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Beginning his sixth season as the University of Pittsburgh's head men's basketball coach, Jamie Dixon has certainly made his mark on the Pitt program. Dixon, who is in his 10th year at Pitt, has compiled several coaching milestones:
*He guided Pitt to its second all-time Big East Championship title in 2008. The Panthers became just the second squad in league history to capture the crown after winning four consecutive games.
*He became the first head coach in school history to guide Pitt to five consecutive 20-win seasons, five straight 10-plus win Big East regular seasons and five straight NCAA Tournaments. Dixon has also guided Pitt to two NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances (2004 and 2007).
*His 132 career victories rank as the third most wins after five seasons as a head coach in the history of NCAA Division I college basketball.
*Concluded the 2007-08 season as the winningest coach in Big East history with a current .680 winning percentage in league games (66-31), while topping several legendary names including John Thompson, Jim Calhoun, Jim Boeheim and Lou Carnesseca.
*Guided Pitt to the Big East Championship Final in four of his first five seasons as head coach.
*Is one of only nine coaches in NCAA Division I history to win over 100 games during the first four seasons of a coaching career.
*Reached 100 wins at Pitt faster than any other head coach in school history. Dixon needed only 126 games to reach the milestone. Only 14 coaches in the history of college basketball reached 100 career victories faster than Dixon.
*Amassed a five-year 55-27 Big East regular-season record, the best mark in school history.
*Tallied an 80-10 home record in his first five seasons.
*Became the first rookie head coach in Big East history to both guide his team to the league's regular season title and earn Big East Coach of the Year honors in 2003-04. Dixon earned those accolades after leading the Panthers to their third consecutive Big East regular season title and second all-time overall Big East title, third straight NCAA Tournament "Sweet Sixteen" appearance and to a school-record 31 wins. In addition, the 31 victories rank as the third highest total in NCAA Division I history for a first-year head coach. Dixon also led Pitt on an 18-game win streak to begin the 2003-04 season, a streak which ranks as the third-best start for a rookie head coach in NCAA Division I history.
An outstanding talent evaluator who is nationally recognized for his coaching know-how, unquestioned character and integrity, recruiting skills, rapport with players and work ethic, Jamie Dixon was introduced as the University of Pittsburgh's 14th head basketball coach on April 15, 2003.
Dixon, who has spent nine seasons as both the head coach and assistant at Pitt, is a basketball coach who is intelligent, honest, confident, well-spoken and true to his word. He is a family man and complete coach who cares for his players and program to the highest degree. For Dixon, basketball is a lifestyle, not a job. He believes teamwork, defense, rebounding and taking good shots are the key ingredients to winning championships. That philosophy has paid off as Pitt consistently ranks among the nation's top defensive and rebounding squads.
Dixon's five-year head coaching tenure at Pitt has seen the Panthers compile a 132-40 record, accumulate a 55-27 Big East regular season record and earn five NCAA Tournament berths, including two Sweet Sixteen appearances in 2004 and 2007. His 132-40 slate set a school record for the best five-year start to a Pitt coaching career and his .767 career winning percentage currently stands as the best among active Big East coaches. That percentage also ranks among the nation's top-10 best current marks in NCAA Division I.
Over the past nine seasons, Dixon has been the constant and essential figure in the Panthers' dramatic rise to national prominence. The three-year span from 2001-04 produced the winningest period in school history as Pitt won three consecutive Big East regular-season titles, advanced to three straight NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances, captured the program's first-ever Big East Tournament title in 2003 and compiled one of the nation's three best winning percentages (.846 with an 88-16 record) from 2001-04 including a 51-2 home record over those three years. In addition, the program opened its sparkling, 12,508-seat Petersen Events Center, the nation's best on-campus basketball venue.
Dixon has 17 years of major NCAA Division I coaching experience, including stints at Pitt (nine years), Northern Arizona (four years), Hawaii (three years) and UC-Santa Barbara (one year). Additionally, he has served as an assistant under a school's winningest coach in four different stints (winning percentage). His teams have won 10 conference titles, advanced to the postseason in 12 different seasons and his student-athletes have earned four league player of the year awards. He helped turn destitute programs at Pitt, Hawaii and Northern Arizona into winners, has been success everywhere and has enjoyed success at several different levels.
