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businesslawyer said:
Donyell went 20 for 20 at the line against St. Johns at MSG for half of his 40 points that night. He was not a bad free throw shooter. Unfortunately, ....

Any list I do starts with the six legitimate first team All Americans (at least by some selections) we had. In chronological order Donyell, Ray, Rip, Omeka, Kemba and Shabazz. We've had many other great ones -- including Chris Smith, Ben Gordon, Sanogo and others. And then players who will be big time pros but aren't here long enough to make All American, like Drummond, Castle and Clingan. But there's a big gap between being a first team all american while you're in college and anything else.
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Then of course you gotta count Tristen in!
 
Milestone watch for Villanova on Saturday:

Assuming he starts, Karaban will pass Taliek Brown for 2nd most starts in UConn history. He is only 7 away from Voshkul.

Once again, he is on pace to break his tie with Kemba for 2nd all time in Offensive Win Shares.

And again, he could potentially tie Stanley Robinson and Shabazz for 9th at 7.3 Defensive Win Shares (he is .2 away).

It probably won't happen, but he's 8 3-pointers away from Shabazz at 3rd (260).
 
Nova pregame had a nice piece on AK and his desire to eventually become a coach after his playing days are over. We may have to wait awhile, but you know eventually that coaching journey will lead him home to Storrs. Looking forward to it.
 
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CL82 said:
Not sure, but I think Gregg Allman may have done it.
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Bill James creation for Baseball. Highly criticized since it attributes a share of wins by player on the team. Then add in defensive indifferent pitching vs brownian motion, what the heck is an actual replacement player, etc. Total stats dumpster fire. The only good thing about baseball stats was in Moneyball, where you just need players who get on base. That's how you get wins.
 
Teddie1056 said:
Milestone watch for Villanova on Saturday:

Assuming he starts, Karaban will pass Taliek Brown for 2nd most starts in UConn history. He is only 7 away from Voshkul.

Once again, he is on pace to break his tie with Kemba for 2nd all time in Offensive Win Shares.

And again, he could potentially tie Stanley Robinson and Shabazz for 9th at 7.3 Defensive Win Shares (he is .2 away).

It probably won't happen, but he's 8 3-pointers away from Shabazz at 3rd (260).
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AK will probably have 7 treys to tie Shabazz (had 1 today vs Nova) within the next 3-4 games. I think he could pass Rashad or at least finish 2nd behind Rashad. Alex needs 23 to tie the great Rashad Anderson. Alex's career average is 2 treys per game.

276 Rashad Anderson
265 Christian Vital
260 Shabazz Napier
253 Alex Karaban

11 regular season games plus 2 tournaments. Alex should pass both Christian and Shabazz.
 
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Lafayette said:
Bill James creation for Baseball. Highly criticized since it attributes a share of wins by player on the team. Then add in defensive indifferent pitching vs brownian motion, what the heck is an actual replacement player, etc. Total stats dumpster fire. The only good thing about baseball stats was in Moneyball, where you just need players who get on base. That's how you get wins.
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Win Cher
 
Milestone update

Karaban is now #2 All Time in starts at UConn at 130. Only Voskhul has had more.

Karaban's late game offensive surge helped him pass Kemba in OWS. He now sits at 11.6, with only Shabazz ahead.

He is now only .1 away in DWS for a tie at 9th place.
 
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Captbluefin said:
Vital does not remotely belong in this conversation..

I mean come on…
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I wouldn't put him on Matrim's list, but he is an all-time Husky, and for me, was a much more valuable player than Rudy Gay, who to me, played smaller than his talent. When Vital saw the opportunity to finally make the dance, he put his team on his back. I will always love the guy for that.
 
boog204 said:
Gotta agree with this. Vital played super hard for us and was a bridge of sorts, but three of his four years he was on under .500 teams. That's not his fault, obviously. But he was able to put up big #s in part because we sucked as a whole.
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IDK, I mean he needs to be some part of the discussion about great UConn players, but when you've got 6 championships, an NIT title, etc., a guy that has none of that is pretty far down the list.
 
GampelGladiator said:
TRIVIA TIME

Alex Karaban
Minutes Played Per Game

2022-2023 = 28.9
2023-2024 = 31.4
2024-2025 = 35.9
2025-2026 = 33.8

Besides AK, name the three shot-clock era Huskies who averaged 28.9+ minutes per game in four separate seasons?
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Shabazz
Jeff?
Voskuhl
 
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Milestone Watch Update

Minutes (4250, 5th) - Karaban is 20 minutes away from Chris Smith in 4th place. He should get there next game.

