Favorite Husky of All Time

[boog204]

Most quietly indispensable -- Neils
Did least with most -- Donyell, Rudy

Niels had a great senior year and a really nice start in his freshmen season, but other than that my memory is that he did not do all that much. Looking up the stats, he was 2.2 and 1.4 as a freshmen, 2.6 and 1.5 as a soph, 4.9 and 3.6 as a junior, and 8.4 and 3.8 as a senior. I'm not sure I'd deem him "indispensable" as really he was only that guy his senior year.

Rudy and Donyell were both first team All-Americans here (Rudy was 1st team NABC and 2nd team AP and USBWA, Donyell was 1st team across the board ). Rudy left us all a bit underwhelmed but he had a very strong sophomore year on a loaded team. I can maybe give you that. But Donyell? Don't let the missed free throws make you forget the best individual season any player had in the JC era. He was 25-9-3 blocks a game in the Big East and if not for Glenn Robinson going for 30-10, Donyell would've been the National POY. I absolutely disagree with any ridicule of him not being successful here. Sticks maybe, AO, Drummond, Purv are better candidates in my opinion.

 

[MuchoDogYears]

Tony Hanson. If you were there, you know.

No-one though, in the history of UConn basketball, transformed and uplifted a team, a program, and a fan-base as did Nadov in one unbelievable season. And like all larger than life heroes, in a blink he was gone.