UConn Starters Freshman Year since 1992

[Chief00]

Trying to work backwards and my recollection may be wrong, so correct me. Some great names here. Any subtractions or additions? Including starters who started on regular basis at some point in season:
Karaban
Hawkins
Sanogo
Bouknight
Kemba
M Williams
Okafor
Gordon
Butler
Knight
Donyell
R Moore
Hamilton
Jake
Allen

 

[Punkbo]

El-Amin crushed it as a freshman.

 

[UofCT]

Kemba didnt start his freshman year.
Hawkins didn’t start either.

 

[slepers]

Drummond?

 

[businesslawyer]

None of Ray Allen, Kemba Walker or Ben Gordon started as freshmen. They all played but none started.

 

[Chief00]

Drummond?

How could I forget that one!

 

[UKemba15]

Trying to work backwards and my recollection may be wrong, so correct me. Some great names here. Any subtractions or additions? Including starters who started on regular basis at some point in season:
Karaban
Hawkins
Sanogo
Bouknight
Kemba
M Williams
Okafor
Gordon
Butler
Knight
Donyell
R Moore
Hamilton
Jake
Allen

Should be a 2nd Hamilton on that list. DHam started every game in his 2 years at UConn. He gets overlooked too often imo, dude was very talented.

 

[Chief00]

None of Ray Allen, Kemba Walker or Ben Gordon started as freshmen. They all played but none started.

Wow - I knew Ray only average like 9 points per game. Was that Price starting ahead of Kemba?

 

[Chief00]

Should be a 2nd Hamilton on that list. DHam started every game in his 2 years at UConn. He gets overlooked too often imo, dude was very talented.

Good point and that brings up Brimah? He really missed Dham’s passes for Dunks after he left.

 

[Colin G]

Vital

 

[UKemba15]

Good point and that brings up Brimah?

Think Brimah replaced Nolan in the starting lineup like halfway through the season (I could be wrong), but yea he became a regular.

 

[Chief00]

What about Kirk King? Or Eric Hayward?

 

[Mr. French]

Kemba didn't start as a frosh for the majority, unless I'm misremembering. I know for the critical stages he was the 6th man.

Edit: I see businesslawyer got to it - I hadn't done any research at all but I didn't think Ray or Ben did either.

 

[Chief00]

Donny Marshall or Tate George?

 

[Mr. French]

Didn't Jalen Adams start right away?

 

[UKemba15]

What about Kirk King? Or Eric Hayward?

Their freshman years are before my time, this is where ur supposed to educate the not-so-young youngsters Chief! I do remember watching Kirk King play, Eric Hayward I do not…did he ever start?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Didn't Jalen Adams start right away?

Much to the dismay of everyone ever…no

 

[UKemba15]

Didn't Jalen Adams start right away?

Nah DHam, Purvis, Gibbs that year. What a great backcourt; with Jalen off the bench. Smdh

 

[Mr. French]

Yeah, interesting I guess I forgot that. I assumed he had and thought I'd remembered he did.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Wow - I knew Ray only average like 9 points per game. Was that Price starting ahead of Kemba?

I defined starter as someone who started the majority of games they were available for .

1985-86 Gamble
1986 -87 George
1987 - 88 Murray Williams Lyman Depriest
1988-89 Chris Smith
1989 -90 Henifeld , Burrell
1990-91 0
1991-92 Donyell Marshall , Torino Walker
1992 -93 0
1993 - 94 Doran , Ollie , Haywood (no Allen although he was the 2nd leading scorer)
1994-95 0
1995 -96 0
1996 -97 K Freeman , RIP , Voskuhl
1997.-98 Khalid El Amiin
1998-99 0
1999-2000 0
2000-1 Caron , Talik
2001 -2 Okafor
2002 - 3 Hilton Armstrong
2003 - 4 0
2004-5 R Gay
2005 -6 Austrie
2006-7 Dyson Thabeet
2007-8 0
2008-9 0
2009 -10 Oriakhi
2010 -11 Roscoe Smith , Tyler Olander , Lamb
2011 -12 Drummond
2012 -13 Calhoun
2013-14. 0
2014 -15 Hamilton
2015-16 0
2016 -17 Vance Jackson
2017 -18 Carlton
2018 -19 0
2019 -20 Bouknight , Akok
2020 -21 Sanogo
2021-22 0
2022-24 Karaban
Some interesting things I had forgotten

 

[AdamaNation]

None of Ray Allen, Kemba Walker or Ben Gordon started as freshmen. They all played but none started.

Jeremy lamb did start. Chris smith?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I defined starter as someone who started the majority of games they were available for .