3PFG (255, 4th) - Karaban is 5 away from Shabazz in 3rd place. While unlikely, he has hit 5 triples 4 times before, and has hit 6 twice.

DWS (7.3, UR) - Still 0.1 away from tying Shabazz and Sticks at 9th place.
 
AK.jpg

courtesy of https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/.
 
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GampelGladiator said:
There is only one shot-clock era Husky whose career per-game averages meet or exceed those of Alex Karaban in Points, Rebounds, Assists, Blocks and Steals.

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courtesy of https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/.
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Putting my guess in: this must be Shabazz. I know I remember him leading all categories (at least for a time) as a senior.

Edit: didn’t realize the image already had the answer (it’s beyond tiny on my phone).
 
DRBackup said:
IDK, I mean he needs to be some part of the discussion about great UConn players, but when you've got 6 championships, an NIT title, etc., a guy that has none of that is pretty far down the list.
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Plus1 final 4😁... if only Dyson....
 
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Milestone Watch Update

Minutes (4278, 4th) - Karaban has passed Chris Smith for 4th all time in MP. He is probably 2 games away from moving into 2nd place.

3PFG (257, 4th) - Karaban is now only 3 away from Shabazz for 3rd place. He potentially could tie or pass Shabazz on Tuesday vs Xavier.

DWS (7.4, t-9th) - Karaban has now teid Shabazz and Sticks for 9th place. He potentially could pass them for sole 9th place on Tuesday vs Xavier.
 
Palatine said:
Karaban only needs 281 steals to tie Scotty Burrell.

Just a reminder how good a defender Scotty was. Crazy.
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That, Emekas block record and Smiths scoring record will likely never be broken. No one will stay in school long enough if they’re good enough to challenge Smiths points and the game has shifted outside enough that no one is averaging 4.3 BPG again
 
A couple things I missed.

Games (134, 9th) - Karaban tied Ricky Moore and Tiliek Brown for 9th place in games yesterday. Next game he will move into 6th with Denham Brown, Tyler Olander, and Tyler Polley.

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Wins (???) - This one is super confusing. There is a ton of stuff out there about how Samson Johnson is the winningest player in UConn history, and by means of being part of winning teams, he is, but by actual games played, he's nowhere near the top. If you count all wins a team has gotten, it gets a little murky. Rashamel Jones, Antric Klaiber, and Ricky Moore were all part of teams that won 116 games. However, 2 of those wins were vacated, so they sit at 114. This puts them at #2 to Samson Johnson's 115. Now Karaban's teams sit at 114 as well, so he is tied for 2nd if you don't count vacated wins, and 5th if you do. But what if you are asking most wins that a player actually played in. Well Karaban now sits at 111, and as far as I can tell, might put him in 1st. Jones played in 132/141 games, Klaiber in 115/141, and Moore in 134/141. Without going through each game (and I am not sure the roster data even exists, but it might be out there), Klaiber won a max of 101 games, Jones a max of 112, and Moore a max of all 114 wins.

I went deeper. Moore was suspended for 1 win in 1997, bringing his max to 113.

And deeper. Moore was injured for the Eastern Michigan win in the round of 32 in 1995-96 and DNP. That brings him down to 112.

I will do more research. At worst, Karaban is currently 1 game from 1st place in Wins played, and probably is already the all time leader.

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Mintues (4307, 4th) - Karaban is 15 minutes away from Boatright (4322) in 3rd and 25 from Freeman (4332) in 2nd. He should get there on Friday.

FG (592, UR) - Karaban is 10 FG away from getting on the board over Adrien (602). It probably won't happen on Friday, but you never know.

3PFG (257, 4th) - Karaban is still only 3 away from Shabazz for 3rd place, having hit none against Xavier. He potentially could tie or pass Shabazz on Friday.

DWS (7.5, 9th) - Karaban has now passed Shabazz and Sticks for 9th place. He is 0.3 away from Jerome Dyson for 8th.
 
Okay I can say with 100% confidence that Ricky Moore has 112 wins played. I have accounted for all 7 missed games in his career. If you don't include vacated wins, he drops to 111 wins played.

Rashamel Jones missed 2 games in 1996-97 due to an injured knee. UConn lost both games. Those are the only missed games I was able to identify. I want to clarify, Jones is at 114 Wins if you count the vacated wins, and 112 if you don't.
 
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