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Is Karaban the GOAT if he gets third chip?

Is Karaban the best husky ever if he gets third title?

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A GOAT type has to be able to create his own shot, and utilize that skill when the shot clock is winding down. He’s just not that guy. Kemba, Bazz, Newton, Ben, Emeka, and Adama are all higher on the list in crunch time.
 
Scottzer said:
A GOAT type has to be able to create his own shot, and utilize that skill when the shot clock is winding down. He’s just not that guy. Kemba, Bazz, Newton, Ben, Emeka, and Adama are all higher on the list in crunch time.
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Add Donyell, Rip and Ray. The fact that they didn’t play on a team that won a championship doesn’t mean they weren’t GREAT individual basketball players. Larry Bird never won a college championship. Neither did Barkley, Chris Mullen, SGA, Zach Edey, Shaq, Curry, etc. Kevin Durant, Kevin Garnett, etc., etc., etc.
 
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Eh, an ultra-glue-guy cannot be the GOAT. He was the 4th or 5th option on two championship teams and would be at best the 2nd or 3rd on this one.

He'll never have to buy a meal in Connecticut again, will be one of the most beloved Huskies of all time, certainly the most decorated, and will be on the Wall one way or another, but very far from the "Greatest."
 
gtcam said:
How many faces on your Mt Rushmore?
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businesslawyer said:
Add Donyell, Rip and Ray. The fact that they didn’t play on a team that won a championship doesn’t mean they weren’t GREAT individual basketball players. Larry Bird never won a college championship. Neither did Barkley, Chris Mullen, SGA, Zach Edey, Shaq, Curry, etc. Kevin Durant, Kevin Garnett, etc., etc., etc.
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Yeah, in fact, Kevin Garnett didn’t win a single college game in his whole career!
 
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He goes on the wall immediately after (and honestly may whether they win it all or not as the winningest player (which, with all love to Samson, is a better fit considering he was a starter for all of them)). But a 1st Team AA/FF MOP, which I genuinely think is possible with the physical maturity Hurley has mentioned, puts him on everyone’s Mt. Rushmore with a balance of accumulation and excellence, but does not reach true GOAT status.
 
CL82 said:
On the other hand, we do know that Tyler is better than Jim Beoheim.
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Can the board stop taking shots at Syracuse? We all know that Syracuse has become irrelevant and meaningless. UCONN's six national championships have put Syracuse so far in UCONNs rear view mirror.

Continuing to take digs at them somehow makes it seem that they are relevant to UCONN and college basketball.
 
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The GOAT is not the best player at the pro level. The UCONN GOAT, to me, means just that. Are there more talented players that have played at our amazing alma matter? Yes. But if he wins one more, he will stand alone in terms of having 3 rings. That trumps the impact that any other player had at UConn. Let us not forget that the only thing we all care about is winning. Other programs are feeding institutions to the NBA. We just win. And that is all we care about.
 
First of all, I love Alex.

However, I always find this argument ridiculous. Sometimes circumstances account for championships considerably more than talent. Will Purdue and Gene Guarilia have four NBA championships and Dickie Simpkins three. Carl Malone and John Stockton have zero.
 
Iluvsuebird said:
The GOAT is not the best player at the pro level. The UCONN GOAT, to me, means just that. Are there more talented players that have played at our amazing alma matter? Yes. But if he wins one more, he will stand alone in terms of having 3 rings. That trumps the impact that any other player had at UConn. Let us not forget that the only thing we all care about is winning. Other programs are feeding institutions to the NBA. We just win. And that is all we care about.
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Not just alone at UConn, alone in the 40 years of modern day college hoops.
 
If we win it all again season (assuming no injuries to AK), he will have started on three championship teams. No male player since the tournament expanded to allow multiple bids from one conference can say that.

While that won't in and of itself make him the greatest ever, it still would be a truly amazing accomplishment.
 
Iluvsuebird said:
The GOAT is not the best player at the pro level. The UCONN GOAT, to me, means just that. Are there more talented players that have played at our amazing alma matter? Yes. But if he wins one more, he will stand alone in terms of having 3 rings. That trumps the impact that any other player had at UConn. Let us not forget that the only thing we all care about is winning. Other programs are feeding institutions to the NBA. We just win. And that is all we care about.
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I've always taken the greatest of all-time to be the best player of all-time at the pro level. If you're just basing the current GOAT on championships which is what you're doing the GOAT at UConn would shared by Tyler Olander, Shabazz Napier, Niels Giffey, Tristen Newton, Donovan Clingan, Alex Karaban, Samson Johnson, and Hassan Diarra.

I can name two dozen players I've watched who were better than Karaban at UConn and more than that for several of the other UConn players with two championships.
 
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cullaville said:
Can the board stop taking shots at Syracuse? We all know that Syracuse has become irrelevant and meaningless. UCONN's six national championships have put Syracuse so far in UCONNs rear view mirror.

Continuing to take digs at them somehow makes it seem that they are relevant to UCONN and college basketball.
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businesslawyer said:
Add Donyell, Rip and Ray. The fact that they didn’t play on a team that won a championship doesn’t mean they weren’t GREAT individual basketball players. Larry Bird never won a college championship. Neither did Barkley, Chris Mullen, SGA, Zach Edey, Shaq, Curry, etc. Kevin Durant, Kevin Garnett, etc., etc., etc.
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Point taken but also point of contention on Rip.
 
05Alum said:
Title says it all. He would obviously be the only UConn player with three rings. Flip side is he would (likely) be, for each of the three titles, a complimentary 2nd or 3rd scorer apart of a deep and balanced team.
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For us old-time Huskies, we remember all the unheralded players that came in and set the stage for what we have now. Alex came into a great program and it’s done great things, but the third ring would only put him as one of those great all-time Huskies. There are so many other great players that never walked away with the ring. But certainly Alex will be remembered is a great contributor to the program no matter what he does this year.
 
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