Even after the Huskies were banned from the NCAA tournament in 2013, Napier stuck around while many left, staying for the worthwhile prize of a 2014 national championship victory, averaging 18.6 points and 4.9 assists per game and winning Most Outstanding Player during that run. As a freshman, the point guard was the sixth man of the young 2011 championship team led by Kemba Walker, averaging a very solid 7.8 points, 3.0 assists and 1.6 steals. Stratton- Some may not like having Napier this high, but one thing that cannot be disputed is the fact that he was a key player in not one but two national championship runs. Winning a title at UConn gives Okafor legend status and his elite statistics reaffirm his spot and placement on this list. These stats placed Okafor on the All-Big East team in all three years and won him the Big East Player of the Year twice. He was also one of the biggest defensive forces in Husky history, swatting over four shots per game. During his three year career, the center averaged 13.8 points and 10.6 boards, which are purely dominant numbers. Stratton- Plain and simple, Okafor was that guy on UConn’s second national championship team in 2004. Oh, and how could we forget Walker’s game winning shot against Pitt’ in 2010, one of the greatest shots in college basketball history. Even in his last year with the team, the NBA guard averaged 23.5 points and solidified his spot in Huskies history with impressive statistics across the board. During his UConn career, the guard earned not only a NCAA Championship on one of the best UConn teams of all time, but also earned multiple Big East honors on top of that. Kemba WalkerĮvan- Cardiac Kemba is one of the most decorated Huskies of all time during his time at UConn. Don’t be surprised to see his number 32 follow Ray Allen’s footsteps and be retired in the near future. Aside from being the best player on UConn’s first ever national championship team in 1999, Hamilton was the Most Outstanding Player in the tournament and won Big East Player of the Year twice.
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The guard averaged 21.5 ppg in each of his final two seasons as a husky and racked up the accolades while winning games. Stratton- Rip Hamilton is in the number one spot simply because of his pure dominance while at UConn. Although there are many deserving players, sports columnists Evan Rodriguez and Stratton Stave narrowed it down to just 10 in what can be described as the Calhoun-Championship Era. In these years and those before, Jim Calhoun recruited an elite set of players that allowed the team to reach such heights.
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Over the last few decades, the UConn Huskies have established themselves as one of the premier programs in college basketball, with no other school collecting more national championships since 1999. Coach Ollie remains confident that when the witnesses against him are cross examined in the arbitration process, the truth will come out.Rip Hamilton at Jim Calhoun’s All-Star Game in 2014. In the final analysis, the NCAA process does not constitute due process. Significantly, the NCAA refused to give credit to sworn affidavits submitted by Ray Allen and the highly recruited prospective student athlete because they had been obtained after Coach Ollie was informed of the allegations, yet the allegations were made public by the University of Connecticut when Kevin Ollie’s employment was terminated in March of 2018.
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In addition to deciding to ignore or reject every piece of exculpatory evidence offered by Coach Ollie’s legal team, and choosing to side with all of the University of Connecticut’s witnesses, many of whom gave contradictory statements, the Committee on Infractions made multiple factual errors that will be the subject of an appeal to the Infractions Appeals Committee.
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The NCAA failed to allow Kevin Ollie due process in the pre-hearing investigation by not providing his counsel the opportunity to interview key witnesses against him, including the associate head coach, the strength and conditioning coach and a key student athlete. We are disappointed with the NCAA Committee on Infractions decision but not surprised that the Committee acted to support its member institution in the dispute between the University of Connecticut and Kevin Ollie where more than $11 million is at stake.