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CTyankee

(63,912 posts) Thu Mar 17, 2016, 07:58 PM Mar 2016

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All hail Yale and UCONN as basketball champs! Skinner must love the Yale win!

Great job, both teams!

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All hail Yale and UCONN as basketball champs! Skinner must love the Yale win! (Original Post) CTyankee Mar 2016 OP

Hard to believe I was cheering for kids going to Yale rurallib Mar 2016 #1

I went 1 for 2 on that count. Chan790 Mar 2016 #2

Well, my Dad was sports editor of the UConn paper back in 1949... First Speaker Mar 2016 #3

I'm pleasantly surprised by how fast they're doing it in hockey. Chan790 Mar 2016 #4

I love college hockey! First Speaker Mar 2016 #5

when I first moved to CT I was at a loss to pronounce Quinnipiac... CTyankee Mar 2016 #6

The one that got me for a long time was sharp_stick Mar 2016 #7

rurallib

(62,432 posts)

1. Hard to believe I was cheering for kids going to Yale

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:12 PM

Mar 2016

but this is what makes this tournament so unique - David does beat Goliath sometimes.

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

2. I went 1 for 2 on that count.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:19 PM

Mar 2016

I root for Yale because they're my local team...but I root against UConn. I've hated them for as long as I remember.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

3. Well, my Dad was sports editor of the UConn paper back in 1949...

Reply to Chan790 (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:42 PM

Mar 2016

...so that sort of forces me to root for them...LOL...Dad died in 1977--he'd have been thrilled by their emergence as a major basketball power...

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

4. I'm pleasantly surprised by how fast they're doing it in hockey.

Reply to First Speaker (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 11:47 PM

Mar 2016

Two years ago, they were a nothing program. This year Tage Thompson is expected to go in the 1st round of the NHL draft. There are long-term NCAA Div. I programs that have made it to the Frozen Four and never had a player taken in the 1st round of the NHL draft.

I'm more of a hockey fan than basketball admittedly.

(They're still no Quinnipiac though. I think it's hilarious that most people nationally can't tell you anything about the school...including what state it's in, but if they know anything, they know that they were a preseason favorite to win the NCAA D-I hockey championship...but still not what state QU would be taking the trophy home to.)

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

5. I love college hockey!

Reply to Chan790 (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 11:54 PM

Mar 2016

...the Frozen Four is a helluva lot more fun than the whole of the NCAA...

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

6. when I first moved to CT I was at a loss to pronounce Quinnipiac...

Reply to Chan790 (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 08:27 AM

Mar 2016

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

7. The one that got me for a long time was

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 09:33 AM

Mar 2016

Coginchaug.

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