UCONN/SMU

[BallSoHard4Cy]

For whatever reason I find myself cheering for UCONN to pull out. They certainly aren't a team that you should consider the underdogs, but I fell in love with college basketball after watching Kemba Walker's run with UCONN a few years ago. So to see Ryan Boatright leading this team who is amazingly underachieving to perhaps an NCAA tourney is awesome. I'll be cheering for UCONN.

 

[CyArob]

I hope UConn loses. Something about them and the postseason is magical.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

UConn with a good pg is a dangerous team come March. I hope they get bounced.

 

[BallSoHard4Cy]

Quite the atmosphere for a non P5 conference tourney

 

[BallSoHard4Cy]

Boatright takes shot to the face.

 

[bawbie]

Quite the atmosphere for a non P5 conference tourney

uConn is playing on their home court.

 

[BallSoHard4Cy]

uConn is playing on their home court.

Oh I didn't realize that

 

[stormchaser2014]

uConn is playing on their home court.

Yes and no. While it's not their home court, they are still playing in Hartford.

 

[Doc]

I'm cheering for SMU. UCONN would've lost by now without playing in their backyard. They don't deserve a bid, and could take one away from Larry's more deserving CSU team.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

Yes and no. While it's not their home court, they are still playing in Hartford.

They have two home courts. They played 8-games there in the regular season and have been doing that for years.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

How is this conference's tourney in state of Connecticut? Tad unfair.

 

[jflattery]

uConn is playing on their home court.

The American conference tournament is in Hartford @ the XL Center, not Gampel Pavilion which is in Storrs.

As other posters have noted, UConn does play several games through the season at XL Center. I have an ex-girlfriend who went to UConn, and told me that UConn plays several games at XL Center due to the small size of Gampel Pavillion. Similar to how UConn tore down their football stadium, due to it's small size and lack of area to expand, on campus and now plays their football games in a stadium in Hartford.

 

[cygrads]

Quite the atmosphere for a non P5 conference tourney

Home game for UCONN - correct? Oops should have read further.

 

[jflattery]

How is this conference's tourney in state of Connecticut? Tad unfair.

Last year their tournament was in Memphis. So I think they are rotating between teams in the conference to host their conference tournament.

 

[jflattery]

Home game for UCONN - correct?

Not technically - their home court, on campus, in Storrs, is Gampel Pavilion.

However, they do play a few games each season at XL Center in Hartford.

 

[MeanDean]

How is this conference's tourney in state of Connecticut? Tad unfair.

ACC tournament in NC. Didn't help UNC or Duke this year. That said, go SMU.

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

Hope SMU pulls this out. Hopefully they don't pull a Texas... or Oklahoma...or Kansas.

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

Sign says next year the tourney is in Orlando.

 

[jflattery]

Sign says next year the tourney is in Orlando.

That would mean that Central Florida is hosting the tournament next year - like Memphis last year and UConn this year.

 

[GTO]

Right before halftime Boatright took that last shot and fell to the ground. An SMU player put his hand out to help Boatright up and Boatright just slapped his hand away. Total ***** move. Now I hope UConn loses.