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[Yonick]

Corney's recruitment had a lot to do with UConn being invited to the Big East.

 

[FriarJ]

I know we like to blast the 60's and 70's on this site, but Corny Thompson was the MAN! Very smooth for a body of his type. Just one of the greats from NE and he absolutely helped UConn get an invite. Gavitt knew things were looking up in Storrs.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Having been born at the beginning of the JC era, I have no memory of Corny Thompson. My first thought is that his name sounds like an old-timey baseball player from the 1880's. He and Cap Anson might have been best buds.

 

[Waquoit]

Corney's recruitment had a lot to do with UConn being invited to the Big East.

Not just his recruitment, his on-court play as a freshmen. UConn was THE hot team in New England. They looked to be a team on the come.

 

[Waquoit]

Having been born at the beginning of the JC era, I have no memory of Corny Thompson. My first thought is that his name sounds like an old-timey baseball player from the 1880's. He and Cap Anson might have been best buds.

He hurt himself by coming to UConn. His other 2 choices were Virginia (where he would have been the power forward Ralph Sampson never had) and North Carolina. He truly gave more than he got.

 

[mauconnfan]

No, not the first two names (Hazelton &Thompson) that jump in your mind when u think of our history, thats all......

You will need to rethink the Corny mention in this post!! He was a stud, back-to-the-basket, foul line jumper and short jumpers were money and he could rebound the basketball...........played against Corny in HS and the rest of the MHS squad, they were the best around for a while with he, Marshall, Muckle, the little dude - but Corny was the straw and a damn good one!! Stronger than it looked too because he was a bit "chubby" but quick and tough!

 

[UConnLen]

You will need to rethink the Corny mention in this post!! He was a stud, back-to-the-basket, foul line jumper and short jumpers were money and he could rebound the basketball...........played against Corny in HS and the rest of the MHS squad, they were the best around for a while with he, Marshall, Muckle, the little dude - but Corny was the straw and a damn good one!! Stronger than it looked too because he was a bit "chubby" but quick and tough!

Corny [PF] was a huge recruit for UConn-#1 player in the country picked Storrs during the Blizzard of 78!!! Perno and OBrien drove to Middletown to secure the letter of intent [no Fax]. Mike McKay [a SF] joined him that year. Aleksinas [C] transfered in from Kentucky shortly after to complete the front line. Guards Miller, Hobbs and Giscombe followed in subsequent years and UConn was very good-just not good enough. BUT Corny and MCkay are high on the all time scoring list at UConn. I think if Corny had JC to condition him, he would have been even a better player, he was still one of the great ones though.

 

[johnhuskies95]

Warren got the same minutes though.

Overall, yes, but Warren's minutes went up a good margin in the last few games and Purvis saw a decrease in minutes. Warren's went up by about 7 over the last 6 games compared to his season average, and Purvis' minutes went down by about 8 over the last 6 games compared to his season average.

 

[FriarJ]

80 or 81, The Huskies came into the PCC and won by about 10 points behind Corny and that big goon Alexsinas and my dislike was born.

 

[Bezzz]

Really? Corny was pretty good. He went on to play for the Dallas Mavericks.

I designed Corny's restaurant and night club in Hartford during the mid ninety's. The old Spencers on Main Street. He was the nicest guy, but seemed to have a large entourage that he was probably supporting...didn't help his restaurant succeed.

 

[mcs333]

Corny's HS team won 76 straight games and three state championships. Still a record. He started 4 straight years for UCONN , scored 1800+ points, 1000+ rebounds and still I believe holds the school record for most made free throws. He played 1.5 years for the Mav's before he had a serious knee injury. Later played 12 years in Europes where he made millions. He had an excellent career in Italy and Spain. I believe he currently coaches in South America.

 

[superjohn]

80 or 81, The Huskies came into the PCC and won by about 10 points behind Corny and that big goon Alexsinas and my dislike was born.

Haha I know Chuck Aleksinas, he is a nice fellow and an enormous human being.

 

[Doggie Style]

I'm pretty sure Corny Thompson was the #1 ranked player in the country as a HS Senior back in the late 70's. Just because he wasn't here when Calhoun was doesn't mean that he isn't important to the history of UConn.

Never once did I say he wasn't important to our history!

 

[tcf15]

So dirty...

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I'm pretty sure Corny Thompson was the #1 ranked player in the country as a HS Senior back in the late 70's. Just because he wasn't here when Calhoun was doesn't mean that he isn't important to the history of UConn.

Mark Aguirre was #1 coming out of HS that year. There were likely two or three other guys ahead of Corny but you wouldn't have run off many names before you got to Corny which is pretty damned impressive, especially where we were (in terms of national presence) as a program then and how hard Dean Smith went after Corny.

 

[FriarJ]

I was a junior in HS when he was a senior and there were more damn articles in the Westerly Sun about his games than there were about the local HS's.

 

[huskiesnyc]

Is anyone else feeling a Rodney Purvis commitment today? After all we've been through as fans this year, I feel we deserves some good news heading into the weekend

 

[uconnforlife]

Just tweeted that he is transferring to UConn.

 

[Scot-e]

Dude- if you are right post a new topic. This would be big news.

 

[uconnforlife]

Dude- if you are right post a new topic. This would be big news.

Someone beat me to it haha