Who should be the next Husky of Honor?
On February 15 the Huskies of Honor will have two new members, Worthy Patterson and Corny Thompson. They're undoubtedly fine choices for inductees (and we'll hopefully have a bit more on them next week), but I don't think I'm going out on much of a limb by saying that they weren't exactly the most glaring omissions from Gampel's wall.
So who is UConn missing now? And who do you want to see in next? There are certainly some more recent alums who deserve a spot. Ben Gordon has a very strong case, and you can certainly argue that Rudy Gay, Caron Butler or even Kevin Ollie deserve to have their name up on the wall. Gay, Gordon and Butler were all rumored to be next in line earlier this year, but NBA scheduling difficulties may have pushed them back for at least a year (especially with the compressed lockout schedule).
My personal pick for the most deserving is Khalid El-Amin, though he has scheduling issues of his own (he's currently playing professionally in Iran). The men could also borrow a page from the women's book and induct entire teams -- the 1990 Dream Season squad and the 1999 Championship team would both be good additions.
Who is your pick? Talk about it in the comments.
Update: I forgot Nadav Henefeld (I thought he was already in), so he's been added to the poll.
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From what I understand, Caron, Rudy, and Gordon are as good as in. After that, completely agree on Khalid. He saw himself as the missing piece to a championship, was a leader from day one, and fittingly the one that sealed the deal on March 29, 1999.
by UConnPuneet on Jan 27, 2012 7:13 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I agree on Khalid
The fact that he found a great way to cheat on the Husky Run just adds to his resume.
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What about Jeff?
Obviously agree with all of you on Caron, Rudy, Ben Gordon, and the championship team, but what does everyone think about Jeff Adrien? Numbers weren’t the best, but the dude was a warrior, undersized and just went `100% all the time. We need a player like him on this team and who knows how good we would be
by HuskyHardcore2012 on Jan 27, 2012 10:32 PM EST reply actions
I could get behind an
Adrien for the HoH movement
by Andrew Porter on Jan 28, 2012 3:58 AM EST up reply actions
Adrien before Rudy for sure
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
by Kevin Meacham on Jan 29, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
Ryan Boatright
Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well not just the Cube's, but Chris Daughtry, Jeff Probst, super chef Bobby Flay. I mean, it was insane, it was almost too much.
by DouglasQuaid on Jan 28, 2012 8:59 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Gotta be the Gaza Stripper
If it weren’t for Henefeld, none of the guys you threw out there would have even considered attending UConn. And if not for that Laettner give-and-go, Henefeld would have had the puppies into the Final Four in 1990. One could argue that only one season in Storrs does not an impact make…. but what a season it was.
by GhostofAntricKlaiber on Jan 29, 2012 7:30 AM EST reply actions

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