| #3 Art Quimby – (1951-1955) by Meghan Bard In Rd 1, Quimby defeated #14 Travis Knight 128-40 Art Quimby, who played at UConn in the 1950s, is the all-time leader in rebounds and rebounds per game. Despite the fact that we don’t have records for his sophomore season, between in freshman, junior and senior year, Quimby racked up an unbelievable 1128 rebounds. He’s also a member of the 1,000-point club, and is the all-time leader in career double-doubles. Career Points: 1398 Career Rebounds: 1716
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 Career Assists: Records not kept Career Steals: Records not kept Career Blocks: Records not kept _____ UConn leader in rebounds & rebounds/game UConn leader in double-doubles 1000 point club 1000 rebounding club |
#6 AJ Price – (2004-2009) by Meghan Bard In Rd 1, Price defeated #11 Bobby Boyd 122-16 AJ Price made as many headlines for his off-the-court dramatics as he did for his playing. He missed the 2004-2005 season with a life-threatening brain bleed. Then he was suspended from school for the fall 2005 semester when he and teammate Marcus Williams were caught selling laptops stolen from university dorm rooms. Price finally played his first season 2006-2007 as a sophomore. In his second season, he was the team’s starting point guard and number-two scorer. He was selected to the All-Big East First Team and was a finalist for the John Wooden Award. But in the first round of the NCAA, Price tore his ACL, and the team went on to lose to San Diego in overtime. In his final season, Price took the Huskies all the way to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament before losing to Michigan State. He was selected in the second round of the 2009 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers. Price currently plays for the Washington Wizards. Career Points: 1284 Career Rebounds: 332 Career Assists: 469 Career Steals: 104 Career Blocks: 5 _____ Member of 2009 Final Four team |
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Talk about a fun matchup to start Rd. 2…
Sheffer beat out Corny? That’s outrageous. Too many young people voting. This shouldn’t be close. Corny was the best player on the team four years in a row, and one of the best players in the country at the time. Sheffer we never better than the third best player on any UConn roster.