Facing a major rebuilding project, he joined the Pitt staff in 1999 as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. In four short years, he helped turn the Pitt basketball program into a consistent national power. In 2000-01, the Panthers surged through the conference tournament, earning a surprising Big East Championship title game berth while winning five of their last seven contests. It was that year in Madison Square Garden that the college basketball world first took notice of the emerging Pitt program as the Panthers upset nationally ranked Syracuse, Notre Dame and a surging Miami team to earn the school's first-ever championship game berth. That strong finish concluded with a National Invitation Tournament berth, the school's first postseason appearance in four years.
The 2001-02 Pitt team built upon that momentum as it finished 29-6 and surpassed the school-record of 25 victories set in 1973-74. Pitt won the Big East West championship, the school's first league title of any kind since the 1987-88 campaign, and made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in nine seasons (1992-93). The squad also became the first Pitt team to advance to an NCAA Sweet Sixteen since 1973-74 with two NCAA tournament wins over Central Connecticut State and California.
With all five starters and nine letterwinners back, the 2002-03 Pitt squad captured the school's first-ever Big East Tournament championship while making its third straight appearance in the title game. It finished 28-5 on the year and advanced to its second consecutive NCAA Sweet Sixteen. The Panthers also won their second straight Big East West title and co-Big East regular-season title with a second consecutive 13-3 league record. In addition, the Panthers concluded the inaugural season in the Petersen Events Center with a perfect 16-0 home record and ended the season on a 22-game home win streak.
In his first season as head coach at Pitt (2003-04), Dixon guided the Panthers to a school-record 31-5 slate which included the Big East regular season championship, a third consecutive NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance and the program's fourth straight Big East Tournament title game appearance. He became the first rookie head coach in league history to earn both Big East Coach of the Year honors and guide his team to the regular season title. He led Pitt to a school record 27-3 regular season and its first Big East Tournament No. 1 seed in 16 years. Dixon also won the first 18 contests of his coaching career, a mark that ranks third in NCAA Division I history for most wins to begin a coaching career.
His second season as Pitt's head coach saw Dixon guide the Panthers to a school-record fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and the program's fourth consecutive 20-plus win season (20-9).
In 2005-06, Dixon guided Pitt to a fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, 25-8 record and fifth berth in the Big East Championship Final over the last six seasons. The year marked Dixon's third straight 20-win season since taking over the coaching helm.
The 2006-07 Panthers ranked among the nation's top-10 teams all season and ended with a 29-8 record. Pitt advanced to NCAA Sweet Sixteen play for the fourth time in six seasons and achieved its sixth straight 20-win overall and 10-win league year. Additionally, Dixon reached 100 career wins faster than any other coach in school history and concluded the year with 105 career wins, the second-most wins accumulated over the first four seasons of a head coaching career.
The 2007-08 season saw Dixon's Panthers overcome the incredible adversity of losing two starters (Mike Cook and Levance Fields) and four total players to serious injuries. Nevertheless, under Dixon's leadership, the undermanned Panthers continued on. Fields returned for the team's final 13 games and Pitt went on to a successful season. Pitt captured the school's second Big East Tournament title, becoming just the second team in league history to win the tourney by registering four straight wins, advanced to its seventh straight NCAA Tournament and finished 27-10 overall.
Prior to Pittsburgh, Dixon served as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii under legendary head coach Riley Wallace for the 1998-99 season and previously was an assistant under Ben Howland at Northern Arizona University (1994-98). He also coached as an assistant with Howland at the University of California-Santa Barbara (1991-92) under Jerry Pimm before moving on to the University of Hawaii for two seasons (1992-94).
While at Northern Arizona, Dixon helped lead the Lumberjacks to a 42-17 record over his last two years, including back-to-back 21-win seasons and a pair of Big Sky regular season championships. Northern Arizona led the nation for three consecutive seasons (1997-99) in 3-point field goal percentage and ranked among the nation's top two schools in overall field goal percentage during that span. In addition, Northern Arizona won 20-plus games in three consecutive seasons and advanced to postseason play two times, including the 1997 National Invitation Tournament and the school's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1998. The 1998 Lumberjack squad was one of two teams to reach the NCAA Tournament and carry a team grade point average of 3.0 or better.
