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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 4688041, member: 1609"] Emeka was right around 100 a little under the radar but still was not unknown . He did greatly exceed expectations even as a freshman. Hilton was around 7 ft that they bloom late is not unusual but he never was a top 2 guy on any team I’m surprised no one picked Christian Vital As he was an afterthought on on the 2016-17 class , rated somewhere in the 150 range 2-3 , however he is one of UConn’s all time leading scorers *I765 pts . Lead the 2019-20 team in scoring over 16 PPG 6.3 RPG and 2.5 Steals and made first team all AAC Because of Roster situations he was forced to play and guard a 3 at 6’2” * the most pts by a modern UConn player not ranked in the top 100 For a team the 2012-13 team was suppose to awful . UConn was dead completely irrelevant deserted by their historical conference mates . Suspended , disgraced , down scholarships, an interim coach trying to replace a HOF coach we were considered a one coach dynasty.who best was behind us. Deserted by half the previous years players With only two tiny guards , a bust as a freshman in DD and a German kid who averaged 2 pts a game his first two years . We struck fear into no one. The bigs were awful after Olander’s injury , we were stuck with Wolfe until he got suspended Nolan a green freshman got the job by default . We got help from freshman Omar Calhoun and a PG from Holy Cross who was barely D1 . Beating MSU on National TV finishing 10-8 ( or first winning BE season in 4 years) Then beating a top 10 Syracuse team on National TV pretty seemed improbable.as that dismal year started but more importantly that team sent a message to quote Mark Twain “ that reports of our death are a bit premature “ As an amateur historian I can’t state how important that team was . Without their success It’s impossible to visualize paths to future success including 2 NC . [/QUOTE]

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