words // Zack Schlemmer
If you thought yesterday's retrospective of the best kicks worn by Syracuse was great, we may actually have a team today to squeek out an overtime victory for best college kicks: the University of Connecticut Huskies. UCONN has been steady rocking Nike footwear for as many years back as we could find pictures of (1989 to be exact), and it's been heat the entire time.
Go from Cliff Robinson in the Nike Air Delta Force High, to Ray Allen in the Air Penny, all the way to current Huskie Ryan Boatright in the Air Jordan 13 Retro in today's look back at the teams with the best footwear in NCAA history.
Cliff Robinson - Nike Air Delta Force High - 1989
Tate George - Nike Air Flight '90 -1990
Donyell Marshall - Air Force Mid (1993)
Donny Marshall - Air Max2 CB - 1994
Donyell Marshall - Air Unlimited - 1994
Ray Allen - Air Up - 1994
Ray Allen - Air Max Strong - 1995
Air Max2 Uptempo - 1995
Ray Allen - Air Max2 Uptempo - 1995
Air Wayup, Air Thrill Flight, Air max Uptempo - 1996
Doron Sheffer - Air Max Uptempo - 1996
Ray Allen - Air Max Uptempo - 1996
Ray Allen - Air Thrill Flight - 1996
Ray Allen - Nike Air Penny
Travis Knight - Air Thrill Flight - 1996
Kevin Freeman - Air Max Uptempo - 1997
Monquencio Hardnett - Air Jordan XII - 1997
Rip Hamilton - Nike Air Penny II - 1997
Khalid El-Amin - Air Jordan XIII - 1998
Albert Mouring - Air Jordan XIV - 1999
Jake Voskuhl - Air Jordan XIII - 1999
Kevin Freeman - Air Penny IV - 1999
Khalid El-Amin - Air Garnett III - 1999
Khalid El-Amin - Air Son of Glove - 1999
Ricky Moore - Zoom GP - 1999
Rip Hamilton - Air Foamposite One - 1999
Rip Hamilton - Zoom Flight '98 (The Glove) - 1999
Rip Hamilton - Air Son of Glove - 1999
Ben Gordon - Air Signature Player - 2000
Edmund Saunders - Air Flight Determination - 2000
Taliek Brown - Air Jordan 11 Retro
Caron Butler - Air Jordan IX Retro - 2001
Caron Butler - Air Jordan XVI - 2001
Taliek Brown - Air Jordan3 Retro, Caron Butler - Air Jordan XVII - 2001
Ben Gordon - Air Foamposite Pro - 2003
Ben Gordon - Air Jordan XIX
Charlie Villanueva - Zoom Huarache 2K4 - 2004
Marcus Williams - Air Jordan XX, Chalrie Villanueva - Air Jordan XIX
Marcus Williams - Air Jordan VII Retro - 2007
Craig Austrie - Air Jordan 10 Retro - 2006
Rudy Gay - Zoom LeBron III - 2006
A.J. Price - Air Max2 Uptempo - 2008
Hasheem Thabeet - Zoom BB II - 2009
Kemba Walker - Air Jordan 12 Retro - 2009
Kemba Walker - Air Jordan 12 Retro - 2010
Ryan Boatright - Air Jordan 9 Retro - 2012
Ryan Boatright - Air Penny V - 2013
Ryan Boatright - Air Jordan 13 Retro - 2014
Shabazz Napier - Zoom Crusader - 2014
