Is Karaban the GOAT if he gets third chip?

[RuffRuff]

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.

Not just alone at UConn, alone in the 40 years of modern day college hoops.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

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.

 

[superjohn]

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.

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.

 

[boba]

It's like you don't know us at all.

Never kick a (school) until it's down.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Can the board stop taking shots at Syracuse?

What we can do and what we choose to do are not necessarily the same.

 

[QDOG5]

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.

 

[prankster]

Can the board stop taking shots at Syracuse?

No!

 

[Beak7774]

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.

Point taken but also point of contention on Rip.

 

[businesslawyer]

Point taken but also point of contention on Rip.

My bad. Sorry.

 

[UCan3]

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.

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.

 

[UCLJ0211]

I’ve said this before, but for some reason I can see Karaban coming back to be the UConn Head Coach in 20 years.

 

[CL82]

I’ve said this before, but for some reason I can see Karaban coming back to be the UConn Head Coach in 20 years.

I don't know about that, but I can kind of see Cam Spencer doing it.

 

[Dove]

Can the board stop taking shots at Syracuse?

 

[Kembafan]

To be the goat you have to put a team on your back and take them to a chip. Thats the standard. Kemba is the goat

 

[Greg]

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.

Not even close. How many UCLA guys have three?

 

[RuffRuff]

Not even close. How many UCLA guys have three?

• UCLA (1967–1973 era): Almost all of the players who have achieved this came from John Wooden’s UCLA dynasty.
  • Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) – 3 titles (1967, 1968, 1969). Freshmen were ineligible, so he couldn’t have won 4.
  • Lynn Shackelford – 3 titles (1967, 1968, 1969).
  • Curtis Rowe – 3 titles (1969, 1970, 1971).
  • Henry Bibby – 3 titles (1970, 1971, 1972).
  • Larry Farmer – 3 titles (1971, 1972, 1973).

 

[87Xfer]

Huskies of Honor, yes IMHO. GOAT no.