All things Dan Hurley/UCONN THREAD

[Jersey77]

Big win for UConn against #10 Marquette 87-72.

[adam914]

Yeah, they needed that one. Very convincing win to. Glad to see the Huskies get back on track.

[Jersey77]

[TruePoint]

UConn is looking good again. Nice win tonight against Providence.

[ramster]

Brilliant move by Hurley to play PC in 10,000 seat Gampel Arena and have $2 beer night to boot.

[damram]

With UConn athletics in such a financial hole, how did they manage to pull off a $2 beer night. I am jealous. I think it is a great way to put fannies in the seats.

[ramster]

What you lose with $2 beer and playing the game in Gampel Pavillion you far more gain by beating PC by 18 a d revving up the fan base. The opposite of penny wise - pound foolish.
Hurley gets it.
His two freshmen Alex Karaban and 7'2" Donavon Clingon held Bryce Hopkins to 0 rebounds and Croswell to 5 rebounds as Huskies dominated the boards 40-20.

[TruePoint]

With UConn athletics in such a financial hole, how did they manage to pull off a $2 beer night.

Huh? This is Rhody Brain run amok.

[RhowdyRam02]

With UConn athletics in such a financial hole, how did they manage to pull off a $2 beer night. I am jealous. I think it is a great way to put fannies in the seats.

I assure you they didn't lose a cent charging $2 for a 12 ounce can of Miller Lite. They didn't optimize profit, but they still made plenty of money

[RhowdyRam02]

What you lose with $2 beer and playing the game in Gampel Pavillion you far more gain by beating PC by 18 a d revving up the fan base. The opposite of penny wise - pound foolish.
Hurley gets it.
His two freshmen Alex Karaban and 7'2" Donavon Clingon held Bryce Hopkins to 0 rebounds and Croswell to 5 rebounds as Huskies dominated the boards 40-20.

Reading their board, it sounds like unless the game is a sell out they lose money playing at the XL Center instead of Gampel due to the contracts in place with their version of the RI Convention Center Authority

[hrstrat57]

It’s always a good thing to remind Friartown that they don’t have a D1 on campus basketball arena…

[ramster]

I love it that Hurley played the game at Gampel. With the beer and a crazy crowd.

[Rhody15]

It’s always a good thing to remind Friartown that they don’t have a D1 on campus basketball arena…

Yea you showed them!

I would bet not one person in the athletics department gives two shits where their home arena is when they're something like 33-1 there the last two seasons.

[Jersey77]

UConn has won 4 straight and 7 of the last 8.
Villanova is much improved since the return of Justin Moore and won 6 of the last 7.
Should be an exciting game.

7:30 PM #14 UConn at Villanova FOX

[reef]

Good one tonight

[ATPTourFan]

One of Dan’s all time favorite refs calling the Rhody game tonight.

[Jersey77]

Big win for UConn at Villanova 71-59.
Dan really has the team rolling right now.
I wouldn't be surprised if they ride this momentum to the BET title.

[reef]

Yes and looking like a second weekend team as well

[ace]

Alex Karaban and Donovan Clingan were named to the All-Freshman team, and UConn’s ‘23 recruiting class is 4th in the country. The current team is pretty good, and the future is bright.

As the tournaments approach, I am excited but also filled with anxiety, which is my natural college basketball state.

[Jersey77]

Alex Karaban and Donovan Clingan were named to the All-Freshman team, and UConn’s ‘23 recruiting class is 4th in the country. The current team is pretty good, and the future is bright.

As the tournaments approach, I am excited but also filled with anxiety, which is my natural college basketball state.

Future does look good.

They have a great run going into the BET and they seem to be healthy for the most part.
Should be an exciting tournament.
Xavier losing Freemantle will hurt their chances, not easy to replace 15 pts/8 rebs.
Especially when you have to win several games in a row, depth becomes an issue.

[reef]

Hope DH gets the win v PC

[ATPTourFan]

Really hope Dan gets deep into this year’s tournament.

[reef]

Big win Uconn , I think they are Sweet 16 bound

[bigappleram]

Big win Uconn , I think they are Sweet 16 bound

Now that the pressure is a bit off by getting that first win they could go on a run.
They have insane spurtability when firing on all cylinders. Iona and St Mary's for a Sweet 16 is pretty favorable draw.

[reef]

Agree , no excuses if they lose to St Mary’s

[NYGFan_Section208]

Big win Uconn , I think they are Sweet 16 bound

Door is open for Dan to win a champeenship.

