First look at '06-07 UConn Men, plus bonus crap.
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Let's get two things straight:
First, what kind of a parent brings a baby to a basketball game? The 8 month old can get no benefit from being amongst 10,000 or so screaming lunatics. Exactly what is the point of this practice? For all the "Oh, he/she is soooo cute"'s Mom and Dad get, you can count on a couple grand in therapy co-pays around first semester, junior year for the kid, due to massive trauma suffered by those tiny little ears being blasted with the equivalent of a jet engine for two hours. Just what in the hell is going on here? Hopefully the West Virginia State Police got a good look at that "mother" when the ESPN camera caught her smiling and the kid in shock during the second half TO. Give us a break with the "babies are so cute at the game" shit. Maybe next time the family can go out to the Morgantown airport and sit at the end of a runway for 90 minutes. The tyke would get as much out of that as from the ball game.
Second, no more Lexus ads featuring Muffy and Buffy, two hot 20-somethings who don't have a clue which of their "husbands" bought that fucking new Lexus parked out at the street corner with a bow on top. In reality, it was probably that creepy Mr. Burns look alike boss of theirs that wants a little something-something in return. Not too many kids five years out of college can afford $60K cars. These ads are supposed to make the balding, boner pill popping bankers and ad execs feel like, yes, my wife looks exactly like the two clueless hotties. She doesn't, Aaron or Bryce or Keith or whatever the hell your name is. Buy the car, but don't kid yourself. You're old. And getting older buy the second. Maybe the Miata would be a better choice.
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UConn's first road game. And first L on the year.
Losing in Morgantown to a pretty good though pretty inexperienced Mountaineer team is not a bad thing. The Huskies were behind the entire game, but played hard. This team needed some failure so that Coach Calhoun could see who is able to deal with it and who needs some "encouragement." The Connecticut Invitational Classic is thankfully over.
Time to get serious.
The Good?
-- Frosh center Hasheem Thabeet -- At first glance we thought the young man from Tanzania, listed at 7-3 (who knows?), was really "tiny", if you catch our drift. Steven Hunter's body. And we were thinking, here we go again. Another hyped kid, a la Louisville freshman Derrick Caracter, who ain't gonna be that good. But this kid can play. Obviously, he must get stronger. But he looked a lot like a Dalembert type, though with better instincts. Played aggressively and with energy throughout. Went after shots the right way, both on the boards and out of shooters hands. Has good form on his jumper (Though better concentrate more at the line. Looked like the ball he'd been given was pre-heated in a 500 degree oven, he shot it so fast. Calm down, young man.). If he comes out this year, he may be that Dalembert type: starter, though not someone who you can win 50 with. If he stays longer and lets Coach Calhoun and his staff teach him how to play and gets 30 minutes per, then he MIGHT wind up with a Motumbo career. Which would be a very good thing. Dikembe was a once a beast, though you might not remember it, he's been playing so long.
-- Doug Wiggins can score and shoot -- As Len Elmore pointed out, the Huskies need to find perimeter guys who can put the ball in the bucket. Wiggins looks like their best bet. He shot with confidence, and led the team in points. They need him to come through.
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Intermission -- Advice to Arena Rock Song Deciders: Because there are worse crimes than playing Gary Glitter.
Can we all just agree not to play "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" anymore? If there were a McDonald's type sign akin to the trillionth burger eaten kept on these two "anthems", then those damn songs would be right up there with the McFatter. Give us a break.
Play Queen. But play "Hammer to Fall". And then maybe some "I Want to Break Free" when there's enough time to play the whole song. Live "Radio Ga Ga" kicks ass, too.
We won't even get into the whole "you're turning my kids into fruities with your incessant YMCA bullcrap, Mr. PA Man." How many lawsuits have been filed over that tired song? Or are today's parents so completely fucking clueless that they don't know what the song is about?
Queen rocks. The Village People don't. So...
No. More. "YMCA." Or. "WWRY." Ever.
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The Not So Good?
