UConn Bench Players Shoutouts

[Kitaman]

There are very few advantages of being older than fire. Please give me my few advantages.

But it was a serious question.

 

[Shamon30]

Donnell Beverly is another

 

[NowInStorrs]

Andrew Hurley. Every time he hit the court I felt pretty good about our chances of winning.

 

[Kembacity]

I was a huge Tony Robertson fan. He was basically the 6th/7th man for three of his four years. Always thought he'd take the next step and be a star, but it never happened.

Right there with you, he was faster than a speeding bullet running the break

 

[cwh20]

I want to say Phil Nolan, even though he may have started at times. Lots of toughness, made some tough plays like defensive stops, key rebounds, or a putback in traffic, punched Laettner and got away with it, what more do I need to say.

There were in fact repercussions just not in game. Right before the 1991 tournament the NCAA in their wishy washy ways suspended Sellers for the first tournament game. 8/9 vs Nebraska which UConn won handily. We, the NCAA had to take action they said.

Meanwhile Laettner in the same tourney, first game secured a defensive rebound, looks right at the opponent laying on the floor and stomps on his chest. Ooh this is interesting! “No penalty” says the ethical NCAA committee. Why? Because Sellers didn’t have a foul or technical called on him. Laettner did so the officials took care of it on the floor and there was no need to penalize the great Laettner/Duke program further. Hahahaha. Except my real reaction was screw you NCAA!

 

[cwh20]

I love seeing the instant offense off the bench. The Microwave and Rashad were great in that role.

 

[G0UCONN]

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Absolutely. A great place to be with so many great memories.....

 

[Jaydumo20]

Kromah for sure. Clingan as a Freshman. Boat prior to starting.

I'll parrot Kromah. Thats my dude (And Hass of course, but too obvious)

 

[Shamon30]

He used his forearm twice I think, banging Laettners head on the floor. How do you not know this? I looked on you tube, did not see it. Can someone find this?

At negative three years old no less

 

[Jholla2183]

Rashamel Jones
Freshman Ricky Moore
Craig Austrie
Monquencio Hardnett
Tony Robertson
Mike Hayes

 

[boog204]

Sophomore year Ricky was mostly plagued by his shoulder issues and suspension, or am I misremembering?

Yes, that damn shoulder was always a problem. That being said, he was so disappointing as our PG that it necessitated bringing in someone else. Khalid took us from being a good team to a champion. He was legit the perfect player and personality for that team.

 

[Waquoit]

There were in fact repercussions just not in game. Right before the 1991 tournament the NCAA in their wishy washy ways suspended Sellers for the first tournament game. 8/9 vs Nebraska which UConn won handily. We, the NCAA had to take action they said.

And how many times has the NCAA sat a guy the following year for a prior year infraction? I think I only remember once and that was years after.

Trivia Alert! Nebraska has still never won an NCAA game.

 

[DogMania]

Edmund Saunders (99)
Charlie V (03)
Kemba (09)
Shabazz (11)
Samuel (14)
Joey C (23)
Donovan (23)

I haven't read through the entire thread but was wondering when Joey Buckets aka Joey California was going to come up.

I have a little bit of a hard time including players who eventually ended up starters in this conversation, but Joey, granted only a one-year eligible transfer, was one of my favorite off the Bench contributors.

The player that was the first "make something happen" off the Bench player was John Gwynn aka The Microwave. Keep in mind that I started following the Huskies for the first time in the late 80s, so there might be some old old timers that preceded him as an instant offense sub. For those who remember him, once the ball touched his hands the ball was either instantly heading towards the rim , or he was dribbling to a spot where the ball would be shortly heading towards the rim. His assist average was probably one of the worst in UConn history.