Top 3 Uconic moments in Uconn history

[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.