome to the horror that is the 09-10 huskies
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:11 PM EST reply actions
LeBron : Knicks :: Brandon Knight : UConn
As in, why in the hell would either player come to a team that plays like this?
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are you trying to make any of us feel better??
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
I think everyone should be miserable today.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously...
we don’t even offer the guys prostitutes like Tennessee’s football team does. UConn recruiting needs to step it up a notch.
I wish I was tall and black
hire joe as a recruiting advisory assistant now
heard hes got an in with the uglies at electric blue!!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
plus id rather see bron bron be a brooklyn net or chi-town bull
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
starting porter
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
IUPUI
also known as EUUUUWWWEY-PUUUUEEYYYYYY, that smells…
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:23 PM EST reply actions
I can't believe we're 13 down to a team
with that mascot.
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But with Gavin and Sticks
Likely for Porter.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
The Needed Quotes
Howard Beale: [shouting] You’ve got to say, ’I’m a HUMAN BEING, Goddamnit! My life has VALUE!’ So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell,
[shouting]
Howard Beale: ’I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!’ I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell – ’I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!’ Things have got to change. But first, you’ve gotta get mad!… You’ve got to say, ’I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!’ Then we’ll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it:
Howard Beale: [screaming at the top of his lungs] “I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!”
kemba-kadabra!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:27 PM EST reply actions
Just Dyson out
And hey, first offensive possession they get 2 offensive rebounds and an open look for 3.
Coincidence? Yes. But I choose not to see it that way.
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Well,
And Oriakhi. But I guess that would assume that Oriakhi is an actual starter.
by UConnBlog Justin on Mar 9, 2010 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
looking inspired
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:28 PM EST reply actions
looks like cal gave them a nice talking to
now we just have to put the ball through the hoop…nuts
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:29 PM EST reply actions
AHHHHHHHH
COUNT IT
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:32 PM EST reply actions
Thank you Stanley
For doing your best to convince me that it was solely Dyson’s fault that we were losing.
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You know, until that FT
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
HAHAHAHAH
PRICELESS
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
they have to make it close so they can properly rip out our hearts
by losing to this awful johnnies team.
St. John's could not be friggin luckier today
Unbelievable how many BS shots they’ve hit.
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THEY WOULD HIT THAT 3...
GREAT FOLLOW STIX
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:34 PM EST reply actions
How about we don't play Dyson again today?
This is a refreshing change of pace.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
keep those warmups on!
I vote for more shots of Dyson on the bench
YESSSIR
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:36 PM EST reply actions
LOVE STIX
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:36 PM EST reply actions
WHY THE HELL CAN'T STANLEY DO THAT EVERY TIME GOD
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
Stanley can’t dribble around the perimeter, but I feel like if you get him the ball posting up 10 feet from the basket, that little baseline move he does is there all the time.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
Just when we gain a bit of momentum
SJU takes it away with a thunderous dunk
I wish I was tall and black
FUCK
DYSONS BACK IN
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:40 PM EST reply actions
Dyson's back in
Prepare for St. John’s to go on a 10-0 run.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
YES BUT
WE’VE ONLY HIT 4 FREE THROWS
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:42 PM EST up reply actions
Play had nothing to do with Dyson, everything to do with Soft Hands Gavin
But I still choose to blame Dyson.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
as soon as dyson comes back
WE SUCK
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:42 PM EST reply actions
Oh. Em. Gee. Gavin.
Have you been to a weight room in the last four years?
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
nope he was too busy hanging out with kyle liddy
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
OK, after all those crazy ass shots
St. John’s is due for three or four more missed dunks.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
We really need to change the background of our Twitter page
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
Yeah
I only said that THREE DAYS AGO ASSHOLES
(random anger)
if anyone got a screenshot
dyson, in his warmups, on the bench would be a great bg
I don't control these things
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
we need some porter optimism
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:47 PM EST reply actions
so I went downstairs for a few minutes...
hoping that I was the SBNation curse that has plagued the 2009-2010 UConn Men’s Huskies..
Came back and we are still down 12. Therefore, I am not the curse.
I still blame Porter and Meacham.
I wish I was tall and black
clearly the problem
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
can we be completely sure that there is no relative of porter in attendance at the game??
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
dyson fucking sucks
"...Don't talk black to me. How do you even talk black? End words with izzle..." Modern Family
by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:49 PM EST reply actions
"Dyson has been on another planet this game.."
