This sounds familiar, I remember another coach quitting multi-team events because he was a sore loser...
"Waaaah!"
"Waaaah!"
Dan Hurley taking his ball and going home...
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Yeah it was pretty weak sauce. Especially from a guy who talks about the UCONN way and doing things like champions. Well back to back champs shouldn’t be scared of anyone, any place, any time.
Hurley sincerely surprised the nation isn't crying with him..... 
Wow can you come off as a bigger sore loser.
No explanation as to why you dislike these tournaments. Your team lost and you're mad about that.
Maybe get better and beat a good team. Or do what Uconn been doing and just schedule even more 300s ranked teams.
No explanation as to why you dislike these tournaments. Your team lost and you're mad about that.
Maybe get better and beat a good team. Or do what Uconn been doing and just schedule even more 300s ranked teams.
We dodged a bullet for certain. This is a man of poor character.
Here you go Dan, we all feel for you… Sike
Sometimes you learn the hard way. They did lol. Did you see the picture of them with their heads all held low? Blocking their face with embarrassment?
That shizt is gold!
I bet you are talking about never again.
Won two championship tournaments in a row but got your ass destroyed in the Maui. Last place.
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they had to play at like midnight Eastern Time over there!
Couldn't happen to a better place.
Those tournaments can bite you in the ass or make you look really nice. Most time they bite you in the ass..
That shizt is gold!
I bet you are talking about never again.
Won two championship tournaments in a row but got your ass destroyed in the Maui. Last place.
🤣🤣🤣😭
they had to play at like midnight Eastern Time over there!
Couldn't happen to a better place.
Those tournaments can bite you in the ass or make you look really nice. Most time they bite you in the ass..
He is just a big baby, you can see that now that he's losing some. got a bad temper too, the refs will remember all this crying and acting like he's trying to get to them. I hope we see him crying more this season.
Their history may not have started back in the 40's/50's like some of the traditional "blue bloods", but they've spanked every blue bloods tail with 6 titles in the past 25 years. Got to give respect where it is due...UConn could be the best program overall in the past 25 years and not sure its close.
I for one get tired of hearing our fans make our claim using seasons that happened 60-70 years ago. Fact is we have won 3 titles since 1979......3 in 45 years. That's nothing to brag about when trying to make a claim as a blue blood.
Dan Hurley taking his ball and going home...
Did his wife let him have them back?
I would say 8 titles and still the winningest college basketball program of all time says we are the bluest of bluebloods. it doesn't matter when we won them, only one school has more titles and most of theirs come 40 and 50 years ago. UCONN is a good program and has raised their status in the basketball world, but still not in the top 20 in all time wins.
I'm not saying we aren't a blueblood....heck blueblood means one of the originals. I am just saying saying you're a blue blood doesn't mean that you've been a top program over the past 25 years. Like I said...3 titles in FORTY FIVE YEARS! I like the direction we are going, loved the first 8 years of Cal, but quit acting like we have been the best in recent history and trying to downplay other schools because they weren't good back in the 50's when we had 8 teams in the tournament lol
For all of their recent success (most of which have been fluky lightning in a bottle championships), they could very easily disintegrate in the conference realignment/NIL era under the wrong coach. If Hurley leaves (and it’s coming soon, maybe after this year) they could easily fall off. Thats why I don’t consider them a blue blood.
They aren't a blue blood but they are a new blood, and that's better in my opinion. They don't have the history but they are the most relevant program in college basketball right now, and that's what I care about most. Here's hoping that Pope can bring that crown back to UK.
UConn would have 2 or 3 less championships if we were still using the "conference champion" rule of the 50's
bluebloods are the schools that put CBB on the map in the 50's, 60's and 70's
Uconn is an elite program because of their championships, but they will never be a blueblood
What does blue blood mean? Its reasonable and logical if you define it, to be one of the best programs in history. Well 6 titles is one of the best in history.
To me, a blueblood is a consistent winning program over a 75-100 year timeframe. I’m not even sure if UCLA is quite a blueblood. They had a good 15 or so year run, in which they cheated their asses off. The three clear cut bluebloods are: UK, KU and UNC.
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I agree Uconn has been a premier program the last 25 yrs. However, "blue blood" represents sustained success over the lifespan of a program.
What happened 60-70 years ago isn't irrelevant-it's called legacy and tradition. UK just moved on from a low point. I like Pope's chances at regaining our rightful place among the best programs bc not many teams have won a title under so many different head coaches.
The future is bright. Go Cats!!!
Hurley acts just like a lot of the UConn fan base (which is from NYC), for those who remember them from the game at MSG with Cal's first team, Maui, and the F4's in Houston and Dallas. They're complete pricks who act like meatheads.
This! It’s the reason they say he’s the perfect fit for them. He’s a prick, just like their base. A whiny, arrogant prick at that.
It hasn't been just Hurley....6 titles in the past 25 years. They aren't a "blueblood" just because they weren't successful in the 50's like some others including us were. They have been though one of if not the best overall program in the past 25 years.
Again....why are we looking at 70 YEARS AGO! Heck Dallas isn't even thought of much as "Americas Team" anymore and its only been 30 years since theyre success lol. Should we call them the Greatest of All Time even though they haven't done squat since the 90's? Are they just as good of a program as Kansas City just because they had success 30 years ago?
My point is...being a "blue blood" really doesn't mean sh*t and its funny that some fans still act like they take pride in that. Nobody cares what the teams that your great grandfather watched as a kid did. I am Kentucky Blue through and through, but I am also a realist. We have won 3 titles since the 70's.
I understand what you are saying, but not sure on the "sustained" success. We measure success here by titles, correct? What success did we sustain from the late 70's until 1996? Then from 1998 until 2012? Those are huge chunks and if you eliminate the 50'2 when we had 8 team title tourneys then we aren't even thought of as a Top 5 program all time in my opinion.
i don't think you understand the difference in being a blueblood and an elite program
I understand perfectly what a blue blood is. What I do not understand is when fans try to use the status of "blue blood" to elevate our status in todays game. The poster made the comment...."UConn is no blue blood" like they actually care and that's supposed to matter. The teams that were good in the 40's and 50's because they had the advantage of getting the best players at that time and had an 8 team tournament doesn't mean anything in todays world.
It's almost like if my great great grandfather was a world class surgeon and today I am still talking about my family of surgeons when everyone after him never even made it to medical school lol. Awesome we dominated during a 10 year span in the 40's and 50's when basketball first started to become a thing and gained the title of "blueblood". Now what does that have to do with our status SEVENTY YEARS LATER?
Is that really much better? I was making the comparison from modern times. The modern era is considered from 1985, so how about we say 3 titles in going on 40 years? Is that better?
Do I have to slobber over 1940 and 1950 titles that were 30 years before I was born in order to be a Kentucky fan?
Been around this board 16 years and bleed blue to the fullest. I'm just not someone who likes seeing people claim fame based on what they did 70 years ago. We were top of the heap during Ricks later years and Cal's first 8 years. Other than that we have been mediocre at best since Joe B's title.
that just shows you how hard winning championships is
we have had a lot of FF's in that timeframe
so we have been much more than mediocre
And there proves you have no clue what you are talking about....
Taking out, like I mentioned, Ricks later years (lets say 94-97) and Cals first 8 years (09-17) since Joe B's title (1978) we have a whopping THREE Final Fours in those 34 other seasons. That is text book mediocrity for a program that is supposed to be one of the premiere programs in America. I'm a numbers and facts guy...not a blind lead with my heart guy.
so you are throwing out the very good to great years ...........got it
we also have the 3rd most final fours in NCAA history
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