The 11-Game Run That Immortalized Kemba Walker and the 2011 UConn Huskies 

yea but thats exxagerated height, he is 5 foot 11 withouth shoes and 6 foot with shoes. Wich is small for a basketball player

He's DEFINITELY not 6'1. I've seen him in person (many NBA teams practice at my university) and he's a pretty small guy. 5'11 at the most.

Joseph Koh he's 5' 10" or 5' 11" without shoes

He's 6'1 that what google says

freewillracer20 and KD is 6"9 according to google

Got me spitting my coffee

Louie Salvador best comment I’ve seen so far on RU-vid 😂😂😂😂😂

I could heard the Doppler effect between him and the defender

Hands down in my opinion the best step back i ever seen in person it was so so so so so nasty

😂😂😂😂

Fax

once every couple months lmao

It motivated

Hell as college basketball player hell I come every other week for inspiration 💯

Yes

Facts

na lebron is more rare

Cres nah kobe is ultra rare

@@marth3401 Nah Kemba is legendary rare , lol.

ikr! i rewinded it 3 times!

Pencil Connoisseur I honestly didn’t even know where he went

Same

Matty Ray for sure

Matty Ray Kemba plays with a ton of heart and a lot of passion.

i was at the garden when he hit that step back

facts he is legendary

Wow man. That must have been crazy times

to also have Shabazz Napier carry the team to the natty is also crazy

@@BradyHaslem AJ comes back for his senior year with the Fab 5 we got coming in UCONN CAN GO DEEP

Now we champs again!!

was in brooklyn for that pitt game, electric

alex garcia lol hell yea I been fw kemba fs

No. I'm a Uconn fan . Go Huskies.

Yeah boi

Just needs Durant or Zion to join him

no

his not underrated he gets the respect he needs

Brent Taylor Not really seeing as he's never been voted as an All-Star...

+Nah. Kyrie , Lowry , wall all better than him // he ain't underrated

G Fayzo he's leading his team to a 3rd seed, kyrie and lowry being carried, and wall ain't doing shit

G Fayzo He is way better than Lowry, him n kyrie r pretty even, n wall doesn't have a shot like him

Yeah #BuzzCity

SethyWethy ikr

napier picked by charlotte too almost a big 3

SethyWethy there was 3 UConn players on that same NBA team

Hornetts should add Napier get the trifecta of guards

Yeeeeaaaaahh

Yup

What the Cs are getting is a slightly below Kyrie talent with ALL of IT’s heart. I like this move because it will help Jaylen and Jason grow into what PG and Kahwhi are now

@@tighevans6783 Exactly. That's what I'm thinking and they still got cap space to get a great bench PG because Horford left and they got Kanter/Theis for $22 million combined. (Horford made $27 mil last year).

Brad stevens gordon heyward and kemba unite back together baby!

I'm fucking leaping all the way to Mars with my stepback

Andy Thomas probably because there were so many now big names in the NBA playing at the time

Prison Mike SOOO youre saying there is no more big names coming from colleges in next 3 years?

***** yeah but back then you didn't know who is gonna be a superstar either... "was lit back then"

4355a 43 5t

Andy Thomas 08 was the best tourney year

Meechy Merc Em MJ? DWade? Kobe? Harden?

Step backs weren't even done in the 90s lol

Just cus they're better players don't mean shit

Maybe D Wade but the rest he'll no, he's much smaller than all those guys the step back is his main move

Meechy Merc Em I think you watch too many highlight videos

@King Nick He's 6'1 not 5'11. That's like average height for a point guard but they talk like he's 5'9 it's not a hard concept to understand

@@tingispingis I've seen him in person and he definitely isn't 6'1 he's like 3, 4 inches taller than me. So he's like 5'10, 5'11

@King Nick The point is they were acting like he was way shorter than he actually is. Point still stands even if he's 5'11, he still clearly looks taller than a dude like Isaiah Thomas. Stop acting like you're not a waste of life, Nick

King Nick “if u want to meet off the internet” LOL damn you corny as fuck son

King Nick “mind ya business” ...we’re on a RU-vid comment board on a public video...I want you to reread that statement and for good measure read it maybe one or two more times....smh. Corny ass trying to make other people sound stupid...damn

It was insane watching that big east tournament as a new yorker.

Big Shanene I would think that "taking it easy" type of talk would apply to a team like the 2014-15 UK team with the platoons.

Jacob Thomas Kemba has the play for the coach of the dream he ruined

Woof

This aged well

That didn’t work out. It’s Tatum isn’t that good and is difficult guy in locker room. Kemba will be back healthy eventually. Hayward hurt with hornets again but playing well. The thing with Kyrie blew up in our face. Danny had to try with a talent like that. Kemba will be back being Kemba soon. Keep brown trade Tatum for future he isn’t it.

@@robertlee3372 lol, Tatum shows up in the playoffs and already looks like a borderline superstar at the very least. No idea wtf you're talking about, lol

Roni Gorani he's is taller than average it was just a metaphor saying he was incredibly short compared to most basketball players

Roni Gorani I am 15 and 6"4 so he is pretty small for a baller

GamingHollywood yea just like kd he's listed at 6'9 but is actually 6'11

Doritos Mountain Jew cause the shoes add inchs

ATG Nba Live Mobile Content shoes add like half an inch or maybe an inch at most lmao

Sirion Heat lmao

Tru dat.