Howland and Dixon arrived at Northern Arizona for the 1994-95 season. After suffering through back-to-back 9-17 and 7-19 seasons, the staff guided Northern Arizona to the 10th all-time best one-year turnaround in NCAA Division I basketball history, improving the Lumberjacks to a 21-7 record in 1996-97.
Dixon completed his first stint as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii from 1992-94 under head coach Riley Wallace. In 1993-94, he helped lead the Rainbows to their first-ever WAC championship and first NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly 30 years. Dixon was also instrumental in developing the Rainbows' perimeter players, including former Phoenix Suns guard and Buffalo, N.Y. native Trevor Ruffin. In his second stint at Hawaii (1998-99), he worked with the perimeter players including Denver Nugget Predrag Savovic and concentrated on recruiting both nationally and abroad. At UC-Santa Barbara, Dixon helped lead the Gauchos to an NIT appearance in 1992.
Dixon began his coaching career in 1989 as the head coach at TeAute College in New Zealand before serving as an assistant coach from 1989-91 at Los Angeles Valley Junior College where he helped head coach Jim Stephens lead the school to a Western States Conference Championship.
A North Hollywood, Calif. native, Dixon attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif., where he earned All-Del Rey League and All-California Interscholastic Federation honors. Dixon enjoyed a successful four-year career at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas where he played for Jim Killingsworth and led the Horned Frogs to two Southwest Conference titles both as a junior and senior. He earned All-SWC honors in 1987 and was an All-SWC Academic performer. Additionally, he led the SWC in assists as a senior, earned the Henry Iba Award as MVP of the All-College Tournament and was voted TCU's Senior Male Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. He was inducted into the TCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. Dixon received his bachelor's degree in finance from TCU in 1987 and earned a master's degree in economics from UC-Santa Barbara in 1992.
Dixon was selected in the 1987 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. He went on to play professionally with the Lacrosse Catbirds of the Continental Basketball Association and also in New Zealand before getting involved with collegiate coaching.
Dixon is extremely active in the Pittsburgh community. His many charitable events and affiliations include the Caring Place, HOPE Network Hoops Classic, St. Anthony's Holy Name Father-Child Breakfast, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Boy Scouts of America. Dixon has also served as a featured speaker at a variety of community-related functions and non-profit organizations. He was honored as the YMCA's "Person of the Year" at its awards banquet in 2004.
Dixon is married to the former Jacqueline Corteway. The couple has one son, Jack Connor, born June 2, 2002, and a daughter, Shannon Iwalani, born Feb. 25, 2004. His wife earned a Masters Degree in speech language pathology at the University of Pittsburgh in 2003.
The son of New York City natives Jim and Marge, Dixon spent much of his childhood in the Bronx. He has two sisters: the late Maggie Dixon, who served as head women's basketball coach at the United States Military Academy, and Julie Dixon, who is a Los Angeles attorney.
Beginning his sixth season as the University of Pittsburgh's head men's basketball coach, Jamie Dixon has certainly made his mark on the Pitt program. Dixon, who is in his 10th year at Pitt, has compiled several coaching milestones:
*He guided Pitt to its second all-time Big East Championship title in 2008. The Panthers became just the second squad in league history to capture the crown after winning four consecutive games.
*He became the first head coach in school history to guide Pitt to five consecutive 20-win seasons, five straight 10-plus win Big East regular seasons and five straight NCAA Tournaments. Dixon has also guided Pitt to two NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances (2004 and 2007).
*His 132 career victories rank as the third most wins after five seasons as a head coach in the history of NCAA Division I college basketball.
*Concluded the 2007-08 season as the winningest coach in Big East history with a current .680 winning percentage in league games (66-31), while topping several legendary names including John Thompson, Jim Calhoun, Jim Boeheim and Lou Carnesseca.
*Guided Pitt to the Big East Championship Final in four of his first five seasons as head coach.
*Is one of only nine coaches in NCAA Division I history to win over 100 games during the first four seasons of a coaching career.
*Reached 100 wins at Pitt faster than any other head coach in school history. Dixon needed only 126 games to reach the milestone. Only 14 coaches in the history of college basketball reached 100 career victories faster than Dixon.
*Amassed a five-year 55-27 Big East regular-season record, the best mark in school history.
*Tallied an 80-10 home record in his first five seasons.
