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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 2807128, member: 1609"] They played two more years after that first year fiasco. Cliff the guy who scored 20,000 pts in a very long NBA career. Are you saying his UConn coaching never uncovered this potential ? Does that career which also included at least one 6th man award and All Star appearance ,sounds overrated With the exception of Ray,Rip and maybe one or two others no other Huskie achieved as much at the next level including a few fan favorites. Cliff, & Phil would star , and maybe even Gary would start this year in league that can’t be compared to to the powerhouse that was the mid to late 80’s Big East. Winning the NIT which those players did ,plus playing in that brutal conference enabled Calhoun ‘s future recruiting success. Cliff had his foibles but being overrated as a basketball player certainly wasn’t one In fact he was vastly unrated coming out of college ,going in the second round. He was the steal of the draft. He did get the last laugh as he was by far the last player from that draft still making money in the NBA . He is pretty far down on any list of over rated players in UConn history . [/QUOTE]