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Apr 7, 2014 · Napier grew up in tight circumstances in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and went to prep school on scholarship in order to qualify to play in college. He stayed at Connecticut after Jim Calhoun, the...
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Sep 4, 2024 · Ten years after the duo helped lead UConn men’s basketball to perhaps the most stunning of its six national championships, Shabazz Napier and Niels Giffey will be together again. Napier...
Dec 2, 2013 · That's what's basically going through Shabazz Napier's head immediately after he hits the latest game-winning shot of his career, the buzzer-beater that keeps this 12th-ranked Connecticut...
Mar 31, 2014 · When the Spartans came within two again, with 31 seconds remaining, Napier stood high above the arc and shot an air ball — but jackknifed his body as he did it, kicking out and reaching forward. Appling’s contesting hand brushed, barely, Napier’s wrist.
The Spartans boasted one of college basketball’s top coaches—Tom Izzo—and biggest lineups, one featuring four players (all, finally, healthy) who could go in June’s NBA draft. On the other ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Of the three players who were members of the 2011 and 2014 NCAA Championship squads, Shabazz Napier stands out to UConn fans for what he accomplished in four years. I’ll highlight his lengthy, successful career in Storrs. You cannot make a list of UConn legends without including Napier.
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Apr 9, 2024 · Clearly someone attuned to the legacy of his school, he quickly reeled off Ray Allen from the 1990s, Hamilton, Emeka Okafor from 2004, Kemba Walker from 2011 and Shabazz Napier from 2014.