Had him too

Sirion didn’t play my team then I do now but his release was money

Lamb taking his game to another level during the NCAA tournament was the most significant contribution to UConn's national championship! Kemba was superb, but Lamb became the difference, especially against San Diego St and Arizona! He'd make big play after big play right at all the precise moments and it was his defensive effort early stages of the second half against Butler that completely switched the momentum! Lamb gets lost because of Kemba, but I think even Kemba would tell you the Huskies don't win in 2011 without Jeremy Lamb

Yep crossed that fool up so hard on that last shot I remember every single game from the 2011 March madness

@@davidgutierrez4606 me too man was a great yr.

Cuz you gen z

Wade, Melo, Anthony Davis, Steph Curry, Hakeem and Clyde. It isn't that rare.

Dont forget KD Pierce Timmy D Rose and more

Noah Terranova now they play together

@@tycalvert7322 Your exactly right Ty, but in the case of Hakeem and The Glide, they're most remembered for being on the receiving end of the greatest Cinderella in March Madness history (NC State)! As dominant as Houston was leading up to, the loss to the Wolfpack was their defining college moment! It's unfortunate in their regard! I'm old enough to vividly remember Phi Slama Jama and they, when on their game, we're a sight to behold! As an 11-yr old, I can still picture Lorenzo Charles' dunk off Whittenberg's air ball and Jimmy V running around like a nut! Watched every second of that game! All those others u mentioned we're superb at tourney time, but it gets rendered to the back burner if u don't finish the job! Melo, AD and Kemba all finished their jobs! Houston's case is an exception because they'll always be remembered for the NC State loss!

Carmelo ?

Well the fact brad Stevens got their again after losing Hayward is shocking...mack was a beast in college

@Jacob Lebeck They got robbed on the one vs Duke tho

Brad Stevens took a team of almost entirely half a star recruits to the national title game twice, that's how good of a coach he is. It's tough cause that UCONN game just showed the absolute limits of a team like Butler could do without having 5 star future-NBA player recruits.

1 of the best coaching jobs in college basketball history. Back to back title game appearances with an enrollment of 5000. Fucking silly when you really think about it.

It should be the fact that Butler being a national runner-up in consecutive years is one of the most underrated and competitive sport accomplishments of the last fifty years or at least during my 48 close to 49 years on this planet! Its a shame they get forgotten as a whole because what they did as a school from an extremely little known conference may not ever be duplicated

Ayyy lmao he won me $350

+Ac RoNz no manches!

he won me 20k

Creations Elite stfu flexer

cdm27 what’s wrong he was just showing his earnings

so how much money did you win on the future bet?

I remember everyone saying bucknell was gonna beat them and many picked against them every round more then picked them to win so seeing them win was funny and great ..underdogs ...

Man best feeling ever I felt that way with the 2011 Dallas Mavs run just amazing time to be a fan

but you now see he's just another overrated short point guard 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@omerege3495 in his prime he could go bucket for bucket with anyone

What

@@EZYxProven he got mad likes too

@@masonherrera6560 yeah cuz people are stupid, how are the first few years of everyone having their heads buried in their phones ANYTHING like the 90s?

@@ogloc4478 Technology has increased ten fold since then. Whats stupid about it?

It's crowded at the PG position.

Shocka he's really good though

valdog1 too bad he's underrated.

He will definitely be one this year. He still has that same motor and love of the game, not to mention he's a killer in clutch-time.

Shocka well he is now

Where you from in CT?

Yep, I was a little older at this time but when me and my friends played basketball during this run we didn’t yell “Kobe” after a crazy shot we yelled “KEMBA” lol

agreed, love this this years team. kinda interesting how similar the season has gone to the 2011 team peaking at 2 then hitting a rough stretch of Big East games. very excited to see how the rest of the season plays out

This aged well

To lose 3 of those 4 players and being on the verge of back to back titles just goes to show how great Hurley is and how important building a great culture is. Can't wait for tonight!!!

Don't forget he broke his ankles to

His ankles have not returned.

Jason Casebolt is that an ankle I see down the street😏😏😂😂😁

W

Probably on a wheel chair still rn 😂

thats whats up

How do you feel now that he’s going to the Celtics ?

Dan Taffe he is on the Celtics

lol he went to the celtics and didn't even make the all star team this year. How do you feel 😂😂😂

This is 4 years ago so he prolly grew an inch or two

he probably was 5'10

The average is 6'2.5

He can't be 6'1. CP3 is 6'0 and Kemba looks smaller then him.

+armin38822 u kidding bruh how can kemba be smaller than chris

Sidney Pratt 5 wins triple wow

And totaled 11 to close it out.

and they didnt get paid a penny

+shush actually so fucked when you think about it.

@@youtubehollywoodhank and 3 titles that year maui invitational, big east champs, ncaa champs. Crazy just crazy time in college basketball.

