Tag: sports

Ho Hum, Jays beat Uconn, again.

On By @gtmoblueIn Basketball 365, college basketball 365

Down goes AP/Coaches #1 team.

https://twitter.com/BluejayMBB/status/1760511469966307342/video/1

Ahh yes, UConn. (stretch n yawn). The Connecticut Huskies men’s basketball team arrived in the Big O 3 days ago – for the tilt on February 20, 2024; their annual beat down at the CHICO.

Since Connecticut’s return to the Big East – lil Creighton has “owned” the Huskies! Creighton sports a 7-2 overall record (includes this game) versus UConn. The Jays are unblemished @ 4-0 @CHICO (includes this game), a foregone conclusion.

Again, the 15th ranked Bluejays put a routine spanking on the #1 ranked Huskies, in typical lil Creighton fashion (in Bristol Fashion)! Had any other of this seasons previous #1 teams played us – we’d probably have choked. But with Connecticut as the top team, a Jays victory was a ‘lock’.


The hoardes of Storrs – as elitist, arrogant, & self righteous as they are, cannot fathom and are ballistically enfuriated, that their ‘mighty’ Huskies get routinely whupped by lil Creighton. They still perceive the Jays as a mid major school. lol.

This latest triumph (Feb 20th, 2024) has a bit of flair, as this UConn team came to the CHICO rated as the unanimous #1 team in college basketball.

As usual, they left Omaha with another “L” hung around their necks. Coach Hurley threatening to “knock out” the jeering kids in the students’ section. Way to go, Dannyboy!

Aside from being another routine whipping of the UConn team, the game had significance as the Jays 1st win over a number one team, in 7 all time tries. It was also Mac’s personal 1st win over a #1 team, in 8 tries. Coach also notched his 600th win of his career with the win.


Another good day for the hilltop. A tip o’ the hat to ya Storrs!




#RollDamnJays

PS: The 21st ranked women’s Jays lost unfortunately, to #15 UConn women’s team.

My Favorite Hoops Coach

On By @gtmoblueIn college basketball 365

Iona Basketball’s HC Tobin Anderson

U da Man, Coach!

I’ve been following Coach Tobin Anderson for years. I made a sarcastic joke (2016-18 or so) referring to a Big East team losing to a lowly Div 2 team…I randomly used St Thomas Aquinas College’s team as the opponent. Later, upon looking up the STAC Spartans program, from Sparkill, NY.; I realized i had made a grave error. STAC is a Division 2 Hoops powerhouse school…and probably could beat several Divison 1 schools. The Spartans, at that time, were coached by none other than HC Tobin Anderson, Iowa’s Own!  I followed both STAC and Coach Anderson ever since!

Tobin Anderson Love??? :o  Yes Sir! Da Lub comes from his consistently coaching up his teams at each level. Bringing a hard-nosed, defense 1st style of play to his teams. He learned from his Dad…a longtime successful HS coach in Truro, Iowa! His tenacity and instilling a winning culture at each of his career stops. Coach is a proven winner at 2 Div levels, and soon to be all three levels. He has a 14-8 NCAA Tourney record, Including 1-EE, 3-SS, 2-2nd Rounds, 2-1st Rounds, And 1-NCAA Play-in win (Dayton).

Past Success is not an accurate predictor of future performance. Although, we often/normally judge coaching proficiency and/or greatness by these very same measures when looking retrospectively…don’t we. DePaul can (and probably will) do far worse than my guy – Coach Tobin Anderson.

Coaching Stats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_And … ing_record

History: Coach has a 22 year history at NCAA level coaching. Coach Anderson has 11 years Div 3, 9 years at Div 2, and now 1+ years at Div 1. He is a proven winner at each level. Coach Anderson has tallied 8 onference championships, 4 2nd place finishes, (12) over his 22 year coaching history. His teams have earned 8 NCAA Tourney bids (not including the cancelled 2020 tourney), at 3 levels. He has amassed a 14-8 NCAA Tourney record overall.

Coaching Record: 

Overall: 421–215 (.662), 22 years.

Div 1: 27–24 (.529) 1+ years.

Farleigh Dickenson (NEC) 21–16 (.568);                             Iona Metro Atlantic (MAAC) 6–8 (.429)                              1 NCAA Div 1 Tourney (FDU) – 2nd Round (2-1*) *Play-in Round at Dayton.

Div 2: 209–62 (.771) 5 East Coast Conf. (ECC) Championships, 3 2nd Place, 1 5th place. 6 NCAA Div 2 Tourneys (7 if you count cancelled 2020 season)
1 EE, 3 other SS’s, 1 2nd round, 1 1st Round, 1 Cancelled 2020 Tourney.

Div 3: 185–129 (.589) 3 Liberty League Championships and 1 NCAA Div 3 Tourney – 2nd Round

Yes Sir…ol’ git is sold on Coach Anderson. Quiet as it’s kept, I’d like to see him wearing lil’ Creighton Gear, once ol’ Mac retires. Just sayin’. He should be a top candidate for most upcoming Division 1 coaching vacancies. (DePaul, others.)

PS: On Holyland of Hoops: Old Dash’s 2019 predictions (1st post of this thread) was a wee bit off. Looks as though Cincy, Houston, and UCF dodged bullets in 2023, huh.
gtmo