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Some of the Cal Golden Bears retired numbers hanging on the rafters at Haas Pavilion, September 2009. Teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) retire jersey numbers of players who either are considered by the team to have made significant contributions to that team's success, or who have experienced untimely deaths during their playing career.
Allen and Lobo were the first players in school history inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Allen's number retirement ceremony was held at Gampel Pavilion on March 3, 2019. [207] On January 30, 2024, UConn announced that the #32 worn by Richard Hamilton would be the second number retired by the program. Hamilton's ...
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.
Rudy Carlton Gay Jr. (born August 17, 1986) [1] is an American former professional basketball player. The forward played college basketball for the UConn Huskies before being selected eighth overall in the 2006 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets; he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies days later.
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]
The league had been pursuing UConn to join as a member in basketball and other sports as soon as 2026 before football would join five years later. UConn currently plays football as an independent.
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 ...