Shabazz has achieved at minimum CARON+ status. Maybe more.

[nelsonmuntz]

Why is showing Caron love making people angry? I didn't realize blawyer was anti-caron

 

[SHS72]

Bazz wins the NC--he is kemba's equal.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

Kemba is still #1 for Me. 2011 was beyond Belief. 5 in 5 and then the NC, to put the cherry on top. Napier is #2. Rip #3 Ray #4 Ben and Emeka #5. But have much love for Voskul, Freeman, Khalid, Donyell and Donny, Caron, Marcus, Travis, etc.

 

[Jax Husky]

Bazz wins the NC--he is kemba's equal.

Bazz wins another NCAA T and he is, by far, the greatest player in UConn history.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

I agree, Jax.

 

[mcs333]

Agree. Another title and he is the greatest Husky. However, Kemba had the best season ever. Bazz the best career.

 

[dante]

Agree. Another title and he is the greatest Husky. However, Kemba had the best season ever. Bazz the best career.

well said

 

[UConnNick]

Caron is high level around here. Very high. Rudy Gay is high level. Shabazz is to me right there with my all time favorites: Khalid El Amin, Rip Hamilton, Ricky Moore, Ben Gordon, Emeka Okafor, the knee breaker - Kemba, Ray, Shabazz, Donny, Donyell, Caron, Taliek, AJ, Kevin. That's my list.

I love Caron, but are you kidding? Napier has now been on TWO Final Four teams, and he was a very important piece of a team that won the national championship. He's now the lead dog on Husky sled NO. 1!

Caron was a great husky, but he only played for two seasons and he only made it as far as the Elite Eight round. With all due respect to Caron, Shabazz has nothing more to prove. He's already surpassed Butler and many other notable Husky stars.

 

[joober jones]

Considering what he went through and how he pulled us back from the brink of irrelevance (in the eyes of some), Napier is #1 all time if he gets the 2nd NC. Right now he's tied with Kemba in my eyes.

 

[BoatShow]

He is way way way up there.

 

[imno1]

He's on our MT Rushmore that's for certain

 

[James]

people on the boneyard hate rudy. too bad he bleeds blue and loves uconn.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Rudy Gay is nowhere near any all time husky list as far as im concerned. As far Bazz goes if your name isnt kemba,Emeka or Rip consider yourself in Bazzs rear view mirror.

Bazz's contribution go beyond Basketball.
All the others mentioned were great players, Bazz was a savior.when the program needed it most.

 

[Gurleyman]

Bazz's contribution go beyond Basketball.
All the others mentioned were great players, Bazz was a savior.when the program needed it most.

We needed it when Kemba did it, too. Napier hung with us through probation, so he gets bonus points. But after the 2010 struggles, our sub par recruiting class (or so it was thought at the time), the cloud of the Miles thing, and JC on his way out, Kemba gave us a shot of life when we were in dire need of one. Obviously, Bazz has duplicated that hanging with us (Selby, Joseph, Knight - thank you for the no's).

We're eight days away from the final chapter in the Bazz story. Just nice to have them in the same discussion.

 

[RedGuerrUltra]

Caron Butler ‏@realtuffjuice 1h
Special big ups to UCONN men and women#FinalFour

 

[JellyBean]

Shabazz has reached immediate Husky of Honor status. Whenever this season ends, however it ends, the minute that young man steps off the team bus outside of Gampel, he should have a ceremony to retire 13.

Thank you. I so agree. Shabazz has earned Husky Honors and #13 put up among the rafters.

 

[Kitaman]

We all have our favorites and prejudices. As for Bazz right now he's on top of the world and certainly one of our greatest Husky.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

In all the distraction of trying to place Shabazz before his career ends, here's the one indisputable label at this point: Best 4-year player in UConn history.

 

[Deadrody]

Caron's team was pretty sketchy. Selvie was the second best player on that team. It is hard to compare this team to that one.

You're confused (as usual). While they may have been freshmen, the team Butler took to the elite eight against Maryland had both Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor. And Tony Robertson. And Taliek Brown.

Which is not to say Shabazz hasn't already passed Butler in Husky lore. A good part of Caron's draw was the story behind his life before UConn and what it meant to him. He was a great player that put a team on his back and took them to the elite eight and barely lost to the eventual national champs after Steve Blake (IIRC) threw in a desperation 3 in the final minute or so.

But Napier already was a solid contributor on a National Championship team. And now put his team on his back and took them to the Final Four. And, frankly, I'm not sure his surrounding cast is really as good as Butler's. Maybe. Napier is way up there. Definitely in the same discussion as Hamilton, Gordon, and Okafor at a minimum. He's pushing up on Kemba territory. Ultimately that will come down to NEXT weekend.

 

[Waquoit]

He's on our MT Rushmore that's for certain

I totally agree.

 

[RedGuerrUltra]

 

[Horatio]

Caron Butler ‏@realtuffjuice 1h
Special big ups to UCONN men and women#FinalFour

Priceless!!!!!! Excellent picture for future recruits.

 

[intlzncster]

Priceless!!!!!! Excellent picture for future recruits.

Lamb and Hasheem, two of our goofiest guys ever (nobody above Selvie). Caron's a cool cat though.

 

[MattMang23]

Lamb and Hasheem, two of our goofiest guys ever (nobody above Selvie). Caron pulls his weight though.

Whoa whoa whoa. Don't disrespect Mandledove.

 

[intlzncster]

Whoa whoa whoa. Don't disrespect Mandledove.

Strong goof no doubt. Not sure he saw enough court time to start, but he's definitely on the team.