Buzz and UConn Student Section?

[Aughnanure]

Rumor going around Twitter and UConn message board that Buzz was "taunting" or "egging on" the UConn student section at the end of the game.

http://twitter.com/#!/search/buzz%20williams%20student

http://the-boneyard.com/threads/buzz-williams-student-section.13817/

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=415&f=2850&t=8715557

[GGGG]

Heh...that's pretty funny.

I love the justification on that board..."Hey we can act like morons because we are young.  He is older and makes a lot of money so he should have to just take it."  Really?

It's not like he was getting in fights or going back and forth...if he said anything, it was one line.   I have no problem with it.

[PVMagic]

They seem pretty certain we'll go home on the first weekend.  I guess kicking their ass on their floor didn't impress them.

Based on those posts (most from what they heard from their brother's coworker's stepsister's 2nd cousin, or this Emily Noonan chick, who I'm assuming is the blonde w/ the perm), Buzz "clapped towards the student section and said 'What's up (possibly with a 'now')".  You'd think, given the behavior of their students on national TV all day that that wouldn't phase them.

[LON]

I'm sure the students were being very cordial and giving him suggestions about where he could get a postgame snack since they think he's too thin.  They're just hoping it's not cancer.

[real chili 83]

:-\They are upset because our BBQ is better than their bbq] 

[mu_hilltopper]

Heh...that's pretty funny.

I love the justification on that board..."Hey we can act like morons because we are young.  He is older and makes a lot of money so he should have to just take it."  Really?

It's not like he was getting in fights or going back and forth...if he said anything, it was one line.   I have no problem with it.

This.

Frankly, with Buzz's concentration on the game, numbers, paint touches, turkeys, whistle blows, minutes until the next practice .. I'm surprised he'd even notice a student section.

In conclusion .. Must suck for UConn to have MU own them on their home court, 3 years running.  Gotta have a villain.   

[Dr. Blackheart]

If they were offended by a clap and a "what's up?", they must have  called  in the World Court for Huggy or when CTC visited with his caffeine induced clapping fits.  Thank goodness Bo Ucker Ryan doesn't visit Storrs or the state would come to a complete halt.  This screams:  Owned

[Hoopaloop]

Heh...that's pretty funny.

I love the justification on that board..."Hey we can act like morons because we are young.  He is older and makes a lot of money so he should have to just take it."  Really?

It's not like he was getting in fights or going back and forth...if he said anything, it was one line.   I have no problem with it.

No problem with it either, but let's not paint their whole board that way either.  We do that too much here. Some of their posters stated the comments you mentioned, but there were also some calling out their fanbase and student section as morons themselves.

Too often here we take comments from just a handful of other boards and then we paint it as if that is their entire fanbase.  Dimes is famous for this after an IU loss.  When Wisconsin loses we have the obligatory threads that do the same thing.  Then others get all out of whack when some of our moronic posts end up on our rival sites and we say it's only a few bad eggs here. 

[T-Bone]

It did seem like every time they showed the UConn student section, you could read their lips and see an expletive coming out of their mouths.  I doubt it was constant, but the camera work sure made it look like it was constant.

[mileskishnish72]

If you follow the links they are denigrating us because we have jr. college transfers - you'd think Chico's was on their board.

[GGGG]

If you follow the links they are denigrating us because we have jr. college transfers - you'd think Chico's was on their board.

I think its pretty funny that they would all of the sudden be so snobish about academics.

[chapman]

Well, with Pitt leaving soon we could use more of a rival to take their place so I guess it's a good thing we're hating UConn more by the day.  Jucos?  Well, our academics aren't so crappy we were banned from the NCAAs.  A clap and "What's up now"?  Better than the student section looking like a trailer park the entire game.

[4everwarriors]

What's up with UConn? They're no better than middle of the road academically.

[karavotsos]

I like how they hold up Calhoun as a model of decorum.  That dude would dress down a reporter at the drop of a hat.

[MU B2002]

That Boneyard thread is hilarious.  They think Buzz makes "like a million a year."  C'mon now.  And the story went from him clapping and saying "What's up" to him yelling profanity. 

[Skatastrophy]

Meh, how many times has Pitino yelled at MU's student section?  It happens.  D1 coaches are in the position they're in because they're passionate.

At least our coach bothers to show up to our games.

[AZWarrior]

:-\They are upset because our BBQ is better than their bbq] 

So is our chili.  Way better.   

[🏀]

At least our coach bothers to show up to our games.

When the going gets tough, Jim Calhoun gets sick or has a funeral or...

[Coleman]

[4everwarriors]

Absolutely phenomenal game to have attended. Didn't lead at all 'til Maurice hit the buzzer beater, 18 footer, left of the key.

[Coleman]

My point is that AL clearly didn't have a problem addressing the fans. So I don't have a problem with Buzz doing it either.

[Benny B]

AMEN.

Edit: doesn't this conversation belong in the "Buzz channels Al" thread?

[4everwarriors]

My point is that AL clearly didn't have a problem addressing the fans. So I don't have a problem with Buzz doing it either.

Vic, the game depicted was at the Arena. Do remember ND students throwing stuff at the MU entourage as they walked, victoriously, to the locker room at the Joyce Center.

[Coleman]

Ah. My bad. I thought was against UW. Perhaps I'm mistaken.

[We R Final Four]

That pic is from the UW game.  Mr. Hughes.