As a New Englander I was cheering for UConn, good for them! Meanwhile Tony Massaroti of Boston’s 98.5 the Sports Hub was cheering for UConn to lose both games:
(CBS Boston):”Marc Bertrand opened the conversation stating how wonderful this tournament has been from start to finish, which led Mazz into a tangent about his hatred for UConn and all things Nutmeg State.
“Just because I’m in New England doesn’t mean I have to root for Connecticut, which isn’t part of New England anyway as we all know. Tonight and tomorrow night I hope Connecticut goes down like a pack of wild boars. I hope they lose both — the men and the women,” said Mazz. “I hope they get smoked by Kentucky in this game.
“I’m not a UConn person. It’s partly the state, it’s partly the school. I’ve got a predisposition against the state to begin with. They allege themselves to be New Englanders but they’re really not. They’re more like New Yorkers, and they’re snobby to begin with....”