Random Thoughts on a Tuesday Morning-

Can Brimah and Nolan come off the bench and continue their recent performance?  Interesting quote by UConn Associate Head Coach Glen Miller over the weekend where he said that Brimah can be an offensive threat but the guards need to get him the ball high and not at his ankles.  I think that quote can be said for any big man, at any level.

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Speaking of distributing the ball, the Huskies are a bunch better team when they share the basketball.  They proved that on Saturday night.  In order to be successful, they cannot be a one-man show.  It has to be a team effort.

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I am surprised that I got a letter from the UConn Athletic Department saying that I can buy tickets to the AAC men's basketball championship in Memphis.  That would never happen in the old Big East at MSG.  This is a whole new world in conference realignment.  But who is going to Memphis in early March?

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Moving over to  women's basketball - a very good solid win by the UConn women's basketball team at Baylor.  They struggled but gutted out a road win and ended the Bears 69-game home winning streak.  Who knows how many more close games the Huskies will face the rest of the season, but this experience will help come NCAA Tournament time.

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It was great that Baylor used the UConn version of jock jams before the tip during last night's game.  It made it more of a home game in Texas for the Huskies.

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For all those few people on a certain message board website that supports UConn Athletics - please stop posting about building a new football stadium on the Storrs Campus.  I would post a response but would be considered a troll, but I am going to respond here.  These people are not too smart - have they ever been to the Storrs campus?  When I moved into Storrs in August of 1999 during freshman move-in, it took over 2 hours on Route 195 to go 10 miles from the Exit 68 off ramp on I-84.  The surrounding areas cannot support the traffic.  In addition, the State of Connecticut had invested over $100 million to build the current stadium and additional millions to put in new scoreboards - why waste the taxpayers dollars?  East Hartford, with access to several highways, is in a great location for everyone to get to in the state.  Storrs is not Ann Arbor or Columbus - its a rural campus, not an urban center.  Please think before you post!

Talk to you after Thursday's game!

Brian