*Became the first rookie head coach in Big East history to both guide his team to the league's regular season title and earn Big East Coach of the Year honors in 2003-04. Dixon earned those accolades after leading the Panthers to their third consecutive Big East regular season title and second all-time overall Big East title, third straight NCAA Tournament "Sweet Sixteen" appearance and to a school-record 31 wins. In addition, the 31 victories rank as the third highest total in NCAA Division I history for a first-year head coach. Dixon also led Pitt on an 18-game win streak to begin the 2003-04 season, a streak which ranks as the third-best start for a rookie head coach in NCAA Division I history.
An outstanding talent evaluator who is nationally recognized for his coaching know-how, unquestioned character and integrity, recruiting skills, rapport with players and work ethic, Jamie Dixon was introduced as the University of Pittsburgh's 14th head basketball coach on April 15, 2003.
Dixon, who has spent nine seasons as both the head coach and assistant at Pitt, is a basketball coach who is intelligent, honest, confident, well-spoken and true to his word. He is a family man and complete coach who cares for his players and program to the highest degree. For Dixon, basketball is a lifestyle, not a job. He believes teamwork, defense, rebounding and taking good shots are the key ingredients to winning championships. That philosophy has paid off as Pitt consistently ranks among the nation's top defensive and rebounding squads.
Dixon's five-year head coaching tenure at Pitt has seen the Panthers compile a 132-40 record, accumulate a 55-27 Big East regular season record and earn five NCAA Tournament berths, including two Sweet Sixteen appearances in 2004 and 2007. His 132-40 slate set a school record for the best five-year start to a Pitt coaching career and his .767 career winning percentage currently stands as the best among active Big East coaches. That percentage also ranks among the nation's top-10 best current marks in NCAA Division I.
Over the past nine seasons, Dixon has been the constant and essential figure in the Panthers' dramatic rise to national prominence. The three-year span from 2001-04 produced the winningest period in school history as Pitt won three consecutive Big East regular-season titles, advanced to three straight NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances, captured the program's first-ever Big East Tournament title in 2003 and compiled one of the nation's three best winning percentages (.846 with an 88-16 record) from 2001-04 including a 51-2 home record over those three years. In addition, the program opened its sparkling, 12,508-seat Petersen Events Center, the nation's best on-campus basketball venue.
Dixon has 17 years of major NCAA Division I coaching experience, including stints at Pitt (nine years), Northern Arizona (four years), Hawaii (three years) and UC-Santa Barbara (one year). Additionally, he has served as an assistant under a school's winningest coach in four different stints (winning percentage). His teams have won 10 conference titles, advanced to the postseason in 12 different seasons and his student-athletes have earned four league player of the year awards. He helped turn destitute programs at Pitt, Hawaii and Northern Arizona into winners, has been success everywhere and has enjoyed success at several different levels.
Facing a major rebuilding project, he joined the Pitt staff in 1999 as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. In four short years, he helped turn the Pitt basketball program into a consistent national power. In 2000-01, the Panthers surged through the conference tournament, earning a surprising Big East Championship title game berth while winning five of their last seven contests. It was that year in Madison Square Garden that the college basketball world first took notice of the emerging Pitt program as the Panthers upset nationally ranked Syracuse, Notre Dame and a surging Miami team to earn the school's first-ever championship game berth. That strong finish concluded with a National Invitation Tournament berth, the school's first postseason appearance in four years.
The 2001-02 Pitt team built upon that momentum as it finished 29-6 and surpassed the school-record of 25 victories set in 1973-74. Pitt won the Big East West championship, the school's first league title of any kind since the 1987-88 campaign, and made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in nine seasons (1992-93). The squad also became the first Pitt team to advance to an NCAA Sweet Sixteen since 1973-74 with two NCAA tournament wins over Central Connecticut State and California.
With all five starters and nine letterwinners back, the 2002-03 Pitt squad captured the school's first-ever Big East Tournament championship while making its third straight appearance in the title game. It finished 28-5 on the year and advanced to its second consecutive NCAA Sweet Sixteen. The Panthers also won their second straight Big East West title and co-Big East regular-season title with a second consecutive 13-3 league record. In addition, the Panthers concluded the inaugural season in the Petersen Events Center with a perfect 16-0 home record and ended the season on a 22-game home win streak.
