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Which UConn Player Do You Wish You Had Seen Live

Kemba. Our move to CO meant I never got to see him play live.
 
Bomber36 said:
He played for UConn? Damn, well put me down for that, cuz I somehow missed him.;)
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Calhoun wrote in his book that he wanted to play college ball at UConn. But he bypassed college and went straight from high school to the NBA.
 
Palatine said:
Calhoun wrote in his book that he wanted to play college ball at UConn. But he bypassed college and went straight from high school to the NBA.
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That would have been epic.
 
Kemba Walker for me. Rudy Gay and Stix as option 2 and 3.
 
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It would have to be someone legacy like Corny Thompson because I've seen everyone else the past 40 years.
 
Improviser said:
I watched a head to head matchup of Corny vs. Sly Williams(Rhode Island) at the New Haven Coliseum. Corny won the battle by a hair.

Two very skilled players. Sly went on to play for the Knicks if I recall.
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Sly did play for the Knicks (and kicked around for a few more years with other teams). He was the walking definition of million dollar talent with a two dollar head.

He lived in Stamford when he was a Knick and banked where my older brother worked. One day he walked in with a paycheck from the Knicks (many thousand dollars) and wants it in cash. He places a gun on the counter as the money is being counted out. The manager and security guard (this was ~1982, different world) told him he couldn't carry a gun in a bank. His response was that he wasn't going to carry that kind of cash without having a weapon. They ended up working out an arrangement where he would call ahead and a private transaction would occur when the Knicks gave him a paycheck. He always wanted to be paid in cash.
 
willie99 said:
I've seen most of them beginning with Tony Hansen (he played for Holy Cross in WTBY)

Bob Staak and Toby Kimball and Wes B--------ski I suppose would be my top 3
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The first game I attended included Wes B and Toby Kimball. I still have the program. Quinby would have been nice to see.
 
Dove said:
Nadav, for sure.
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I had season tickets. Unique player in that he could heavily impact a game despite only averaging 11 points. Always seemed to be in the right place. One of many I've enjoyed watching since the days of Norman Bailey and Michael McKay.

I would liked to have seen Toby Kimball, Art Quimby and Walt Dropo play. Dropo played Baketball, Football and Baseball at UConn.
 
Improviser said:
I watched a head to head matchup of Corny vs. Sly Williams(Rhode Island) at the New Haven Coliseum. Corny won the battle by a hair.

Two very skilled players. Sly went on to play for the Knicks if I recall.
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Lucky you to see that game!
 
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Ray Allen. Bit too young for him. Saw him with the Cs but never in a UConn jersey.
 
I think I missed most of the 99 team. I was in CA. Last live game I saw before that was the KU game in KC.
 
Palatine said:
Calhoun said it came directly from Garnett's mouth. Your disagreement is not with me, it's with JC.
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Yeah it’s hard to believe JC on this one seeing as we weren’t even listed in his top group. Lol
 
Punkbo said:
Happy Super Bowl Sunday! I was thinking about UConn players I wish I had seen live and decided to ask other Boneyarders the same question. For me, it’s Art Quimby. At 6’5”, three straight seasons averaging over 20 rebounds per game. In 1954-55, he averaged 23.2 points and 24.4 rebounds per game. Was anybody on the BY alive to see this incredible performance?
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I was around but I didn't attend any games until many years later and UConn wasn't on TV, for all intents and purposes ... I heard of him and occasionally listened to WTIC for radio broadcasts but no, I didn't see the Huskies play until much later both live and on TV
 
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UCTitleTown said:
It would have to be someone legacy like Corny Thompson because I've seen everyone else the past 40 years.
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And I am old since I played against Corny in high school. Grown man among boys but still a gentle giant.
 
I would have liked to see Wes B play but at 6 years old I would have been more interested in my hotdog and coke than the game.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
He was so much fun.
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Too bad he couldn’t shoot worth a damn. I knew him a little because we dated girls from the same dorm our first year and ran into eachother a lot at curfew. He was not yet a household name even for those who could pronounce it.
 
Improviser said:
I watched a head to head matchup of Corny vs. Sly Williams(Rhode Island) at the New Haven Coliseum. Corny won the battle by a hair.

Two very skilled players. Sly went on to play for the Knicks if I recall.
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I was there. Big time atmosphere.
 
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The Electric One:

James Bouknight - Men's Basketball - University of Connecticut Athletics
 
Wes Bialosuknia or Walt Dropo.

I had the pleasure of meeting Wes on multiple occasions and just chatting with him about basketball/life in general. Two things stuck out to me.

#1 he was more proud of being an academic all American than his basketball abilities.

#2 they were playing AIC in the field house and blowing them out. Even at the end of the game Wes noted there was one player that just looked possessed, diving for balls, throwing elbows, just playing like a mad man. That player was Jim Calhoun. Boy was it great to hear that story directly from his mouth.
 
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