All things Dan Hurley/UCONN THREAD

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

I woukd like to see Ollie collect the money that he is owed

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 5 years ago

Not sure how Morehead State measures up, but UConn never really totally pulled away from them. Final 80-70.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 5 years ago

Bottom feeder Ohio Valley conference....rpi in the high 200's.....

They [UConn} were not impressive.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

Not sure if the rebounding/rim protection gets better when Diarra and Yakwe return, or if that’s something that will only get better with recruiting. I liked watching Tarin play for a Hurley again. Gilbert is a special talent- still working though it all to get back but fun to watch. He has some of that Fatts/JT quality to his game.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 5 years ago

Not much should be made of opening night games, and results. Everyone is shaking the rust off. Uconn is going to win some games, 2 great guards generally will do that for you in college hoops. And they have enough role players and other pieces around them to be competitive most nights. Wichita State and Cincy both look down this year, AAC won't be as strong as it was last year. You already could see Dan's influence in the way they were defending and their overall body language and intensity.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

Also, I’ve been all about Sid Wilson for years now and would really like to watch him play at some point.

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reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Brendan Adams played 20 minutes off bench

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑5 years ago Not sure how Morehead State measures up, but UConn never really totally pulled away from them. Final 80-70.

In their second road game in three days, Morehead State hung with 16th ranked Syracuse- trailed by just 6 at halftime and lost by 14. Would Morehead State perhaps like to join the A10?

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Yes I liked Morehead State easily covered the game at Cuse

UConn easy win vs UMKC

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Danny Hurley flat out getting it done at UConn taking it to number 15 Syracuse

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 5 years ago

Fun game, old school Big East feel at MSG. I missed watching a Hurley team play.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

He gets really animated on the sideline got to love his passion . Seems like he is ahead of schedule there ???

RhodyFanNotAlum · Unread post by **RhodyFanNotAlum** » 5 years ago

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 5 years ago

I think there is a fairly good chance that I never watch a UConn game that Hurley coaches. Couldn’t have paid me enough money to have watched this tonight.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

I don’t think anyone would offer to pay you, so bullet dodged there, I guess.

The second best thing about the game was Buddy Boeheim’s name being misspelled on his jersey.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 5 years ago

ace wrote: ↑5 years ago I don’t think anyone would offer to pay you, so bullet dodged there, I guess.

The second best thing about the game was Buddy Boeheim’s name being misspelled on his jersey.

Not sure I understand the rude comment, but very sure I don’t appreciate it.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 5 years ago

Oh come on. What degree of rude was it through the lens of internet message board conduct?

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

You hate UConn. Noted.

I also kind of want to hope this happened on purpose-

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 5 years ago

UConn played well last night. Good D....on fire from 3. I only watched them a few times last year, but, it's so obvious that Hurls-coached teams...play with an amped up level of intensity. Just the activity level, already...so much more intense than they ever were last year. Maybe he tells all of his players, 'when you're on the floor, you have to move around at least as much and at least as quickly as I do on the sideline.'

'cuse will be fine, and as someone said elsewhere, this W will age well for UConn.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 5 years ago

ace wrote: ↑5 years ago You hate UConn. Noted.

I also kind of want to hope this happened on purpose-

His name being misspelled is hilarious!

CTRamfan · Unread post by **CTRamfan** » 5 years ago

I watched the game.......a snowy night in Connecticut, and not much else to go.

I checked Verbal Commits later, and found he has 5, 4 star recruits, and 4 three start recruits on his team. He had a lot of skilled players to work with.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 5 years ago

ATPTourFan wrote: ↑5 years ago Oh come on. What degree of rude was it through the lens of internet message board conduct?

It wasn’t the rudest thing that ever happened on the internet, but it was weirdly aggressive and hostile considering that I wasn’t talking to her. I didn’t realize my not being able to watch UConn was capable of making anyone mad online, but here we are, I guess.

hrstrat57 · Unread post by **hrstrat57** » 5 years ago

I got over 50 years of hating uConn

Nothing new for me.....

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 5 years ago

TruePoint wrote: ↑5 years ago
ATPTourFan wrote: ↑5 years ago Oh come on. What degree of rude was it through the lens of internet message board conduct?
It wasn’t the rudest thing that ever happened on the internet, but it was weirdly aggressive and hostile considering that I wasn’t talking to her. I didn’t realize my not being able to watch UConn was capable of making anyone mad online, but here we are, I guess.

To me...seemed like a sarcastic joke that would have played well on anyone that didn't want to watch UConn and I'm sure there's many.
Just seems kinda funny that you can call all conservatives dumb and bad, yet be offended by that (or consider it aggressive or hostile)...?

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

I heard DH got tossed

Can someone post video of the ejection?? I like watching him go ballistic

Running Ram · Unread post by **Running Ram** » 5 years ago

4 games 1 ejection, that sounds about right.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Saw it on sports center. I think he said something vulgar to the ref and he got the heave ho

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 5 years ago

Yeah, didn't look like a blow up ejection. Kinda looked like maybe an accumulation of snark that the refs didn't want to deal with any longer.

Curious...anyone know how many times he was ejected here and when the last one was?

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 5 years ago

This was the first time he’d been ejected since coaching high school.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 5 years ago

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

That scowl is priceless

I love when he blows a gasket

Did he ever get tossed while at URI ???

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 5 years ago

reef wrote: ↑5 years ago That scowl is priceless

I love when he blows a gasket

Did he ever get tossed while at URI ???

Never ejected at URI or at Wagner. This was his first.
I love how he takes the blame himself.
Not so long ago that Jim Baron was at the helm here for a decade plus and rarely ever took the blame for anything. Refs, Refs, Refs, the ball itself, the schedule was too difficult, the bawl just didn’t go in the baaaskit, you name it.

