Favorite Huskies That People Forget About - (blog)

[peyton1211]

Jerome Dyson

 

[Improviser]

I always appreciated Rashamel Jones. He was a very good player, and he saw RIP was the future. Many players would have put up more shots and not let a younger guy overtake them for the teams scoring lead. He accepted a lesser role for the greater good of the team and was a vital cog to championship #1.

If I am correct, in the last play of the 1999 championship game against Duke, his great defense against Trajan Langdon caused Langdon to trip and lose the ball. If he was not the defender, he retrieved the loose ball and dribbled it out and the game ended. Correct me if he was not the defender. If not, who defended Langdon on the final play of the game.

 

[jayfromfla]

Jimmy Foster

 

[noeynox]

Willy Mccloud and Lyman DePriest.

 

[Zanzman]

If I am correct, in the last play of the 1999 championship game against Duke, his great defense against Trajan Langdon caused Langdon to trip and lose the ball. If he was not the defender, he retrieved the loose ball and dribbled it out and the game ended. Correct me if he was not the defender. If not, who defended Langdon on the final play of the game.

I believe Ricky Moore was the defender

 

[formerlurker]

I believe Ricky Moore was the defender

"In the title game, Moore scored all 13 of his points in the first half and was a defensive demon on the pivotal play of the game, locking up Trajan Langdon and forcing him to travel with 5.4 seconds remaining. Moore, 6 feet 2, also led the Huskies with eight defensive rebounds"

MOORE MEMORIES

Ricky Moore has three keepsakes from UConn’s 1999 NCAA championship victory over Duke — his No. 21 jersey, a snippet of a Tropicana Field net and a pair of gold basketball sneakers. Tho…

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[Improviser]

I believe Ricky Moore was the defender

Thank you.

Willy Mccloud and Lyman DePriest.

Lyman DePriest shut down BC's Dana Barros in a game.

 

[noeynox]

Thank you.

Lyman DePriest shut down BC's Dana Barros in a game.

Triangle and one!

 

[Waquoit]

"In the title game, Moore scored all 13 of his points in the first half and was a defensive demon on the pivotal play of the game, locking up Trajan Langdon and forcing him to travel with 5.4 seconds remaining. Moore, 6 feet 2, also led the Huskies with eight defensive rebounds"

Those points were even bigger in context. At the start, you couldn't have pulled a needle out of the UConn players collective butts with a tractor. Except for Ricky. He took it to Duke early and kept us in the game until the rest of the team chilled out.

 

[Spaceman213J]

Moore forced the travel on Langon on the second to last Duke possession. Langdon had Jones on his hip the entire way down on the last possession. Ricky stepped up and jumped not letting Langdon shoot and El Amin was closing in also. That's when Langdon lost the ball. Jones kept Trajan from getting to the middle of the floor. Even after a crossover, he forced Langdon to go back left and made the floor a lot smaller for Trajan. It was solid team defense and Ricky being smart and knowing the clock. He jumped to Landon at the perfect time. Even if Langdon dribbled through under control, he would have to have huck up a shot on the run instead of gathering or make a pass, which the clock would expire before a teammate would get a shot off.
I also think this was one of the greatest coaching jobs by any coach in the history of the tournament. Calhoun knew his crew and came up with a great gameplan. He put his guys into a position to succeed.