UCONN Celebrated $2 Beer Night By Assuring Everyone They’re The Clear Best Team In The Country
Donovan Clingan returned to the lineup tonight, and Uconn, who still managed to rise to #1 in the polls without him, became a team at full strength for the first time in a month and it was like the equivalent of a millionaire hitting a scratch off ticket. UCONN when healthy is without a doubt the elite of the elite this year.
The game was only a 14 point win for The Huskies but if you watched it the entire way you saw Creighton, who is very good, struggle mightily for long periods of time without field goals as Uconn gave them fits defensively. The game was never in doubt, in fact it was so secure that Clingan wasn't even worried about the gameplan he was seen singing Taylor Swfit on the sidelines.
That's when you know you won a game easy when the big man can be more concerned with singing than the opposition. And by no means is this a knock on Clingan, nor is it a knock on Creighton. I don't think Clingan was disrespectful, I don't think Creighton people should be pissed. I just think it reiterates one of life's great lessons ... Some nights you eat the bear, some nights the bear eats you. And tonight there wasn't a fucking thing Creighton could have done to stop the Huskies, so with 6 minutes left if there big guy is gonna mouth the words to a song on the sidelines ... so be it. The outcome ain't changing.
Final thought ... it's great if UCONN goes into the tourney as the overall #1 seed. We haven't had a back to back champ in 17 years. If UCONN is the team everyone is gunning for it's great for the sport. Especially when they play in the conference with the funnest and craziest environments in the country, the one with the most amount of hatred between the coaches and teams and fans, and a coach as electric as Danny Hurley. College hoops dominates such a small amount of the calendar, let's make that short span even sweeter with UConn being the hunted.
Also ... UCONN Students absolutely SMOKED the $2 beer deal tonight. What a scene ...
The Ubers home tonight … as Danny Hustle Boy Hard says "THE PRICE WENT UP".
Final note … credit to Jack Mac … easy winner.