We hope you enjoyed #RankedWeek. Us completing six posts in one week is the most impressive UConn-related feat since Kevin Ollie managed to not play Large Dave 40 minutes that one time. Now let’s close the week with our usual practice of answering a few of your questions that didn’t require a lot of research or general effort on our part.
Remember: If your question wasn’t answered or you’ve been living under a rock and are just hearing about this, you can submit your questions here or on Twitter (@ADimeBack).
Global Huskies asks: [Rank the] top NBA players who experienced their last moments in a college basketball uniform watching UConn celebrate victory against them.
For some reason, we all thought Shaq was in this group but he played another season at LSU after losing to UConn in the 1991 tourney so, shit. Here’s a list of others who were not as fortunate…
10. Gary Harris, Michigan State (2014)
9. Elden Campbell, Clemson (1990)
8. Brandon Knight, Kentucky (2011)
7. Julius Randle, Kentucky (2014)
6. Joe Smith, Maryland (1995)
5. Luol Deng, Duke (2004)
4. Brandon Roy, Washington (2006)
3. Rajon Rondo, Kentucky (2006)
2. Kawhi Leonard, San Diego State (2011)
1. The 1999 Duke team lol (Elton Brand, Corey Maggette, William Avery, Trajon Langdon)
The takeaway is that UConn is good and everyone else is bad.
Prem asks: Best 6th man in UConn Men’s Basketball history.
OK. Here are my ground rules for defining a sixth man using slightly different criteria from the last time I answered this. I’m not counting players who came off the bench as freshmen but went on to become lock starters. So no Ray, no Shabazz, etc. — I’m reserving this for guys who were primarily bench players for their careers.
1 – Rashad Anderson
2 – John Gwynn
3 – Tony Robertson
4 – Brian Fair
5 – Rashamel Jones
6 (tie) – Niels Giffey
6 (tie) – Lasan Kromah
8 – Jeff King
9 – Monquencio Hardnett
10 – Craig Austrie (wanna fight?)
Dave asks: Top 10 possible locations of the ConFLiCT trophy
10. The bottom of the ocean, sunken like a common DiCaprio.
9. Lost on UConn’s unnavigable website.
8. Melted down to create a sword for the new Diaco-crafted rivalry with Rutgers before he learned the Scarlet Knights aren’t in the AAC (Rutgers no longer participates in collegiate sports).
7. Thrown at Ted Cruz’s dad as payback for murdering Diaco’s favorite cookbook author, John F. Kennedy.
6. @NoEscalators’ apartment.
5. Returned to mall kiosk for store credit.
4. Served in place of food in the Buckley dining hall.
3. Wherever Urban Meyer hides his decency and basic morality.
2. UCF’s display case next to their imaginary championship trophy.
1. David Benedict’s garage.
— Tyler
