Rip still got the game!
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As UConn fans we have been blessed to have some great players wear the UConn Jersey.
Rip is one of the greatest in that pantheon of greats .
No one ever worked harder to get a shot .
He still looks like he Is in game condition
It difficult to believe it’s 25 years since 1999 and 77-74.
If you told me as a fan at age 11,21,31,41,or maybe even 51 the success we would have I would have never believed it. Our dream was to see a final four , one that seemed doomed to failure .
Rip , Khalid , Ricky , Kevin , Jake , AM , Edmund , Rash , not only made that dream a reality but forever raised the expectations of what could be achieved for every UConn fan . Redemption for the heartbreak of 1990 was the icing on the cake.
Rip is one of the greatest in that pantheon of greats .
No one ever worked harder to get a shot .
He still looks like he Is in game condition
It difficult to believe it’s 25 years since 1999 and 77-74.
If you told me as a fan at age 11,21,31,41,or maybe even 51 the success we would have I would have never believed it. Our dream was to see a final four , one that seemed doomed to failure .
Rip , Khalid , Ricky , Kevin , Jake , AM , Edmund , Rash , not only made that dream a reality but forever raised the expectations of what could be achieved for every UConn fan . Redemption for the heartbreak of 1990 was the icing on the cake.
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As unbelievable as it may sound, Rip may have been the one guy who took his conditioning more seriously than Ray did.
Both were obsessed to the point of borderline insanity with that.
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If you told me that one of them would be under a coach named Hurley, I definitely wouldn't have believed it.
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Rip was crazy fit as a college player. That's what allowed him to run guys off screens all game long.
Jay Williams loves us. Said in a broadcast he wanted to go to UConn. If he had a son that played he would want him to play for Hurley
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The Newbies on the board failed to grasp what a tough pill to swallow the Hurley name was for us that survived 1990.
Even though I knew he was the best available coach out there and the Hurley name would pay dividends in recruiting the fertile Northeast . Plus he had a record of rebuilding programs and his staff was impressive.
I‘ve Posted it before be I still occasionally wake up in a cold sweat yelling
“Tate we don’t need a steal just knock the ball into the backcourt and let the clock run out” He never listens.
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WOW! That is just crazy. Love Rip.
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Jay Williams was a top 5 recruit. If he wanted to go to UConn he would have been at UConn. I have no idea why he keeps saying that.
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I called that Detroit duo the thin men
Both those guys were pretty slim and still look like they have not. gained a lb in all those years .
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How great is that! That team played team ball!
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Rip is on the Emeka level as a person and a player. Always pointed in the right direction.
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A nice touch on his part to not take the shot and just let that moment belong to Rip and the fans. That said, Fluck Duke!
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Buyers Remorse?
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It would have been much harder to accept and support at the start if it was Bobby who they were looking at as well. Thank goodness they made the right choice.
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With that jumper he could definitely still make anyware from a few hundred to 500k in Europa.