UConn Starters Freshman Year since 1992

[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.

 

[6xChamps]

List is missing 2011 national championship starter Tyler Olander

 

[businesslawyer]

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

Yes. Because when Josh Boone came into the program a year later, he took Hilton’s spot (and no one was taking Okafor’s spot).

 

[Tenspro2002]

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

Price was already well established as the starting PG.

First Dyson started ahead of Kemba, then Craig Austrie.

 

[RedDog]

Didn't Josh Boone start as a freshman?

 

[Kolumbo]

Earl Kelley
Steve Pikiell
Chris Smith

Let's take care of our own.

 

[Kolumbo]

The Dove!

 

[Samoo]

Let's go way back - Corny started every game his freshman year.

 

[Giscombe12]

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

Toraino was a freshman in ‘89-‘90 & only started one game that year.

 

[Kenny11]

Roscoe started

 

[Kolumbo]

Let's go way back - Corny started every game his freshman year.

Karl Hobbs

 

[alexd]

Donny Marshall or Tate George?

Donny only played 9 mpg as a frosh and averaged under 2 ppg believe it or not. He would be very high on the "most improved over his UConn career" list.

 

[asteinindc]

we don't count alterique gilbert's three or so games his freshman year?

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Denham Brown also in 02-03 with Hilton

 

[AZHuskiePop]

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?

Sorry he did start 17 of 32 gamels Just bad math on my part. I did rush that so I’m sue there are other error
So he squeezes in based on starting a majority of games you were eligible for.

 

[Scottobot]

Didn't Josh Boone start as a freshman?

Yes

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Yes

True I skipped 2003-4
Which Josh Boone stated over 30 games
PS I was so stunned thst Hilton Statered 22 games in 2002-3 I missed Denham Brown from the same year . I don’t recall either . But when a kid plays multiple years sometimes the seasons blend together .
The team that UConn fans give a bad rap to is 1995-96. 32-3 , 17-1 Among the shortest benches ever . Rash and Ricky were freshman. Ray and Doran were simply amazing . Among JC best coaching efforts .

1	Ray Allen	35	35	34.7	8.3	17.7	.472	5.1	10.6	.477	3.3	7.1	.466	3.4	4.2	.810			6.5	3.3	1.7	0.5	2.3	1.3	23.4
2	Doron Sheffer	35	35	31.9	5.2	12.1	.430	2.5	5.4	.460	2.7	6.7	.406	2.9	3.4	.849			4.8	6.1	1.9	0.4	0.5	1.9	16.0
3	Kirk King	35	34	25.5	4.1	7.1	.575	4.1	7.1	.575	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.6	.689			6.3	1.0	0.3	1.6	1.5	2.4	9.9
4	Travis Knight	34	33	27.9	3.7	7.1	.521	3.7	7.1	.521	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.5	.694			9.3	2.1	0.7	2.0	2.3	2.4	9.1
5	Rudy Johnson	35	35	18.7	3.1	5.6	.543	2.7	4.7	.579	0.3	0.9	.364	1.1	1.4	.755			2.7	1.7	1.1	0.1	1.1	2.1	7.5
6	Rashamel Jones	34	0	14.4	2.1	5.4	.401	1.5	3.4	.452	0.6	2.0	.313	0.6	1.0	.629			1.9	0.9	0.6	0.0	1.1	1.2	5.6
7	Ricky Moore	33	0	19.7	1