They played one bad game all year it just so happened to be in the Sweet 16 against Mississippi State. was born on August 17, 1986, in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland.
Denham Brown hit a turnaround jumper with 1. Still, the Huskies found a way to win this rugged tournament. On paper, this may have been Calhoun's most talented roster.Ĥ 1995-96: From late November to mid-March, Ray Allen and the Huskies went 31-1. star forward Rudy Gay struggled to score in the final two games. Months later, Rudy Gay, Hilton Armstrong, Marcus Williams and Josh Boone were all taken in the first round of the 2006 NBA Draft, tying a record at the time. But Denham Brown's last-second jumper rimmed out, and George Mason marched to the Final Four, derailing UConn's title aspirations. 1 if it had won the national championship. One of its losses came with Richard Hamilton and Jake Voskuhl sidelined due to injury the other was an overtime thriller against Miami.ģ 2005-06: This team would have a legitimate case for No. But, at 34-2, UConn was pretty damn good. The Huskies, heavy underdogs, "shocked the world," as Khalid El-Amin put it, against arguably the most talented basketball team of the past quarter-century. The Oklahoma City Thunder, who have THREE former Huskies on their roster (Hasheem Thabeet, Caron Butler, and Jeremy Lamb) watched the game together, after which Thabeet joined Rudy Gay in America. The UConn product is a career 48 percent shooter from the field and has knocked down 34 percent of his three-point. Per 40 Minutes Table Season School Conf G GS MP FG FGA FG 2P 2PA 2P 3P 3PA 3P FT FTA FT TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS 2004-05: UConn: Big East: 31: 26: 893: 5.9: 12.8.462: 4.7: 10.1.
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