Put Newton on the wall!!!
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I will always remember that flip shot that Teisten in the second half. That and the 3 rhat Karabn hit followed by Castle demoralized Purdue and they knew we would win. That was a hell of a shot showing conviction going against Edey. Now I need ro buy my Newton shirt. He will be sorely missed and so glad he came back as it was win win for both team and player.
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They didn't retire #2, only honored Newton. I believe only #32 and #34 are retired.It gets a little hokey when your program is this strong. We'll be wearing offensive lineman numbers pretty soon.
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I would love for those who were wishing he didn’t transfer here after his initial few games to step up lol. There were quite a few.
Once he figured it out he did become a very special Husky didn’t he? #2
Once he figured it out he did become a very special Husky didn’t he? #2
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And still, so, so chill. Incredible
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Newton is incomparable. Kind of the Miles Davis of college point guards. Category of his own.
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UConn's Tristen Newton and Dan Hurley are the 'fire and ice' who won it all twice
Newton, the Final Four MOP, has the opposite demeanor of his coach. But they learned that they both have burning desires to win.
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Any of you feel this way too?
As a crazy UConn fan watching the games, I would always get nervous at some point. But whenever Newton would pop up on the screen, he always looked calm, collected, and confident! He always carried the “we got this” look!
Which would immediately make me think, yep we got this!
He’s a leader in the way he inspires confidence into his teammates.
That’s why he will succeed in anything he sets his eyes on moving forward!
As a crazy UConn fan watching the games, I would always get nervous at some point. But whenever Newton would pop up on the screen, he always looked calm, collected, and confident! He always carried the “we got this” look!
Which would immediately make me think, yep we got this!
He’s a leader in the way he inspires confidence into his teammates.
That’s why he will succeed in anything he sets his eyes on moving forward!
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He went through a hot streak early on this year and I was thinking that he made a deal with the Devil. The 31 against Kansas was just epic.
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Went back and looked at some highlights from this ECU game in Feb 2020 - our lineup was guys like Bouk, Josh Carlton, Whaley, Gaffney, Vital, Gilbert, etc. Seems so long ago now. Who would have though then that this freshman on the other team would help us win 2 straight Nattys and his name & number hanging on the Gampel wall?
Yeah exactly, read my post #30 in this thread. Your post is much more succinct than mine, whereas I put a Back to the Future spin on my post. If someone from today went back in time and told the 2020 version of myself who was watching that game that a player in this UConn-ECU game will have their number up on the wall who is it? The 2020 version of myself would have guessed James Bouknight.
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Who woulda thought he’d be on wall when he arrived at UConn. Well deserved. Tristen made so many winning plays.
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I think he will too
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Wild take...
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......no turnovers makes absolutely no sense.