Alltime Uconn starting lineup

[J187Money]

All great stuff. But any team has to have Rashad coming off the bench.

 

[CTBasketball]

Not your favorite players CT, the All Time team. No way can anyone take Jeff ahead of Donyell ever. And Bazz and Kemba were great but can't have both…………but that is much more realistic than Jeff over any of the list that includes Yell, Caron, Corny, Freeman, Cliffy…………love what he's done but didn't do it quite like any of those guys…………..

But like everyone said, man it's tough to pick all time as a Husky fan, nearly impossible to have everyone nearly on the same page.

I would have Jeff in there solely for being the bruiser. I think every team needs one, except the 2014 Nat'l Champs lol!

 

[JaYnYcE]

Napier
Walker
Hamilton
Donyell Marshall
Okafor

That lineup has 5 rings and 4 players who were the stars of their respective championship run.

 

[mauconnfan]

I would have Jeff in there solely for being the bruiser. I think every team needs one, except the 2014 Nat'l Champs lol!

I'll give you that but throw the bruiser out in a second for a 23 and 10 guy who is also the national defensive player of the year………no need to bruise anything but the other teams ego's with 'Yell out there!

 

[mauconnfan]

I think it's hard to even make a 10 man "First" team these days……

I will just plead the 5th and say I'm lucky to be a Husky fan!!

 

[CTBasketball]

I'll give you that but throw the bruiser out in a second for a 23 and 10 guy who is also the national defensive player of the year………no need to bruise anything but the other teams ego's with 'Yell out there!

I agree. And with your later post. Its so damn hard to make these teams because you always leave a good 50 guys out. Chances are those guys would be any old school's best player of all-time.

I don't want to say we're fortunate, because we make our own success.

 

[RayRay19]

This is insane now...wow...

 

[TheRogers]

First Team
PG Kemba
SG Ray
SF Rip
PF Caron
C Okafor

Second Team
PG Bazz
SG Ben
SF Rudy
PF Nadav
C Cliffy

 

[TheRogers]

Wait......

Change Nadav with Donyell......

 

[Tk79]

The awesome thing about this is...you can pick any starting five you want, and I can pick a second team that would be competitive. That's called sustained excellence!

 

[Brochacho]

I would love to see:

Shabazz, Allen, Caron, Adrien, Okafor vs Kemba, Gordon, Rip, Donyell, Thabeet

Would be a lot of fun.

 

[Calhoun's Court]

Can't we just put Ray at the 3, Rip at the 4, and play small ball ?
1- Bazz
2- Kemba
3- Ray
4- Rip
5- Emeka

Small ball worked for us in the tourney

This is the all time line up.

 

[Incursio007]

PG: Kemba- leadership and heart personified
SG: Ray- top 10 SG all time and IMO best shooter ever
SF: Caron- tough juice, decent shooting stroke and great athleticism
PF: Cliff- stretch four with great length
C: Emeka- Smart, athletic, great defender and good with back to the basket
6th Man- Rip Hamilton- great at running off screens, great midrange game

Ton of great players that have come through Storrs

 

[SkyWalker2011]

If we're talking about all time greats, these guys need to be on that team.

 

[UConnSwag11]

If we're talking about all time greats, these guys need to be on that team.

lol i could definitely see that their faces, more-so kemba lol

 

[Husky999]

NO AJP in any of this? I think he's 3rd… just behind Kemba and Bazz and a notch above KEA. Might have been the all time greatest had he not had the medical and legal setbacks.

 

[UConnDad]

I would love to see:

Shabazz, Allen, Caron, Adrien, Okafor vs Kemba, Gordon, Rip, Donyell, Thabeet

Would be a lot of fun.

Well in August at Mohegan Sun maybe you can!

 

[dante]

1. Bazz
2. Kemba
3. Rip
4. Okafor
5. Thabeet


how don't know how some of you guys have bazz the best husky ever out of the starting line up

 

[tzznandrew]

1. Bazz
2. Kemba
3. Rip
4. Okafor
5. Thabeet


how don't know how some of you guys have bazz the best husky ever out of the starting line up

Career vs. individual season. If he is the best Husky ever, that's certainly only on career level. No offense to him indended, because he had a great season, but Rip (99), Okafor (04), Donyell (94), Kemba (11), and Ray (95, 96), all had individual better seasons, IMO. And that's why, if I'm making a starting line up, I'm going with those four, with Bazz the first off the bench.

We won a title doing that, so I'm not too worried.

 

[JaYnYcE]

for anyone who has the nerve to leave Shabazz off their all time starting 5, remember this: dude stuck with the program for four years, won the Bob Cousy award and was our leading rebounder as a guard!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-2013-14-grades-after-national-title-game-win

 

[dante]

Career vs. individual season. If he is the best Husky ever, that's certainly only on career level. No offense to him indended, because he had a great season, but Rip (99), Okafor (04), Donyell (94), Kemba (11), and Ray (95, 96), all had individual better seasons, IMO. And that's why, if I'm making a starting line up, I'm going with those four, with Bazz the first off the bench.

I can't agree on that ray had better season then bazz? let's not forget that bazz lead the team in leadership, rebounding, points, assists, steals you name it and the only thing ray did was score.
And in IMO thats what seperates bazz and kemba from the rest..

 

[tzznandrew]

I can't agree on that ray had better season then bazz? let's not forget that bazz lead the team in leadership, rebounding, points, assists, steals you name it and the only thing ray did was score.
And in IMO thats what seperates bazz and kemba from the rest..

We'll just disagree on this. His 1996 team played at a fast pace (averaged 82.6 ppg), and yet held opponents to only 64.7 ppg--good for 33rd in the nation...not adjusting for pace. The team could play D, and that meant some of it fell on Ray. Was he a star on D? No.

But he averaged 23.4 ppg while shooting 47% from the field, and 46% from 3. Also, add in that he averaged 6.5 rebounds per game (second on the team) and 3.5 apg, despite playing next to Doron Sheffer. He was also second on the team in steals, right behind Sheffer. So he was first or second on the team in all those categories. That season is unreal.

He did have a better individual season than Shabazz...but I'll give Shabazz the better career with 2 titles to go with the first team AA.

 

[UC Billy]

I know it was a different era but can you imagine if there was a 3 point line back when Wes Bialosuknia played for the Huskies
He was one of the best pure shooters the Huskies ever had. He lit up the old Fieldhouse and averaged 23.6 PPG without the 3 point line. He also played with Toby Kimball and I believe Bill Holowaty. Some great basketball back then in the Yankee Conference.

 

[Scoe]

This list was freaking hard before Kemba and Shabazz now holy dog , just have fun with it.

 

[champs99and04]

1. Shabazz
2. Kemba
3. Caron
4. Donyell
5. Emeka

It seems absurd to leave out Ray and Rip, but Shabazz, Kemba, Caron, and Emeka are four of the best two-way players to ever come through this program, and at the four, I don't see how you can't have Donyell.