Amida Brimah's Legacy

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Let's get this straight-Amida Brimah was a 3 star recruit who was never built to be a physical beast of a center.
Despite having only played basketball for a handful of years (I believe?), being a mostly one-dimensional player, and us having a seemingly sub-par development system for big men at UConn, he was a great husky.

10, 20 years from now, when I think of Amida Brimah I will think of his basket against St. Joe's, alley-oops from Daniel Hamilton, the times when he blocks 2 or 3 shots in one possession, and running across the court holding the "UCONN" on his shirt after winning the national championship before falling over.
^Because that's all that really matters.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Let's get this straight-Amida Brimah was a 3 star recruit who was never built to be a physical beast of a center.
Despite having only played basketball for a handful of years (I believe?), being a mostly one-dimensional player, and us having a seemingly sub-par development system for big men at UConn, he was a great husky.

10, 20 years from now, when I think of Amida Brimah I will think of his basket against St. Joe's, alley-oops from Daniel Hamilton, the times when he blocks 2 or 3 shots in one possession, and running across the court holding the "UCONN" on his shirt after winning the national championship before falling over.
^Because that's all that really matters.

That's cute and all, but he still won't be remembered as a good basketball player.

 

[champs99and04]

Great defensive centers get rebounds, a lot of them.

1. That's not necessarily true

2. I never said he was great, I said occasionally great

 

[imno1]

I've wondered for a while now about some of our players off season training program and dedication to really getting better. We hear very little about what they do and I can't fault someone for wanting to enjoy their summer vacations but was Amida working on post moves and other bb related skills 4-5 hours per day? I don't question his passion when he plays but I do wonder if he prepared himself to the best of his abilities during his 4 years here.

 

[JSM1970]

His legacy is 2-fold:

1) he made the great Fros St Joe's play
2) made next to zero improvement in his next 3 years and still have a basketball IQ in negative #s

 

[UConn990411]

Brimah is a good role player whose deficiencies would've been better hidden on better UConn teams.

I think there were two main reasons he underachieved as a player:

1) He was never quite the talent people on here considered him to be. I remember people on here projecting that he'd leave after his junior year before he even had one dependable offensive move (a hook shot, a 15-foot jumper - anything).

2) He simply never developed up to his potential. Sometimes that happens with college kids, or even pros for that matter.

But he still made arguably the biggest play of the NCAA tourney en route to UConn winning its fourth national title. No, Brimah is not among the best centers in UConn history, but if you want to talk about his legacy, it starts there.

 

[ctchamps]

Brimah is a good role player whose deficiencies would've been better hidden on better UConn teams.

I think there were two main reasons he underachieved as a player:

1) He was never quite the talent people on here considered him to be. I remember people on here projecting that he'd leave after his junior year before he even had one dependable offensive move (a hook shot, a 15-foot jumper - anything).

2) He simply never developed up to his potential. Sometimes that happens with college kids, or even pros for that matter.

But he still made arguably the biggest play of the NCAA tourney en route to UConn winning its fourth national title. No, Brimah is not among the best centers in UConn history, but if you want to talk about his legacy, it starts there.

Sometimes the legacy of a program is highly dependent on significant plays from players whose statistics are never going to stand out.

Souleymane Wane and Amidah Brimah for critical plays on the most important stage and Tyler Olander who gave us 2>1.

 

[ctchamps]

Great defensive centers get rebounds, a lot of them.

He's actually improved year over year in rebounding.
YEAR MPG REB BLK
2013-14 16.2 3.0 2.3
2014-15 26.3 4.4 3.5
2015-16 21.0 4.6 2.7
2016-17 22.4 5.7 2.9

 

[Dove]

One of the most likeable Huskies ever. For that I'll miss the lunk.