What makes a UConn legend?

[Mdoggie]

Individual records and/or awards?
Championships?
Who will be the next “great”?

 

[bantamlaker]

If Paige Bueckers does not already qualify as a legend after winning NPOY as a freshman than she will become one next year when she leads UConn to another undefeated season and national championship.

 

[Kaizen]

Paige then Azzi ...

 

[tkaes]

Individual records and/or awards?
Championships?
Who will be the next “great”?

Election to the HOF. Sue, Diana, Maya, Stewie next. Then maybe Paige and Azzi if all goes as expected.

 

[PacoSwede]

sue, maya, stewie are truly great players, and others are worthy, depending on how 'great' is defined.

but for me, only d and paige reach the legendary level, and it's because of their incredible and repeated clutch performances in college.

they seem miraculous and magical. i've never seen anything like it.

 

[Blond D.]

I think you might be selling Nika a little short. Sure she isnt a great scorer but she brings legendary energy and her assists will be a record.
Plus she already has the defensive POTY award and shes the one who has to take on the other teams best scorer/player.

 

[NEforceUConn]

Paige needs a naty to be included with the aforementioned others.

 

[Mdoggie]

sue, maya, stewie are truly great players, and others are worthy, depending on how 'great' is defined.

but for me, only d and paige reach the legendary level, and it's because of their incredible and repeated clutch performances in college.

they seem miraculous and magical. i've never seen anything like it.

Hmmm. Interesting.

 

[cometjo]

sue, maya, stewie are truly great players, and others are worthy, depending on how 'great' is defined.

but for me, only d and paige reach the legendary level, and it's because of their incredible and repeated clutch performances in college.

they seem miraculous and magical. i've never seen anything like it.

So Stewie predicting and then winning 4 national championships and being final four MVP in all four doesn't count?

 

[Mdoggie]

So Stewie predicting and then winning 4 national championships and being final four MVP in all four doesn't count?

You’re in my head. Can you be a legends without winning a natty?

 

[maple]

For me a legend is multi-faceted. Winning a NC is included in that, as is individual stats, awards, and their "longevity" after leaving (by that I mean, they are a player that anyone who watches college wbb can look at 10+ years later and remember their achievements at UConn).

DT, Moore, Stewie, Lobo, Bird ... even the most casual wbb fan has likely heard of them and knows they were a UConn great. Paige very likely will become a well-remembered Husky as well, regardless of whether or not she wins a title. But I think she does need to win a title to be considered a true "legend".

 

[JordyG]

Geno amd CD.

 

[Skeets]

sue, maya, stewie are truly great players, and others are worthy, depending on how 'great' is defined.

but for me, only d and paige reach the legendary level, and it's because of their incredible and repeated clutch performances in college.

they seem miraculous and magical. i've never seen anything like it.

If my team was down by 1 point with 10 seconds left in the game and I could pick anyone to have the ball, I would pick DT because one way or another she would win the game. That is her legend.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Paige then Azzi ...

Neither until they win a NCAA championship. Don't try to lower the standard.

 

[BostonCanuck]

Agree with maple above.

To be a true legend of this program I believe is a combination of three elements:

1. Making your team-mates around you into better players than they would otherwise have been (the "it-factor")​

2. Delivering those "Wow-Moments" on the floor​

3. One or more National Championships​

For me, all three of those have to be present. Of course, first team All-America status becomes a natural by-product of all that. But All America or NPOY status is not in and of itself one of my criteria.

To date, Stewart, Moore, Tairasi, Bird, and Lobo.

 

[KingKong139]

Paige needs a naty to be included with the aforementioned others.

Agreed. She so far hasn’t been healthy enough or had enough TEAM success to warrant inclusion.

 

[diggerfoot]

Lol. What came to my mind with the word “legend” was Gardler calmly fixing her hair right before knocking down a three.

Also, the basket Cash scored for the opposing team after a missed foul shot was pretty legendary as well.

The way that both Pulido and Buck capped their UConn careers also has become legend.

Those four just might be my Rushmore of UConn legends.

 

[Kaizen]

Neither until they win a NCAA championship. Don't try to lower the standard.

Lower the standard?
Paige is the first freshman ever won the NPOY.
This standard is very high.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Lower the standard?
Paige is the first freshman ever won the NPOY.
This standard is very high.

UCONN is about TEAM, not individual. You get individual notoriety through team success, National Championship(s).

 

[Kaizen]

UCONN is about TEAM, not individual. You get individual notoriety through team success, National Championship(s).

NPOY is for the individual not for the team ... eod

 

[itsasport]

Lol. What came to my mind with the word “legend” was Gardler calmly fixing her hair right before knocking down a three.

Also, the basket Cash scored for the opposing team after a missed foul shot was pretty legendary as well.

The way that both Pulido and Buck capped their UConn careers also has become legend.

Those four just might be my Rushmore of UConn legends.

Nice reminder about Gardler and my favorite UConn video is Heather's layup, with the UConn fight song kicking in when she makes the steal

 

[itsasport]

Edwards could very well be destined to reach that plateau of UConn legends.

 

[bballnut90]

So Stewie predicting and then winning 4 national championships and being final four MVP in all four doesn't count?

Or Moore going 150-4, winning 90 straight games and finishing top 2 in POY voting all 4 years. Both her and Stewart almost never had opportunities to have clutch moments since games were so often blowouts. Moore especially proved her worth as a clutch player in the pros, making several huge shots in the playoffs.

 

[Puppy Love]

Shea’s toughness was legendary.

 

[formerlurker]

The title of "Legend" carries a lot of weight and it requires jewelry to attain.