If Karaban leads UConn to the threepeat, is he considered the greatest Husky of all time?

[navery12]

Then Diarra and Johnson are too?

No, because they weren't rotation players on the first team and won't have the individual accolades Karaban gets this year

 

[bazz&boujee]

If he’s a first team all american and tourney MOP this year, we can talk. Anything short it’s a flat out no.

 

[TheHorde]

No but he might end up as the most revered. He exemplifies everything good that the program is about.

 

[back2BE4us]

I think it's dependent on if he "leads" them. If he's the 3rd option on a team, and didn't have enough of an elite skillset to get drafted first round in the NBA and had to come back to raise his stock some, I don't know how he would be the considered anything more than the "most prolific". What does greatest even mean? He's certainly not the best player to come through UConn (best or greatest) but winning 3 titles sets him apart as the most prolific/accomplished.

 

[NH Husky]

Just counting college basketball, not NBA or anything. Would Karaban being the best player on this team and leading us to the threepeat make him the best Husky of all time?

No.
Using that logic, if Hassan and Samson are the 4th and 5th best players on this team does that make them the 4th and 5th best Huskies of all time?
Hypothetical comparisons are meaningless

 

[Rocktheworld]

If he actually leads us to a three peat as an All American I don’t know how it isn’t a debate

Granted that’s the only scenario in which it becomes a debate

 

[ARIDE]

Just counting college basketball, not NBA or anything. Would Karaban being the best player on this team and leading us to the threepeat make him the best Husky of all time?

Quite frankly it's not close and why would you even come up with this! He is a great husky!

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

If he is our leading scorer, is an AP All American, leads us to BE regular and tourney titles, wins the NC, is named the Outstanding FF player, and is an NBA lottery pick then he will definitely be considered the greatest Husky player.

...so long as he returns for his Senior season, and the team wins its 4th consecutive NC, and he continues to get shut out of every possible BE individual post-season award, and thereby be regarded by some as the most underrated Husky ever, obviously.

An eyes-shut, one-handed, standing on one leg, made free throw, while scratching his temple with the middle of his unused hand would need to be avoided, just in case.

 

[Luna]

We have to start looking at the players from these Hurley teams as the great players they are.. we are the most dominant college men’s basketball team since UCLA right now

 

[bendm]

Yes surpassing the great Tyler Olander

 

[peyton1211]

Caron Butler

 

[Lambeau]

Ray Allen was the best shooter in basketball history until Steph.

 

[Kembafan]

Kemba Walker is considered a Mt. Rushmore type for 1 title in 3 seasons. Though his junior year was as good a season as we have ever seen. Unlikely but if Karaban replicates that feat, then sure, why not?!

Love AK but Kemba is the greatest Husky of all time. AK can win 4 chips and it's still Kemba.

 

[IndyLives]

If UConn 3Peats, my vote for the greatest Husky of all time would be 3 time champion Diarra.

Get this ridiculous thread out of here and lock it up..

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Love AK but Kemba is the greatest Husky of all time. AK can win 4 chips and it's still Kemba.

No. If AK won 4 chips he’d be the greatest by a country mile. 3 and an AA he would be as well.

 

[Kembafan]

No. If AK won 4 chips he’d be the greatest by a country mile. 3 and an AA he would be as well.

At no point did AK ever put a team on his back and will them to a championship. 2011 NCAA MOP of the NCAA tournament. Bob Cousy award. 1st team AA. And he didn't have the supporting cast that AK has had and will have.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

At no point did AK ever put a team on his back and will them to a championship. 2011 NCAA MOP of the NCAA tournament. Bob Cousy award. 1st team AA. And he didn't have the supporting cast that AK has had and will have.

This scenario is insinuating AK gets another chip and has an AA type season. That would certainly surpass Kemba’s 1 incredible season and 1 championship.

 

[LStudfellow]

No, because they weren't rotation players on the first team and won't have the individual accolades Karaban gets this year

One thing I am going to say right here and now... many of you (not all, but many) are sleeping on Hassan Diarra. I am telling you, if he improves half as much from now to next year as he did from last year to this one, he has the chance to be one of our two or three best players on the 2024-2025 and also go down as one of the best all-time to don a Husky uniform as well.

I, for one, was amazed at his level of improvement. And at 6'3" he was our 2nd best on-ball defender (only behind Steph, who was other-worldly good for a freshman by tournament time and is an obvious lottery pick). In addition, he shot 35% from 3, after shooting only 19% the year before. And as someone already noted in another thread, he was ranked #36 in advanced metrics.

And how many times did he come into the game in the 1st half and push up our energy and defensive guard play to a whole other level? At least a half dozen I can think of off the top of my head.

Watch out for Hassan...

 

[Bonk]

Depends on how good his season is but if he's the alpha on a championship team and a quality starter on two other championship teams there certainly can be a strong case made.

 

[nomar]

Not unless he's an All-American and MOP of the Final Four.

 

[nadav]

It’ll always be Christian Vital.

 

[Bonk]

It’ll always be Christian Vital.

If there's one player who I wish won a title it's CV

 

[Luna]

One thing I am going to say right here and now... many of you (not all, but many) are sleeping on Hassan Diarra. I am telling you, if he improves half as much from now to next year as he did from last year to this one, he has the chance to be one of our two or three best players on the 2024-2025 and also go down as one of the best all-time to don a Husky uniform as well.

I, for one, was amazed at his level of improvement. And at 6'3" he was our 2nd best on-ball defender (only behind Steph, who was other-worldly good for a freshman by tournament time and is an obvious lottery pick). In addition, he shot 35% from 3, after shooting only 19% the year before. And as someone already noted in another thread, he was ranked #36 in advanced metrics.

And how many times did he come into the game in the 1st half and push up our energy and defensive guard play to a whole other level? At least a half dozen I can think of off the top of my head.

Watch out for Hassan...

I agree.. he is a big time player both offensive and defensive.. we had no drop off when entered the game this last year

 

[MTBingNinja]

Idk. Andrew Hurley is the most winningest UConn player per minutes played. Hasn’t lost a game when stepping foot on a court. Undefeated.

 

[cullaville]

And Tyler Olander is better than Ray Allen as he has 2 titles? It's a crazy idea. AK was not instrumental in either final four

don't forget Niels giffey