Karaban Caravan

[Chin Diesel]

They've also said that about Sanogo and AJax though. Just seems like we have a bunch of gym rats on the team, which is important. Can't outwork us.

Ollie would be stumped trying to figure out how to get these guys to improve.

 

[HailUConn]

This kid has 'It'.
Uncanny understanding of game play.
Thinks a play ahead.
Contributes physically and vocally through the entire scheme of ball and personnel movement.
I have not yet said "What the heck is AK doing?" For anyone let alone a frosh that is amazing.

He possessed the cerebral part of the game, that is knowing exactly where you should be to position yourself both offensively and defensively. I have seen a few plays where he directed fellow huskies to rotate…

 

[businesslawyer]

You could give her a hard time about UNC In the losers bracket. Lol

My wife won’t watch a game very often. Even if she is knitting and not paying attention anyway. There are many, many other hills I’d rather die on.

 

[Waquoit]

Ollie would be stumped trying to figure out how to get these guys to improve.

Since they clearly know where the gym is already.

 

[husky429]

You could give her a hard time about UNC In the losers bracket. Lol

I have brutally roasted her for the last 4 days.

UNC is actually a lovely school and she paid like 8k in tuition and graduated with both degrees and 0 debt, but still... I hate them.

 

[UCLJ0211]

Great comparison. And Nadav played 2 seasons of pro basketball in Isareal before he got here and was a former member of the Israeli army. It is going to be a joy watching AK and DC as they mature. It seems like everything we have hoped for is coming true and then some.

From Wiki:

Early career[edit]​

Henefeld was born in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, and he initially played pro basketball in his home country, for two seasons (1987–88, and 1988–89).

He won a gold medal with Team Israel, and was voted MVP of the basketball competition, at the 1989 Maccabiah Games.[1]

College career[edit]​

Henefeld joined the University of Connecticut, and played with the Connecticut Huskies, in the 1989–90 "Dream Season", where he was selected as the Big East Conference Rookie of the Year, and set an all-time NCAA Division I freshman record, with 138 steals.[2]

The Gaza Stripper!

 

[Chin Diesel]

For those two young to remember The Dove.

And truth be told, his impact was way more than his numbers showed below. He was almost a conductor on offense and defense controlling the flow of where the ball would go on offense and having the effect of a lockdown corner back on defense where he just took players out of the game. And he and Burrell owned the passing lanes.

Nadav Henefeld College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Nadav Henefeld - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

www.sports-reference.com

 

[Palatine]

For those two young to remember The Dove.

And truth be told, his impact was way more than his numbers showed below. He was almost a conductor on offense and defense controlling the flow of where the ball would go on offense and having the effect of a lockdown corner back on defense where he just took players out of the game. And he and Burrell owned the passing lanes.

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Nadav Henefeld College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Nadav Henefeld - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

www.sports-reference.com

That steal number is astounding. And it doesn't count deflections or making the offensive player throw the ball away (which improved the steal numbers of other UConn players).

 

[Waquoit]

He made all those steals playing free safety. One of the greatest presses of all-time. That will never happen again at UConn because blue chippers just aren't pressing 40 minutes like that team.

 

[Chin Diesel]

That steal number is astounding. And it doesn't count deflections or making the offensive player throw the ball away (which improved the steal numbers of other UConn players).

That team was an all-time great team for steals. 484 steals for the season. 13 steals per game, and, as you mentioned, that doesn't include tipped passes.

Nadav 3.7
Tate 2.0
Burrell 1.9
Smith 1.7
Williams 1.0
DePriest 1.0
Gwynn 0.8
Sellers 0.7

 

[Waquoit]

Tate 2.0

One steal short

 

[JustbrewitMan]

There are definitely glimmers of BBIQ, you just have to crawl on the floor through the smoke to get to it.

Or through the mushroom patch in the Japanese Garden he referenced 10,000x during our games!

 

[imno1]

Ollie would be stumped trying to figure out how to get these guys to improve.

Please stop. it’s been 6 years.

 

[David 76]

That team was an all-time great team for steals. 484 steals for the season. 13 steals per game, and, as you mentioned, that doesn't include tipped passes.

Nadav 3.7
Tate 2.0
Burrell 1.9
Smith 1.7
Williams 1.0
DePriest 1.0
Gwynn 0.8
Sellers 0.7

The defense on that team was almost unbelievable. Defense to offense transitions were beautiful.

 

[karstenkibbe]

For those two young to remember The Dove.

And truth be told, his impact was way more than his numbers showed below. He was almost a conductor on offense and defense controlling the flow of where the ball would go on offense and having the effect of a lockdown corner back on defense where he just took players out of the game. And he and Burrell owned the passing lanes.

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Nadav Henefeld College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Nadav Henefeld - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

www.sports-reference.com

The amazing thing about Nadav’s steal stats is that we are talking about a guy with average college basketball athleticism - and I’m being generous in that description. He read the opponent at a cerebral assassin level.

 

[CTBasketball]

The amazing thing about Nadav’s steal stats is that we are talking about a guy with average college basketball athleticism - and I’m being generous in that description. He read the opponent at a cerebral assassin level.

Go rewatch 1990 full games, the press pushed those steal numbers up dramatically. The defensive pressure was stifling.

 

[karstenkibbe]

Go rewatch 1990 full games, the press pushed those steal numbers up dramatically. The defensive pressure was stifling.

No thanks. I know what I watched 32 years ago and while the press definitely contributed to his steal numbers, the guy had lightning quick hands and insane vision. You think the press had anything to do with his steals in half-court defense? You’re being a contrarian when there is no argument to be made. Stop.

 

[Waquoit]

Go rewatch 1990 full games, the press pushed those steal numbers up dramatically. The defensive pressure was stifling.

I feel confident saying the majority of his steals were interceptions. They would bum rush the second pass and he would read the subsequent bailout attempt. There was really nothing like it and we couldn't duplicate it without him.

 

[CTBasketball]

No thanks. I know what I watched 32 years ago and while the press definitely contributed to his steal numbers, the guy had lightning quick hands and insane vision. You think the press had anything to do with his steals in half-court defense? Stop.

The press helped his steal numbers, that’s just a fact. He also had an eye for the ball, which helped his steal numbers in the half court. It can be both.

 

[karstenkibbe]

The press helped his steal numbers, that’s just a fact. He also had an eye for the ball, which helped his steal numbers in the half court. It can be both.

Uh that’s what I just said.

 

[ucp990411]

For the youngsters here, go to UConnhuskygames.com and watch games from 1990. Best defensive team I have ever seen. We actually played quite a bit of zone

 

[Chin Diesel]

Please stop. it’s been 6 years.

KO's post-season advice of telling players to spend more time in the gym, or something to that effect, will no get old.

It's a great throwaway line basically clowning on someone who doesn't GAF.

 

[Chin Diesel]

That steal number is astounding. And it doesn't count deflections or making the offensive player throw the ball away (which improved the steal numbers of other UConn players).

One steal short

Yeah, all those deflections and steals throughout the season and UConn's first FF berth came down to a deflection which could/should have been a steal.

 

[Waquoit]

Yeah, all those deflections and steals throughout the season and UConn's first FF berth came down to a deflection which could/should have been a steal.

Imagine how crushing that would still be if we hadn't won since. Now it's like bragging about a scar.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Not one dimensional like Polley whose shot ran hot and cold.

Karaban even seems to know how to get rid of the ball when he is doubled. Looks for, and finds an open man.

Karaban is already a better player than Polley ever was.