"Babyface" Edmonds look-alike point man AJ Price and post player Jeff Adrien need to buckle down. They are the team leaders, and need to act like it and play like it. How many times did Adrien look frustrated with teammates and the refs? Not a good sign. This is a chance to do some good things, big guy. UConn needs you destroying people inside, like last year. Play your game via offensive rebounding and banging the shit out of the other team. That's plenty. And Price is talented, but didn't turn any heads yesterday, though thank goodness he's back on the court doing what he was born to do. He's gonna get better every week. Slow down and play with your head up and things will be fine.
The youngsters wearing those Husky uniforms need to know what school and what coach they play for. There is great pride and tradition down in Storrs. They can add to it, or be a footnote.
Time to get serious. Ya'll see the Mountaineers again. Maybe at MSG. Should be fun.
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The other "crap" that was previously promised
Dark Horse for Sweet 16 -- UNLV.
-- That Lon Kruger may know a thing or three about coaching. Rebs are 13-2, with good wins over Hawaii (2X), South Florida, @ Texas Tech, the Big 10's Minnesota, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
Good on ya, Adam Morrison --
-- First time out after a horrific shooting night, the youngster put 30 in the books. Is there a basketball fan who isn't rooting for this kid?
The Heat played "the" Chris Quinn 25 minutes last night. --
-- That may not be the best sign for the champs, who scored 68. And Antoine didn't make a bucket? My word, that just ain't right.
Grizzlies score 39 in first quarter last night. --
-- In first quarter of Head Coach Tony Marone's NBA career, too. Wow. You can't make this stuff up. Sorry, Czar, but you are one hell of a great announcer.
Just what the hell is Jim Paxon doing with his 168 hours a week? --
-- LeBron, meet KG. KG, meet LeBron.
The Wiz need a new tin man. --
-- Brendan Haywood didn't get his ass in the game last night. 6-7 shooting guard Jarvis Hayes was listed as the starting center versus Andrew Bogut. That is cold, man. Just cold.
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Let's get two things straight:
First, what kind of a parent brings a baby to a basketball game? The 8 month old can get no benefit from being amongst 10,000 or so screaming lunatics. Exactly what is the point of this practice? For all the "Oh, he/she is soooo cute"'s Mom and Dad get, you can count on a couple grand in therapy co-pays around first semester, junior year for the kid, due to massive trauma suffered by those tiny little ears being blasted with the equivalent of a jet engine for two hours. Just what in the hell is going on here? Hopefully the West Virginia State Police got a good look at that "mother" when the ESPN camera caught her smiling and the kid in shock during the second half TO. Give us a break with the "babies are so cute at the game" shit. Maybe next time the family can go out to the Morgantown airport and sit at the end of a runway for 90 minutes. The tyke would get as much out of that as from the ball game.
Second, no more Lexus ads featuring Muffy and Buffy, two hot 20-somethings who don't have a clue which of their "husbands" bought that fucking new Lexus parked out at the street corner with a bow on top. In reality, it was probably that creepy Mr. Burns look alike boss of theirs that wants a little something-something in return. Not too many kids five years out of college can afford $60K cars. These ads are supposed to make the balding, boner pill popping bankers and ad execs feel like, yes, my wife looks exactly like the two clueless hotties. She doesn't, Aaron or Bryce or Keith or whatever the hell your name is. Buy the car, but don't kid yourself. You're old. And getting older buy the second. Maybe the Miata would be a better choice.
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UConn's first road game. And first L on the year.
Losing in Morgantown to a pretty good though pretty inexperienced Mountaineer team is not a bad thing. The Huskies were behind the entire game, but played hard. This team needed some failure so that Coach Calhoun could see who is able to deal with it and who needs some "encouragement." The Connecticut Invitational Classic is thankfully over.
Time to get serious.
The Good?
