Favorite Husky of All Time

[Dove]

Has to be Kemba. Edging Nadav.

5 in 5. Then 6 more in a row?

Yep.

 

[crazyUCfan23]

Boatshow.

 

[QDOG5]

It has to be Richard Hamilton. He had a great college and pro career then someone wrote a musical about him that went all the way to Broadway. I haven't seen it yet but I hear it's wonderful.

 

[blackbird]

Price, Napier, Giffey, Kemba, Ray ...in that order.

 

[Mr. French]

Donyell was my first; Ray was my first TRUE love, and has never been less than 1b ...

Khalid is one of my favorites for his IT factor and how he played; probably my favorites to watch/smoothest are BG and Marcus Williams.

Kemba and Bazz are such legends to me, they're tough to even describe but they're no lower than top 5 ... But Shabazz, as a Husky, has probably taken ownership over Ray (strong 20 year run or so) as my #1 all time.

My list for favorite players, in order, is probably: 1) Bazz 2) Ray 3(t)) Kemba & Gordon ... If I HAD to choose a 5th it may change based on my day. I honestly don't know.

Khalid, Donyell and Marcus are probably tied for 5th, but Rip and Emeka are right there. So tough. I hate / love being a Husky fan...

 

[huskyrob1]

Tony Hansen, Kahlid, Ben, Emeka, Corny.

 

[Robertelamin]

My handle says it all. Khalid is my favorite player of all time. After him it is probably Kemba and then a bunch of the guys that played when I was there, Caron, Emeka, TRob, Ben, Rashad and the brothers from the Brown family Denham, Taliek and Justin.

 

[zls44]

Personal favorites, not the best, obv:
1. Rashad Anderson
2. Khalid
3. Kemba

 

[Danzz]

Chris Smith

 

[joober jones]

Another guy I really like is Donnell Beverly. He never lit up the scoreboard, rarely did anything that would make a highlight reel, and never played professionally after college. Still, I don't think the run in '11 would've been possible without him. He was a steadying influence on and off the court and was almost a player/coach kind of guy. He also graduated in 4 years, never did anything to draw negative attention to the program, and never demanded the spotlight/walked out when it wasn't given to him. We hear the "look yourself in the mirror" and "play for what's on the front of your jersey" an awful lot now, but DBev was a guy who didn't say it. He did it.

 

[JimHurley]

Another guy I really like is Donnell Beverly. He never lit up the scoreboard, rarely did anything that would make a highlight reel, and never played professionally after college. Still, I don't think the run in '11 would've been possible without him. He was a steadying influence on and off the court and was almost a player/coach kind of guy. He also graduated in 4 years, never did anything to draw negative attention to the program, and never demanded the spotlight/walked out when it wasn't given to him. We hear the "look yourself in the mirror" and "play for what's on the front of your jersey" an awful lot now, but DBev was a guy who didn't say it. He did it.

Great kid. Loved what he brought to that team.

 

[huskeynut]

The late, great Wesley Bialosuknia, a/k/a "The Poughkeepsie Popper".

And Wes was really from Hyde Park, NY - town just north of Poughkeepsie. Graduated from FDR High School.

 

[huskeynut]

Rip Hamilton and Ray Allen.

 

[beanstalk]

Personal favorites were Rashad Anderson and Stanley Robinson. Rashad seemed to hit almost every three he took and Stanley could jump through the roof and dunk on just about anyone. The two players in my avatar weren't too shabby either.

 

[Vancat]

Earl Kelley

 

[JakeTheDog]

Gun to my head I'd have to go with Shabazz. No gun it's more like Shabazz, Rip, Caron and always loved AJ too.

 

[RichZ]

Caron... loved watching this kid play in person. I was courtside for this and it just made me appreciate everything he and UCONN brought to the table: hustle, athleticism, smarts, swagger.

To me, the absolute best part about that play, is that he just got up and ran back to play defense. No big deal. Just get back in position on D. That is why he belongs on everyone's short list of all time Husky greats.

 

[Sky ball]

I go back to the early 60s
My favorites are Wes Bialosuknia the greatest huskie shooter of all time
Saw him score 50. Many of his hoops were long range before the 3 point line
Kemba 2nd favorite
Rashad Anderson next
Shabazz next
Also loved Emeka,Rip, Ray,John Gwynn, Bob Boyd, and Neil’s Griffey.

Toby Kimball should be on your list.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Tuff Juice, then Boat, Ray, Bazz, Mek, and Kemba

 

[Husky pride]

I’ve got to include Donyell. He gave us a lot of highs and some lows during his UConn playing career.....but didn’t forget about the University—-providing generous financial support ($100K) when he turned pro.

 

[Guapo]

El-Amin.

I moved to Connecticut from Florida in 1999 and the gym teacher at my elementary school in Florida (Coach Bobby from Brooklyn) had a poster of Khalid in his "Connecticut" jersey up in the gym.

Because of that, when I told my classmates where I was moving they thought it was cool.

 

[jayteeman]

Rashad....see avatar

We had some great 3-point shooters but he was the epitome of a gun slinging assassin

 

[ElmCity40th]

Donyell
Ray
Rip
El-Amin
Caron
Bazz
Scott Burrell-it's a area thing plus he's a cool dude
***Johnny Time & Rudy Johnson personal glue-guy favorites

 

[The Funster]

Kevin Ollie

 

[superjohn]

Selvie