He really wasn't a surprise, to me at least. I expected him to be that good. He was that good through summer practices going into the season. That is the only reason I didn't include him. If this was an impact freshman thread instead of surprise thread then for sure he's either at the top of the list or right there. What an excellent season.
| Season | School | Conf | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | SOS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01 | UConn | Big East | 29 | 28 | 32.8 | 5.2 | 12.0 | .435 | 4.7 | 10.4 | .455 | 0.5 | 1.6 | .304 | 4.4 | 5.9 | .754 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 7.6 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 15.3 | 5.43 | |
| 2001-02 | UConn | Big East | 34 | 34 | 36.0 | 7.4 | 15.3 | .486 | 6.6 | 13.1 | .500 | 0.9 | 2.2 | .400 | 4.6 | 5.9 | .779 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 20.3 | 7.59 | |
| Career | UConn | 63 | 62 | 34.5 | 6.4 | 13.8 | .465 | 5.7 | 11.9 | .482 | 0.7 | 1.9 | .364 | 4.5 | 5.9 | .768 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 18.0 | 6.51 |
Yeah there’s probably a solid list of impact freshman we can name for us before getting to Karaban unless we’re only counting title seasons.
He was fantastic for sure. No argument here but the thread is about surprises. Caron was expected to be awesome and met and possibly exceeded those expectations. Love Caron though. One of my favorite all-time Huskies and my wifes favorite. Was very gracious to both of us when we met him and took the time to tell us a few stories, including when he met Michael Jordan for the first time. Made a real positive impression on us. Who could forget the tourney run to the elite 8 his soph year. Almost carried us past Dixon, Baxter, Blake, etc.. singlehandedly.
As I recall, he hit 3 FTs to send the game to overtime, which we eventually won.
Good story.
That's not the entire story about Caron's recruiting ranking. At that time most of the recruiting sites didn't rank 5th year high school players. The ones that did had Caron in the top 10. See this RSCI ranking which has Caron at #47 because they put 0 in for the sites that didn't tank him. But the 2 in there that did had him in the top 10. He was a very known quantity coming to UConn and he lived up to the top 10 billing.
I distinctly remember Caron being considered a top 5 recruit, yet he was ineligible for the rankings due to his prep year at MCI.
John? Smh
John Brown, 6'10 power forward/center played at UConn and won a national championship. Born in Torrington, CT and his Harpers Ferry raid kicked off the Civil War. He had a nice little post game but defense and offensive rebounding were his calling card.
yes...auto correct and multitasking are a bad combo.
Bouknight
I distinctly remember my first impression of each from seeing them in an pre-season game:
That block on Shelvin Mack at the start of the 2011 NC game messed Butler up. They never got their offense on track.
I'm pretty sure the post you're quoting states that Caron did a 5th year.That's not the entire story about Caron's recruiting ranking. At that time most of the recruiting sites didn't rank 5th year high school players. The ones that did had Caron in the top 10. See this RSCI ranking which has Caron at #47 because they put 0 in for the sites that didn't tank him. But the 2 in there that did had him in the top 10. He was a very known quantity coming to UConn and he lived up to the top 10 billing.
Again, the post you're quoting distinctly references His 5th year
I'm not sure what the point of this post is but thanks for pointing out I was responding to a post that said he did a 5th year of high school. I knew that and mentioned it.
I agree with this statement. You wasted much of your time. My point was you should just read it between the lines. There could only be one reason that I would even introduce His 5th year as a relevant fact.
But you didn't further explain why. I did. But thanks for your efforts. I appreciate it.
Dude what. You made a weak point (“Caron surpassed expectations cause he was ranked just 47“) which was misleading and required clarification.
Glad I'm not the only one who understood that. Not sure why he got his panties all in a bunch just because I made a clarifying post to his post. I wasn't trying to be rude or anything like that.
George Blaney.