-- Frosh center Hasheem Thabeet -- At first glance we thought the young man from Tanzania, listed at 7-3 (who knows?), was really "tiny", if you catch our drift. Steven Hunter's body. And we were thinking, here we go again. Another hyped kid, a la Louisville freshman Derrick Caracter, who ain't gonna be that good. But this kid can play. Obviously, he must get stronger. But he looked a lot like a Dalembert type, though with better instincts. Played aggressively and with energy throughout. Went after shots the right way, both on the boards and out of shooters hands. Has good form on his jumper (Though better concentrate more at the line. Looked like the ball he'd been given was pre-heated in a 500 degree oven, he shot it so fast. Calm down, young man.). If he comes out this year, he may be that Dalembert type: starter, though not someone who you can win 50 with. If he stays longer and lets Coach Calhoun and his staff teach him how to play and gets 30 minutes per, then he MIGHT wind up with a Motumbo career. Which would be a very good thing. Dikembe was a once a beast, though you might not remember it, he's been playing so long.
-- Doug Wiggins can score and shoot -- As Len Elmore pointed out, the Huskies need to find perimeter guys who can put the ball in the bucket. Wiggins looks like their best bet. He shot with confidence, and led the team in points. They need him to come through.
=====================================
Intermission -- Advice to Arena Rock Song Deciders: Because there are worse crimes than playing Gary Glitter.
Can we all just agree not to play "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" anymore? If there were a McDonald's type sign akin to the trillionth burger eaten kept on these two "anthems", then those damn songs would be right up there with the McFatter. Give us a break.
Play Queen. But play "Hammer to Fall". And then maybe some "I Want to Break Free" when there's enough time to play the whole song. Live "Radio Ga Ga" kicks ass, too.
We won't even get into the whole "you're turning my kids into fruities with your incessant YMCA bullcrap, Mr. PA Man." How many lawsuits have been filed over that tired song? Or are today's parents so completely fucking clueless that they don't know what the song is about?
Queen rocks. The Village People don't. So...
No. More. "YMCA." Or. "WWRY." Ever.
=====================================
The Not So Good?
"Babyface" Edmonds look-alike point man AJ Price and post player Jeff Adrien need to buckle down. They are the team leaders, and need to act like it and play like it. How many times did Adrien look frustrated with teammates and the refs? Not a good sign. This is a chance to do some good things, big guy. UConn needs you destroying people inside, like last year. Play your game via offensive rebounding and banging the shit out of the other team. That's plenty. And Price is talented, but didn't turn any heads yesterday, though thank goodness he's back on the court doing what he was born to do. He's gonna get better every week. Slow down and play with your head up and things will be fine.
The youngsters wearing those Husky uniforms need to know what school and what coach they play for. There is great pride and tradition down in Storrs. They can add to it, or be a footnote.
Time to get serious. Ya'll see the Mountaineers again. Maybe at MSG. Should be fun.
-----------------------------------------------
The other "crap" that was previously promised
Dark Horse for Sweet 16 -- UNLV.
-- That Lon Kruger may know a thing or three about coaching. Rebs are 13-2, with good wins over Hawaii (2X), South Florida, @ Texas Tech, the Big 10's Minnesota, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
Good on ya, Adam Morrison --
-- First time out after a horrific shooting night, the youngster put 30 in the books. Is there a basketball fan who isn't rooting for this kid?
The Heat played "the" Chris Quinn 25 minutes last night. --
-- That may not be the best sign for the champs, who scored 68. And Antoine didn't make a bucket? My word, that just ain't right.
Grizzlies score 39 in first quarter last night. --
-- In first quarter of Head Coach Tony Marone's NBA career, too. Wow. You can't make this stuff up. Sorry, Czar, but you are one hell of a great announcer.
Just what the hell is Jim Paxon doing with his 168 hours a week? --
-- LeBron, meet KG. KG, meet LeBron.
The Wiz need a new tin man. --
-- Brendan Haywood didn't get his ass in the game last night. 6-7 shooting guard Jarvis Hayes was listed as the starting center versus Andrew Bogut. That is cold, man. Just cold.
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