| #4 Doron Sheffer – (1993-1996) by Peter Bard Sheffer defeated #13 Josh Boone, 169-47 Doron “Iceman” Sheffer, known for his crisp passing, sweet shooting, and steely gaze, starred at UConn from 1993-1996. Sheffer, a 6’5” point guard, played alongside Kevin Ollie (best passing team ever?) and Ray Allen in his three years at Storrs, scoring 1,329 points, good for 25th all-time, dishing 559 assists, good for 4th all-time, and snagging 194 steals, good for third all-time, all despite only playing three seasons at UConn because of NCAA rules I don’t understand regarding Israeli professionals. Sheffer enjoyed his best individual season in 1995-96, averaging 16.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 6.1 assists, tying a since-broken record with 212 assists in a season. Due to his age (Doron was already 24 when he finished his UConn career), Sheffer fell to the second round of the draft, being selected 36th overall by the Clippers. Instead of becoming the first Israeli-born player to play in the NBA, Sheffer chose to return to Israel, signing with Maccabi Tel-Aviv, where he won four straight Israeli League Championships. Career Points: 1329 Career Rebounds: 452
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 Career Assists: 559 Career Steals: 194 Career Blocks: 22 _____ 2nd Team Big East 1994-1995, 1995-1996 |
#5 Corny Thompson – (1978-1982) by Meghan Bard Thompson defeated #12 Tony Robertson, 201-52 Cornelius “Corny” Thompson was a UConn star of the late 70s and early 80s playing under Dom Perno. The Middletown native started every game as a freshman, and the Huskies made the NCAA tournament that year. Thompson led UConn in scoring and rebounding all four years, finishing with 1,810 points and more than 1,000 rebounds. He was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in 1982. He spent most of his pro career, which spanned14 years, in Europe. Career Points: 1810 Career Rebounds: 1017 Career Assists: 216 Career Steals: 179 Career Blocks: 27 _____ 1st Team Big East 1980-1981 |
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Ok, this is starting not to make sense to me. I am assuming most of the voters here are just voting for the players they remember? Corny was and is a legend. Sheffer was the guy who passed the ball to Ray Allen.
There’s definitely some serious modern skewing going on. Race deserves to be closer but I can understand voting for Sheffer.
Me too, since he was the better player.
Sheffer is arguably the best pure point guard not named Kemba to come to storrs.
I guess that JED’s memory doesn’t even go back to the mid-90s. Sheffer was one of the best point guards in the country on one of the best teams in the country. Corny Thompson got worse every season at UConn and never won an NCAA tournament game in four years. He only even went to one NCAA tournament. Not exactly the stuff of legends.