Richard “Rip” Hamilton will become only the second UConn men’s basketball player to have his number retired during a ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 24.

He’ll join Ray Allen in the exclusive club when his No. 32 is raised to the rafters at halftime of UConn’s Big East game against Villanova at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs.

UConn announced the news on Tuesday.

Allen had his number 34 retired in March of 2019.

In his three seasons (1996-1999) in Storrs, Hamilton achieved All-American status two times, won two Big East player of the year honors, finished as the program’s second all-time leading scorer with 2,036 career points and helped the Huskies capture their first national championship in 1999 as well as a Big East regular season and two conference tournament titles.

During the national championship run, Hamilton scored a program record 145 points in six games and earned the Final Four’s Most Outstanding player honor. He was inducted into the Huskies of Honor and was selected to UConn’s All-Century Team in 2001.

A Coatesville, Pa., native, Hamilton was picked seventh by Washington in the 1999 NBA Draft and went on to have a stellar 14-year NBA career, He was named an all-star three times and won an NBA title as a member of the Detroit Pistons in 2004.

Sophomore Donovan Clingan, who currently wears No. 32 for the Huskies, will continue to do so for the remainder of his college career.

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