Official 2022-23 College Basketball Thread: UCONN - One Shining Moment

[Liquid Karma]

Now comes the awful part of the year where I suck it up and root for Duke, who I hate.

Could be worse. You could wear your rivals' gear to games.

Sincerely,
The Daywalker

 

[awakegirl]

Could be worse. You could wear your rivals' gear to games.

Sincerely,
The Daywalker

To be clear, I’m not him. I’d rather die. I just think we need the ACC to be better.

 

[deaconson]

Glad I got to see coach k on a commercial. And he was birding...

 

[ConnorEl]

I agree…have to pull for the ACC.

TN looks better so far.

 

[KingCurtis]

Again, this game showing the ACC is way behind the curve on how physical college basketball has become.

In fairness, Tennessee is probably the most physical team in the country.

 

[deaconson]

Could be worse. You could wear your rivals' gear to games.

Sincerely,
The Daywalker

Can't be a front runner without the gear.

 

[deac03]

Men vs boys so far

 

[ABCDeac]

Van Grundy immediately recognized the baseline inbounds plays as an issue - Duke’s PG struggling to get it in over Tenn’s center.

Will be interesting to see if Scheyer adjusts in this game. Feel like he should have already. Could be telling about his ability to recognize/adjust as a rookie coach.

 

[WRS]

I will absolutely not be rooting for Duke. I don’t care if the conference folds if they lose.

 

[ConnorEl]

Hard fought game it is.

 

[Dali Llama]

We troll Ess Eee See people all the time for riding Bama and UGA, yet then have people rooting for Duke in this spot. I...don't get it. At all.

 

[awakegirl]

We troll Ess Eee See people all the time for riding Bama and UGA, yet then have people rooting for Duke in this spot. I...don't get it. At all.

This comparison is ridiculous. I just don’t want the ACC to suck as bad as it does because I love the ACC.

 

[WRS]

I hate Filipowski but he’s improved a ton over the course of the season.

 

[daaberry]

Sorry but the concept of Duke winning it all somehow boosting the ACC’s perception is off base. 3 teams in Elite 8 last year and the league was worse than ever this year.
Enjoy your day and put on an orange shirt.

 

[WRS]

Let’s gooooo Vols

 

[awakegirl]

Yes- let’s root for the very league that’s killing us. Makes tons of sense.

 

[ConnorEl]

I hate Filipowski but he’s improved a ton over the course of the season.

He’s legit.

Young is just a big guy with not a lot of skills…?

 

[IckerDeac]

Sorry but the concept of Duke winning it all somehow boosting the ACC’s perception is off base. 3 teams in Elite 8 last year and the league was worse than ever this year.
Enjoy your day and put on an orange shirt.

Totally agree - most people think of the ACC as Duke/UNC and Duke advancing cements that. Aside: this game is awful and is really hard to watch.

 

[Kory]

fuck duke

 

[wfu22fan]

Different world of college bb now, but 4 of those guys were from NC, all played for their local high school (vs. an academy or charter), and 3 of the 4 were from small-towns in eastern NC. Going back to the Gil McGregor days, that was our bread-and-butter recruiting strategy, i.e. drive down and show up at these small gyms and get the guys that UNC and Duke weren't interested in.

Rudd too. And Young was from Raleigh. Teachey from Goldsboro.