Throwback Highlights: 1995-1996 Season

[tcf15]

My dad had some highlights of the 1995/96 season, so I put them up on Youtube in playlist format:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjg6qSS1sLsAoLXQIof_xEoZ58ihl1qBk

Games included (with link for single video):
Nov. 22, 1995 - #6 UConn vs. TCU Highlights
Dec. 6, 1995 - #9 UConn vs. Notre Dame Highlights
Dec. 12, 1995 - #11 UConn @ Florida State Highlights
Dec. 23, 1995 - #8 UConn vs. Fairfield Highlights
Jan. 3, 1996 - #7 UConn @ West Virginia Highlights
Jan. 6, 1996 - #7 UConn vs. Miami Highlights
Jan. 9, 1996 - #6 UConn vs. #7 Villanova - Ray Allen vs. Kerry Kittles
Jan. 17, 1996 - #5 UConn vs. St. John's Highlights
Jan. 25, 1996 - #4 UConn @ Pitt Highlights
Jan. 28, 1996 - #4 UConn vs. #22 Virginia Highlights
Jan. 31, 1996 - #4 UConn @ Rutgers Highlights
Feb. 3, 1996 - #4 UConn @ St. John's Highlights

 

[Huskybass]

Great stuff. Thanks for posting. I had forgotten how good Sheffer was. That 95-96 team was stacked.

 

[Mike Honcho]

This rules so hard. Thanks tcf.

 

[mauconnfan]

Funny seeing Rash Jones and Ray/Doron…..forgot they overlapped a year……

Thanks again tcf

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I don't know how Williams missed that put back.

 

[Kitaman]

Funny seeing Rash Jones and Ray/Doron…..forgot they overlapped a year……

Thanks again tcf

Also Ricky playing with Ray.

 

[boog204]

I loved that team; was so disappointed with how everything went down. Miss St. bullied Ray all over the court and unfortunately my lasting memory is of Ray timidly standing still on the baseline in that Sweet 16.

 

[boog204]

Watching these clips you forget how underrated guys like Rudy Johnson, Knight, and Kirk King were. Especially pre-Grizzly Adams Travis. Very good passer, got 8-9 boards a game, and was a lot more athletic than he was given credit for.

 

[Tommyboy]

Those original ESPN2 "Edgy" graphics always make me laugh.

 

[Lefty2one]

^ LOL oh yes. Those graphics and overlays were SO bad. They were going for that 1990's 'edgy & cool' look way too hard.

On another note, I really, really miss those uniforms. Ollie needs to get those reincarnated with our new logo.

 

[tcf15]

Those original ESPN2 "Edgy" graphics always make me laugh.

^ LOL oh yes. Those graphics and overlays were SO bad. They were going for that 1990's 'edgy & cool' look way too hard.

On another note, I really, really miss those uniforms. Ollie needs to get those reincarnated with our new logo.

Had to make a GIF of this...so perfect: http://imgur.com/sYu2AOa

 

[Penfield]

Had to make a GIF of this...so perfect: http://imgur.com/sYu2AOa

holy crap thats awesome.

 

[tcf15]

holy crap thats awesome.

They should've kept this feature as part of their programming.

 

[superjohn]

Kirk King is definitely underrated, he was a very solid player.

 

[tzznandrew]

Kirk King is definitely underrated, he was a very solid player.

The 1996-1997 team was 11-3 before the suspension of King and Moore. Moore lost a few games (5?), King lost the remainder of the year, and therefore, career. I don't remember the exact nature of the offense, but I thought it had to do with money to go home over a break. That the NCAA only found out about because UConn self-reported.

Not saying the 1997 would have been an all-time great, but they possibly could have slipped into the NCAAs.

 

[Husky25]

The 1996-1997 team was 11-3 before the suspension of King and Moore. Moore lost a few games (5?), King lost the remainder of the year, and therefore, career. I don't remember the exact nature of the offense, but I thought it had to do with money to go home over a break. That the NCAA only found out about because UConn self-reported.

Not saying the 1997 would have been an all-time great, but they possibly could have slipped into the NCAAs.

Plane ticket home, similar to Ricky Moore, but they only suspended Moore for 5 games. I don't remember why the two different penalties for the same offense.

 

[Husky1964]

Travis was later 22 mill richer courtesy of Rick Pitino and Celtics.

 

[boog204]

The 1996-1997 team was 11-3 before the suspension of King and Moore. Moore lost a few games (5?), King lost the remainder of the year, and therefore, career. I don't remember the exact nature of the offense, but I thought it had to do with money to go home over a break. That the NCAA only found out about because UConn self-reported.

Not saying the 1997 would have been an all-time great, but they possibly could have slipped into the NCAAs.

I think you could the argument though that that year made the 99 team that much tougher. The suspensions forced KFree into the starting lineup and Rip had to shoulder so much more responsibility. On top of that, once Ricky returned, it made it quite obvious that we needed a true point guard (Khalid) to make it all come together.

 

[tcf15]

Plane ticket home, similar to Ricky Moore, but they only suspended Moore for 5 games. I don't remember why the two different penalties for the same offense.

I think King denied it at first, and then fessed up, which led to the longer suspension.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Jan. 28, 1996 - #4 UConn vs. #22 Virginia Highlights

I remember being at this game with my pops like it was yesterday. Rudy Johnson took Harold Deane completely out of the game and UVa just quit. I can't believe this was almost 20 years ago. Time flies.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

I think King denied it at first, and then fessed up, which led to the longer suspension.

Kirk was my next door neighbor for two years in Eddy Hall. Watching all that go down through his perspective was heart breaking. As big a man as he was, he was just a homesick kid at heart. He deserved better. They all do.

 

[Excalibur]

Plane ticket home, similar to Ricky Moore, but they only suspended Moore for 5 games. I don't remember why the two different penalties for the same offense.

The explanation given was that Moore was a freshman when it went down, and King was a senior and should have known better . . .

 

[Excalibur]

By the way, for those under the age of 27 or so who only know Ray Allen as an aging 3 point specialist in the NBA, these highlights should be required viewing. Ray was an explosive athlete when he was younger -- much more than just a shooter. It was nice to be reminded of just how great he was.