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Hasheem was absolutely dominant his junior year... 13.6/10.8/4.2 blocks and that's with people either being afraid of him or completely altering their shots to get it past him. Sucks he was such an NBA bust, but he is absolutely underrated here.
 
boog204 said:
Hasheem was absolutely dominant his junior year... 13.6/10.8/4.2 blocks and that's with people either being afraid of him or completely altering their shots to get it past him. Sucks he was such an NBA bust, but he is absolutely underrated here.
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Not sure if it was work ethic or what, but no reason he couldn’t have been at least Gobert.
 
Hell yeah!

Got tickets to this game a few weeks ago and it’ll be my first time at Gampel in over two years.

Hasheem was one of my favorite people during my time as a student at UConn. I feel like he was everywhere: Student Union, Celeron, Carriage House…always down for a wave or a high-five. Just a down to earth, good dude. Happy to celebrate his career with him for that game!
 
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superjohn said:
I thought he was already on there, now honor Boatright.

Can anyone explain the Huskies of Honor? Why are the '99 and '04 teams a part of it and not the other championship teams?
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I don't remember the timing of 99 team, but 04 was definitely during the Ollie era where ticket sales were way down. I do wonder if selling tickets for the ceremony played into it.
 
I hope Tristan Newton gets a proper ceremony. His number was up at the start of last season with no pomp and circumstance! Well deserved, but I remember showing up to the first game last year and being surprised it was added over the summer.
 
So happy for Hasheem. I met him on my college visit to UConn and he was such a nice dude.

He was really in the first couple of draft classes where the NBA game was moving away from traditional centers, yet the trash teams at the top of the draft board were “behind the curve.” I think if he was playing in the 90s NBA it’s a much different career for him.

Congrats Dream!
 
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Tyler2Rings said:
I remember he was honored in April after the 2024 championship
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Correct. I'm surprised any UConn fan doesn't remember that.

Tristen Newton is a two-time national champion, a newly-minted Final Four Most Outstanding Player, and as of his arrival back in Storrs with the victorious UConn men’s basketball team on Tuesday night, the newest member of the Huskies of Honor.

Newton was honored as part of the ‘welcome home’ rally for the team after it knocked off Purdue, 75-60, to win the program’s sixth national championship on Monday night.

sports.yahoo.com

Tristen Newton inducted into Huskies of Honor upon arrival back at Gampel with champion UConn men

Tristen Newton is a two-time national champion, a newly-minted Final Four Most Outstanding Player, and as of his arrival back in Storrs with the victorious UConn men’s basketball team on Tuesday night, the newest member of the Huskies of Honor. Newton was honored as part of the ‘welcome home’...
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HooperScooper said:
Correct. I'm surprised any UConn fan doesn't remember that.

Tristen Newton is a two-time national champion, a newly-minted Final Four Most Outstanding Player, and as of his arrival back in Storrs with the victorious UConn men’s basketball team on Tuesday night, the newest member of the Huskies of Honor.

Newton was honored as part of the ‘welcome home’ rally for the team after it knocked off Purdue, 75-60, to win the program’s sixth national championship on Monday night.

sports.yahoo.com

Tristen Newton inducted into Huskies of Honor upon arrival back at Gampel with champion UConn men

Tristen Newton is a two-time national champion, a newly-minted Final Four Most Outstanding Player, and as of his arrival back in Storrs with the victorious UConn men’s basketball team on Tuesday night, the newest member of the Huskies of Honor. Newton was honored as part of the ‘welcome home’...
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Agreed. Very memorable - full on Shabazz treatment. Instant legend status.
 
superjohn said:
I thought he was already on there, now honor Boatright.

Can anyone explain the Huskies of Honor? Why are the '99 and '04 teams a part of it and not the other championship teams?
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My impression, based on how they’ve been doing it on the women’s side, is that all the championship teams are slated to be honored, and that it’s mostly a matter of coordinating when all (or as many as logistically possible) of the players from the respective rosters can make it to the same game to be honored.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Hell yeah!

