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Who's on the Mt. Rushmore of UConn athletes?

Playing how I (imo) interpret as the rules...."UConn (collegiate only), Athlete (players only) and one per sport (ughh)"...growing up, I remember soccer and basketball being the major collegiate sports where UConn was a consistent national force (no disrespect to the others).

So now it becomes national collegiate recognition, and good ol who did you respect the most with the ball in their possession when it mattered most.

Kemba Walker
Diane Taurasi
Joe Morrone
Sara Whalen
 
Dove said:
Can't cram 2 spots on UCONN Mt Rushmore with 2 of Geno's kids. Diana wins here. Stewie never hit something orange.
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11 National Championships makes room for two of them or Geno and one. JC and Kemba for the other two. As much as I'm a football fan, the UConn football program or baseball program have no business putting anyone up there yet. My four picks would be Geno and Diana, Jim Calhoun and Kemba Walker. Keep in mind that a man who should be up there but isn't because there isn't room, a man who stands like a great shadow over all four, is John Toner.
 
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CAHUSKY said:
4 time NCAA champion and 4 time NCAA tourney MVP. No player in any major sport in NCAA history has ever come close to that achievement. I don’t care if the other 4 players were three first team all-Americans and the lord . There is no way on earth you can leave Stewie off. Everyone else is up for discussion but she is an absolute mortal lock.
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I think it depends on if you are looking only at UConn accomplishments or post UConn athletic career as well. The "UConn achievements only" list looks very different than "the overall greatest athletes to come out of UConn" list. Stewie may force her way on to that second list as well, but she's too young to have done so yet.

Both Stewie and Shabazz would have to be on the UConn achievements only list. But that's not the list I'd use for our Mount Rushmore.
 
Reading comprehension is so rough here.

Half the replies are something like Kemba, Ray, Stewart, Taurasi. Another quarter have Calhoun and Geno on it.
 
CAHUSKY said:
4 time NCAA champion and 4 time NCAA tourney MVP. No player in any major sport in NCAA history has ever come close to that achievement. I don’t care if the other 4 players were three first team all-Americans and the lord . There is no way on earth you can leave Stewie off. Everyone else is up for discussion but she is an absolute mortal lock.
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Yes you can. Diana Taurasi is probably the greatest women's basketball player ever.
 
In thinking about which women’s hoop player, it’s a difficult choice between Lobo, Taurasi, Maya & Briana. That’s leaving out the best point guard in WNBA history, Sue Bird and the best center in the game, Tina Charles.
Underneath them would be Kemba, Ray Allen, Springer & Danny O.

We’re UCONN. We get 2 rows
 
superjohn said:
Yes you can. Diana Taurasi is probably the greatest women's basketball player ever.
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Actuallt, Breanna Stewart is the greatest women's basketball player ever.
 
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Guapo said:
Actuallt, Breanna Stewart is the greatest women's basketball player ever.
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She has a ways to go to catch Diana in my eyes but certainly is gaining steam. Both great players and an argument can be had for these 2 as well as Maya I'm thinking.
 
superjohn said:
The possibility is there someday, not now.
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Fair.

But this is my eye test take:

Diana Turasi was/is the more fun and charismatic basketball player. She is, without a doubt, my favorite to watch play.

However, Breanna Stewart is simply the best I've ever seen play the game.
 
Guapo said:
Actuallt, Breanna Stewart is the greatest women's basketball player ever.
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That's just absurd. She's been in the WNBA for two seasons. The WNBA all time top 15 has two UConn players on it, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi. Of the two of them, Bird has done more (over a longer period of time).
 
HuskyHawk said:
That's just absurd. She's been in the WNBA for two seasons. The WNBA all time top 15 has two UConn players on it, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi. Of the two of them, Bird has done more (over a longer period of time).
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I'm trying to take into account both their time at UConn and their pro careers.

I recognize that Turasi and Bird have had the better careers, based on length. However, Stewart is just the best basketball player I've ever seen.
 
huskyblooz said:
In thinking about which women’s hoop player, it’s a difficult choice between Lobo, Taurasi, Maya & Briana. That’s leaving out the best point guard in WNBA history, Sue Bird and the best center in the game, Tina Charles.
Underneath them would be Kemba, Ray Allen, Springer & Danny O.

We’re UCONN. We get 2 rows
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I don't think it's a difficult choice. Diana should be on Mt Rushmore first over the others. What she did after Swin, Tamika, Asjha, and Sue graduated was only shock the world by putting an inexperienced team on her back and win two more National Championships. Remember Geno's words, "we have Diana and you don't". The bullet pass she made the length of the floor to seal the win against a favored Texas team was one of the great feats in UConn athletic history. If there is a clip, some one please post it.
 
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huskyrob1 said:
I don't think it's a difficult choice. Diana should be on Mt Rushmore first over the others. What she did after Swin, Tamika, Asjha, and Sue graduated was only shock the world by putting an inexperienced team on her back and win two more National Championships. Remember Geno's words, "we have Diana and you don't". The bullet pass she made the length of the floor to seal the win against a favored Texas team was one of the great feats in UConn athletic history. If there is a clip, some one please post it.
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Diana Taurasi is the only women's basketball player I've ever seen who has an entirely men's game.
 
What is the criterion for this? Are we talking strictly their college careers or their entire body of work?

Just college:
Shabazz
Taurasi
Stewart
Rip or Kemba

College plus pro:
Ray
Springer
Taurasi
Kemba
 
polycom said:
How is Stewart being left off so many of these lists?
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Because Lobo & Tarausi laid/built the foundation to make it possible for Stewart to win 4 titles. Without Lobo does Stewart even go to UConn?
 
My Mt. Rushmore of UConn Athletes:
  • Tate George - hit a shot in a NCAA regional. One lucky shot right? "The shot" woke up college basketball, but more importantly the residents of Connecticut, to the beginning of the most incredible rise to national prominence of any program in history. "The Shot" is a cornerstone to the UConn brand. Nationally, no one knew who UConn was before "the shot". But once it was made it changed the way people viewed UConn athletics.
  • Rebecca Lobo - 1st high school All American to committ to the women's team. Along with Geno Auriemma created the most intense women's basketball rivalry in the history of the sport. Before Lobo, Geno, Pat and the Vols there really was no prime time women's basketball events. The 95 National Championship opened up so many eyes that before never considered women's basketball as a fun entertainment alternative.
  • Donald Brown - the best football player UConn has ever had. He ran around people when he could but he ran over people when he had to. Orlovsky eventually made it to the pros but Brown commanded respect week in and week out and people across college football noticed.
  • the fourth - is yet to be determined. As great as UConn sports has been up to this date there is most likely one that will shine even brighter, make more of an impact on the brand, the sport, the culture that is UConn.
 
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This is relatively easy and I'm seeing too many duplicates.

What's your Rushmore from your time on campus?

For me it's

Maya
Kemba
Donald Brown
Springer
 
[QUOTE="Rocktheworld, post: 2807666, member: 5037

What's your Rushmore from your time on campus

Difficult. I was there before Title IX and I couldn't name a female athlete.

Tony Hanson
Someone from a very good soccer team (Fran s Innocent?)
Someone from the recent national champion polo team (maybe a horse)
Can't think of an outstanding baseball or football player
 
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