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[QUOTE="CuyahogaCuse, post: 1315973, member: 409"]
Here's another one from the way back machine / non tourney category.

I submit UConn from the 1990 Big East Tournament.

[URL]http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/12/sports/uconn-beats-syracuse-for-big-east-title.html[/URL]

Recognize that prior to that game, UConn and Seton Hall basketball had been synonymous. Both were Big East cellar dwellers. For you young guys and gals, imagine playing historically inept Rutgers for the Big East title. That's what this was like.

So I grew up in Connecticut. Dad worked at UConn. Stepmom too. And sister went there. It was the last day of spring break, and my college roommate from Cape Cod had made his way to my place, and we expected to win. Except. We didn't. I honestly don't remember much about the game. But I do recall the aftermath.

We we're supposed to take a bus back to Cuse from Springfield. Except Greyhound went on strike. After hours of delays, we caught a Peter Pan bus destined for Syracuse. Except it stopped in Albany around midnight. And there we sat ... all night. Under the "rock that is Albany" as we coined that bus station.

Finally caught a bus the next morning to complete the journey.

The rest is history. UConn became a rival and ascended. But despite call their success, they're still in the AAC and essentially irrelevant now. For that, I'm grateful.

PostScript: With UConn, plus Rhode Island, UMass and Vermont on the resume, I never want to see us come across Maine or New Hampshire in the tourney some year. I'm done with meaningful games against New England state schools in March.
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