Jetsfan80 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 The only school in NC to win a championship this year: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 43 minutes ago, nj meadowlands said: Serious question - did he catch a ban? He hasn't been around in MONTHS. And given how special the connection is between him and his non-alma mater, it's pretty disturbing. Wouldn’t surprise me, but I also don’t see anything ban-worthy in his most recent posts, and I would imagine he would’ve showed up in the gallows thread by now if he had been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Bacot is a warrior. What an absolutely choke job by UNC. Davis allowing the two guards to chuck at will should haunt him for a while. Just a brutal loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyjunc Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 I'm sorry I wasn't around for the incredible run, I know you guys missed me. I just haven't had time to post but what an amazing run. Basically from the Syracuse game when Love nailing that late 3 to spoiling K's last home game to the Baylor game, the UCLA game, sending K to retirement. I have been following Carolina basketball since the mid/late 80s and have seen a lot of great wins, a lot of championships,... but this was the most fun run I can remember. It's too bad all the injuries cost them the title. Manek getting hurt early then Love early 2nd half then Puff getting sick then on a play that would have given the Heels the lead late the floor buckled and Bacot reinjured his ankle. Such a shame they didn't get that title but everyone except Manek is coming back and they'll have a great chance to do what the 2017 team did. On another note, I was shocked by Wright's retirement. While I'm still not over the stolen title of 2016 Jay was a great coach, good man and great for college basketball. I remember when I used to post on a different board and there was this Villanova fan that wanted Wright fired after the upset loss up NC State in 2015. Crazy times in college basketball. Hubert proved he can coach, can Scheyer and can Neptune? We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyjunc Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 10:11 AM, Matt39 said: Bacot is a warrior. What an absolutely choke job by UNC. Davis allowing the two guards to chuck at will should haunt him for a while. Just a brutal loss. There was 20 minutes left, they didn't blow a 15 point lead with 5 minutes. Unfortunately they weren't deep and 4 of their top 6 guys got hurt/sick during that game. It eventually caught up to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyjunc Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 9:36 AM, Jetsfan80 said: Wouldn’t surprise me, but I also don’t see anything ban-worthy in his most recent posts, and I would imagine he would’ve showed up in the gallows thread by now if he had been. I was not banned, just not around. Very busy times, hopefully I'll be around more going forward but we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyjunc Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 I know I wasn't around but I have to post this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 Great tourney all the way around. Definitely surprised by Wright's retirement. Furious with Dan Hurley. For sake of argument, I'll say that I started following UConn as a legit fan in '96 around the time I turned 10. Between '96-'20, I had never seen UConn underachieve to the degree that we have under Hurley two years in a row. I'd seen many overachievements. The only obvious disappointment was the George Mason year. Last year with the first round exit, and this year losing to mother****ing NM State who only had 1 actual player playing.....just unacceptable. At least when the lady huskies lost in the championship game, they lost to the clearly better and healthier opponent. The worst part? The best mens coach is the highly sought after assistant who will leave for a HC job somewhere this year, and we'll be stuck with Hurley for years to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj meadowlands Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 On 4/25/2022 at 11:50 AM, greenwichjetfan said: Great tourney all the way around. Definitely surprised by Wright's retirement. Furious with Dan Hurley. For sake of argument, I'll say that I started following UConn as a legit fan in '96 around the time I turned 10. Between '96-'20, I had never seen UConn underachieve to the degree that we have under Hurley two years in a row. I'd seen many overachievements. The only obvious disappointment was the George Mason year. Last year with the first round exit, and this year losing to mother****ing NM State who only had 1 actual player playing.....just unacceptable. At least when the lady huskies lost in the championship game, they lost to the clearly better and healthier opponent. The worst part? The best mens coach is the highly sought after assistant who will leave for a HC job somewhere this year, and we'll be stuck with Hurley for years to come. Was a great tourney. I am still gobsmacked and sad about Jay's retirement. The only saving grace is that he's left the program in a very good place... he got his hand-picked successor (who was able to collect a year of HC experience), kept the coaching staff in tact, kept all 3 of next year's recruits, and seems to be - at least for now - sticking around in a sort of Pat Riley-esque role. It's still a jarring end to an era though. Interesting to hear your take on Hurley. They have been recruiting very well since he got there, but everything you say is true. (The "you better get us now!" BS was so annoying... was hard not to root for him to get his comeuppance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 On 4/27/2022 at 9:50 AM, nj meadowlands said: Interesting to hear your take on Hurley. They have been recruiting very well since he got there, but everything you say is true. (The "you better get us now!" BS was so annoying... was hard not to root for him to get his comeuppance). Strong Herm Edwards vibes. Player coach through and through, great salesman, culture changer. These types are great in the beginning, but they typically have a ceiling and when they’re unable to break through the ceiling, their act gets old. That’s where I am with Hurley right now. Hurley is fine with the X’s and O’s. He generally has good strategies to start games. But he’s awful at in-game coaching - whether it’s adjusting on the fly, timeout management, or having a pulse on the game. In