Got tickets to this game a few weeks ago and it’ll be my first time at Gampel in over two years.

Hasheem was one of my favorite people during my time as a student at UConn. I feel like he was everywhere: Student Union, Celeron, Carriage House…always down for a wave or a high-five. Just a down to earth, good dude. Happy to celebrate his career with him for that game!
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He showed up at a track meet at the U in Miami one year because his buddy was a thrower on the track team
 
HooperScooper said:
Correct. I'm surprised any UConn fan doesn't remember that.

Tristen Newton is a two-time national champion, a newly-minted Final Four Most Outstanding Player, and as of his arrival back in Storrs with the victorious UConn men’s basketball team on Tuesday night, the newest member of the Huskies of Honor.

Newton was honored as part of the ‘welcome home’ rally for the team after it knocked off Purdue, 75-60, to win the program’s sixth national championship on Monday night.

sports.yahoo.com

Tristen Newton inducted into Huskies of Honor upon arrival back at Gampel with champion UConn men

Tristen Newton is a two-time national champion, a newly-minted Final Four Most Outstanding Player, and as of his arrival back in Storrs with the victorious UConn men’s basketball team on Tuesday night, the newest member of the Huskies of Honor. Newton was honored as part of the ‘welcome home’...
sports.yahoo.com sports.yahoo.com
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Glad he received his due. All other ones had the ceremony take place at games with a multi week lead up.
 
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boog204 said:
Hasheem was absolutely dominant his junior year... 13.6/10.8/4.2 blocks and that's with people either being afraid of him or completely altering their shots to get it past him. Sucks he was such an NBA bust, but he is absolutely underrated here.
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I was a student and was front 4 rows for every Gampel game that season. Can’t imagine a much more intimidating defensive 3-5 between Hash, Adrienne, and Sticks

In hindsight, really hard to think that that team didn’t go undefeated
 
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Rocktheworld said:
I was a student and was front 4 rows for every Gampel game that season. Can’t imagine a much more intimidating defensive 3-5 between Hash, Adrienne, and Sticks

In hindsight, really hard to think that that team didn’t go undefeated
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That team was really, really good. Crazy to think that at 15-3 we were 3rd in the league. Gavin Edwards was a very underrated backup big, as well.
 
4.2 blocks are so misleading his last year. He made offensive rebounders pass up more potential putbacks because he was in the area it’s laughable his Jr year. They’d get a rebound and just throw it back out to the perimeter wanting nothing to do with Thabeet. He would’ve averaged 6-7 if people dared to come again…lol.

Well deserving and as many others have said, he’s somehow underrated in our Husky history by many fans.
 
mauconnfan said:
4.2 blocks are so misleading his last year. He made offensive rebounders pass up more potential putbacks because he was in the area it’s laughable his Jr year. They’d get a rebound and just throw it back out to the perimeter wanting nothing to do with Thabeet. He would’ve averaged 6-7 if people dared to come again…lol.

Well deserving and as many others have said, he’s somehow underrated in our Husky history by many fans.
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Who was the better shotblocker? Emeka or Hasheem? I feel like Hasheem was the more impactful shotblocker. As you said, teams just wouldn't try it. I think there was a PC game where they just refused to go in the paint after Hash blocked like 8-9 shots.

Emeka was great, too, obviously...

And side note, is it snowing on anyone else's screen? Or am I reliving a 78 Estimated Prophet?
 
boog204 said:
Who was the better shotblocker? Emeka or Hasheem? I feel like Hasheem was the more impactful shotblocker. As you said, teams just wouldn't try it. I think there was a PC game where they just refused to go in the paint after Hash blocked like 8-9 shots.

Emeka was great, too, obviously...

And side note, is it snowing on anyone else's screen? Or am I reliving a 78 Estimated Prophet?
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Agree Hasheem the greatest shot blocking Husky pretty easy too.

Also, it stopped snowing here, outside as well as the screen lol
 
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