AlwaysaDeac
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Experienced UConn when we played them in football at Storrs well over ten years ago. Thought Storrs might be like Chapel Hill, a true college town - wrong. At the time the residents in Storrs evidently had voted to keep restaurants, bars and other commercial establishments out of Storrs. It seemed there was nothing there outside of the campus and local residences. Then the football game was downtown in a stadium build to attract a pro sports football team which obviously never happened. Parking was distant from the stadium and there was no campus atmosphere. They allowed drinking at the game which is well before we did but quite frankly it seemed a little out of control as some inebriated students sat near us. Evidently they have an on campus basketball facility but evidently play their bigger games at the larger stadium downtown. Downtown is from what I remember twenty miles away and quite a ride from campus. What UConn did have was good basketball with coaches who had won national championships. That seems to be fading and I wonder how much attention women’s bball will get once Geno A. retires. Some of this may have changed but I don’t have any recent info. Certainly, Louisville was a better choice to join our conference from purely an athletic view point. Just wish they could get their academics up to closer to ACC standards. Don’t have a favorite or any idea who would be a good 16th member if ND ever chose to join. Or maybe we wouldn’t even need a sixteenth.