Rip Hamilton nonetheless has it.
The three-time NBA All-Star and former UConn guard drained a half-court shot in entrance of Huskies followers throughout an look on ESPN’s “Faculty GameDay” Saturday morning.
Hamilton, who received the 2004 NBA championship as a member of the Pistons, was a star at UConn from the 1996-97 season by 1998-99.
He was named the NCAA Event Most Excellent Participant in 1999 after main the Huskies to their first NCAA championship in program historical past.
Since then, UConn’s been arguably the preeminent program in school basketball; its 5 nationwide titles since 1999 are essentially the most in that span.
The Huskies have been the unanimous No. 1 group within the nation in the latest Related Press High 25 ballot as they vie to turn out to be the primary repeat nationwide champions since Florida in 2006 and 2007.
Per ESPNBet, Connecticut (+400) is the favourite to win this yr’s match. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi tasks UConn as a 1-seed within the East Area, the place it could doubtlessly face final season’s match darling, the Florida Atlantic Owls, within the second spherical, in addition to San Diego State within the Candy 16, which might be a rematch of final yr’s ultimate.
UConn (24-3, 14-2 in Large East) had a 14-game successful streak snapped on Tuesday with an 85-66 loss at No. 15 Creighton (20-7, 11-5 in Large East).
That is one of many few issues to have gone flawed for the Huskies this season.
As Hamilton reminded us on Saturday, they normally do not miss.
