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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 5073188, member: 5787"] I associate many of my favorite UConn plays of the 90s and early 00s to "lifers", but getting the chance to share the start of my UConn years with Rudy Guy was something amazing to watch. He was, by far, my favorite player to watch warm up before games while I was in the student section. Caron Butler was before my time at UConn, but I loved watching him on TV and he's obviously been an incredible ambassador to the program and just an incredible story, as a person. Combined with the modern day of player movement and the current dynasty that is beholden upon us, there are plenty of recent favorites: Donovan Clingan, Tristen Newton, RJ Cole, Stephon Castle, Cam Spencer, Jordan Hawkins, Joey C, Tyrese Martin, Bouk... So many to pick from! I'm a big fan of redemption stories and of that list, so I gotta go with Tristen Newton. Listen, in his first season at UConn, he was panned [I]a lot [/I]on here, especially during UConn's 2-6 stretch at the start of 2022-23 conference play. I was at the Creighton/UConn game after his rough two-game stretch against Xavier and Providence and plenty of "fans" near me said some pretty awful crap about him, but that was a game where his steady poise and icy veins prevailed. An elite closer who had the ability to control the pace of the game, Newton had a magical end to his UConn career. Here are his averages across his final fifteen games with UConn: 15.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 2.1 turnovers, 55.1 2P%, 2.3 3PM, 34.7 3P%, 83.6 FT%. Unreal. In his two years at UConn, he was the starting point guard on National Championship teams. That's incredible. [/QUOTE]

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