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UConn Women Elite 8 Best of the Best Decided!!!!!!!!
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Agree! I missed Maya’s career. I think Diana is #1. The question is who’s #2, Breanna or Maya?
Maya’s #’s are staggering. But Stewy has 4 rings.
I would put Donyell Marshall at #7 and take Caron Butler out. I think I would also put Kemba at #2 and Rip at #3. Other than that I basically agree with your Elite 8.
I had Donyell at 9, Khalid. I was at Arizona state 92-96. So I missed Chris Smith and a lot of Donyell.
I think the top 5 comes down to preference. Ray probably gets a little more prestige because of his pro career. The other 4 all have championships. Kemba and Khalid are my personal favs because I was a pg myself, but I gave Rip the nod because he had a more consistent career. Rip definitely had a better supporting cast. But he also played against better comp.
Caron was a beast. Wish we got one more year out of him.
Interested to see where some of the earlier guys stack up.
I think the top 5 comes down to preference. Ray probably gets a little more prestige because of his pro career. The other 4 all have championships. Kemba and Khalid are my personal favs because I was a pg myself, but I gave Rip the nod because he had a more consistent career. Rip definitely had a better supporting cast. But he also played against better comp.
Caron was a beast. Wish we got one more year out of him.
Interested to see where some of the earlier guys stack up.
Well from the period of 1979 (when I started watching) to 1995, BR (Before Ray), I would go with:
1. Donyell Marshall
2. Chris Smith
3. Corny Thompson
4. Earl Kelly
5. Cliff Robinson
6. Scott Burrell
7. Tate George
8. Nadav Henefeld
I saw Chris Smith play in high school a lot, both in actual games and in pick up games at Harvey Hubbel Gym at the U of Bridgeport and in the summer leagues at Wolfe Park in Monroe. He was the best and most entertaining high school player I ever saw. One of my best memories was seeing a pick up game that included Chris Smith, Chris Watts, Marvin Saddler and Frenchy Tomlin, all of whom played D-1 college basketball, at the Hubbell gym.
However I give the nod to Donyell mainly because of his back to back 40 point games and the show he was putting on at the end of his sophomore year. Unfortunately it ended badly for Donyell when he missed 2 FTs which cost UConn a game vs. Florida in the 1994 NCAA tournament. That had to be one of the more disappointing NCAA losses for UConn because they had the better team and they win if Donyell makes either of those FTs, but he missed both. I still have him at #1 though.
Honorable mentions on these lists should go to Lyman DePrest and Rickey Moore. DePriest was in my opinion the most versatile lockdown defensive player in UConn history and Moore was the best defensive guard in UConn history whose feats shutting down Allen Iverson in the 1996 Big East Championship game and forcing the Langdon travel in the 1999 NCAA championship game are now legendary. DePriest was a 6'6" wide bodied power forward but he could cover smaller, quick guards like Dana Barros, for which he achieved significant fame during the 1988 NIT championship run.
1. Donyell Marshall
2. Chris Smith
3. Corny Thompson
4. Earl Kelly
5. Cliff Robinson
6. Scott Burrell
7. Tate George
8. Nadav Henefeld
I saw Chris Smith play in high school a lot, both in actual games and in pick up games at Harvey Hubbel Gym at the U of Bridgeport and in the summer leagues at Wolfe Park in Monroe. He was the best and most entertaining high school player I ever saw. One of my best memories was seeing a pick up game that included Chris Smith, Chris Watts, Marvin Saddler and Frenchy Tomlin, all of whom played D-1 college basketball, at the Hubbell gym.
However I give the nod to Donyell mainly because of his back to back 40 point games and the show he was putting on at the end of his sophomore year. Unfortunately it ended badly for Donyell when he missed 2 FTs which cost UConn a game vs. Florida in the 1994 NCAA tournament. That had to be one of the more disappointing NCAA losses for UConn because they had the better team and they win if Donyell makes either of those FTs, but he missed both. I still have him at #1 though.
Honorable mentions on these lists should go to Lyman DePrest and Rickey Moore. DePriest was in my opinion the most versatile lockdown defensive player in UConn history and Moore was the best defensive guard in UConn history whose feats shutting down Allen Iverson in the 1996 Big East Championship game and forcing the Langdon travel in the 1999 NCAA championship game are now legendary. DePriest was a 6'6" wide bodied power forward but he could cover smaller, quick guards like Dana Barros, for which he achieved significant fame during the 1988 NIT championship run.
The 1994 team led by Donyell came in as the 10th best team in UConn history in this survey:
https://www.journalinquirer.com/spo...cle_1214b4f8-6b2a-11ea-adb8-4727dc5624cc.html
https://www.journalinquirer.com/spo...cle_1214b4f8-6b2a-11ea-adb8-4727dc5624cc.html
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