{"id":149067,"date":"2019-04-26T08:02:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T12:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=149067"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:01:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:01:47","slug":"oozeball-thirty-six-years-getting-dirty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/04\/oozeball-thirty-six-years-getting-dirty\/","title":{"rendered":"Oozeball: Thirty-six Years of Getting Dirty"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, April 27, UConn students, faculty, staff, and alumni will gather on a North Campus playing field to enact one of the University\u2019s most beloved \u2013 and certainly its muddiest \u2013 traditions: Oozeball.<\/p>\n

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Without traditions, UConn probably wouldn\u2019t be as good a place as it is today. — Bryan Kirby<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Started by students in 1984 and played every spring since, the tournament has won its share of plaudits, with Sports Illustrated<\/em> proclaiming it the best mud volleyball game in the country in a 2004 issue devoted to college sports.<\/p>\n

But what keeps the game alive is its connection to the UConn community as an activity that spans generations of students, according to Bryan Kirby, president of the Student Alumni Association, the group that organizes the event every year.<\/p>\n

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