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Nevertheless, there are some cases of retirement of a same number honoring two different players, such as the University of Texas at El Paso, which retired number 14 worn first by Bobby Joe Hill (1961–1966) and then by Nate "Tiny" Archibald (1967–70). [2]
Two men's basketball players have had their numbers retired at UConn. For more than a century, UConn's basketball programs did not have any retired numbers. On December 7, 2018, UConn announced that the #34 worn by Ray Allen —along with the #50 worn by UConn women's basketball star Rebecca Lobo —would be the first-ever to be permanently ...
This is a list of the seasons completed by the UConn Huskies men's basketball team. UConn has fielded a men's college basketball team since 1900. The team played in the Athletic League of New England State Colleges from 1900 to 1923, in the New England Conference from 1923 to 1946, and then in the Yankee Conference from 1946 to 1976.
Numbers retired by the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL, displayed at the former Joe Louis Arena in December 2015. Retiring the number of an athlete is an honor a team bestows upon a player, usually after the player has left the team, retires from the sport, or dies, by taking the number formerly worn on their uniform out of circulation.
It was not until Calhoun took over the university's basketball program in 1985, however, that UConn grew from a regional basketball power to a nationally prominent one. [7] Under Calhoun, UConn won three national championships ( 1999 , 2004 , 2011 ), seven Big East tournaments , and ten Big East [ Note 1 ] regular season titles, while placing ...
Lists of National Football League retired numbers (32 P) Pages in category "Lists of retired numbers" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
UConn men's basketball was once a regional power, winning 18 Yankee Conference championships between 1947 and 1975, including 12 by Hugh Greer. In 1979, UConn was one of the seven founding schools of the American Athletic Conference (then known as the Big East Conference), which was originally created to focus on basketball, and the last ...
In January 2001, Allen was named honorary captain of the 25-member UConn All-Century Basketball Team. [10] In February 2007, he was an inaugural inductee in the UConn men's basketball "Huskies of Honor" recognition program. [12] In March 2019, his number 34 jersey was retired by UConn. [13]