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UConn expects Gay to be a star

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 3, 2004

STORRS, Conn. -- The coaching staff is waiting for Rudy Gay to take over a practice. They know it will come sometime soon. When it occurs, Gay will realize that he can't be so humble. He can't be so passive. He will, supposedly, see the light that he can be a dominant player. Yes, Gay is a freshman. But he has already been anointed as the next Ray Allen, Rip Hamilton or Caron Butler. The weight of that kind of praise at Connecticut, a program that has developed wings into college (and sometim ...

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