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Posted on 1/13/17 at 11:45 am to AustinOMfan
Posted on 1/13/17 at 11:45 am to AustinOMfan
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ESPN has nothing to do with it.
Why do you think Pat stopped scheduling Huskies?
ESPN flipped Maya Moore for Connecticut. It was not the first time they did this, nor the last. If ESPN had not formed in CT, do you really think Uconn (men or women) would enjoy the success they have enjoyed?
Not saying Geno is not a good coach, more like what would UCLA men have done without Sam Gilbert influencing who Wooden got as players. Have you ever seen "Blue Chips"? While set in the modern era it is pretty much the Wooden / Gilbert years at UCLA.
Connecticut Huskies NCAA titles before ESPN formed = 0
VS
Connecticut Huskies NCAA titles after ESPN formed = 21
(6) Men = 4 basketball + 2 soccer
(15) Women = 11 basketball + 4 field hockey
John Wooden pre Sam Gilbert
.746 @ Indiana State (2 seasons = 44-15 and 59 total games)
.695 @ UCLA (15 seasons = 285-125 and 410 total games)
.702 = 17 seasons / 329-140 / 469 total games
John Wooden with Sam Gilbert
.922 = 12 seasons = 259-22 and 281 total games
The same Sam Gilbert who became the agent for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lucius Allen, Sidney Wicks, Henry Bibby, Bill Walton and Swen Nater. The same Sam Gilbert who gave clothes, cars, cash, and women to UCLA players. If the same had happened at Kansas or Indiana they would have given the schools the death penalty. If it had happened as openly at Kentucky the NCAA would have burned Memorial to the ground and salted the earth.
70% is respectable, but jump to 92% is suspicious, especially when overlaid with the Gilbert influenced years.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 1:55 pm to Cheese Grits
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ESPN flipped Maya Moore for Connecticut. It was not the first time they did this, nor the last. If ESPN had not formed in CT, do you really think Uconn (men or women) would enjoy the success they have enjoyed?
Would love to see proof you have of this.
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Connecticut Huskies NCAA titles before ESPN formed = 0 VS Connecticut Huskies NCAA titles after ESPN formed = 21 (6) Men = 4 basketball + 2 soccer (15) Women = 11 basketball + 4 field hockey
ESPN was founded in 1978, Uconn hired Geno in 1985 and Calhoun in 1986. They had everything to do with turning around their respective programs, not ESPN. The influence that ESPN had, at least for the men's team, was the exposure the got from the Big East television contract, which was somewhat revolutionary at the time and benefited every BE school, not just Uconn.
Posted on 1/13/17 at 3:44 pm to Cheese Grits
UCONN plays defense like no one else. Their help man to man is a thing of fricking beauty. It has absolutely nothing to do with ESPN
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