UConn (Reverse) Sheep Trivia - 2022

[SubbaBub]

In theory, there are no active players NBA players right now.

Tough question, I deliberately passed on Martin and Walker because they haven't played and game won't play next season, respectively. If this is being treated like baseball spring training rosters, you should include Lamb. He has more claim of an NBA player right now than Martin is.

My thinking was if you were on a roster on the last day of last season you are active until the opening of next season and vice versa. You aren't active until the season roster is finalized.

 

[Tenspro2002]

The question was “scholarship” player. If Ed had a scholarship, even if he was a redshirt, he should still count. No one said Purvis, but he was a redshirt transfer on scholarship for the 2014 run, and assume he would have counted too.

He had a scholarship. He was not a "scholarship player".

My interpretation is that you must have:
1) played
2) had a scholarship

Ed Nelson (and Purvis) pass #2, but fail #1. Just my take.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Tate is by far, by far, the most famous buzzerbeater in our program's history, and there isn't even a close second. How 90% of this board picked something else is just unfathomable. I will defend that pick to the grave.

Yeah…forget the turnaround jumpshot to win it. How about Scott’s 92 foot baseball pass from the opposite end of the floor with a fully stretched out and leaping 6’11” future NBA player in his grill to get it to that point? That’s why it’s by far my favorite.

Kemba’s ankle breaker is second.

 

[Get a Job]

I am also in the Count Lamb camp. If the best player in the NBA was between contracts, would he also be considered to not be an active NBA player? The only way I could maybe accept Lamb not being a valid answer would be if there is a consensus that he will not be playing in the NBA again.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Yeah…forget the turnaround jumpshot to win it. How about Scott’s 92 foot baseball pass from the opposite end of the floor with a fully stretched out and leaping 6’11” future NBA player in his grill to get it to that point? That’s why it’s by far my favorite.

Kemba’s ankle breaker is second.

And again context is huge.

Tate misses and UConn season is done. Kemba misses and UConn still moves on to NCAA tourney.

 

[CTBasketball]

Wow you guys care a lot about this point system. I’m impressed.

 

[SubbaBub]

Wow you guys care a lot about this point system. I’m impressed.

The integrity of Reverse Sheep is all we have left as a civilization.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Responses:​

Rudy Gay (+23):
99NCAA, Calamity17, CardiacAndre7, Cassius Klaiber, CCSUblue, Dream Jobbed2.0, Get a Job, HanDurley29, Hey Adrien!, husky8273, HuskyHawk, JonnyRI, Kemba Time, kmacri12, M.S.G., Marbles90, mauconnfan, Methodology, Minicoop69, Mooch82, Moose1979, phillionaire, rayrayfor3

Andre Drummond (+14):
BattersonBoyz, Connecticut13, Hans Sprungfeld, husky10, Mano, microfich, Mike Honcho, MrSec204, Subbabub, tcf15, Tenspro2002, UCLJ0211, Greathusky, SportsFan88

Tyrese Martin (+8):
aburks41, AZHuskiepop, Cagey_Tee, mclovin, MJKI, REB1094, Skies17, UCFan1513

Kemba Walker (+8):
BertMacklin, ConnHuskBask, CTBasketball, Huskiez12, HuskyWarrior611, Mervthepurvis, NH Husky, Ports21

James Bouknight (+3):
navery12, StingLykOllie, UConNick

Incorrect Responses:
Jeremy Lamb (+38):
Call Me Bruce, Hungryhusky99, Huskem55, Huskybass, Huskyforlife, Jbirdp5, Miggy, Mike1984, OkaForPrez, UC313, UConn826, uconnjosh, Wheelerdog, shizzle787, No-Name Lurker

Sheep aside, this really brings into sharp relief how much our NBA pedigree has diminished in the last 10 years. We have 3 guys who are on their last legs in the league, a 2nd round pick on a 2-year rookie contract, a 2nd-year lottery pick who many already consider a bust, and a veteran who may or may not get signed.

Yes, we were spoiled in the early 2010's when we had everyone from Ray Allen through Drummond leaving a mark, but we really need to get back to that level.

