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Men's Basketball Notebook
Dan Olender
Issue date: 3/21/08 Section: March Madness
Whiteout
Speaking of superstitions, maybe the Huskies should have tried to see if those gray uniforms had some more luck in them.
After the Huskies lost to Providence on Jan. 17 while donning white uniforms, they decided to wear the alternate grays until they lost in them. UConn won eight straight in them, but their loss to West Virginia in the Big East tournament allowed the white jerseys to be taken out of the closet. Prior to Jan. 17, the previous time UConn had worn the white uniforms was on Dec. 16 in a win against Quinnipiac.
Quick Hits
UConn is 1-3 in the NCAA Tournament since winning the 2004 national championship and their losses have come to a No. 10 seed (NC State, 2005 Syracuse Regional second round), a No. 11 seed (George Mason, 2006 Washington, D.C. Regional final) and a No. 13 seed (San Diego, 2008 West Regional first round) … UConn's only other overtime game this year was also in Tampa on Feb. 16 against USF … Adrien recorded the 33rd double-double of his career … San Diego forward Rob Jones scored 14 points. Jones is the grandson of cult leader Jim Jones, who led a mass suicide of 900 people at Jonestown, Guyana in 1978.
Contact Dan Olender at Daniel.Olender@UConn.edu.
Speaking of superstitions, maybe the Huskies should have tried to see if those gray uniforms had some more luck in them.
After the Huskies lost to Providence on Jan. 17 while donning white uniforms, they decided to wear the alternate grays until they lost in them. UConn won eight straight in them, but their loss to West Virginia in the Big East tournament allowed the white jerseys to be taken out of the closet. Prior to Jan. 17, the previous time UConn had worn the white uniforms was on Dec. 16 in a win against Quinnipiac.
Quick Hits
UConn is 1-3 in the NCAA Tournament since winning the 2004 national championship and their losses have come to a No. 10 seed (NC State, 2005 Syracuse Regional second round), a No. 11 seed (George Mason, 2006 Washington, D.C. Regional final) and a No. 13 seed (San Diego, 2008 West Regional first round) … UConn's only other overtime game this year was also in Tampa on Feb. 16 against USF … Adrien recorded the 33rd double-double of his career … San Diego forward Rob Jones scored 14 points. Jones is the grandson of cult leader Jim Jones, who led a mass suicide of 900 people at Jonestown, Guyana in 1978.
Contact Dan Olender at Daniel.Olender@UConn.edu.
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Mary
posted 3/23/08 @ 11:28 PM EST
I don't think that it's appropriate to the article to state that Rob Jones is the grandson of cult leader Jim Jones, etc, whether it is true or not. It is not appropriate to the article nor relavent to the game that the article was discussing. (Continued…)
no Mary
posted 3/24/08 @ 11:56 AM EST
To Mary: Its called a random fact. Read any newspaper's sports section and they will always have some interesting facts about the players, teams, etc. (Continued…)
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