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Ever wonder what Coach Calhoun's starting five would be if he could choose from all his players?

I was a little surprised there was no mention of KEA or Donyell Marshall, but can't really argue with any of his picks either.
 
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I will take Donyell over Caron. Donyell might have been the most dominant players ever. And I will take Rip over Ben.
 
Put that team under a good nba coach and they are winning at least one championship if not more and a consistent top 3 seed every year for a decade or more. As long as Oakfors back holds up.
 
I like it but would switch Rip to start and Ben to 6. But ‘Yell is tough to keep out with what was surely the most dominant year we’ve seen in the JC era.
 
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mauconnfan said:
I like it but would switch Rip to start and Ben to 6. But ‘Yell is tough to keep out with what was surely the most dominant year we’ve seen in the JC era.
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More dominant than 34-2 with a National Championship? 1999.
 
UC0NN said:
I will take Donyell over Caron. Donyell might have been the most dominant players ever. And I will take Rip over Ben.
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Was about to post the same thing. Donyell has the best individual season of any UConn player in the JC era, imo - 25/9/3blks on 51/31/75. Kemba, obviously, is right there, but he had several awful shooting games where he tried/had to play hero ball and it was awful.
 
If we are talking strictly positional starting 5, Kemba and Ray is your backcourt. Imagine Rip and Ben don't make your starting 5.

Mek at the 5 and yell at the 4. I'll take Caron at the 3, but you can certainly argue Rudy at the 3.
 
Donyell was great but Caron was the biggest dog Uconn ever had and he was big time, playing great in the big moments. I agree with Calhoun exactly.
 
ucp990411 said:
More dominant than 34-2 with a National Championship? 1999.
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Yes as a player for sure, no one had a better season since. Dominant on both ends carried a pretty good Husky team to within 2 FTs (his own) of a probable FF. I didn’t say team results I said as a player he was the guy his last year.
 
Cant argue with that lineup at all. Rip off the bench !!!! Crazy
 
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mauconnfan said:
Yes as a player for sure, no one had a better season since. Dominant on both ends carried a pretty good Husky team to within 2 FTs (his own) of a probable FF. I didn’t say team results I said as a player he was the guy his last year.
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Agree about Donyell 1993-1994 had the most dominant season under Calhoun. Thought you meant team dominance
 
huskiesNhoos said:
So does this mean we can't do "all time UConn starting 5" threads every couple months any more?
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Awkward GIF by CBS
 
Kemba at the 1
Ray at the 2-3
Rip at the 3
Donyell at the 4
Emeka st the 5

In the rotation
Ben 1-2
Caron 2-3
Thabeet. 5
Doran 1-2-3 if he had to
Cliff 4-5

Give me those guys and a chump coach like me could win a NC
Just imagine how good good a guy like Kemba would be playing 25-30 minutes or Emeka that had to worry about fouling
I chose Dinyell because at the 4 his length was incredible which made him a great rim protector .
People forget what a great PG plus shooter Doran was with size who could also defend
There isn’t a team in the country who could stop that team and scoring would be difficult I stuck Cliff in because hr could play the 4-5 . Giving me an amazing 15 fouls at the 5 without let up .
 
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