 

[Tenspro2002]

And again context is huge.

Tate misses and UConn season is done. Kemba misses and UConn still moves on to NCAA tourney.

Forget that. Kemba misses and we still move on to overtime in that game.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Forget that. Kemba misses and we still move on to overtime in that game.

There's no argument Tate was a more important shot in the game, but Kemba step back is an iconic March moment particularly bolstered by both runs that followed.

Tate George is a memorable buzzer beater, but Kembas shot will go up there right alongside Laettnears vs Kentucky.

Was Laettnears shot against UConn to go to the final 4 so much less important than the turnaround vs Kentucky? Not really.

So moments just have "it".

 

[Chin Diesel]

There's no argument Tate was a more important shot in the game, but Kemba step back is an iconic March moment particularly bolstered by both runs that followed.

Tate George is a memorable buzzer beater, but Kembas shot will go up there right alongside Laettnears vs Kentucky.

Was Laettnears shot against UConn to go to the final 4 so much less important than the turnaround vs Kentucky? Not really.

So moments just have "it".

Tate's shot is shown during the second weekend of NCAA Tourney time. Kemba's shot is shown during conference tournament week. Big difference. Tate>Kemba.

 

[UCLJ0211]

Yeah…forget the turnaround jumpshot to win it. How about Scott’s 92 foot baseball pass from the opposite end of the floor with a fully stretched out and leaping 6’11” future NBA player in his grill to get it to that point? That’s why it’s by far my favorite.

Kemba’s ankle breaker is second.

I would put Jalen Adams’ 70 footer against Cinci up there too. Even though it wasn’t a “game winner” per se, we ended up winning the game because that shot kept us alive for another OT. The degree of difficulty also has to factor in.

 

[CCSUblue]

Kemba's shot is associated with a championship. Tate's is not. Kemba's is often seen as a catalyst for that whole run even though it was in the 3rd of 5 BET games. And Tate's shot is over shadowed by a similar play 2 years later to win a championship.

 

[Dogdeacon]

Tate's shot is shown during the second weekend of NCAA Tourney time. Kemba's shot is shown during conference tournament week. Big difference. Tate>Kemba.

Disagree, b/c of what happened next. After Tate's shot UConn lost the next game, Kemba's shot was part of the juice propelling UConn to a national championship - when John Q. Public watches that Kemba highlight the feeling is that's a damn rocket engine igniting the run to come.

 

[tzznandrew]

There's no argument Tate was a more important shot in the game, but Kemba step back is an iconic March moment particularly bolstered by both runs that followed.

Tate George is a memorable buzzer beater, but Kembas shot will go up there right alongside Laettnears vs Kentucky.

Was Laettnears shot against UConn to go to the final 4 so much less important than the turnaround vs Kentucky? Not really.

So moments just have "it".

It's the Kemba shot 100% for most fans. Kemba is an iconic NCAA player in the 21st century, who was a national story that whole season, who then had a very good NBA career after, and after the shot he led the team to the title. It also happened in MSG.

Tate George's shot is much harder, the stakes were more, but he wasn't the star of the team and the team lost the next game. Most non-UConn, non-Clemson fans don't remember him.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I would put Jalen Adams’ 70 footer against Cinci up there too. Even though it wasn’t a “game winner” per se, we ended up winning the game because that shot kept us alive for another OT. The degree of difficulty also has to factor in.

That was an incredible shot also in a big spot. Agreed. I’m trying to put most memories of the AAC in a lockbox to forget about, but that was a great moment!

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

In theory, there are no active players NBA players right now.

Actually, it's not theory. It's fact.

This makes it a trick question, an imperfectly worded question, or subject to the judge's interpretation.

I remain grateful that I was awarded -2 points for answering Ray Allen in question about someone who played in the Kevin Ollie era. I'd love to find a way to have KO's coaching tenure not considered an "era."

I also wish that a buzzer beater was defined as a shot that had to go in or the game was lost.