1985-86 Gamble
1986 -87 George
1987 - 88 Murray Williams Lyman Depriest
1988-89 Chris Smith
1989 -90 Henifeld , Burrell
1990-91 0
1991-92 Donyell Marshall , Torino Walker
1992 -93 0
1993 - 94 Doran , Ollie , Haywood (no Allen although he was the 2nd leading scorer)
1994-95 0
1995 -96 0
1996 -97 K Freeman , RIP , Voskuhl
1997.-98 Khalid El Amiin
1998-99 0
1999-2000 0
2000-1 Caron , Talik
2001 -2 Okafor
2002 - 3 Hilton Armstrong
2003 - 4 0
2004-5 R Gay
2005 -6 Austrie
2006-7 Dyson Thabeet
2007-8 0
2008-9 0
2009 -10 Oriakhi
2010 -11 Roscoe Smith , Tyler Olander , Lamb
2011 -12 Drummond
2012 -13 Calhoun
2013-14. 0
2014 -15 Hamilton
2015-16 0
2016 -17 Vance Jackson
2017 -18 Carlton
2018 -19 0
2019 -20 Bouknight , Akok
2020 -21 Sanogo
2021-22 0
2022-24 Karaban
Some interesting things I had forgotten

Didn't Sellers start ~ the last 2/3 of his freshman year? I also thought Boone started most of his freshman year as well.

Who started at the three in 06-07? With the two freshmen you named we had Adrien & AJ. Are you sure Sticks wasn't the last starter?

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Didn't Sellers start ~ the last 2/3 of his freshman year? I also thought Boone started most of his freshman year as well.

Who started at the three in 06-07? With the two freshmen you named we had Adrien & AJ. Are you sure Sticks wasn't the last starter?

Marcus Johnson started about 20 games as a soph.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Majok started in 09-10.

 

[Chief00]

Kemba didnt start his freshman year.
Hawkins didn’t start either.

Wow - two NBA skilled guards not starting freshmen year.

 

[Chief00]

Marcus Johnson started about 20 games as a soph.

Boone definitely started.

 

[nyhuskies13]

Trying to work backwards and my recollection may be wrong, so correct me. Some great names here. Any subtractions or additions? Including starters who started on regular basis at some point in season:
Karaban
Hawkins
Sanogo
Bouknight
Kemba
M Williams
Okafor
Gordon
Butler
Knight
Donyell
R Moore
Hamilton
Jake
Allen

I don’t know if you’re allowed to call anyone a ‘casual’ after putting together that list

Ray never started, Kemba, Hawkins barely, Marcus Williams didn’t even play as a freshman

And you missed some clear ones… Boone on ‘04 Natty team, Akok a few years ago, Jeremy Lamb on Natty team…

 

[Chief00]

I defined starter as someone who started the majority of games they were available for .

1985-86 Gamble
1986 -87 George
1987 - 88 Murray Williams Lyman Depriest
1988-89 Chris Smith
1989 -90 Henifeld , Burrell
1990-91 0
1991-92 Donyell Marshall , Torino Walker
1992 -93 0
1993 - 94 Doran , Ollie , Haywood (no Allen although he was the 2nd leading scorer)
1994-95 0
1995 -96 0
1996 -97 K Freeman , RIP , Voskuhl
1997.-98 Khalid El Amiin
1998-99 0
1999-2000 0
2000-1 Caron , Talik
2001 -2 Okafor
2002 - 3 Hilton Armstrong
2003 - 4 0
2004-5 R Gay
2005 -6 Austrie
2006-7 Dyson Thabeet
2007-8 0
2008-9 0
2009 -10 Oriakhi
2010 -11 Roscoe Smith , Tyler Olander , Lamb
2011 -12 Drummond
2012 -13 Calhoun
2013-14. 0
2014 -15 Hamilton
2015-16 0
2016 -17 Vance Jackson
2017 -18 Carlton
2018 -19 0
2019 -20 Bouknight , Akok
2020 -21 Sanogo
2021-22 0
2022-24 Karaban
Some interesting things I had forgotten

So Hilton Armstrong started his freshman year but not in 2003-2004?

 

[Chief00]

So on the 1999 Championship team, 4 of the 5 players started as freshman earlier in their career: Rip, Jake, KFree, Khalid.

 

[businesslawyer]

Wow - I knew Ray only average like 9 points per game. Was that Price starting ahead of Kemba?

Ray was the 6th man his freshman year on a great team. Kemba sat behind AJ (and even when Dyson got hurt, Austria started and Kemba stayed on the bench). Gordon sat behind Tony Robertson and Taliek.