Toughest Huskies

[Methalius]

Toraino Walker. Scariest person I've ever seen in person; McMahon dining hall circa 1990.

I couldn't agree more on the toughness aspect. He was a good dude in person. Honorable Mention to Rod Sellers for bouncing Christian Laettner's head off of the floor.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I think Sanogo is up there too. He was literally impossible to move in the post. It was funny watching guys try to back him down and lose ground.

 

[InKembaITrust]

Caron
Silas
Freeman
Cam
Tyrese Martin
Ricky
Bazz
Okafor

Come to mind first...

 

[HailUConn]

Kemba Walker!!!

5 BE games in 5 days, played his tails off.
Never lose a single game when it’s win or lose game.
Put the entire freshmen class on his back and took them to the promised land!

 

[JonnyRI]

How about an all tough guy starting five

Boat
Cam
Dyson
Adrien
Jake

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Anyone who survived four years under Jim Calhoun.

 

[rashadray11]

Ed. Nelson.

 

[alexd]

Cam Spencer, pound for pound

Yeah.... but he couldn't just suck it up and hit that three at the end in Lawrence, KS?? 😉

 

[superjohn]

Most intimidating looking teams I can remember in college basketball were the Bob Huggins mid-90's Cincinnati teams with Danny Fortson, Ruben Patterson, Bobby Brannen, Kenyon Martin, Art Long, Melvin Levett...

UConn's most intimidating looking team was 2008-2009.

 

[boog204]

Most intimidating looking teams I can remember in college basketball were the Bob Huggins mid-90's Cincinnati teams with Danny Fortson, Ruben Patterson, Bobby Brannen, Kenyon Martin, Art Long, Melvin Levitt...

UConn's most intimidating looking team was 2008-2009.

+100000 on those Cinci teams. Every single one of them was jacked, and they played with a chip on their shoulder. Really liked those teams.

 

[Dutch Boyd]

Most intimidating looking teams I can remember in college basketball were the Bob Huggins mid-90's Cincinnati teams with Danny Fortson, Ruben Patterson, Bobby Brannen, Kenyon Martin, Art Long, Melvin Levett...

UConn's most intimidating looking team was 2008-2009.

Can’t agree more about both teams. I was recently watching some 2009 games on UConn Husky games and that team was jacked. Jeff looked like a prize fighter ready to go off. Side note, Patrick Young for Florida was a monster.

 

[UCOnions]

Everyone saying Adrien is right, but no one is getting likes because everyone remembers him and Thabeet getting bullied by Dejuan Blair. We were ranked 1st in the nation when he had 22 pts, 23 boards against us and knocked us off, while Jeff and Hasheem looked rather soft... i hated that game.

 

[Dutch Boyd]

Toughest or intimidating id go
Lyman Depriest
Toraino Walker
Jeff Adrien
Sanogo
Emeka
Freeman
Hilton by his senior year was definitely jacked.

 

[Beak7774]

Adding Edmund Saunders while we’re at it

 

[05Alum]

As a UConn fan for 4 and a half decades, I've seen lots of guys wear the UConn uniform. Sometimes, its not the superstars that captivate you, but the guys who are tough. Who are some of the toughest Huskies you remember?

I'll start with a couple of personal favorites, Lyman Depriest and Jeff Adrien. Looking forward to the responses.

Jeff Adrien +1. Dude was probably 6' 5'' but out-rebounded EVERYBODY

 

[Dutch Boyd]

Adding Edmund Saunders while we’re at it

Yessir

 

[housekeys]

Can't believe no mention of Donny Marshall. Come on man!

 

[huskyjawz]

Just beat me to it!

Adding Edmund Saunders while we’re at it

 

[superjohn]

Can't believe no mention of Donny Marshall. Come on man!

This looks like a post Donny Marshall would make.

 

[AllHusky]

Paging Shaq.

You know that says it all about Lyman, nothing but messed up Dana Barros and Shaquille O'Neal. Talk about different ends of the spectrum. Job got done!

 

[ucp990411]

Jeff Calhoun. With his genetics he must have been tough

 

[alexd]

You know that says it all about Lyman, nothing but messed up Dana Barros and Shaquille O'Neal. Talk about different ends of the spectrum. Job got done!

@beerfan and I used to joke, "put in Lyman, he'll solve ALL our problems"... but really, we were serious.

 

[Deepster]

Ed. Nelson.

/endthread

 

[willie99]

All great answers

Jim Calhoun
Caron Butler

 

[MTHusky]

Dan "Spider" Hesford.

For sure