UConn’s Basketball Mount Rushmore

[UofCT]

Calhoun
Rip
Emeka
Kemba

 

[NowInStorrs]

Meh. Hang a portrait or banner or plaque or something of the coaches like they do when a UConn player gets added to the wall.

 

[Gator 8202]

Tom Moore has 4 rings pretty sure that's the most of any assistant.

 

[ucp990411]

We are struggling for every nickel for NIL and to try to compete with the big boys. This would be like Jeff Spicoli saving Brooke Shields from drowning then blowing the reward money hiring Van Halen to play his birthday party.

You have it totally wrong. The big boys are trying to compete with us. And guess what? They are not very good at it !!

 

[ucp990411]

Hate to sound ignorant, but who is KEA?

Are you joking?

 

[Devland]

Are you joking?

Current college aged students would not have been born yet when KEA played at UConn. So I understand why some here wouldn't know the initials.

 

[temery]

Hate to sound ignorant, but who is KEA?

A self-made point guard. If he were furniture he'd be IKEA.

 

[REB1094]

We could just re-do the original Mount Rushmore for it?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

We are struggling for every nickel for NIL and to try to compete with the big boys. This would be like Jeff Spicoli saving Brooke Shields from drowning then blowing the reward money hiring Van Halen to play his birthday party.

Blowing?

What else would someone do with that money dude?

 

[CTHSHoops]

A self-made point guard. If he were furniture he'd be IKEA.

He did like to jump on tables.

 

[bfs3]

Back to back, won every tournament game over both tournaments by 13 or more points, 4th largest tournament run margin of victory, 1st largest tournament run margin of victory. Of course he doesn't have the longevity and body of work Calhoun does but he's already accomplished things Calhoun and the other greats never accomplished.

You don’t get a statue until you retire. You get one too soon then you think it’s ok to leave.

 

[NeezyM1990]

What is the name of the athletic trainer/doctor from the Calhoun days? He could take that 4th spot. James Doran was the name that came to mind but that’s not right

 

[jostar1]

Hate to sound ignorant, but who is KEA?

He said that UConn would shock the world. Then when we won the championship, he yelled it on live TV.

 

[jostar1]

He did like to jump on tables.

Down 4 with 9 seconds left Albert Mouring hits a three pointer to cut it to one and Pittsburgh can't imbound it and just throws it down the other side of the court which Kevin Freeman chased down and handed to Khalid. Khalid penetrated the lane and got of the game winner with a second left. Afterwards he would stand on the scoring table to be target practice for water bottles from all parts of the arena and Calhoun had to rip him down.

 

[NH Husky]

Mount Rushmore's not big enough. We need a Pantheon.

Agree. With the amount of talent we had come through, I think the only way to give proper due is to do it by decade. And no one and dones.

Here’s my attempt:
90’s: Donyell, Ray, Rip, KEA
00’s: Caron, Emeka, Ben, Thabeet
10’s: Kemba, Shabazz, (who else? Ryan?)
20’s: So far, DC & Alex

80’s: Robinson, Kelly, Hobbs, ?
I started following in mid 80’s so may be slighting someone.

Coaches: Calhoun, Geno, Dan Hurley, ?

 

[gsmooth]

Agree. With the amount of talent we had come through, I think the only way to give proper due is to do it by decade. And no one and dones.

Here’s my attempt:
90’s: Donyell, Ray, Rip, KEA
00’s: Caron, Emeka, Ben, Thabeet
10’s: Kemba, Shabazz, (who else? Ryan?)
20’s: So far, DC & Alex

80’s: Robinson, Kelly, Hobbs, ?
I started following in mid 80’s so may be slighting someone.

Coaches: Calhoun, Geno, Dan Hurley, ?

20s needs to have Sanogo and Newton for sure. Newton was added to wall in Gampel.