[Jdrums#3]

Assuming he gets by St. Mary’s, he could run into a roadblock potentially vs Arkansas. UCLA or Gonzaga in the Elite 8 will be tougher and more experienced opponents but winnable games for his team though, I think.

He should be favored vs Arkansas then maybe it’s a coin flip in the round of 8.

[steviep123]

If I recall SMC had a 40-39 lead with around 11ish minutes left. Then UConn kicked into another gear closing the game on a 31-15 extended run. Wow.

[STC]

Congrats to Hurley on the Sweet Sixteen bid. Always felt like he was passing through URI on the way to high level success. No hard feelings about him leaving URI as much as I wanted him to stay.

[ATPTourFan]

Very happy for Dan.

[bigappleram]

Congrats to Dan. He always had a higher ceiling than Cooley and has now surpassed him in tourney wins with 5 less years on the job.

[RhowdyRam02]

I wish I was as mature as all of you. I'm eternally thankful for what he did here, so I can't cheer against him, but I can't cheer for him at UConn either

[reef]

Definitely pulling for him to go all the way , big fan of his

[ace]

Congrats to Dan. He always had a higher ceiling than Cooley and has now surpassed him in tourney wins with 5 less years on the job.

That thing about the tournament wins was always my favorite to say to Providence fans before last year’s debacle, and now order has been restored. With Cooley gone, I don’t know what to do with all my petty energy.



Also, never change, Danny! This was from the press conference after the St. Mary’s win-

[ATPTourFan]

Ugh! Yes that sucked!!

[reef]

Congrats to Dan. He always had a higher ceiling than Cooley and has now surpassed him in tourney wins with 5 less years on the job.

That thing about the tournament wins was always my favorite to say to Providence fans before last year’s debacle, and now order has been restored. With Cooley gone, I don’t know what to do with all my petty energy.



Also, never change, Danny! This was from the press conference after the St. Mary’s win-

Cool that he mentioned that Oregon game , we will always love DH

[ace]

Really nice article on UConn freshman Donovan Clingan.

https://theathletic.com/4332941/2023/03 ... -sweet-16/

[ace]

Whether the season ends tomorrow or later, it will be too soon. I haven’t enjoyed following a team this much since the 16-17 Rams (17-18 was great, too, but Hassan and winning the conference tournament and beating Creighton and all that was special).






(his media time was up, but he did find that reporter later and give a more complete answer)

[adam914]

Ah Vegas, simply the best. I just got back from there for the opening weekend of the tournament, but I promise I had nothing to do with this...

https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn- ... 854512.php

[reef]

Ah Vegas, simply the best. I just got back from there for the opening weekend of the tournament, but I promise I had nothing to do with this...

https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn- ... 854512.php

I saw that Adam and posted on the main board , apparently was @ the Luxor , not sure where they moved to

[adam914]

Ah Vegas, simply the best. I just got back from there for the opening weekend of the tournament, but I promise I had nothing to do with this...

https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn- ... 854512.php

I saw that Adam and posted on the main board , apparently was @ the Luxor , not sure where they moved to

Not too surprising it was Luxor.

[ATPTourFan]

60%FG will get the job done.

Very happy for Dan. First Elite Eight and he’s probably not done.

[TruePoint]

Super happy for Dan. Win the whole damn thing, man.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Go Dan! Since Az and Kansas lost I've been thinking it's theirs for the taking

[reef]

UConn v zags elite 8

[steviep123]

UConn v zags elite 8

Like it’s 1999

[OBRAM]

I think ultimate UCONN goal is to go to the ACC
It would be good for BC and Syracuse to have another Northeast school.
I don't know why the Big East ever took UCONN back in.

[RhowdyRam02]

I think ultimate UCONN goal is to go to the ACC
It would be good for BC and Syracuse to have another Northeast school.
I don't know why the Big East ever took UCONN back in.

UConn hasn't exactly been secretive about it. Unfortunately for them the CT AG filed a lawsuit against Syracuse, BC, and the ACC when those schools made the move, so neither school has any interest in seeing UConn join them

[RF1]

Football rules college sports. Why would the ACC want to add another bad football program and further dilute itself? The only way UConn joins the ACC is if were to be gutted with the departure of several members.

[ace]

One of my favorite plays from last night. Clingan is 7’2” and still beats guys down the court.