“Hurley was in the locker room for the final 1 minute, 44 seconds of the Huskies' 91-72 loss to Iowa in the championship game of the tournament. After the game, Hurley said it was the first time he'd been tossed since he coached the high school team at St. Benedict's in Newark, New Jersey.
"I did not like the job I did getting my team ready for today,'' he said.”

Already Hurley has a big Top 25 win to his credit. Best of luck to him.

Ram1019 · Unread post by **Ram1019** » 5 years ago

Always found it amazing that he never was ejected at URI. I never liked his sideline antics, but always respected him for being honest with the fans and media. He would also admit when he was a fault--particularity the Fordham blowout in 2017 and the St Joe's senior night massacre he said 'I didn't have my team ready. Sorry Rhody Nation!"

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

That is hard to believe no ejections but I bet a bunch of technical fouls

Taylor Swift · Unread post by **Taylor Swift** » 5 years ago

ramster wrote: ↑5 years ago
reef wrote: ↑5 years ago That scowl is priceless

I love when he blows a gasket

Did he ever get tossed while at URI ???
Never ejected at URI or at Wagner. This was his first.
I love how he takes the blame himself.
Not so long ago that Jim Baron was at the helm here for a decade plus and rarely ever took the blame for anything. Refs, Refs, Refs, the ball itself, the schedule was too difficult, the bawl just didn’t go in the baaaskit, you name it.

“Hurley was in the locker room for the final 1 minute, 44 seconds of the Huskies' 91-72 loss to Iowa in the championship game of the tournament. After the game, Hurley said it was the first time he'd been tossed since he coached the high school team at St. Benedict's in Newark, New Jersey.
"I did not like the job I did getting my team ready for today,'' he said.”

Already Hurley has a big Top 25 win to his credit. Best of luck to him.

Haha! This Baron reference is making me laugh. "Da process of da bawl." "Da rim was too slippery so da bawl didn't go in."

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

So true indeed CFL never took blame for anything always excuses

Taylor Swift · Unread post by **Taylor Swift** » 5 years ago

reef wrote: ↑5 years ago So true indeed CFL never took blame for anything always excuses

Never ever!

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 5 years ago

Taylor Swift wrote: ↑5 years ago
reef wrote: ↑5 years ago So true indeed CFL never took blame for anything always excuses
Never ever!

I cannot remember a single time that he took the blame for anything. There were some pretty funny threads on Jim Baron over his last few years and some posters had some very funny lines in this regard. In fact Jim himself provided the material. I remember one had to do with the basketball itself like maybe it was too slick, or not inflated enough or it was over inflated or some combination. The schedule was a frequent target such as games too close together, too far apart, plane was late, train was late, hotel, bus driver.......................

Taylor Swift · Unread post by **Taylor Swift** » 5 years ago

ramster wrote: ↑5 years ago
Taylor Swift wrote: ↑5 years ago
reef wrote: ↑5 years ago So true indeed CFL never took blame for anything always excuses
Never ever!
I cannot remember a single time that he took the blame for anything. There were some pretty funny threads on Jim Baron over his last few years and some posters had some very funny lines in this regard. In fact Jim himself provided the material. I remember one had to do with the basketball itself like maybe it was too slick, or not inflated enough or it was over inflated or some combination. The schedule was a frequent target such as games too close together, too far apart, plane was late, train was late, hotel, bus driver.......................

Someone salted the water too much for the pasta, therefore, the players were dehydrated on the court.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 5 years ago

We could start a thread about the CFL excuses. But, the best I've heard was when he used "travel plans" for a.horrible game......AT BROWN.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 5 years ago

His most frequent line was "we gotta get better"...….never did he say HE has to coach better.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 5 years ago

It's hilarious that this thread has turned into a Baron thread!

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 5 years ago

Well Hurley was Baron 2.0 remember?

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

Posted for two reasons-

First, WTF- that “before” is like La Salle or Fordham level nonsense. I think it shows how a disinterested staff, who is not on top of everything, can easily accept the status quo. Everything should be in a continual state of evaluation, where even if the changes cannot yet be made, the plans are there. Cox gets this. UConn has redone the players’ lounge and the film room and put up some other displays, etc. for overall upgrades.

Second, the weight room is men’s basketball only, which has been reported as a goal of Cox’s. The space isn’t that big, and something similar seems very doable for URI and would be a nice team perk

before, during, and after...

RhodyKyle · Unread post by **RhodyKyle** » 5 years ago

Never forget that Sal Alosi tripped Nolan Carroll, got into a fist fight with Darrelle Revis, and tried to fight Diddy.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 5 years ago

Wow, Alosi will be the 4th Strength and Conditioning Coach at UConn in a little over a year?

https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-me ... story.html

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 5 years ago

ramster wrote: ↑5 years ago Wow, Alosi will be the 4th Strength and Conditioning Coach at UConn in a little over a year?

https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-me ... story.html

You mean, they had one before?

UCH21377 · Unread post by **UCH21377** » 5 years ago

I see Tony Hanson passed away; young at 63. I happened to watch a lot of him, as I lived in CT back then. He was a hell of a player; averaged almost 27 a game senior year. Great inside offensive game at 6'5". Did a lot to help folks after his career ended. RIP.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 5 years ago

Akok Akok picks Uconn.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

Yay.

He’ll enroll in January and play next season. The choice came down to UConn or Georgetown.

UConn has two scholarships open for next year and hope to get at least one of Cockburn, Mitchell, Achiuwa, or Wahab (although he’s supposed to be headed to Pitt).