Top 3 Uconic moments in Uconn history

[Mr. French]

Must have been someone else because Jason Williams was definitely not on that team. Ewing or Dockery? Shelden Williams? I kind of remember the play you're talking about because I remember K complaining with his rat face, but don't remember who the Duke player was.

Yes it was either Duhon or Ewing to my memory.

 

[cwh20]

Must have been someone else because Jason Williams was definitely not on that team. Ewing or Dockery? Shelden Williams? I kind of remember the play you're talking about because I remember K complaining with his rat face, but don't remember who the Duke player was.

Jason Williams was on that team. It was him. I’m pretty sure it was Rashad that stripped him of the ball from the side.

 

[cwh20]

Jason Williams was on that team. It was him. I’m pretty sure it was Rashad that stripped him of the ball from the side.

I checked one site to make sure Jason Williams was on the roster and it listed him. Another site says no. I was going by memory but I was really sure I was right. I guess it wasn’t him. I’m humbled.

 

[Mr. French]

Jay Williams was drafted in ‘02.

 

[Mr. French]

Duhon got stripped / blocked with about 1:35 left.

 

[HooperScooper]

Jason Williams was on that team. It was him. I’m pretty sure it was Rashad that stripped him of the ball from the side.

This guy? The Duke site is all messed up. He was drafted in 2002.

Jason Williams - 2003-04 - Men's Basketball - Duke University

Jason Williams (22) Player - Career Notes Returns as one of the nation’s best players in 2001-02 ... a leading candidate to win the Wooden and Naismith Award...

goduke.com

Here's the boxscore from the game. Shelden Williams is the only Williams who was on Duke. I remember the play also but can't remember who the Duke player who got stripped. Ewing maybe? Or Duhon? I think it was near the end of the game so we can go back and watch it and look for the rat face.

Duke vs. Connecticut Box Score (Men), April 3, 2004 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Duke vs. Connecticut Box Score (Men), April 3, 2004

www.sports-reference.com

 

[Woodson]

This guy? The Duke site is all messed up. He was drafted in 2002.

Jason Williams - 2003-04 - Men's Basketball - Duke University

Jason Williams (22) Player - Career Notes Returns as one of the nation’s best players in 2001-02 ... a leading candidate to win the Wooden and Naismith Award...

goduke.com

Here's the boxscore from the game. Shelden Williams is the only Williams who was on Duke. I remember the play also but can't remember who the Duke player who got stripped. Ewing maybe? Or Duhon? I think it was near the end of the game so we can go back and watch it and look for the rat face.

Duke vs. Connecticut Box Score (Men), April 3, 2004 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Duke vs. Connecticut Box Score (Men), April 3, 2004

www.sports-reference.com

Definitely was JJ Redick…

 

[HooperScooper]

Definitely was JJ Redick…

Yup. Went back and watched it (the replay of the play below) and was just coming on here to say that. Looked like Okafor stripped him.

 

[Mr. French]

I honestly didn’t think you guys were asking about that final strip.

 

[mauconnfan]

Tough I like @Spaceman213J and his top 3 explanations.

1: The Shot - To me without the Dream Season there’s many of these after which potentially never happen. Actually more than likely don’t.

It’s tough to navigate through the moments that kept the dream alive to get to ‘99, the elite 8s and the recruiting wins. It takes steps to get to where we are now. Heck the NIT Championship can be thrown in if you really are looking at the building of the program by JC.

 

[cwh20]

For what it is worth I think I have this figured out. Late in a tournament game that Duke lost Jason Williams had a chance late and drove the lane but didn’t finish and Lehigh (or whoever) won. I mashed that up with the end of the 2004 game.

 

[AdamaNation]

1) 99 win - over the unbeatable Duke Blue Devils, our first NC

2) 30-0 run versus the cocky Illini - established our dominance on the way to 12 double digit wins tourney play

3) Tate George shot - I thought we were all but dead, one of the early moments that got the brand going

Honorable mention - Kemba step back in BE tourney

Agree, disagree?

I always live the 14-2 (?)run vs Florida.

 

[Gurleyman]

I’ve probably said this before, but I don’t like this one. That team was flawed and Ray’s shot was a bandaid on what I felt was a doomed upcoming NCAA run. Georgetown controlled that game and we squeaked out a last second win.

This falls in the category of an excuse that a great team should overcome, but losing Ricky for the tournament hurt a lot. With that team, if we were in a grind it out game, we’d go smaller with Ricky at the 1, Doron and Ray on the wings, and push the pace. With no pace-changer, Mississippi State was able to keep us in the halfcourt and out-physical us. And their little shooting guard buried us with threes since Rudy Johnson had a hard time staying with him around screens.

But yeah, it is an excuse. Ricky was a freshman who averaged 5 ppg off the bench. The 2004 team lost its backup point guard for the entire second semester and won it all.

 

[El Obrero]

I’m surprised to see no mention of the first big East tournament championship, over Syracuse, with Chris Smith taking over a close game at the end. That was a major program breakthrough.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

The time I saw Bazz pick the pocket of some hot shot 5 star kid in the backcourt.