The tighter the call on the active player question, the better my Drummond answer looks. And I did rule out Martin and Lamb on ambiguity, while thinking Andre was a better answer than Kemba.

 

[mauconnfan]

Kemba's shot is associated with a championship. Tate's is not. Kemba's is often seen as a catalyst for that whole run even though it was in the 3rd of 5 BET games. And Tate's shot is over shadowed by a similar play 2 years later to win a championship.

But in a bigger picture I agree with Chin. The Dream Season was still a huge deal and while the loss was in the Elite 8 to Duke, we played Duke and the beginning of the programs dramatic rise was because of that year, and partially The Shot.

They're both huge, but for the program and JC to continue on its upward trend that pass by Scott and the shot by Tate are the biggest to me as a fan.

 

[jfuchs91]

Question 13 - Reverse Sheep Round
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13. Name a school UConn has beaten in the NCAA Tournament since 1985.

Responses:

Duke (+9):
CCSUblue, Huskiez12, mclovin, Mervthepurvis, Minicoop69, MrSec204, Tenspro2002, tzznandrew, SportsFan88

Bucknell (+5):
Cagey_Tee, CardiacAndre7, HuskyWarrior611, MJKI, phillionaire

Cincinnati (+5):
Hungryhusky99, Jbirdp5, microfich, UConn826, UConNick

Saint Joseph's (+5):
Huskybass, kmacri12, navery12, Ports21, Skies17

Iowa (+4):
M.S.G., Mano, NH Husky, CTBasketball

Colorado (+3):
BattersonBoyz, Hans Sprungfeld, REB1094

Alabama (+2):
Connecticut13, Dream Jobbed2.0

BYU (+2):
HanDurley29, Kemba Time

Gonzaga (+2):
Calamity17, Cassius Klaiber

Iowa State (+2):
Mooch82, Miggy

Missouri (+2):
aburks41, Mike Honcho

NC State (+2):
BertMacklin, uconnjosh

Rider (+2):
99NCAA, storrsroars

Texas A&M (+2):
ConnHuskBask, Methodology

Washington (+2):
HuskyHawk, shizzle787

Arizona (+1):
Huskyforlife

Boston University (+1):
AZHuskiepop

Butler (+1):
UC313

California (+1):
husky8273

Chattanooga (+1):
UCFan1513

Clemson (+1):
StingLykOllie

Colgate (+1):
Hey Adrien!

Eastern Michigan (+1):
No-Name Lurker

Florida (+1):
Wheelerdog

Hampton (+1):
Mike1984

LSU (+1):
Subbabub

Maryland (+1):
tcf15

Nebraska (+1):
Call Me Bruce

New Mexico (+1):
UCLJ0211

Ohio State (+1):
Huskem55

Stanford (+1):
rayrayfor3

UCF (+1):
husky10

UTSA (+1):
Moose1979

Villanova (+1):
JonnyRI

Xavier (+1):
Marbles90

Incorrect Responses:
Kansas (+10):
OkaForPrez

Lafayette (+10):
mauconnfan

Lehigh (+10):
Greathusky

Texas Tech (+10):
Get a Job

Rudy Gay (+10):
QDOG5

 

[jfuchs91]

Question 14 - Reverse Sheep Round
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14. Name a season that UConn was ranked No. 3 or better in the AP Poll at any point.

Responses:

2005-06 (+25):
99NCAA, Calamity17, Connecticut13, ConnHuskBask, Dream Jobbed2.0, JonnyRI, M.S.G., Mano, mauconnfan, Miggy, Mike1984, MJKI, Mooch82, Moose1979, MrSec204, OkaForPrez, phillionaire, QDOG5, REB1094, StingLykOllie, tcf15, tzznandrew, UConn826, UConNick, uconnjosh

2008-09 (+11):
CardiacAndre7, CTBasketball, Get a Job, Hans Sprungfeld, husky8273, HuskyWarrior611, kmacri12, mclovin, Minicoop69, Skies17, SportsFan88

1998-99 (+9):
aburks41, BertMacklin, CCSUblue, Greathusky, Hungryhusky99, Huskyforlife, Marbles90, Mervthepurvis, Ports21

