I'm a UConn alum myself (1980). Back when I was there, men's soccer and women's field hockey were the marquee sports. Men's basketball was pretty good (they reached the Sweet Sixteen in 1976), but women's basketball was an afterthought. We had a team, but it was irrelevant. I had to say, I graduated from the University of Connecticut because if I said UConn, people would think I was referring to that Canadian territory next to Alaska. We've come a long way, baby!

@swami1

18 күн бұрын

I’m also Class of ‘80. Back then, getting on national TV was an accomplishment. We’ve come a long, long way.

@8avexp

17 күн бұрын

@@swami1 OK, so what dorm(s) did you live in?

@swami1

17 күн бұрын

@@8avexp Lafayette for 3 years, then Brock.

@swami1

17 күн бұрын

@@8avexp Lafayette for 3 years, then Brock.

@8avexp

17 күн бұрын

@@swami1 Lafayette must have been in Towers. I lived in Stowe C for five semesters (brachferred after one semester at Hartford), then moved off campus.

Who needs blue blood, when your the New Blood. Total dominance. 6 titles since 1999.

There’s just something special about how the. UConn culture is all about unselfishness, teamwork, simply outworking and out hustling the other team, and when they go on.a run, and the other team calls a time out, and the UConn chant starts. It allways gives me goosebumps

Really enjoyed this! My only gripe would be I think Ollie deserves far more responsibility for what happened than is portrayed here, but this is 10/10 masterpiece. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.

@byjacksonstreet

25 күн бұрын

Definitely weighed a harsher critique of Ollie (particularly as a recruiter), but ultimately I decided to exercise caution assigning blame to any one person - there were so many moving parts in that era of college sports, I wouldn’t have felt right putting it out there without being confident in saying it

@UConn6thBorough

25 күн бұрын

@byjacksonstreet respect. Again loved the piece. So much I didn't know about the history of the program!

UConn class of ‘84 here. Corny Thompson era. What I came here to say is that my father attended Ellsworth High School during the time that Hugh Greer was coach there, as well as boys gym teacher. Coach Greer treated everyone with grace, whether you were on the team, or just a kid in gym class. Very classy man.

UConn is the New England Patriots (6 Super Bowls since 2001) of college basketball.

Excellent video. Due to time restraints, I planned to stop watching after a minute or two, but I could not stop watching.

In the first photo of Dee Rowe, former UCONN Great Tony Hanson is on Dee's left. Saw him many times along with Al Weston, Lee Otis Wilson, Joey Whelton, John Thomas. Tremendous Teams.

Whoever did this it was an excellent job! I remember sneaking into the old field house in the 80's and sitting right behind the bench. We have come a long long way. I hate the term blue blood. We are a True Blood. The basketball capital of the world!!!

Great video as a current UConn student and someone who grew up in CT.

UConn has been dominating (on and off) men’s and women’s college basketball for the past 25 years. Give credit where credit is due!!

Bleed Blue❗️

UConn is a True Blood 💙

@isaiahevans4930

19 сағат бұрын

Will never be a blue blood

Hell of a job man you knocked this out the park!

Great vid bro

UConn has been dominating men’s college basketball on and off since 1999. It’s time to give UConn’s men’s basketball their flowers.

@jeromedanielson4422

18 күн бұрын

Correction, the UConn basketball program has been dominating college basketball, 17 titles between the men and women, and nobody comes close. UConn is also the basketball program that both the men and women won in the same year twice, no college program has done that at least once! UConn's blood is so blue it has a purple tint at night.

@isaiahevans4930

19 сағат бұрын

@@jeromedanielson4422UConn isn’t a blue blood. Girls ball school definitely. Zero success prior to 99’… the program is hollow and dull like they’re uniforms

Love the final line

Front court will be tough with Mahaney, Diarra, & Mckneeley. I would assume would all start. Hopefully AK comes back after testing the waters to play the 4 with Samson & Tarris Reed fighting for the 5. Unless Hurley opts to continue to use Diarra off the bench and Jaylin Stewart makes some strides this summer. Regardless they will both will play significant minutes. Should leave us 9 deep with Solo Ball, Jayden Ross, & freshman Ahmad Nowell. Can't wait to see Mckneeley & Mahaney shine in Luke Murray's offense!

I just become a Uconn fan this season after they won the national championship. Look forward to next seasom. GO HUSKIES

Excellent video 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Enjoyed . Thank you

What a phenomenal job you did with this video!

Great video. It hits different after a Back to Back. 😎

I live in Connecticut right next to stores. My grandfather's brother taught their and I've been watching UConn's in 1990. Really appreciate this video it was so well done

@swami1

18 күн бұрын

Storrs.

