Thirty years ago UConn enjoyed its breakthrough onto the national stage, emerging as a contender in the Big East and laying the groundwork for all of the championships that followed. That 1990 "Dream Season" team won the program's first Big East championship and eventually reached the Elite Eight, and during that run the program also enjoyed another breakthrough, opening its brand new, state of the art on-campus facility that we all know and love to this day, Gampel Pavilion.

Former UConn great Chris Smith, the program's all-time leading scorer and a member of the 1990 UConn men's basketball team, joins the show once again to talk about the first game ever played at Gampel, a thrilling 72-58 win over No. 15 ranked St. John's. He shares his memories from the day, helps break down the back-and-forth action and offers his thoughts on that year's team as well how this year's Huskies have looked through the first three games.

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Podcast artwork courtesy of Jon Kulakofsky/The Daily Campus 2014.

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