Kasen Baker I feel cheated I love March madness it’s a special time

😢

I've had this in watch later for a rainy day. It brought back great memories but sad that march maddness was cancelled this season...SMH

Keeks Marone lol

Dead

Lmao

Keeks Marone lmaoooo

I thought I was the only one sheesh!

Me too man not even that much of uconn fan but that run iconic And that crossover death to his ankles

+Tony Snell Same

+Tony Snell Are you the real Tony Snell?

+Bailee Shuey .....

+Bailee Shuey Please tell me you're joking…

Raphael Sanzio I'm a Bulls fan just wondering

+Josh Cooper I think He's actually closer to 5'11 without shoes and then they rounded up to 6'1.

+Josh Cooper and idk what you're talking about, Isaiah thomas does get called "little guy" all the time. lmao The announcers always say "big things come in small packages" for him and nate robinson lmao

+Josh Cooper Average height for point guards in college is getting towards 6'3-6'4"...

I think they ment as he was growing up

Josh Cooper he was like 5'10 in college and now he's 5'11 without shoes on

psychothof not better than the Kentucky teams that had John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe, Patrick Patterson And then there was a team with Karl Anthony Towns, Devin Booker, Willie Cauley Stein, Harrison Brothers, Tyler Ulis, Trey Lyles

KJ THA GAWD no one asked

CONNECTICUT HUSKIES TOP 5 STARS OF ALL TIME 1-KEMBA WALKER 2-GREG ODEN 3 - RICHARD "RIP" HAMILTON 4-KHALID EL-AMIN 5-SHABAZZ NAPIER and of course the biggest star in HUSKIES History is none other than coach CALHOUN! A LEGEND

Mister Captin America Ray Allen?

Mister Captin America Greg Oden didn't go to UCONN...

MrJbreezy8 why?

Jamal franklin fueled kembas rage which caused kemba to go off, and there neutralizing kawhi leonards chance of getting a ncaa championship

MrJbreezy8 well that don’t matter anymore now kawhi is a nba champ and finals mvp

I love Nick But I don’t like you you act like players don’t take pride in winning a national championship too. Maybe less than others, but competitors like to win.

The refs would have never let San Diego State win anyways

You are entirely correct .

Nobody will ever deny that though.. they went on that insane run as heavy underdogs in most matchups.

It was an incredible postseason run by both squads! Butler getting back to the final was way more remarkable than what they'd accomplished the year before! Their 2011 team was an 8 seed for God's sake and they weren't as talented off the bench without Veasley and Jukes from the 2010 squad

Man, the Big East was ELITE Basketball when Uconn went on this legendary run. Still sour that it got broken when Pitt, Cuse, and Lville left.

Rip Hamilton, he was the MVP of the college NC and the NBA title-MVP.

@@rainmaker3700 NBA is off the question. Kemba was also NC MVP. RIP had a vastly superior supporting cast compared to Kemba’s.

@@mrmojorisin8752 What about Shabazz?? Not only did he help Kemba win it in 2010, he won his own in 2014.

+Jon snow what happened. im not familiar with ncaa

Well now they split most of the old bigeast they now play in either the ACC or American conference they did this in 2012.

+Mabobber alot of teams left for other conferences, big east is soft as fuck now just a bunch of 3 point shooters and mostly boring teams

+Mabobber Football ruined it. They basically broke it up because of football

I'm a near-lifelong ACC fan sans the Tar Holes and besides stating the obvious, the '80s Big East was close behind throughout that entire era! UConn was the bottom feeder in those days until Jim Calhoun's arrival in the spring of 1987 (greatest rebuild in D-I history in my opinion, Scott Drew with Baylor #2)! I vividly remember games on the old Big East Network (Bill Raftery and Mike Gorman) from grade school into junior high! When the heated Syracuse-Georgetown rivalry began it's ascent! Great time period! I'm 49 now and the memories never fade

Nate Wright BUTLER should've defeated DUKE the year before when they had the chance to do it. That was their best chance to win it all as that was their year. They came so close to do it but that last shot went half way in but came out. A total heartbreaker. Didn't have a chance against a determed and way much better CONNECTICUT team.

Captain America Not to mention that one floater Hayward shot, which ironically, he made years later against the Celtics

It seems like everybody is oblivious to the one main fact being overlooked here! This is Butler being discussed! BUTLER! A school which had only ever been to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament twice in their history before Brad Stevens! Granted, to lose consecutive championship games is gut-wrenching, but at the same time we also in hindsight need to remember Butler making it to the national final twice in a row was an extraordinary accomplishment! They were the standard setter for the mid majors and the Horizon League had never even had a school make the league relevant on the D-I as a whole landscape! More credit should be given to Butler's amazing success than any what-if's!

@@CaptainAmerica-jw2xh and it wasn't that they didn't have a chance! They just happened to pick the worst possible time to have their worst perimeter shooting performance (13-64)! In the title game! The final was 53-41 and had Butler been able to hit the barn broadside, it would have been either teams' game to win! Most sloppy NCAA final of all-time! Connecticut wasn't that superb and their defense did force some of the issue, but it was mostly a case of Butler uncharacteristically missing shots they normally made