Who is the Husky you wished won a championship the most?

[DaMuttzNutt]

Hard to choose, plenty of options. This isn’t who was the best player to not win one. My top 3 would be:

Jeff Adrien
Adrien was a beast, a monster at times. I loved how old school his game was. Tough around the glass, strong hands, real attitude.

Rudy Gay
Rudy was maybe the most skilled Husky. His athleticism, coordination, basketball IQ was ridiculous. Smooth down the court, massive wingspan and could throw it down

But the winner, Stanley Robinson
Stanley’s evolution feels similar to Andre. Tough kid, great story, and an absolute freak around the rim. His 09 season was impressive and was always good to blow the roof off the place once a game with a high flying dunk. I could have swore when he dunked the putback with one min left vs MSU to pull within 3 (after being down a dozen) we were winning

 

[WrenchFan69]

The entire 2006 team followed by the entire 2009 team followed by the 2012 team

 

[gsmooth]

all of the above are good picks, but to me the first is Ray Allen. I remember how dejected I felt after UConn lost to Mississippi St. in the Sweet 16 in 1996 knowing he, Sheffer, and Travis Knight would never get the chance to win experience a Final Four let alone win a championship title.

 

[Pete78626]

Rod Sellers & Caron Butler

 

[Horatio]

Johnnie Selvie, Caron Butler, Super Tone Robertson, Jeff Adrien, Dyson.

 

[Jbirdp5]

Between ray and Caron for me…..ray would be the goat by a mile in my opinion had he won….and after that Maryland game I felt like Caron deserved to be a champion more than anyone

 

[husky429]

Any of the guys that stuck it out through the hellscape of the Ollie era and decided to give Hurley a chance.

Whaley, Polley, Adams, Vital. Anyone else?

We don't have a championship today if those guys didn't stick around. Our culture isn't the same if those guys didn't buy in 100%.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Vital would be my pick. Hard to say guys like Ray or Caron because they had so much success after college.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Smitty, Ray Ray, Donyell, Caron, 2009.

These were lights out studs whose biggest opponent was fate.
2009 looked like an NBA team with Dyson.

 

[TheHorde]

The ‘94, ‘95, and ‘96 teams

 

[uconngb]

Ray Allen and it’s not even close

 

[jdb50]

Christian Vital. I wish he had a chance to try. He hated losing.

 

[XLCenterFan]

Vital. Kid left it all out there, was a very positive presence, was proud of being at UConn, and was our rock during a tumultuous rebuild. He deserves a piece of our most recent net.

 

[Skiblets]

Smitty, Ray Ray, Donyell, Caron, 2009.

These were lights out studs whose biggest opponent was fate.
2009 looked like an NBA team with Dyson.

Donyells missed FTs against Florida. Crushing

 

[Jaydumo20]

Castle

 

[aburks41]

Gotta be Ray Allen. He'd be talked about as one of the all-time college greats along with already being one of the all-time NBA greats.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Drummond. Then we would have won three in four years.

 

[temery]

Kirk King.

 

[Mr. French]

Ray is my obvious choice, but would have felt great for Donyell, Doron, Adrien, Price, Caron.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Hard to choose, plenty of options. This isn’t who was the best player to not win one. My top 3 would be:

Jeff Adrien
Adrien was a beast, a monster at times. I loved how old school his game was. Tough around the glass, strong hands, real attitude.

Rudy Gay
Rudy was maybe the most skilled Husky. His athleticism, coordination, basketball IQ was ridiculous. Smooth down the court, massive wingspan and could throw it down

But the winner, Stanley Robinson
Stanley’s evolution feels similar to Andre. Tough kid, great story, and an absolute freak around the rim. His 09 season was impressive and was always good to blow the roof off the place once a game with a high flying dunk. I could have swore when he dunked the putback with one min left vs MSU to pull within 3 (after being down a dozen) we were winning

The two people I think who almost carried a team on he back to the promised land were:
Ray 1995- 1996
Caron 2001-2 and neither saw a FF
They deserved to get here if not win it all .

95 and 2002 they lost to the eventual NC in the round of 8

 

[DeepThreat]

Chris Smith. The kid who started it all.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Smitty and Ray.

I don’t know why I’m awake right now.

 

[Travelman6]

Ray.

If only he had been born a few years later (3 years later) he could have been teamed up with RIP, Jake, Moore, Freeman, Mouring, and El-Amin. Imagine 99 with Ray as well, no one would touch that team, undefeated, and every win, aside from maybe Duke, by double digits.

 

[Shamon30]

Isaiah Whaley and Boo Willingham

 

[storrsroars]

Ray. Period. Full stop.

But even more than Ray winning a championship, I would've loved Vital to at least get into the Dance one time.