No offense to this year’s team but I think 2004 beats any other team in UConn history
No way. You think Calhoun would start freshman Josh Boone over junior Adama Sanogo?None of them would even start on the 2004 team.
This was our best center duo of all-time.Better than 2004??
Sanogo
Karaban
Jackson
Clingan.
This was the foundation of the team.
.This was our best center duo of all-time.
Yeah, I think this is the argument to be made. Having the two of them effectively removed any foul trouble or fatigue from the equation, while also presenting wildly different skillsets for opponents to have to adjust to.This was our best center duo of all-time.
People forget how stacked 2004 was. Okafor, Boone, Villanueva and Armstrong. All played in the NBA.
All those guys on 2004 were 6'10" or above. Teams don't have size like that today.But, a lot of guys on this year's team will play in the NBA (including all of Sanogo, Clingan, Karaban, and Jackson).
So that doesn't help us choose between 2004 and 2023. Both great frontcourts.
They don’t beat 1999 UConnNo offense to this year’s team but I think 2004 beats any other team in UConn history
No offense to this year’s team but I think 2004 beats any other team in UConn history
They don’t beat 1999 UConn
Okafor, Armstrong, Boone and Villanueva! You can't possibly go with them if you're seriousI’ve been thinking about this a lot …. which is really saying something because 04 was ridiculous with Okafor, Boone, Villanueva, Armstrong …. all of these guys played at least 5 years in the NBA.
With that said, Sanogo, Clingan, Karaban and Jackson is significantly more versatile with all of these guys being very different types of players. None of the 04 guys were reliable ball handlers, or were 3 level scorers like karaban (villanueva was close but i don’t recall him being able to beat people off the dribble) or were elite perimeter defenders like Jackson is.
Candidly, if given the choice of the 04 front line or 23, i really don’t know which one I would take.