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Who have been UConn's shortest players

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John Gwynn reffed some of my college games. One time when my number was called to rain some treys/cherry pick enough to catch a dunk during garbage time, I stood next to him and he was quite a bit shorter than me and I’m around 6’4”. He’s definitely under 6ft. Super nice guy BTW.
 
superjohn said:
Kemba was 5'11.5, Bazz 5'11, Boat 5'10.

Boat challenges Andre Jackson as our best pure athlete ever IMO. It's crazy the alley-oops he would routinely catch at his size.
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love me some ajax, but still gotta be sticks. RIP.
 
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The Yakk said:
I think there was a period when Hobbs, Giscombe, and Dulin were all starting together. Maybe someone with a better memory than mine can verify that?

Hobbs and Giscombe were the two big freshman recruits, but Perno did not want to send senior Dulin to the bench so he started all three. Trying to win games by going under the opponents, LOL. I don't think it worked very well.

Edit: I must be wrong about this. Looked it up, Corny McKay Aleksinas were all on the team and all three definitely starting. Memory is a crazy thing.
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I believe Hobbs and Giscombe played together 1981 through 1983.
 
LIUCHusky said:
Dale Comey was 5’9”. He was a starting guard in the early 60’s.
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Your mentioning Dale Comey reminded me of his teammate Andy Czuchry, listed at 6-0. Andy became an engineering professor at East Tennessee State and the father of TV actor Matt Czuchry. Matt had longtime roles on "Gilmore Girls" and "The Good Wife" before a 6-year run as the lead in "The Resident," which my wife and I just got through bingeing on.

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Apologies being my UConn memories start in the late 80's.

RJ Cole: Short but stocky and strong.
Khalid El-Amin: See above.
Ryan Boatright: Probably equal in height to the two above, but being so lean, he looked smaller.
Antoine Anderson: Just looked short to me.

Shortest players I remember us playing against: David Cain (St. John's), Dominic James (Marquette), John Linehan (Providence), and Scoonie Penn (BC>Ohio St.).
 
Calhoun's Court said:
I believe Hobbs and Giscombe played together 1981 through 1983.
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Giscombe and Hobbs were at UConn from 1980-1981 through 1983-1984.

Giscombe was 5'10 and Hobbs 5'7" but each was listed an inch taller.

Both had some skills but all on all not enough for the level of competition we faced in the BE back then, especially when paired together in a miniature back court.
 
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CL82 said:
I don't think Vern was a starter.
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I'm pretty sure he was. Very good distance shooter. One sportswriter referred to them as Uconn's pair of jockeys in the backcourt.
 
dennismenace said:
I'm pretty sure he was. Very good distance shooter. One sportswriter referred to them as Uconn's pair of jockeys in the backcourt.
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I could be wrong, but I remember talking with him about why he was stuck behind Hobbs, that was probably the 1981–1982 year though. Granted Hobbs was point and Vern was more of a two.


Minutes look more like six man then starter.

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I'm 5'9" and Hobbs was about an inch shorter. Boat was not much taller than me, if at all.
 
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When we had Karl Hobbs and Vern Giscombe in the backcourt we were playing Patrick Ewing Georgetown teams. It wasn't pleasant. IIRC correctly we had more than 20 game losing streaks against GTown, St Johns and Nova.
 
Kathy said:
Giscombe and Hobbs started in 82-83 - 28 games. That was Kelly's freshman year
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Where did you find that?
 
superjohn said:
Kemba was 5'11.5, Bazz 5'11, Boat 5'10.

Boat challenges Andre Jackson as our best pure athlete ever IMO. It's crazy the alley-oops he would routinely catch at his size.
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FYI for everyone, these were their combine measurements.
 
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The Yakk said:
I think there was a period when Hobbs, Giscombe, and Dulin were all starting together. Maybe someone with a better memory than mine can verify that?

Hobbs and Giscombe were the two big freshman recruits, but Perno did not want to send senior Dulin to the bench so he started all three. Trying to win games by going under the opponents, LOL. I don't think it worked very well.

Edit: I must be wrong about this. Looked it up, Corny McKay Aleksinas were all on the team and all three definitely starting. Memory is a crazy thing.
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That never happened
Dulin started every game as a senior along with the Big Three
Hobbs and Giscombe alternated as staters in 27-29 games
The other 2 starts went to Storming Norman Bailey
 
jdb50 said:
When we had Karl Hobbs and Vern Giscombe in the backcourt we were playing Patrick Ewing Georgetown teams. It wasn't pleasant. IIRC correctly we had more than 20 game losing streaks against GTown, St Johns and Nova.
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We actually beat Georgetown a couple of times once even at their place in the Hobbs years.
 
ucp990411 said:
I have been a fan since 1962 and never heard the name before.
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I think Comey is Graduated in ’61? Don’t remember him starting. More of a 6th man in 60-61 season. Heck of a shooter.
 
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