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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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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.
 
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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Schitts Creek No GIF by CBC
 
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.
 
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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Not even close. How many UCLA guys have three?
 
Greg said:
Not even close. How many UCLA guys have three?
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  • 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).
 
There must have been guys on UCLA with four rings in four years. End of discussion.
 
UCLA guys could have had 16 wins in the toy poodle tournament in the 60s.
Three rings now equal 18 wins.
 
Most decorated but not GOAT. Would have to be AA at least one season to really be considered. I think the point Hurley makes regularly about not winning until Alex arrived is important though. What he does in terms of BBIQ, shooting, and connective tissue is so important.
 
UCLJ0211 said:
I’ve said this before, but for some reason I can see Karaban coming back to be the UConn Head Coach in 20 years.
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He can high five HC Dan Orlovsky and HC Diana Taurasi walking thru the athletic department
 
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