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How did Jim Calhoun turn UCONN ....
Posted on 4/5/24 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 4/5/24 at 2:08 pm
into a National power in Mens BB?
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Posted on 4/5/24 at 2:09 pm to Guzzlingil
He won. A lot.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 2:10 pm to Guzzlingil
He was a great coach and players in the northeast are really good at basketball.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 2:24 pm to Guzzlingil
Laptop gate and money on recruiting trail
Posted on 4/5/24 at 2:45 pm to Guzzlingil
i f you can keep talent from NY/nj area in your roster, while adding from other local states, you can win
a lot of talent in bball in ny and nj
It's like Illinois, they had some of best talent in chitown and Peoria, and should of been much better in bball, and had at least 1 or 2 titles.
a lot of talent in bball in ny and nj
It's like Illinois, they had some of best talent in chitown and Peoria, and should of been much better in bball, and had at least 1 or 2 titles.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 3:42 pm to Guzzlingil
Uconn has also been an extremely lucky team. Their 5 titles have come as 4, 7, 3, 2, and 1 seeds. Of their 6 Final Four appearances, they won the title in 5 of them and are 5-0 in national title games, and 10-1 combined in semifinal and final games. Those are all pretty extreme statistical anomalies to have that kind of record in 50/50 odds type games.
Ohio State has been to 11 final fours but no one would ever mention them in the same sentence as Uconn because they only won a single title back in the 60s.
Ohio State has been to 11 final fours but no one would ever mention them in the same sentence as Uconn because they only won a single title back in the 60s.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 3:54 pm to Guzzlingil
I remember them beating Clemson in the tournament one year with a length-of-court pass and shoot with one second on the clock. That was a year or two before Laettner’s famous shot. Seemed to ignite that program under Calhoun.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 4:00 pm to Guzzlingil
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into a National power in Mens BB?
Big East exposure helped a ton, as did his ability to find under-the-radar recruits and develop them into damn good players. He’s also one of the 10 greatest coaches in the history of the sport, so that helps.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 4:05 pm to Guzzlingil
He gave the players mercedes benz and cash
Posted on 4/5/24 at 5:24 pm to Guzzlingil
Jim Calhoun was an excellent coach and then UConn joined the Big East. At the time, the best basketball conference in the nation.
Posted on 4/5/24 at 7:14 pm to Guzzlingil
Jake Voskuhl
Posted on 4/5/24 at 7:45 pm to Guzzlingil
Well they are in the Big East. Traditionally, The Big East was the premier conference of college basketball in the 80s. Georgetown, Syracuse, Providence, Villanova, and St Johns all made the final four in the 80s or won it. Iron sharpens iron. Much like the SECs domination in football
Posted on 4/5/24 at 9:03 pm to Guzzlingil
Rudy Gay
Posted on 4/6/24 at 2:23 pm to Guzzlingil
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How did Jim Calhoun turn UCONN ....
He's Jim fricking Calhoun, bro! Also, UConn playing in the Big East at the height of the Big East in the 80s and ESPN and the Big East Network broadcasting their games due to Gavitt's great business savvy help his recruiting IMMENSELY.
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