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Ten Years Ago Tomorrow Mike Jensen Cemented His Place In Our Hearts Forever

dnc
dnc Member Posts: 56,855
edited October 29 in Hardcore Husky Board
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueq6iE1b4u4&t=93m43s

(Edit: Fuck, it's not going to the spot it's supposed to, advance to 1 hour, 33 minutes and 43 seconds to see history)

I'll never forget that night for a number of reasons. Romar gonna Romar. ONIONS! Spotty at best officiating. alluconnallhuskies getting banninated because of Jensen's grandparents. WhiskeyDawg giving me my first delicious taste of Citrus.

I can't believe it's been a decade. Fuck I'm getting old.

But given that it's been ten years, I think it's fair to evaluate the state of the UW program since that game. Here's what we? have accomplished in that time frame:

Made the NCAA tournament 3 times (30%)
Won four tournament games (one every two and a half years)
Made the Sweet 16 once (10% of the time)
Made the NIT three times
Won four NIT games
Made the CBI once
Had no postseason 3 times
FInished in the following spots in the Pac: 7th, 8th, 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 1st, t-6th, t-9th, 11th, 8th. For an average conference finish of 5.8 (5 of those years the Pac had 10 teams and five the Pac had 12, so an average finish of 5.8 out of 11).
Conference record in that time period: 97-83 (53.9 percent)
First round NBA picks 5+* (Hawes, Pondexter, Wroten, Ross, Wilcox, plus Chriss almost assuredly and Murray most likely)
Second round NBA picks* 2 (Brockman and Thomas)


But most of that's basically peripheral. What really matters is we have 3 NCAAs and one Sweet 16 in 10 years.

Bob Bender coached UW for nine years. He made the NCAA tournament twice, the Sweet 16 once, and the NIT twice.

The next time someone tells you we can't fire Romar because UW hoops was so shitty before Romar got here, tell them they're right, it was so shitty before Romar, but the last ten years of the Romar era is an ever so small improvement over the Bender era.

If the Bender era was "so shitty", then the Romar era is shitty, at best.

#FireRomar






*Not counting Roy (first) or Jones (second) who were technically drafted three months after that game but never played another game for UW.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,553 Founders Club
    It seems like longer than 10 years ago to me
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  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,566
    UWhuskytskeet said:

    Fuck that game. I can't watch past 1:28:10. If Jamaal fucking Williams hits a three to put you up 6 with under two to go, you should win the fucking game.

    Jensen's foul was the closest I've been to shaking and vomiting in real life. Watching Northern Iowa choke last weekend triggered my PTSD.

    I know you're being sarcastic, but Northern Iowa's collapse was the equivalent of 4 Jensen and 1 fouls in a 30 second span.
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  • Doogles
    Doogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,795 Founders Club
    It hurts even more knowing George Mason was waiting in the elite 8.

    That would have been the biggest gimme opportunity to make the Final Four this program would likely ever see.
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  • UWhuskytskeet
    UWhuskytskeet Member Posts: 7,113
    edited March 2016
    greenblood said:

    UWhuskytskeet said:

    Fuck that game. I can't watch past 1:28:10. If Jamaal fucking Williams hits a three to put you up 6 with under two to go, you should win the fucking game.

    Jensen's foul was the closest I've been to shaking and vomiting in real life. Watching Northern Iowa choke last weekend triggered my PTSD.

    I know you're being sarcastic, but Northern Iowa's collapse was the equivalent of 4 Jensen and 1 fouls in a 30 second span.
    Oh I know their loss was way worse, it was just a shitty reminder of that game.
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  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,425
    Still remember exactly where I was when that 3 went in. That was ten years ago? Jesus fuck.
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,773
    Stop calling him Romar and just call him Toby...

    You make me sick. Go attend a Trump rally.
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,545 Standard Supporter
    11 years of beyond FS coaching. Up 3 and lose. Christ.

    #justfoul.

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