Rate your top 10 UConn wins

[Scottobot]

Here is my list of top 10 wins in program history, looking forward to seeing other peoples list.

1. UConn beats Duke for 1999 title, not only 1st title but sweet sweet revenge against Duke.
2. Uconn beat Gonzaga in elite 8 to get into 1999 Final 4. After knocking on the door so long, finally broke through.
3. 1988 NIT championship game. It was a huge deal just to make the NIT. UConn barely qualified and made a that run got everything started.
4. 2004 Final 4 vs Duke. What a comeback by UConn and Okafor, and again sweet revenge on Duke.
5. Beating Georgetown at civic center during start of BE play during the dream season. The dream season got off too bumpy start, then out of nowhere they beat Georgetown and Syracuse, which in those days never happened. I have never heard a louder crowd at civic center.
6. Big East Championship game vs Syracuse, 1991/ dream season. Torraino Walker comes out of nowhere to be a force for UConn.
7. 1991 NCAA sweet 16 vs Clemson, after leading all game UConn blows lead and Clemson leads for first time in 2nd half with 1 second to go. Than tears of anguish turn to joy with Scott Burrell 95’ pass and Tate George last second shot.
8. 2011 BE tournament (all games equally awesome here) with Kemba Walker turning a disappointing 9-9 Conf record into the most improbable win streak ever.
9. 2014, first round vs St Joes, UConn down 3 very late, Amida Birmah (freshman) gets offensive rebound, makes put back, gets fouled AND makes the free throw to force OT. UConn goes onto win the game and eventually the tournament.
10. Ray Allen makes last second shot to beat Allen Iverson anD Georgetown in 1996 BE championship game.

 

[QDOG5]

The first four are easy just depends on what order you put them in.
1. 99
2. 04
3. 14
4. 11
5. 04 Semi
6. Clemson in '91
7. BE Tourney champs over Lville in '11
8. Rip's buzzer beater vs Wash in '98
9. Ray's amazing shot to be BE champs in '96
10. 99 Semi vs Ohio state

 

[uconnfan68]

The first four are easy just depends on what order you put them in.
1. 99
2. 04
3. 14
4. 11
5. 04 Semi
6. Clemson in '91
7. BE Tourney champs over Lville in '11
8. Rip's buzzer beater vs Wash in '98
9. Ray's amazing shot to be BE champs in '96
10. 99 Semi vs Ohio state

NIT in #5. Move rest down.

 

[SCNCHuskie]

Looking at your lists, I realize how lucky I have been to be at so many of those games including the two buzzer beaters, and most of the national championships. I really enjoyed the Georgetown game, because I had witnessed the women play earlier in the day, and those two wins propelled UConn to be the first school ever to be ranked first in both poles. Looking back, I think I appreciate things more now than at the time.

 

[navery12]

1. 2023 National Championship
2. 2023 Final Four
3. 2023 Elite Eight
4. 2023 Big East Championship
5. 2023 Sweet Sixteen
6. 2023 Big East Semi-Finals
7. 2023 Round of 32
8. 2023 Round of 64
9. 2023 Big East Quarterfinals
10. 2023 Big East 1st Round

 

[LIuconn]

All the championship games of course. The Florida game, the Kentucky games stand out

Most memorable game was going to Austin for the Roscoe & Kemba step back. 2011?

 

[geordi]

You’ve gotta consider beating Pitt at Pitt with Khalid jumping up on the table. And v UMass, down 10-30 at halftime, come back to out score them by >40 in the second half. (For us old guys, beating Bill Bradley and Princeton.)

 

[Tenspro2002]

Underrated win:

Going into Louisville in 2009 and beating the eventual #1 overall seed by nearly 20 on their home court.

This was the high water mark of our heyday, in my opinion, and what we should strive for, moreso than fluky Tournament runs that you can't rely on.

 

[QDOG5]

@uconnfan68, you are absolutely correct. NIT should be fifth.

 

[wheelerdog]

1. 77-74 (There is no close second)
2. 96 BE championship
3. 14 Elite Eight @MSG
4. 14 National Championship
5. 11 Semifinal over Kentucky
6. Cardiac Kemba
7. Cliff free throw game at the Dome
8. Michigan State in Germany
9. Georgetown in Hartford Dream Season
10. Tate George at the Meadowlands

Kinda more like my 10 favorites I guess

 

[HuskyHawk]

NIT in #5. Move rest down.

That started it all really, with a nod to the Dream Team run a few years later.

 

[HooperScooper]

1. 77-74 (There is no close second)
2. 96 BE championship
3. 14 Elite Eight @MSG
4. 14 National Championship
5. 11 Semifinal over Kentucky
6. Cardiac Kemba
7. Cliff free throw game at the Dome
8. Michigan State in Germany
9. Georgetown in Hartford Dream Season
10. Tate George at the Meadowlands

Kinda more like my 10 favorites I guess

No 2004 semifinal?

