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Probaly any year for Chris Smith, but I'd go Sr or Jr. year
 
mauconnfan said:
You know you will kill me for this but his freshman year was not underrated, it was fairly bad. It was turnover heaven baby. I'm also glad he was vindicated but he doesn't fit in this thread. ;)
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Thought of you when I posted. I vividly remember you and Taliek's history and couldn't resist:

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David 76 said:
Probaly any year for Chris Smith, but I'd go Sr or Jr. year
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The correct answer is C, his sophmore year. He hit the most overlooked clutch shot in UConn history, that 3 to send that Elite 8 game into overtime. It most certainly is not his senior year where JC pretty much benched him in his last game for the school.
 
Waquoit said:
The correct answer is C, his sophmore year. He hit the most overlooked clutch shot in UConn history, that 3 to send that Elite 8 game into overtime. It most certainly is not his senior year where JC pretty much benched him in his last game for the school.
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Any year. I just thought his sophomore year was the only one people knew about. He really carried the offense the next 2 years w/o Tate or Dove.
 
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Ricky Moore's senior year, particularly his stifling defense the entire NCAA Tournament. Finished it off by shutting down Langdon and Duke while having an insane first half offensively. Without him we don't hoist that first trophy.
 
Waquoit said:
The correct answer is C, his sophmore year. He hit the most overlooked clutch shot in UConn history, that 3 to send that Elite 8 game into overtime. It most certainly is not his senior year where JC pretty much benched him in his last game for the school.
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Smitty was awful in his last game; pretty sad in retrospect. We were all over Ohio St. the first 10 minutes or so in that game just physically dominating them but Smitty was way off. JC sat him down early in that game too but he never came out of it. Once we started getting crushed, other than loyalty, there was no real reason to play him. In a way, I'm glad JC sat him down as opposed to have him playing continually awful in the thrashing we received in the second half. If I remember right it was a one point game at the half and we lost by 20+.
 
Mr. French said:
That's an interesting, but tough, topic. Off the top of my head, I'd throw these out there:
Mouring
Charlie V sophomore year
AJ senior year
Hilton senior year
Marcus senior year

If I had to choose one year that's very underrated and forgotten, it's Marcus. That 2006 team was so loaded and he was soooo good... I think people remember the overall feel of that season, which sorta skews how we view all those players.

No doubt that season was tough for all the reasons we know, but I remember Marcus being so money, passing, shooting and controlling the game. That, plus his brutal NBA career, I think skews people's memory of how good he was. He was the prototypical PG.

Because of the results vs guys like AJ, Kemba and Bazz, people don't remember how insanely good that dude was in college.
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Marcus was a junior that year.... But, you are right. Marcus became our best playing the post-season and without him becoming a scorer, we lose to Albany.
 
boog204 said:
Marcus was a junior that year.... But, you are right. Marcus became our best playing the post-season and without him becoming a scorer, we lose to Albany.
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You're right, my bad. He left after that, that's what I was thinking.

I always loved his game. So smooth, great touch, ridiculous vision.
 
joober jones said:
Senior year Scott Burrell is another one
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His junior year was much better. His senior year the team tanked. His numbers were better across the board as a junior. Wasn't that the Lindsay Hunter year?
 
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intlzncster said:
Can't believe Rudy Gay's sophomore year hasn't been mentioned. Guy filled the stat sheet with something like 15/7/2/2/2 (idr exactly). And was 2nd team AA.

And people still think he was a bust at UCONN.
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The bust label is only b/c that team was so damn talented and despite an elite 8 appearance, so damn disappointing. Rudy was the most visible player on that team and thus gets the bust label. Also, as good as that stat sheet looked, I always felt like we only got 75% of how good he could've been. Just wasn't his mentality to dominate.
 
boog204 said:
His junior year was much better. His senior year the team tanked. His numbers were better across the board as a junior. Wasn't that the Lindsay Hunter year?
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His senior year was the first in which I lived in CT so unfortunately I didn't get to see much of him before that.
 
boog204 said:
The bust label is only b/c that team was so damn talented and despite an elite 8 appearance, so damn disappointing. Rudy was the most visible player on that team and thus gets the bust label. Also, as good as that stat sheet looked, I always felt like we only got 75% of how good he could've been. Just wasn't his mentality to dominate.
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Pretty spot on analysis. Rudy was so dang good, but always left you wanting more, like his #s just came easy but never felt like he was taking over. I always loved Rudy but that's how it usually felt, and I think his pro career has been similar.
 
boog204 said:
Smitty was awful in his last game; pretty sad in retrospect. We were all over Ohio St. the first 10 minutes or so in that game just physically dominating them but Smitty was way off. JC sat him down early in that game too but he never came out of it. Once we started getting crushed, other than loyalty, there was no real reason to play him. In a way, I'm glad JC sat him down as opposed to have him playing continually awful in the thrashing we received in the second half. If I remember right it was a one point game at the half and we lost by 20+.
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Smitty did score 637 points his senior year.
 
