Episode 6 - The Season Tips Off

02/26/23 • 24 min

The 1989-90 UConn men's basketball season gets underway with a trip to Anchorage, Alaska for the Great Alaska Shootout. Episode 6 of the Dream Season Podcast covers the three game in Alaska, as well as home games against Yale and Howard.
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UConn's Dream Season: An Oral History - Episode 6 - The Season Tips Off

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Hi and welcome to The Dream Season Podcast, an oral history of the 1989-90 UConn men’s basketball season, also known as, The Dream Season.

This Episode 6, The Season Tips Off

On Tuesday, November 21, 1989, the UConn Huskies boarded a plane at Bradley International Airport, with a final destination of Anchorage, Alaska, to participate in the Great Alaska Shootout.

The Great Alaska Shootout was one of three early seas