 

[freescooter]

1. NIT win. It was so incredible at the time I don’t know anyone who even thought it possible. Remember this was the only Big East team to with zero NCAA appearances in their time in the league. There was serious talk of returning to the Yankee Conference. Jim Calhoun talked about toll booth workers crying as the team bus drove through on the way back to Storrs. It made the idea of UConn Basketball credible.
2. It’s Late. It’s Tate. It’s Great!!
3. 1999. Finally got the big one. Extra special because it was Duke and nobody gave us a chance.
4. Georgetown in the Dream Season. Suddenly, UConn was real.
5. 2011 Championship. We weren’t on anyone’s bracket. Then Brad Stevens was the brilliant young mind who would outcoach the old timer. Except he didn’t.
6. 2004 title game. Winning #2 made us a Program as opposed to just a one shot wonder.
7. I think it was 1999, we went out to play Stanford with our 2 best players hurt. Came home with the win
8. 2014. Beating Kentucky added to the sweet taste.
9. 2020 season upset of Houston. We beat a ranked team and it was finally possible to think we might be turning things around for real.
10. Dream Season Big East Final vs Syracuse. Another unbelievable accomplishment. Most people simply didn’t think UConn would or could ever do it.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

All the championship games of course. The Florida game, the Kentucky games stand out

Most memorable game was going to Austin for the Roscoe & Kemba step back. 2011?

You know that game as whole was crazy when no one talks about Kemba’s 35 foot shot clock beating fling

 

[Kathy]

NIT in #5. Move rest down.

Lyman DePriest on Dana Barros in that NIT

 

[willie99]

99, Dook, you never forget your first time
14 UK
11 Butler
04 Semi - Dook
04 Final (anticlimactic)
90, BET Title at MSG
88 NIT title at MSG
90 Georgetown & Cuse in Hartford
14 MSU at MSG
11 Louisville in BET title at MSG

and I didn't attend the top 3

 

[J187Money]

1999 Championship (was our first so most important - and F Duke anyway)
2004 Semi (I was there - and F Duke)
2004 Championship (I was there)
2011 Championship (I was there)
1996 BE Championship (last game I took my Dad to before he wasn't healthy enough to go anymore)
2014 Championship (sadly couldn't go)
1998 BE Championship (I was there)
2013 Gampel against Floriday (I was there)
1990 Clemson (the shot) - was a Freshman in Buckley (and yes - couches were burned that night lol)
2011 BE Semi against Cuse

So many great games!!

 

[uconnfan68]

That started it all really, with a nod to the Dream Team run a few years later.

Was going to throw the dream team in, but it's their loss I remember most. &^%% Laettner.

 

[wheelerdog]

No 2004 semifinal?

Whoops! Replace the Cliff game.

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

1. 1999
2. 2004
3. 2011
4. 2014
5. Tate George to Burrell
6. 2004 semi v Duke
7. NIT win
8. Ray Allen Big East Final over Iverson
9. RIP buzzer beater over Wash.
10. Taliek Brown 2 OT monster 3 over Pitt in big east tourney final.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

They’re all great wins especially 1999 , but people forget the first Big Win that actually made Conn basketball a thing .
It also made 11 year old future Az a fan
The 1954 Win vs Holy Cross at Worcester . We lost a heartbreaker a year later at Storrs.
They had Togo Palazzi and Tommy Heinsohn both future Celtics 1 draft picks. We countered with Worthy Patterson (first UConn’s NBA player) and the rebound machine Art Quimby. ( his records are beyond mind boggling)
It was only their second and only home loss of the year
They won the NIT that year which was equivalent to a National Championship. The NCAA was only 16 teams with regional representatives and wasn’t nearly as prestigious until the sixties when the NCAA made an effort to destroy the competition.

 

[HooperScooper]

They’re all great wins especially 1999 , but people forget the first Big Win that actually made Conn basketball a thing .

We forget about it because at least 99% of us on here weren't alive yet.

 

[swami7774]

Here is my list of top 10 wins in program history, looking forward to seeing other peoples list.

1. UConn beats Duke for 1999 title, not only 1st title but sweet sweet revenge against Duke.
2. Uconn beat Gonzaga in elite 8 to get into 1999 Final 4. After knocking on the door so long, finally broke through.
3. 1988 NIT championship game. It was a huge deal just to make the NIT. UConn barely qualified and made a that run got everything started.
4. 2004 Final 4 vs Duke. What a comeback by UConn and Okafor, and again sweet revenge on Duke.
5. Beating Georgetown at civic center during start of BE play during the dream season. The dream season got off too bumpy start, then out of nowhere they beat Georgetown and Syracuse, which in those days never happened. I have never heard a louder crowd at civic center.
6. Big East Championship game vs Syracuse, 1991/ dream season. Torraino Walker comes out of nowhere to be a force for UConn.
7. 1991 NCAA sweet 16 vs Clemson, after leading all game UConn blows lead and Clemson leads for first time in 2nd half with 1 second to go. Than tears of anguish turn to joy with Scott Burrell 95’ pass and Tate George last second shot.
8. 2011 BE tournament (all games equally awesome here) with Kemba Walker turning a disappointing 9-9 Conf record into the most improbable win streak ever.
9. 2014, first round vs St Joes, UConn down 3 very late, Amida Birmah (freshman) gets offensive rebound, makes put back, gets fouled AND makes the free throw to force OT. UConn goes onto win the game and eventually the tournament.
10. Ray Allen makes last second shot to beat Allen Iverson anD Georgetown in 1996 BE championship game.

The Clemson game was in '90.

 

[temery]

Isn't this done once a month?

 

[HooperScooper]

The Clemson game was in '90.

And the Big East Championship game against Syracuse was 1990. Sorry to pile on. Surprised this game isn't mentioned more.