Rusy was really good, just high expectations and still somewhat raw. book's got it right, loved Rudy and couldn't believe the people who hammered him. Turned out ok for him.
 
For one and done players, Lee Otis Wilson a/k/a "The Mad Bomber" comes to mind. In the mid 1970's he dominated the house league one year, routinely scoring 40 ppg, and then played one season for Dee Rowe, averaging close to 14 ppg. Alas, he suffered from academic shortcomings and could not return for his senior season. He would have easily averaged over 20 ppg had he played during the three point shot era. Most of his shots were from downtown Willimantic.
 
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Deandre Daniels in the 2014 NCAA tournament he was an absolute beast, he also made some clutch plays in the win over Florida(he had the tip to Shabazz on the GW buzzer beater) made clutch shots vs Indiana in the 2K tournament. When he had to come out of the National title game vs UK the game changed if he doesn't into foul trouble I think Uconn would have rolled in that game.
 
Tyler Olander's freshman and soph years- absolutely killed Notre Dame, Syracuse and provided the difference against Kentucky in the FF by scoring the first bucket.
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
Tyler Olander's freshman and soph years- absolutely killed Notre Dame, Syracuse and provided the difference against Kentucky in the FF by scoring the first bucket.
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That's actually a real good one. I thought Tyler was going to become a real valuable player for us by the time he was a junior/senior. Obviously, he served a purpose, but I thought he could be a 7/5/2apg type guy playing the 4/5 for 25 minutes a game. I remember his first game with Ollie against Mich St. 4 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast, 4 blocks, and 2 steals. Thought he could be a real valuable player as a passing big man who could hit a jumper. Had too much rap game, I guess.
 
Waquoit said:
Yeah, no. That's when he declared himself the "go-to" guy and threw up one ill-advised three after another.
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Kind of similar to KFree's sr year when he needed to be a swing to get to the next level. 2 great Huskies straying from their strengths.
 
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I know people realize how effective Thabeet was in 2009, but I think it is easy to underrate how dominant he was on the college level. After Dyson went down, that team really didn't have much. Price shot the lights out, but Stanley was pretty inconsistent.

I'll say Tim Coles's senior year was pretty underrated. Averaged 10 rebounds and 13 points a game, shot 52% from the field. Played center and though he was very undersized, he held his own. It is tough to say who was more effective, Jeff Adrien or Coles. Adrien had more of the power body, whereas Coles was lean, but he was a warrior under there.

Is Mamadou Diarra the second coming of Tim Coles?

Coles finished his career with 1000+ points and 800+ rebounds.
 
boog204 said:
That's actually a real good one. I thought Tyler was going to become a real valuable player for us by the time he was a junior/senior. Obviously, he served a purpose, but I thought he could be a 7/5/2apg type guy playing the 4/5 for 25 minutes a game. I remember his first game with Ollie against Mich St. 4 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast, 4 blocks, and 2 steals. Thought he could be a real valuable player as a passing big man who could hit a jumper. Had too much rap game, I guess.
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I thought one of his problems is he put on too much weight. Whether that was from lifting a lot or or not giving a duckck, I have no idea. He seemed to lose foot speed as he got older.
 
mauconnfan said:
Kind of similar to KFree's sr year when he needed to be a swing to get to the next level. 2 great Huskies straying from their strengths.
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JC was the culprit there though. One of the few times he put the good of his guy (in helping him try to make the league) over the good of the team. I think JC learned from this as well though.
 
intlzncster said:
JC was the culprit there though. One of the few times he put the good of his guy (in helping him try to make the league) over the good of the team. I think JC learned from this as well though.
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Definitely. That team had the potential to be outstanding but was instead bogged down by a complete non-factor playing the 3. Watching KFree pump fake over and over again made us so stagnant. We were pre-season #1 I think and got totally embarrassed by Tennessee (Fark You Ron Slay) in the tourney.
 
upstater said:
I know people realize how effective Thabeet was in 2009, but I think it is easy to underrate how dominant he was on the college level. After Dyson went down, that team really didn't have much. Price shot the lights out, but Stanley was pretty inconsistent.

I'll say Tim Coles's senior year was pretty underrated. Averaged 10 rebounds and 13 points a game, shot 52% from the field. Played center and though he was very undersized, he held his own. It is tough to say who was more effective, Jeff Adrien or Coles. Adrien had more of the power body, whereas Coles was lean, but he was a warrior under there.

Is Mamadou Diarra the second coming of Tim Coles?

Coles finished his career with 1000+ points and 800+ rebounds.
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Oh man if Diarra has Tim Coles in him I will love him immediately. Good call on this one upstater, see you do know other athletes besides Brady ;)
 
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