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[QUOTE="Scotch, post: 146491, member: 700"]
I'm surprised to see so many UConn converts.  I am one as well.  
 
Grew up about 5 minutes from Storrs.  Rooted for UConn as a kid after the Tate George year.  Also rooted for Cuse football, because that was about as local as it got for a New England kid and BC blows.  
 
I attended Cuse from 1998 - 2002.  I converted almost immediately, although I did root for the Khalid El-Amin team to win the title.  I specifically remember watching Rip Hamilton tear us up in the Dome in 1999 and feeling all of my former UConn love escape my body.  I hated him, UConn and Calhoun in that moment and my conversion was complete. 
 
Strangely the obsession grew worse after I left Cuse and moved to DC.  There is something extremely satisfying about being in enemy territory (GTown, Maryland) and talking .  Taking over the Verizon Center has become like Christmas for my friends and I, and we make regular trips up to Philly for Nova games and one long trek back to Cuse for a home game each year.
 
Love Otis Hill, Jason Hart, and Devo.  I also always had a soft spot for TRob.  Even though he was frustrating as hell, he always gave you effort.
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