1994-95 (+5):
AZHuskiepop, HanDurley29, Huskybass, Tenspro2002, Wheelerdog

2003-04 (+5):
Cassius Klaiber, Huskem55, husky10, navery12, UC313

1995-96 (+4):
Cagey_Tee, Jbirdp5, Methodology, shizzle787

1999-00 (+4):
Call Me Bruce, HuskyHawk, UCLJ0211, No-Name Lurker

1993-94 (+2):
NH Husky, storrsroars

2002-03 (+2):
microfich, Subbabub

Incorrect Responses:
2004-05 (+27):
Hey Adrien!, Mike Honcho

2010-11 (+27):
Huskiez12, rayrayfor3

2001-02 (+26):
BattersonBoyz

2011-12 (+26):
Kemba Time

No Answer (+26):
UCFan1513

 

[tzznandrew]

Damn. The "Pick the obvious answer" strategy to Reverse Sheep has killed me these last two. Well, that and forgetting to type Kemba into the other question. Whoops

 

[jfuchs91]

Question 15 - Reverse Sheep Round

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15. Name a player at least 6’10” who played at UConn.

Responses:

Justin Brown (+9):
99NCAA, Cassius Klaiber, Connecticut13, Kemba Time, Mano, Mike Honcho, MrSec204, UCLJ0211, No-Name Lurker

Hasheem Thabeet (+9):
BertMacklin, ConnHuskBask, Dream Jobbed2.0, JonnyRI, mclovin, Mervthepurvis, SportsFan88, tcf15, Wheelerdog

Enosch Wolf (+9):
CardiacAndre7, Hans Sprungfeld, Miggy, Mike1984, MJKI, phillionaire, rayrayfor3, StingLykOllie, UC313

Ater Majok (+4):
husky10, UConn826, UConNick, uconnjosh

Hilton Armstrong (+3):
CCSUblue, Jbirdp5, Ports21

Amida Brimah (+3):
BattersonBoyz, Huskem55, navery12

Jonathan Mandeldove (+3):
Calamity17, CTBasketball, Mooch82

Marc Suhr (+3):
HanDurley29, husky8273, Huskybass

Souleymane Wane (+3):
Cagey_Tee, Get a Job, Hey Adrien!

Javonte Brown-Ferguson (+2):
Minicoop69, REB1094

Dan Cyrulik (+2):
Greathusky, NH Husky

Samson Johnson (+2):
aburks41, Huskyforlife

Antric Klaiber (+2):
M.S.G., QDOG5

Al Lewis (+2):
mauconnfan, microfich

Charles Okwandu (+2):
HuskyWarrior611, shizzle787

Tyler Olander (+2):
kmacri12, UCFan1513

Charlie Villanueva (+2):
Methodology, Tenspro2002

Chuck Aleksinas (+1):
Moose1979

Josh Carlton (+1):
Hungryhusky99

Uri Cohen-Mintz (+1):
Call Me Bruce

Ajou Deng (+1):
Subbabub

Andre Drummond (+1):
Skies17

Juwan Durham (+1):
Marbles90

Emeka Okafor (+1):
tzznandrew

Cliff Robinson (+1):
HuskyHawk

Ed Slomenski (+1):
AZHuskiepop

Jake Voskhul (+1):
OkaForPrez

Nate Willingham (+1):
storrsroars

Incorrect Responses:
Akok Akok (+10):
Huskiez12

 

[McLovin]

Question 14 - Reverse Sheep Round
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14. Name a season that UConn was ranked No. 3 or better in the AP Poll at any point.

