Best defensive player ever @ UConn and then in the NBA

[Gurleyman]

Depriest shut down Bassos but that was years earlier maybe even the NIT year
Scott Burrell Rogers was1989-1990 in the NCAA tournament
Sorry

Yeah - it was the NIT Semis. Barros had something like 25 at the half, and DePriest guarded him in the second half and held him to two points on two shots.

 

[gsmooth]

Elijah Allen was Ricky Moore's superhero origin story. He took that personally.

And if you've never heard of Elijah Allen, be grateful for that.

I remember that first round game in 1998. 15-seed Fairleigh Dickinson took 2-seed UConn down to the wire in that game.

 

[7774]

I dont know man but Ricky Moore was incredible. When you can guard Allen Iverson and hold him to 13 points youre pretty damn good.

Just the best. Even beyond the on ball defense, there were countless possessions where he wouldn’t even let anyone pass the ball to the guy he was guarding. He’d always be guarding the best perimeter guy, and the whole team would spend the entire shot clock trying to get that guy the ball and Ricky wouldn’t let them. He’d get around every screen. His hand would be in there on every dribble handoff. Unbelievable.

 

[UconnU]

It’s Donovan Clingan. The primary reason we won those back to back championships was bc we could just have him on the court and he would erase everything inside the free throw line. Now he’s already a top 5 defensive big in the league in his 2nd year. It’s not his stats it’s just the space eating affect when’s he’s on the court. He knows how to use his size.

 

[jayteeman]

How many times did Burrell run down a person who thought he had the easy layup after a steal.......and violently stifled that threat