Classic cuss out .. “Are you fucking Kidding me, are you fucking kidding me, fuckin back to back , fuckin play with some physicality or I’m taking you the FUCK out… You fucking soft motherfuckers.. letting them fucking hang around”
There’s a reason why UConn plays better outside of the big east than in conference. Don’t let ESPN tell you that the big east is not a power conference.
WILD stat from ESPN Research ..
Illinois' fewest points in a game over the last three seasons:
52 points: 2024 Elite Eight vs. UConn
61 points: Nov. 28, 2025 vs. UConn
62 points: 2026 Final Four vs. UConn
BE is by far the most physical league in the country, so when UConn sees all these non-con teams in the tourney, they see them as soft and not tough enough. And that’s why our conference even in a down year is still the best in the country b/c all our teams are battle tested
UConn's 31 unanswered points marks the first 30-0 run in an NCAA tournament game in at least the last seven women’s tourneys (how far back our tracking goes).
The only time it happened on the men’s side in that span? UConn with 30 unanswered vs. Illinois in the 2024 Elite 8
Over the last 30 seasons, UConn has now won each of its first 2 NCAA Tournament games by 10+ points 7 times:
2026
2024 (won Nat'l Champ)
2023 (won Nat'l Champ)
2011 (won Nat'l Champ)
2009 (lost in Final Four)
2004 (won Nat'l Champ)
1999 (won Nat'l Champ)
There are three UConns:
1) This team can win a national championship
2) This team won narrowly and I’m mad about it
3) Okay they lost but let me tell you how much of an outlier 3/24 from 3 is and why you should ignore this
I much prefer option 1, personally
Dan Hurley on his chat with Jim Calhoun right after the game:
"Coach rattled off about 4 or 5 things we suck at... I quickly went into the locker room and put it in the notes section of my phone"