Ben Gordon To Join Huskies of Honor On Feb. 7 vs St.Johns

[SubbaBub]

Ben is one of the all time greats. If you start him in place of his counterpart on any of the other championships teams we still win. That's the measure of true greatness.

My list
Donyell
Ray
Caron
Rip
Emeka
Gordon
Kemba
Bazz
Boat
Sonogo
Clingan
Newton

Left off
KEA, doesn't win in place of Bazz or Newton.
Castle, doesn't with in Rip's spot as a freshman.
Karaban, doesn't win in 99, 2004 or 2011 replacing Free, Boone/CV, or Lamb.

 

[mauconnfan]

Ben Gordon To Join Huskies of Honor On Feb. 7 - University of Connecticut Athletics

STORRS – The UConn men's basketball team will honor program legend Ben Gordon on Feb. 7 with an official induction in the Huskies of Honor. Gordon will officially

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Great great Husky so happy for him. Love to see him on campus and with JC hopefully others.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Great great Husky so happy for him. Love to see him on campus and with JC hopefully others.

Yes. I am particularly glad that he seems to have emerged from mental illness struggles that have been haunting him for many years. That makes this return all the more special. He is as deserving of a Huskies of Honor spot as anybody.

 

[AntG168]

I’ll probably shed a tear tonight thinking of my dad. He loved Ben Gordon and I did too. Before I knew his name I told my dad “I wanna be like #4”. Ben was my first basketball superhero. He’s the reason i fell in love with the Huskies. So happy he’s back. Let’s win the duck**** game for him. Go Huskies!

 

[El Obrero]

I don’t know if the stats agree or not, but I remember thinking there was no other player in UConn history who owned MSG like Ben Gordon.
Then Kemba said hold my beer.

 

[Hoophound]

Ben is the most talented player we have ever had. Make him 6’4”+ and he’d be the best player we ever had. He was 2-3” away from perfect, same thing my wife says about me.

 

[uconngb]

It's not actually his fault that he had a better teammate than Ray or Rip ever had.

Exactly

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

We have lost every time we induct someone into this thing. Do it vs Eastern Maryland State. Why are we doing it vs St John’s?
So Taliek can “be there”?

 

[CTBasketball]

We have lost every time we induct someone into this thing. Do it vs Eastern Maryland State. Why are we doing it vs St John’s?
So Taliek can “be there”?

Also what ticked me off was that half the arena and the entire student section couldn’t stop talking and making noise during his speech. Embarrassing.

I get they’re young but the guy is a legend. Shut up and let the man speak.

 

[Lefty2one]

Last night was my first game at Gampel since the pandemic. Ugly loss but it was great seeing Ben, Okafor, Rashad, and Calhoun.

I guess I haven't really kept up with our ring of honor but it's insane that Rudy was in before Ben. Ben was a far more accomplished player in college and a higher draft pick. I found it odd.

 

[huskyjawz]

Last night was my first game at Gampel since the pandemic. Ugly loss but it was great seeing Ben, Okafor, Rashad, and Calhoun.

I guess I haven't really kept up with our ring of honor but it's insane that Rudy was in before Ben. Ben was a far more accomplished player in college and a higher draft pick. I found it odd.

They didn't go in order of greatness or accomplishments. It was when the individuals could be available.

 

[huskyjawz]

Is the ceremony/speech available for viewing? I searched UConn's website and didn't see it there.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Last night was my first game at Gampel since the pandemic. Ugly loss but it was great seeing Ben, Okafor, Rashad, and Calhoun.

I guess I haven't really kept up with our ring of honor but it's insane that Rudy was in before Ben. Ben was a far more accomplished player in college and a higher draft pick. I found it odd.

Rudy was a first team AA which was the original criteria