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Favorite huskies trivia question?

Stew Crew said:
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I did forget Ellison’s name but I remember watching a HS game on tv. Ellison was from Hartford but played for Farmington. They were playing Avon. It was not top notch competition. Anyway I couldn’t pick out the UConn recruit. He blended in with the other players. That’s a small sample size but it proved to be accurate. It was the same year we were recruiting Travis Best. Caught one of his HS games on TV and it was instantly score, steal, score by him. He stood out big time.
 
I doubt anyone would get this but it’s interesting. 2001-2002 and we just had to hope that Justin Brown was going to make a big leap forward and be able to contribute at center. The guy we picked up very late to no hype was Emeka Okafor. The first exhibition game and we weren’t expecting anything much and that is what we got. Emeka fouled out without scoring. Somehow the refs don’t make him leave though and he is fouled on the next possession. He hit his first point while being ineligible. After his foul shots the refs noticed he had 5 fouls or Calhoun just took him out on his own.

There was no indication of what he would bring to the table from that scrimmage game. He dominated Arizona blocking everything in an early season road game at Arizona and was the man even as a freshman.
 
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Waquoit said:
Who holds the NCAA D-1 record for most times scoring the games' first basket in the same Final Four?
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I wasn't sure if you meant the same final four, meaning 2 in just one year, or scoring in the same final four regardless of year. Nevertheless, I'm stumped. I checked 2014, 2023, 2024 and a Husky only scored the first basket once in 2014 and 2023. Boatright and Hawkins. I think.

I'd guess Kareem.
 
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Kolumbo said:
I wasn't sure if you meant the same final four, meaning 2 in just one year, or scoring in the same final four regardless of year. Nevertheless, I'm stumped. I checked 2014, 2023, 2024 and a Husky only scored the first basket once in 2014 and 2023. Boatright and Hawkins. I think.

I'd guess Kareem.
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HooperScooper with the huge hint it the post after that one.
 
CONN78SEJ said:
Name a former UConn football player who had 144 RBI’s, 34 home runs, batted 322, and won the American League Rookie of the year, and turned down an offer to play football for the Chicago Bears in order to play in the Major Leagues. It’s easy, but……
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Walt Dropo
 
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UConNick said:
Last I recall this was true...

When was the last time UConn went a full game without hitting a three-pointer?


February 2, 2009.

What really makes this notable is the game itself. Surely UConn lost, and probably pretty badly, if they couldn't hit a single triple?

Nope, absolutely dominated no. 5 Louisville, who would be the number one overall seed in the tourney that year, at Freedom Hall. 68-51 final, Thabeet and Adrien just bodied them. As far as regular season wins go, that one is at the very top for me.

Pretty likely this stands as the last three-less game for as long as Hurley is our coach.
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Famously, the game we dominated Louisville at their place we didn't hit a 3.
 
Not able to fact check myself but this is a UCONN Player if memory serves…

Who’s the first college basketball player to foul out with 6 fouls?
 
Taco said:
Not able to fact check myself but this is a UCONN Player if memory serves…

Who’s the first college basketball player to foul out with 6 fouls?
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Tate George?
 
Who holds the record for most times stepping out of bounds on the baseline?

Who holds the record for most times stepping out of bounds on the sideline?
 
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Chin Diesel said:
Who holds the record for most times stepping out of bounds on the baseline?

Who holds the record for most times stepping out of bounds on the sideline?
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the late, great Cup Cormier from Louisiana also was known to step out of bounds on a catch occasionally…
 
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Taco said:
Not able to fact check myself but this is a UCONN Player if memory serves…

Who’s the first college basketball player to foul out with 6 fouls?
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Scotty Burrell?
 
Not a UConn related answer but since the dawn of the 64 team tournament UConn has won the tournament from 5 unique seed line only one other school has at least 3 who is?
 
Sellers on the baseline

Purvis on the sideline.
Chin Diesel said:
Who holds the record for most times stepping out of bounds on the baseline?

Who holds the record for most times stepping out of bounds on the sideline?
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For the longest time, Burrell was the only person to be drafted in the first round in two major sports. Kyler Murray spoiled that one. Nobody other than a UConn fan was ever going to get that one right.

Wrong board, but I enjoy this one. Only two schools have a winning record against Geno. One is La Salle, which is actually 3-0 against him from his early years (including an NCAA Tournament game). He could schedule a couple home and homes and fix that, but the problem is the other one is US International (1-0), which closed its doors years ago and will always have a winning record against him. USIU is also known for having the player (Kevin Bradshaw) with the DI men’s scoring record of 72 points, which he had in a 30 point loss to the Bo Kimble-Hank Gathers Loyola Marymount team.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
Who holds the record for most times stepping out of bounds on the baseline?

Who holds the record for most times stepping out of bounds on the sideline?
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Selvie has to be the baseline answer. Being a transfer maybe he’d be the season record holder only though?

Rashamel Jones was out of bounds quite often on the sideline.
 
Murray Williams was OOB on his epic game-winning lay-up.
 
Waquoit said:
Tate George?
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For the life of me,I can’t find this (so I feel bad asking a trivia question I don’t know for certain) but I remember it being Scott Burrell. The BE had this 6 foul rule from 90 to 92 so I think Tate had graduated.
 
Taco said:
For the life of me,I can’t find this (so I feel bad asking a trivia question I don’t know for certain) but I remember it being Scott Burrell. The BE had this 6 foul rule from 90 to 92 so I think Tate had graduated.
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I have no clue, I was just taking a stab.
 
Taco said:
For the life of me,I can’t find this (so I feel bad asking a trivia question I don’t know for certain) but I remember it being Scott Burrell. The BE had this 6 foul rule from 90 to 92 so I think Tate had graduated.
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I'm very confident that it was Scotty, in his first ever BE game.

The downside of that rule was that it led to a number of BE players fouling out of NCAA tournament games (most glaring was Scott against Duke in '90 with more than six minutes left in regulation) as they became accustomed to the additional foul.
 
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