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What is the best individual, single-game performance in UConn history?

AZHuskiePop said:
He has the most mind boggling season stats of anyone. He Lead the nation in rebounding one year and finished second another.

Toby Kimball’s 26-28 rebounds in an NCAA tournament game against a top 10 St Joesph's team that was a home game for them has to be up there
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I believe St. Joseph's was #3 and yes the Palestra was a home for them.
 
Ricky Moore versus Duke in the 1999 national championship. They couldn't stop him or offensively in the first half and he played lockdown defense in the second half, particularly on the last two possessions.
 
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Didn't Earl Kelley beat Syracuse with a buzzer beater in 1985? I seem to remember he filled up the stat sheet that night. I was at the game, but there are no game logs for 80s games on the sports reference site.
 
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uconnfan68 said:
Oh the irony here... the biggest thing most remember from Donyell was missing free throws against Florida, not how good he was.
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i am still trying to forget that team missed the final 4 that year because of that.
 
it's almost impossible to pick anyone, the significance of the game, all the various factors involved, shot clock, 3 pt shot, quality of team, there have been many memorable moments
 
Uconn77Duke74 said:
In the biggest Uconn game of all time Hamilton had 27 points 7 R, 3 Assists and 2 Steals with 0 Turnovers -1999 Championship V. Duke.
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True, but he was below 50% from the field. I didn't think so at the start of this thread but now I am leaning toward Clingan.
 
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Caron Butlers performance vs Maryland in the NCAA tournament.

He was a warrior. The only reason we were in that game was cause of that dude.

He just never gave up. He left it all on the floor. Maryland just had some ballers. I think they won the tournament that year.

If there's one performance that shows the heart of a warrior, that's got to be one of them.
 
I would say, from talking with people who covered the team for about the last 45 years…Butler’s second-half performance against Providence is generally cited as the most dominant and special game a UConn player has played. Ray Allen probably second in 1995 against ucla.

Btw, I think clingan’s performance against Illinois should be in conversation
 
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Jaydumo20 said:
It's not #1. Many of the above don't need to be restated. (Some of nadavs games were my earliest memories of uconn greatness)
But I loved Joey C's game against gtown. That one handed scoop shot? Ha
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Joey C‘s might not have been the among the greatest games as it was only about a 6 minute stretch, But it was among the most. unforgettable few minutes I’ve ever witnessed. It was a sequence even greater than some of mine that were interrupted by my alarm clock and reality
 
superjohn said:
Clingan's line of 22 pts, 10 rebs, 5 blocks, 3 steals is an awesome line but it doesn't even begin to describe how dominant he was against Illinois. The Illini were 0-19 against Clingan and Illinois scored 14 points for the entire game when Clingan was on the court. You probably have to go back to Bill Walton for any defensive performance that can maybe rival that in a high stakes game.
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Yeah this really is the one.

Nadav v Gtown, Donyell v St John’s, Kemba v SD State, Ben v Bama are the next tier down. Ray v UCLA and Caron v Maryland are the ultimate “valiant in defeat” entries.

But clingan v. Illinois really is the best. The 0-for-19 and the 14 points allowed when Cling Kong was on the court capture a level of defensive dominance that not even Emeka could touch.
 
1) Caron in 2002 against Maryland. We win the national title if we get anything out of Ben in that game.

1A) Rashamel Jones, 1998 Big East Championship game. Rip goes 3-11. K goes 4-16. Kevin Freeman gets injured after 15 minutes and does not score a point. We’re down nine in the second half and Rash Jones, who has all but lost his minutes in the rotation, is off the bench basically playing power forward replacing Kevin Freeman.

He scores 17 points and nine rebounds, UConn comes back and wins 69-64.

And this, from Jim Calhoun…

“Watching him tonight is probably the best moment I have had in coaching.”
 
MexicoHusky said:
Ben Gordon had some steller games in 2004. I dont have the numbers handy, but he was lights out against Nova in the BE tournament... i think it was 2004
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Was thinkin of that one, I was watching from a bar in Boston and had tickets to upcoming games and hotel reserved in NYC, was worried for awhile and Ben put that worry & Nova to rest.
 
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