Name your all-time UConn Defensive Team

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I like the list except for Jackson. I would rather out nadav, hassan, depriest, boatright and Thabeet before him. Jackson got killed off the dribble alot as he was more concerned with the occasional highlights reel steal or block.

That particular criticism was leveled against Dyson by AJ Price who, while commending his tenacity, also mentioned that it often broke down the team defense when he failed to make the steal. I remembered being surprised by that public comment but considered it insightful coming from AJ Price. I'm not sure what their interior motivation was because they (Dyson and Jackson) were both dogs.

 

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Not as crazy as the complete absence of Boat and Bazz. Opposing teams literally could not run their offense. I think the Harrison twins are still in therapy over the national championship game.

It was around their era that the defensive term "getting in their grill" was used by announcers for suffocating defensive pressure.
That phrase was epitomized by Bazz and Boat who could really get low and were smart as well as fast. Total demolition of offensives; especially Fla.

 

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Per Allen Iverson, Ricky Moore was the only college player in the country capable of guarding him.

Well, that pretty well immortalizes him. Thanks for posting that.