Pls do a history video on UConn football 🙏

You skipped right over the Dee Rowe era. Guy did a solid job.

South Carolina named a street after Staley. Connecticutt should change the name of Storrs Ct. To Auriemmaville Ct.

@byjacksonstreet

25 күн бұрын

I’d name the county after John Toner for having the foresight (or luck) to hire both Auriemma and Calhoun

@arthur-ri4zo

25 күн бұрын

@@byjacksonstreet Yes

@jeromedanielson4422

18 күн бұрын

When Geno retires, it has been officically stated by the NCAA that the women's basketball Coach Of The Year award will be renamed after Geno A.

Yall just tied UNC with 6 Titles......

"..and we're here to stay" FUCK YEH! GOD BLESS coach HURLEY!!!

UCONN is THE blue blood now. What they have accomplished in the last 25 years is insane. Current CBB for mens is insanely competitive. These teams would mutilate the UCLA, Kentucky, UNC teams of the past

@JTH-hm8ew

15 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The golden era of modern college basketball was between the early 1980s to mid 1990s.

@ericstoppels8221

14 күн бұрын

@@JTH-hm8ew lmao no it was not....teams today would mutilate those teams

@JTH-hm8ew

14 күн бұрын

As someone who has been watching college basketball since the early 1980s all I can say is 🤣🤣🤣🤣 to your premise. College basketball has been on decline since the early to mid 1990s when early entries became available for the NBA. Sure there have been times since then with great champion teams such as the back to back Florida title teams and 2005 UNC but there is a lot of parity in college basketball now and as dominant as UCONN has been the past several years they are still not as good as programs from the past before early NBA entries.

@ericstoppels8221

14 күн бұрын

@@JTH-hm8ew LMAO old head refusing to accept how weak and one dimensional teams were back then. This UCONN team would have DESTROYED teams in the 80s and 90s. And denying UCONN as the superior blue blood for what they have accomplished in the age of upsets is impressive. Back to back these days is unheard of and they did so by covering the spread every damn game. Just give credit when its due.

@JTH-hm8ew

14 күн бұрын

I am sorry but this UCONN team would not have destroyed great teams of the past. Also, I never denied UCONN being a blieblood program. What UCONN has done is stellar. However, great teams of the past would not be destroyed by current UCONN which in of itself is quite comical and laughable as one who witnessed great teams of the past. Also, great teams of the past were not one dimensional either.

Blue Bood?

UConn UConn UConn

Ahhh…. THE SHOT Absolute mass rapture in Storrs that night. Total freak out campus wide.

Let's not forget UCONN is only 50 miles down the road from Springfield where basketball was invented. Also not far from Yale where some say Football was invented, and Pittsfield Ma, which has a better claim to being the place where baseball was invented than anyone else.

Windham High School in Willimantic, not Willimantic High.

@byjacksonstreet

22 күн бұрын

Now, but at the time it was exclusively referred to as “Willimantic High School,” “the Willimantic High School,” or ambiguously as “W.H.S.” - I didn’t feel comfortable connecting the two when even UConn’s own library special collections referred to it as Willimantic High

Love my Huskies. 6

Huskies 🐺🐺

They been a blue blood ain't no new shit ..

Newest? Try only. You don't just earn it, you have to work to keep it. OBTW, the stupidest moniker in sports.

uconn will never be a blue blood

Newest? How old is the person making this video.. uconn have won 6 national titles in at least 3 and probably 4 different conferences.. ten seconds and a lil google would help out your clips accuracy..

@byjacksonstreet

24 күн бұрын

You look at the other blue bloods: Indiana made 7 final 4s before UConn made 1 Duke 10 Kansas 10 Kentucky 13 UNC 14 UCLA 15 I get their dominance has been sustained over the course of my lifetime, but they definitely came last to the party

@tycooper7368

24 күн бұрын

@@byjacksonstreet indiana? They lost their invite 20 years ago... they are a has been program.

@tomdemay6147

23 күн бұрын

@@byjacksonstreet yup.

@tomdemay6147

23 күн бұрын

@@tycooper7368 it takes more than 20 years to lose blue blood status. thats why its called "blue blood". this is different from being "elite program". these are two different things. lots of programs are in much better spots than Indiana. hell Alabama for example. They are an "elite" program but not a "blue blood". then its opposite for Indiana.

@freakboy40

23 күн бұрын

@@tycooper7368 Yeah, Indiana hasn't really been relevant in since Bobby Knight. I think they made a final four. Not sure.

2nd lowest Finals ratings.....Nobody watched

@jeromedanielson4422

18 күн бұрын

Ah, 14.8 million people watched that's a whole lot of "NOBODY" 🤣

@swami1

18 күн бұрын

So? Does that negate the championship? Clown.