Cinci beat UConn tonight, and I’m happy about it, even though I really don’t like Cinci.
I hate Cincinnati hoops, for so many reasons, but I *think* I hate Connecticut hoops even more. It’s hard to say why. But allow me to try:
- While the Bearcats are loosey-goosey and will forever be associated in my mind with Bob Huggins, whom i do not like for other reasons I cannot logically explain…
- the UConn Huskies are sort of possessed with that weird and chafing entitlement that seems endemic in the Big East (see: Syracuse; UMass; BC; etc.) *and* they had that sort of unimpressive title run in ’04 with Calhoun coaching Okafor and Ben Gordon *and*, what was it, that thing that ruined UConn forever for me, oh yes, now I remember…
THEY ROBBED FREAKIN BILL BRADLEY AND THE TIGERS IN THE TOURNAMENT HALF A CENTURY AGO.
(courtesy Wikipedia…)
“March 14, 1964 – UConn upsets Princeton and star forward Bill Bradley 52–50 in the Sweet 16 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The victory was sealed when Dom Perno stole the ball from Bradley with 19 seconds to play. Perno would later become UConn’s coach.”
If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, well then, well done tonight Bearcats.
