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24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booing

PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 11:24 pm
by PonyPride
24 hours before AAC final and already UConn & SMU fans booing

By BILL NICHOLS
Staff Writer

HARTFORD, Conn. — Early arriving Connecticut fans paid respect to SMU as the Mustangs closed out Temple in Saturday’s first semifinal.

They serenaded point guard Nic Moore, the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, with chants of “Over-rated.” Moore smiled and gave them a wave.

Then they booed the Mustangs as they left the XL Center court after their 69-56 victory.

A contingent of SMU fans, including the band, then booed the Huskies when they came out for warm-ups before playing Tulsa.

SMU and UConn will meet in Sunday’s title game at 2:15 p.m. (ESPN).

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Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 11:48 pm
by coloradoStang
good rivalry starting

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 11:55 pm
by LA_Mustang
Love it!

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:15 am
by ponyscott
Reigning National Champs calling us over rated?....love it...who would have thunk it?

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 5:48 am
by Lebanese4Life
how far we've come

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:45 am
by pwnyxpress
The rock fight we were promised earlier?

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:46 am
by ojaipony
It helps that Ollie and LB have a history - good storyline.

I hope LB doesn't ease up - not to be a conspiracy theorist but I could see it for 2 reasons: 1 - would help his buddy and the conference and 2 - there is a history of teams losing their conf championship game and then making a very deep run in the big dance (also a great teaching moment and he loves those).

Just sayin :-)

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:11 am
by lollaperuna
No way Larry eases up. We are the better team and I think we win today.

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:23 am
by sadderbudweiser
LB ease up. You kidding?

NIT....NIT....NIT.

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:47 am
by Pony ^
Would be perfect to keep them out of the tourney

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:58 am
by Hoop Fan
i'm thinking uconn fans did us a serious favor by chanting overrated at Nic. i'll be surprised if he is not on fire in the second half today.

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:03 am
by Pony81
And Nic handles it perfectly. Just a smile and a wave. He will bring it. I love Nic's demeanor this year. PlYs hard, in control of his emotions no matter the situation. A real leader.

Games like these are why these top recruits came to SMU. They had confidence LB and his staff would get them into games like this. I think they will play hard and will be fresher than UCONN.

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:33 am
by sadderbudweiser
Hoop Fan wrote:i'm thinking uconn fans did us a serious favor by chanting overrated at Nic. i'll be surprised if he is not on fire in the second half today.



Correction: from the opening tip. We need 40 minutes of Nickdom.

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:59 am
by mustang1992
sadderbudweiser wrote:
Hoop Fan wrote:i'm thinking uconn fans did us a serious favor by chanting overrated at Nic. i'll be surprised if he is not on fire in the second half today.



Correction: from the opening tip. We need 40 minutes of Nickdom.


This
Keep rolling Stangs!
They have been beaten in the XL center once this year, let's hand them #2!

Re: 24 hours before AAC final: already UConn & SMU fans booi

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:52 am
by SMU89
Going to be nuts....not many seats on sh and pricing high.
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