In his first season as head coach at Pitt (2003-04), Dixon guided the Panthers to a school-record 31-5 slate which included the Big East regular season championship, a third consecutive NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance and the program's fourth straight Big East Tournament title game appearance. He became the first rookie head coach in league history to earn both Big East Coach of the Year honors and guide his team to the regular season title. He led Pitt to a school record 27-3 regular season and its first Big East Tournament No. 1 seed in 16 years. Dixon also won the first 18 contests of his coaching career, a mark that ranks third in NCAA Division I history for most wins to begin a coaching career.
His second season as Pitt's head coach saw Dixon guide the Panthers to a school-record fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and the program's fourth consecutive 20-plus win season (20-9).
In 2005-06, Dixon guided Pitt to a fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, 25-8 record and fifth berth in the Big East Championship Final over the last six seasons. The year marked Dixon's third straight 20-win season since taking over the coaching helm.
The 2006-07 Panthers ranked among the nation's top-10 teams all season and ended with a 29-8 record. Pitt advanced to NCAA Sweet Sixteen play for the fourth time in six seasons and achieved its sixth straight 20-win overall and 10-win league year. Additionally, Dixon reached 100 career wins faster than any other coach in school history and concluded the year with 105 career wins, the second-most wins accumulated over the first four seasons of a head coaching career.
The 2007-08 season saw Dixon's Panthers overcome the incredible adversity of losing two starters (Mike Cook and Levance Fields) and four total players to serious injuries. Nevertheless, under Dixon's leadership, the undermanned Panthers continued on. Fields returned for the team's final 13 games and Pitt went on to a successful season. Pitt captured the school's second Big East Tournament title, becoming just the second team in league history to win the tourney by registering four straight wins, advanced to its seventh straight NCAA Tournament and finished 27-10 overall.
Prior to Pittsburgh, Dixon served as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii under legendary head coach Riley Wallace for the 1998-99 season and previously was an assistant under Ben Howland at Northern Arizona University (1994-98). He also coached as an assistant with Howland at the University of California-Santa Barbara (1991-92) under Jerry Pimm before moving on to the University of Hawaii for two seasons (1992-94).
While at Northern Arizona, Dixon helped lead the Lumberjacks to a 42-17 record over his last two years, including back-to-back 21-win seasons and a pair of Big Sky regular season championships. Northern Arizona led the nation for three consecutive seasons (1997-99) in 3-point field goal percentage and ranked among the nation's top two schools in overall field goal percentage during that span. In addition, Northern Arizona won 20-plus games in three consecutive seasons and advanced to postseason play two times, including the 1997 National Invitation Tournament and the school's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1998. The 1998 Lumberjack squad was one of two teams to reach the NCAA Tournament and carry a team grade point average of 3.0 or better.
Howland and Dixon arrived at Northern Arizona for the 1994-95 season. After suffering through back-to-back 9-17 and 7-19 seasons, the staff guided Northern Arizona to the 10th all-time best one-year turnaround in NCAA Division I basketball history, improving the Lumberjacks to a 21-7 record in 1996-97.
Dixon completed his first stint as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii from 1992-94 under head coach Riley Wallace. In 1993-94, he helped lead the Rainbows to their first-ever WAC championship and first NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly 30 years. Dixon was also instrumental in developing the Rainbows' perimeter players, including former Phoenix Suns guard and Buffalo, N.Y. native Trevor Ruffin. In his second stint at Hawaii (1998-99), he worked with the perimeter players including Denver Nugget Predrag Savovic and concentrated on recruiting both nationally and abroad. At UC-Santa Barbara, Dixon helped lead the Gauchos to an NIT appearance in 1992.
Dixon began his coaching career in 1989 as the head coach at TeAute College in New Zealand before serving as an assistant coach from 1989-91 at Los Angeles Valley Junior College where he helped head coach Jim Stephens lead the school to a Western States Conference Championship.
A North Hollywood, Calif. native, Dixon attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif., where he earned All-Del Rey League and All-California Interscholastic Federation honors. Dixon enjoyed a successful four-year career at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas where he played for Jim Killingsworth and led the Horned Frogs to two Southwest Conference titles both as a junior and senior. He earned All-SWC honors in 1987 and was an All-SWC Academic performer. Additionally, he led the SWC in assists as a senior, earned the Henry Iba Award as MVP of the All-College Tournament and was voted TCU's Senior Male Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. He was inducted into the TCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. Dixon received his bachelor's degree in finance from TCU in 1987 and earned a master's degree in economics from UC-Santa Barbara in 1992.
