Yeah up to interpretation of the voter.Spencer was the most consistently impactful.
Newton most impactful in the biggest games/moments.
Clingan the most important in “remove from lineup” situations, i.e. most impactful presence.
Karaban and Castle most important intangibly, matchups, glue factors, etc.
Long rant to say I guess it depends on your qualifications for “best.” I have no real answer. I’m closer to an answer to favorite but that’s just about as hard to decide.
Yeah up to interpretation of the voter.
Could be "guy you'd start a team with" or "guy who'd get picked first at the playground" or yeah "most impactful on the court" or whatever you want.
That's what made this team so great. If you are an opponent of UConn and you have a shutdown/lockdown defender on the perimeter, like a Devin Carter, who do you put him on? Take your pick, but the other 4 will still do well and even the player Carter is on will make the proper passes and keep the offense humming.The entire strength of this team was we had a different best player every night.
That's a really good point. It's easy to get mesmerized by 37 points but he went super quiet during a pivotal stretch of the game. Also he is not nearly as intimidating as Clingan on the defensive end despite being 7'4".You could certainly go with Tristen or Cam but our most devastating player is Clingan...
Everything changed for our defense when he came back from injury and he was even more devastating in the Big East tournament and NCAA tournament where teams wouldn't even look at the rim...
As for last night, Edey was playing out of his butt and cooking Clingan early on but Clingan dealing with Edey 1 on 1 the whole game allowed us to completely lock up the best three point shooting team in the country, they couldn't even get shots off because Clingan's single coverage allowed our big guards to blanket Purdue. Clingan also figured Edey out and winded him for the bulk of that game when UConn took over, Edey was great early and then had a ton of points in garbage time but he disappeared for a long stretch when UConn took the game over. The score was 26-25 UConn when Edey made a layup and then he went around 13.5 minutes without a field goal.
That's a really good point. It's easy to get mesmerized by 37 points but he went super quiet during a pivotal stretch of the game. Also he is not nearly as intimidating as Clingan on the defensive end despite being 7'4".
Lastly, I'll give you your flowers. The entire season you said we'd beat Purdue like a drum in the exact way in went down. Props.