Responses:

2005-06 (+25):
99NCAA, Calamity17, Connecticut13, ConnHuskBask, Dream Jobbed2.0, JonnyRI, M.S.G., Mano, mauconnfan, Miggy, Mike1984, MJKI, Mooch82, Moose1979, MrSec204, OkaForPrez, phillionaire, QDOG5, REB1094, StingLykOllie, tcf15, tzznandrew, UConn826, UConNick, uconnjosh

2008-09 (+11):
CardiacAndre7, CTBasketball, Get a Job, Hans Sprungfeld, husky8273, HuskyWarrior611, kmacri12, mclovin, Minicoop69, Skies17, SportsFan88

1998-99 (+9):
aburks41, BertMacklin, CCSUblue, Greathusky, Hungryhusky99, Huskyforlife, Marbles90, Mervthepurvis, Ports21

1994-95 (+5):
AZHuskiepop, HanDurley29, Huskybass, Tenspro2002, Wheelerdog

2003-04 (+5):
Cassius Klaiber, Huskem55, husky10, navery12, UC313

1995-96 (+4):
Cagey_Tee, Jbirdp5, Methodology, shizzle787

1999-00 (+4):
Call Me Bruce, HuskyHawk, UCLJ0211, No-Name Lurker

1993-94 (+2):
NH Husky, storrsroars

2002-03 (+2):
microfich, Subbabub

Incorrect Responses:
2004-05 (+27):
Hey Adrien!, Mike Honcho

2010-11 (+27):
Huskiez12, rayrayfor3

2001-02 (+26):
BattersonBoyz

2011-12 (+26):
Kemba Time

No Answer (+26):
UCFan1513

I do believe that UConn finished ranked #1 in the final poll of the championship 2010-11 season.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I do believe that UConn finished ranked #1 in the final poll of the championship 2010-11 season.

I checked cause I was surprised, they finished 9th somehow.

 

[jfuchs91]

Question 16 - Reverse Sheep Round

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16. Name a UConn player to average 15+ points per game in a season over the last 30 years.

Responses:

Albert Mouring (+12):
99NCAA, Calamity17, Call Me Bruce, Hey Adrien!, Huskybass, Kemba Time, M.S.G., Mike Honcho, OkaForPrez, storrsroars, Tenspro2002, UCLJ0211

Jalen Adams (+9):
Dream Jobbed2.0, Huskem55, Huskyforlife, JonnyRI, Mike1984, MrSec204, navery12, phillionaire, rayrayfor3

Ryan Boatright (+7):
aburks41, CTBasketball, HanDurley29, kmacri12, mauconnfan, Miggy, Ports21

Ben Gordon (+5):
CCSUblue, Connecticut13, husky10, Jbirdp5, UConNick

Ray Allen (+4):
BertMacklin, Cassius Klaiber, Hungryhusky99, Mervthepurvis

Caron Butler (+4):
Hans Sprungfeld, Methodology, UC313, uconnjosh

Christian Vital (+4):
CardiacAndre7, Mano, QDOG5, UCFan1513

James Bouknight (+3):
Minicoop69, REB1094, Skies17

R.J. Cole (+3):
Huskiez12, StingLykOllie, UConn826

Shabazz Napier (+3):
SportsFan88, tcf15, tzznandrew

Doron Sheffer (+3):
AZHuskiepop, NH Husky, Subbabub

Jeremy Lamb (+2):
HuskyHawk, Mooch82

Donny Marshall (+2):
microfich, No-Name Lurker

Kemba Walker (+2):
ConnHuskBask, mclovin

Khalid El-Amin (+1):
Cagey_Tee

Donyell Marshall (+1):
husky8273

Incorrect Responses:
Chris Smith (+15):
Greathusky, Marbles90, MJKI

Jeff Adrien (+13):
Get a Job

Rashad Anderson (+13):
Moose1979

Alterique Gilbert (+13):
HuskyWarrior611

Daniel Hamilton (+13):
BattersonBoyz

Hasheem Thabeet (+13):
shizzle787

No Answer (+13):
Wheelerdog

Scoring Notes

• Despite being UConn's all-time scoring leading, Chris Smith just misses the cut, as his final year was 31 seasons ago.
• Albert Mouring had the lowest PPG mark (15.1 PPG in 2000-01) of any qualifying player and was still the most common answer.
• Jeff Adrien was the closest incorrect response, as he tallied 14.8 PPG in his junior season.
• Here's a full list of the 32 qualifying season.