his years here, we’ve squandered too many big leads, lost too many close games, and generally underachieved far too often for there not to be a trend. The singular big game that UConn has won since he joined the program was this year against yall, and he was watching from the locker room as Kimani led us to the W. Needless to say, I’m over him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotrodcharlie Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 On 4/28/2022 at 10:09 PM, greenwichjetfan said: Strong Herm Edwards vibes. Player coach through and through, great salesman, culture changer. These types are great in the beginning, but they typically have a ceiling and when they’re unable to break through the ceiling, their act gets old. That’s where I am with Hurley right now. Hurley is fine with the X’s and O’s. He generally has good strategies to start games. But he’s awful at in-game coaching - whether it’s adjusting on the fly, timeout management, or having a pulse on the game. In his years here, we’ve squandered too many big leads, lost too many close games, and generally underachieved far too often for there not to be a trend. The singular big game that UConn has won since he joined the program was this year against yall, and he was watching from the locker room as Kimani led us to the W. Needless to say, I’m over him. Hurley is a douche, man. UConn needs someone else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Went to the UNCW-UNC game in Chapel Hill tonight. My Seahawks put up a helluva fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj meadowlands Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 WHERE IS JUNK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 @greenwichjetfan UNCW @ UCONN tonight! 18.5-point spread is probably pretty spot-on, but I have hopes we can keep it closer to a 12-14 point game even after a disappointing effort @ Oklahoma on Tuesday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said: @greenwichjetfan UNCW @ UCONN tonight! 18.5-point spread is probably pretty spot-on, but I have hopes we can keep it closer to a 12-14 point game even after a disappointing effort @ Oklahoma on Tuesday night. Well that sucked. lmao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 6:32 PM, Jetsfan80 said: @greenwichjetfan UNCW @ UCONN tonight! 18.5-point spread is probably pretty spot-on, but I have hopes we can keep it closer to a 12-14 point game even after a disappointing effort @ Oklahoma on Tuesday night. On 11/18/2022 at 9:26 PM, Jetsfan80 said: Well that sucked. lmao. I don't know why but I missed these...just seeing them. I was out of the country and missed the game, but I would have enjoyed it lol. I just came back to talk about UCONN potentially hitting #1 in the AP again! I went back and looked it up....the last time we were #1, I was a less than a year out of undergrad...3/2/09. Can't believe how long it's been. Honestly, for a few years there, I thought we'd never make it back. @The Crusher I've never asked for merged threads so I don't know how this works or if it's even possible, but would it be possible to merge all of the below threads with this one and just call it NCAA Basketball Thread? Would be nice to have it all in one thread. https://forums.jetnation.com/topic/72753-200910-ncaa-basketball-thread/#comment-1233302 https://forums.jetnation.com/topic/125653-junc-azog-duke-unc-discussion/#comment-2975852 https://forums.jetnation.com/topic/123710-2015-16-ncaa-basketball/page/10/#comment-3033719 https://forums.jetnation.com/topic/126681-2016-17-ncaa-basketball-thread/page/17/#comment-3536908 https://forums.jetnation.com/topic/140289-2018-19-ncaa-basketball-thread/#comment-3884059 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, greenwichjetfan said: I don't know why but I missed these...just seeing them. I was out of the country and missed the game, but I would have enjoyed it lol. I just came back to talk about UCONN potentially hitting #1 in the AP again! I went back and looked it up....the last time we were #1, I was a less than a year out of undergrad...3/2/09. Can't believe how long it's been. Honestly, for a few years there, I thought we'd never make it back. @The Crusher I've never asked for merged threads so I don't know how this works or if it's even possible, but would it be possible to merge all of the below threads with this one and just call it NCAA Basketball Thread? Would be nice to have it all in one thread. https://forums.jetnation.com/topic/72753-200910-ncaa-basketball-thread/#comment-1233302 https://forums.jetnation.com/topic/125653-junc-azog-duke-unc-discussion/#comment-2975852 https://forums.jetnation.com/topic/123710-2015-16-ncaa-basketball/page/10/#comment-3033719 https://forums.jetnation.com/topic/126681-2016-17-ncaa-basketball-thread/page/17/#comment-3536908 https://forums.jetnation.com/topic/140289-2018-19-ncaa-basketball-thread/#comment-3884059 I’m working right now. But I’ll see what I can do tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, The Crusher said: I’m working right now. But I’ll see what I can do tonight. Thanks! No rush at all btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted December 28, 2022 Author Share Posted December 28, 2022 @nj meadowlands - very excited for tonight's game. The last time you guys came to our house, we stole one from you. Other than that one game, you've owned us for an entire decade. Both teams come into the game on hot streaks. Obviously we'd expect the #2 ranked team in the country to win outright against an unranked opponent, but this is Big East basketball afterall, and we still have the herm edwards of NCAAMB coaching our side - so anything is possible. Will be fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj meadowlands Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 1 hour ago, greenwichjetfan said: @nj meadowlands - very excited for tonight's game. The last time you guys came to our house, we stole one from you. Other than that one game, you've owned us for an entire decade. Both teams come into the game on hot streaks. Obviously we'd expect the #2 ranked team in the country to win outright against an unranked opponent, but this is Big East basketball afterall, and we still have the herm edwards of NCAAMB coaching our side - so anything is possible. Will be fun to watch. I want to say that UConn is overrated and a double digit point spread is silly.....but no, we are going to get drubbed tonight lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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