The Best PG in UCONN History

[UConnSwag11]

Newton’s the coolest character I’ve ever seen. His blood pressure must be 90/50.

Never rattled. That’s the most underestimated part of his game. Came in crucial for these last two years

 

[JCisthegoat]

No. He’s just not. The young man did great, and far better than anyone anticipated he would do when he came here, but he’s not the best point in our history. You can’t even argue he was as good as Kemba, and I don’t think there’s much of an argument he was as good as Shabazz. You want to argue he’s on everyone else’s level, I’ll listen (though I’m not convinced).

He did a great job for his two years here, but he was also surrounded with a ton of NBA players and three lottery picks in his two years.

Would honestly argue out of the 8 starters on the last 2 squads he’s one of the 2 or 3 most expendable

 

[nomar]

Newton’s the coolest character I’ve ever seen. His blood pressure must be 90/50.

Spencer and Castle were also cool as cucumbers. They all played like 5th year seniors.

 

[KembaRunner]

Ben Gordon needs his name added to this discussion.

BG listed as a point guard?

 

[KembaRunner]

Spencer and Castle were also cool as cucumbers. They all played like 5th year seniors.

Castle and Newton- yes super cool. Cam? Cool? Cam’s as fiery as they come. He’s more like a bag of chili Fritos than a cucumber.

 

[xclamations]

I mean... its a fair argument as far as achievements on the grand stage at this point I'd think. I don't think those old teams dominated this way

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Would honestly argue out of the 8 starters on the last 2 squads he’s one of the 2 or 3 most expendable

 

[TrueBlue22]

Ben Gordon needs his name added to this discussion.

I don’t think Taliek would appreciate this post ‍♂️

 

[Stew Crew]

Ben Gordon needs his name added to this discussion.

Not a point guard

 

[nomar]

Castle and Newton- yes super cool. Cam? Cool? Cam’s as fiery as they come. He’s more like a bag of chili Fritos than a cucumber.

He’s fiery but he PLAYS cool

 

[Mister P]

BG listed as a point guard?

Fair point.
He played more off the ball as a SG.
He did run the offensive sets many times though.

 

[TXHuskyFan]

Kemba/Shabazz/Newton

Getting yourself into that tier is insane stuff, great efffing job dude.

Love them all, but can I raise you one El Amin?

 

[gsmooth]

Would honestly argue out of the 8 starters on the last 2 squads he’s one of the 2 or 3 most expendable

Newton expendable? Mmmmm, no. You missed the target by 100 miles with that take.Newton was very integral to what they accomplished these last 2 years

 

[JSB60]

Newton should be on the wall. But it’s Kemba.

 

[Palatine]

It is one of the imponderables of the universe. But Newton is in the conversation.

 

[B1GEast]

There's statistically the best and then there are fan favorites.

Love Newton, but what Kemba did was the stuff of Legends.

Bazz too, and till this day Taliek still fills my memory when he ran the fast break. Taliek was a tank.

Newton was calm cool and collected throughout the entire tournament. He just went about his business.

He'll go down as a UConn great.

 

[RedStickHusky]

PG on the best UConn team - that should be good enough.

 

[superjohn]

It really is insane that it’s even an argument

But I mean Newton is a repeating champion… this is new UConn territory, equally insane to say

He's on the level with Kemba and Shabazz. Anyone can argue their favorite and who you think is the best but Tristen is right there with those two. He's legendary great now that it's completed. Wall, jersey retirement, all of it

 

[TXHuskyFan]

He's on the level with Kemba and Shabazz. Anyone can argue their favorite and who you think is the best but Tristen is right there with those two. He's legendary great now that it's completed. Wall, jersey retirement, all of it

No doubt he deserves it, but there is no 6 without what Khalid did.

 

[Rocktheworld]

He's on the level with Kemba and Shabazz. Anyone can argue their favorite and who you think is the best but Tristen is right there with those two. He's legendary great now that it's completed. Wall, jersey retirement, all of it

As I alluded, Kemba and Bazz were truly hole grown talents. Kemba as a 5’9 PG carrying a team of freshman, winning 5 games in 5 days then winning 6 more to cap it off… then for those freshmen to repeat with Bazz and the run they had, embarrassing good teams like that overall 1 seed in UF… this is what happens when you ban us… but I think Newton and his demeanor better fits this evolved UConn program.

 

[storrsroars]

Ben Gordon needs his name added to this discussion.

No he doesn't. This thread is PG, not SG.

 

[JCisthegoat]

Newton expendable? Mmmmm, no. You missed the target by 100 miles with that take.Newton was very integral to what they accomplished these last 2 years

So was every other starter. Sorry but most of the others are superior

 

[Dibbie]

Wasn’t too long ago people were saying we didn’t have a point guard. Crazy

 

[JCisthegoat]

Nothing says recency bias like putting Newton and Kemba on the same level.

 

[NJHusky]

2-time Final 4 MOP is amazing, but he never had to carry the team. Kemba still #1

Adama was the MOP last year