Dixon was selected in the 1987 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. He went on to play professionally with the Lacrosse Catbirds of the Continental Basketball Association and also in New Zealand before getting involved with collegiate coaching.
Dixon is extremely active in the Pittsburgh community. His many charitable events and affiliations include the Caring Place, HOPE Network Hoops Classic, St. Anthony's Holy Name Father-Child Breakfast, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Boy Scouts of America. Dixon has also served as a featured speaker at a variety of community-related functions and non-profit organizations. He was honored as the YMCA's "Person of the Year" at its awards banquet in 2004.
Dixon is married to the former Jacqueline Corteway. The couple has one son, Jack Connor, born June 2, 2002, and a daughter, Shannon Iwalani, born Feb. 25, 2004. His wife earned a Masters Degree in speech language pathology at the University of Pittsburgh in 2003.
The son of New York City natives Jim and Marge, Dixon spent much of his childhood in the Bronx. He has two sisters: the late Maggie Dixon, who served as head women's basketball coach at the United States Military Academy, and Julie Dixon, who is a Los Angeles attorney.
UCONN's 2009 NCAA Tournament to date.
UCONN 29-4 #1 Seed in West Region.
Thurday Mar 19 Chattanooga W 103-47 (third-largest margin of victory in NCAA tournament history).
Sataturday Mar 21 Texas A&M W 92-66
Thursday Mar 26 at (17) Purdue TBA (Glendale Az.)
Assuming the Huskies get by Purdue they are looking at a showdown vs Memphis (if they beat Marquette vs Missouri winner) on Saturday March 28th in Glendale Arizona for a trip to Detroit and a possible semi-final showdown against midwest top seed Louisville on Sat. April 4th.
The loss of Jerome Dyson at the tail end of this year's regular season has many people thinking the Huskies have no shot but Calhoun has made the adjustments needed to play without the 3 point threat.
No one has an answer for of Hasheem Thabeet unless it's the refs and A.J. Pierce has to step up beyond the arc for UCONN to beat Memphis and then most likely Louisville. Tough row to hoe you bet, doable you bet. Do not count this team out. Purdue is another Texas A and M and will fall next Thursday as will Siena today vs Louisville.
The Huskies can only face Pitt in the final on April 6th. if all the stars fall into place.
Naturally like in all things time will tell...
wil.
PS. I am not a UCONN fan but my favorite CBB teams Boston College and Notre Dame both reek this year.
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UCONN 29-4 #1 Seed in West Region.
Thurday Mar 19 Chattanooga W 103-47 (third-largest margin of victory in NCAA tournament history).
Sataturday Mar 21 Texas A&M W 92-66
Thursday Mar 26 at (17) Purdue TBA (Glendale Az.)
Assuming the Huskies get by Purdue they are looking at a showdown vs Memphis (if they beat Marquette vs Missouri winner) on Saturday March 28th in Glendale Arizona for a trip to Detroit and a possible semi-final showdown against midwest top seed Louisville on Sat. April 4th.
The loss of Jerome Dyson at the tail end of this year's regular season has many people thinking the Huskies have no shot but Calhoun has made the adjustments needed to play without the 3 point threat.
No one has an answer for of Hasheem Thabeet unless it's the refs and A.J. Pierce has to step up beyond the arc for UCONN to beat Memphis and then most likely Louisville. Tough row to hoe you bet, doable you bet. Do not count this team out. Purdue is another Texas A and M and will fall next Thursday as will Siena today vs Louisville.
The Huskies can only face Pitt in the final on April 6th. if all the stars fall into place.
Naturally like in all things time will tell...
wil.
PS. I am not a UCONN fan but my favorite CBB teams Boston College and Notre Dame both reek this year.
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UConn has been disrespected and overlooked, 'I like it". Too bad so many people have to lose money fading them though.
Dixon is a very good coach, I can't disrespect the man.
Huskies have to back into the National title talk. If not, Thank you.
Dixon is a very good coach, I can't disrespect the man.
Huskies have to back into the National title talk. If not, Thank you.