No, sadly he’s been on Earth.. In the United States… In NYC…. on the court of MSG… in a UConn uniform…
I know that it is a figure of speech, but can we please vote-kick Dyson to Mars?
I wish I was tall and black
Beverly hurt his knee
Looks bad.
Darius Smith, please.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
as soon as dys is benched, we start playing
we’re screwed now, heeessss baaaaaacccck…
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
kemba-kababra!!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:52 PM EST reply actions
Just think...
if I had been born with better genetics, we would not be in the predicament that is Jerome Dyson right now.
I wish I was tall and black
Is there like a law that someone needs to throw down a hellacious dunk on UConn
every year in the BET?
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
yes
its in the by-laws
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
foul em up!
4 on burrell
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:55 PM EST reply actions
This is so sad
UConn isn’t even going to make it to the round of 12 in the Big East tournament. Who would have ever thought that possible.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
no
its worse that we havent even won a BET game in 5 years
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
Since the expansion in 2005
Big East Tournament wins:
DePaul 1
South Florida 1
UConn 0
That’s goddamned horrifying.
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by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
5-15 from the FT line
I don’t even know who or what to blame for that.
We are awful.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
Everybody else left, I take it?
I would too if I wasn’t a writer for a UConn blog.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
here
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 4:05 PM EST reply actions
This is the most embarrassed I have ever been to be a UConn alumnus
No joke.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
dyson 3 turnovers in 30 sec
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 4:08 PM EST reply actions
8 total
"...Don't talk black to me. How do you even talk black? End words with izzle..." Modern Family
by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 4:08 PM EST up reply actions
in like 15 min of play
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
Would anyone blame Calhoun if he just up and left after today?
Dyson with 8 turnovers would make me suicidal.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
Hey guys. Can't watch the game.
Are they really down by double-digits?
If so, I’m not even mad. It’s almost like a brilliant symetry, too, because the box score says Dyson has more TO’s than points.
Fold the football program, and deposit monies previously budgeted for said program into a savings account in Coach Calbertus Magnus's name.
Down by 19 with 3:30 to go.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
Oh my God.
TWENTY POINTS?!
Did the starters not play like Cal said?
Fold the football program, and deposit monies previously budgeted for said program into a savings account in Coach Calbertus Magnus's name.
Thank God I couldnt watch this.
I’m deleting the DVR as soon as I get home.
Fold the football program, and deposit monies previously budgeted for said program into a savings account in Coach Calbertus Magnus's name.
there wasn't a moment in which I was proud to be an alum during this game
please do delete it.. and never speak of this monstrosity of a game again
I wish I was tall and black
I hope we respectfully decline the NIT invite..
that is, if we even get one
I wish I was tall and black
If Dyson, Robinson and Edwards didn't see the floor
I’d be all for an NIT invite. Get the kids a chance to play.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
by Kevin Meacham on Mar 9, 2010 4:12 PM EST up reply actions
why
what did we do to deserve this type of season….why uconn
by Jeffrey Gillespie on Mar 9, 2010 4:12 PM EST reply actions
jerome looks like hes crying
surprised he cares
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 4:13 PM EST reply actions
you would too
if you lost millions because of your draft position.
BC Bumblefuck?
In the same country that Gerry Mac played in?
Fold the football program, and deposit monies previously budgeted for said program into a savings account in Coach Calbertus Magnus's name.
So beyond caring at this point.
Worst team since the Dream Season? Someone with a longer history of following UConn let me know.
Orange Bowl/dual Final Fours or bust in 2011. We're going all-in.
so im about to go up to my dads house for dinner
attendees include an sju grad and and a current sju student, i want to die
"...Don't talk black to me. How do you even talk black? End words with izzle..." Modern Family
by kemba walker is my hero... on Mar 9, 2010 4:19 PM EST reply actions
i had a much more enjoyable time
cleaning my apartment over the last two hours than i did watching any part of this game. and my hands are currently burn from bleach.
also more enjoyable
just shelling out my student loan payments…I am not a happy alumni right now.
Post-Game ESPN Commentary
Happiest part of my day with them bashing Jerome.
I wish I was tall and black
watching that too
it’s just what he deserves. bet there won’t be any jerome sightings on campus for the rest of the year/
Just got out of work...
…and I think I’ll go back.
If, and it’s big if, we make the NIT, I worry for Coach’s health. Therefore I, fcmonk, will volunteer to coach the team in the name of The UConn Blog. I’ll probably be lousy, but I’ll throw more chairs than a WWE wrestler.
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