Richard Hamilton Highlights

[tcf15]

From Freshman year (1996-1997):


From Sophomore year (1997-1998):

 

[QDOG5]

Fun to watch. Other than rekindling my abiding affection for Rip was the nagging question of why UConn rarely presses anymore. I loved watching the Huskies press full court. Calhoun's press was not a frenetic style more like a spider web or a vice slowly closing. KO has the athletes to do it. He wants 20 ppg on fast breaks. He would get 10 easy on turnovers from a press.

 

[andy34]

Fun to watch. Other than rekindling my abiding affection for Rip was the nagging question of why UConn rarely presses anymore. I loved watching the Huskies press full court. Calhoun's press was not a frenetic style more like a spider web or a vice slowly closing. KO has the athletes to do it. He wants 20 ppg on fast breaks. He would get 10 easy on turnovers from a press.

I would LOVE to see some more press - we've got the personnel this year

 

[RichZ]

Really enjoyed these two. Subtle differences in Rip's game between yr 1 & 2. His trademark moving w/o the ball was becoming much more evident as a soph.
Both years though, he was such a sneaky-good offensive rebounder/putback artist.
But if he was here now, half the 'yard would be complaining that he was too skinny and needed to spend his off season in the weight room.

 

[Kitaman]

@tcf15 you need to post these vids on Friday afternoon for the weekend. Many of us have ADHD (Attention Deficit Husky Disorder), and you are ruining workplace productivity.

 

[MexicoHusky]

My favorite part of these clips are the games at Rutgers.

 

[MexicoHusky]

I also like seeing Q Hardnett playing and cheering hard on the sidelines. Q was a good JUCO guy. Really good in my opinion.

 

[Lefty2one]

Good stuff. Hard to believe those freshman year highlights were 20 years ago.

 

[HuskiesU]

Do anyone knows what RIP is up to now of days??

 

[RichZ]

When do we get the JohnnyTime highlights?

 

[7774]

When do we get the JohnnyTime highlights?

It's hard to make a highlight video when every minute of every game he played is a highlight.

 

[andy34]

I also like seeing Q Hardnett playing and cheering hard on the sidelines. Q was a good JUCO guy. Really good in my opinion.

He had a peculiar habit of shooting 3s that would hit the back rim and pop straight up .... only to fall through the hoop. That and he had the best name in UConn history.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

When do we get the JohnnyTime highlights?

Yea ! both of them

 

[Huskies4ever]

From Freshman year (1996-1997):


From Sophomore year (1997-1998):

His game reminds me of a combination of both Walkers.

 

[Excalibur]

Really enjoyed these two. Subtle differences in Rip's game between yr 1 & 2. His trademark moving w/o the ball was becoming much more evident as a soph.

The light seemed to come on during the NIT run. That's when it became evident he would be special.

 

[Tommyboy]

You have got to think that Rip's decision to come back for his junior year was one of the most important points in UConn men's basketball history. If he doesn't come back, we do not make the 99 final four (most likely), we don't win the 99 championship. That one season got a couple big monkeys off our back and really set us up for the next 20 years.

Thanks again for the vids TCF!

 

[andy34]

You have got to think that Rip's decision to come back for his junior year was one of the most important points in UConn men's basketball history. If he doesn't come back, we do not make the 99 final four (most likely), we don't win the 99 championship. That one season got a couple big monkeys off our back and really set us up for the next 20 years.

Thanks again for the vids TCF!

Completely agree - and honestly watching how mature his offensive game was even as a freshman - never mind as a soph - it's a minor miracle he stayed his junior year. If a kid in 2016 plays that well as a sophomore he's GONE.