“People tend to forget how good the UConn Men's Basketball team has been the last quarter century.“

[UConnSwag11]

 

[uchusky32]

Doomed....

 

[SouthBayHusky]

Hope that get some more airplay. It’s a good marketing tool for recruits as the place you come to the win championships. Course we know why people don’t think of us, and it’s not the women’s. We’re not, at least in the last 7 to 8 years constantly ranked during the season and that has a lot of impact on perception

 

[Doctor Hoop]

“...and will be again.”

 

[Guapo]

I feel attacked by this.

 

[Horatio]

Seriously, my eyes got watery. We gotta get back on track.

 

[Jaker]

We will never be good again.

 

[Doggie Style]

If your not winning your yesterdays news! Multiple broadcasters throughout both tournaments men’s/woman’s as well as news segments when Hurley was hired have referenced our conference as being the biggest hurdle and the main reason we are a forgotten brand, which actually is hard to argue. Not looking to start another debate but I’m interested to see how this plays out in the next 2 years especially after our “ace in the hole” stumbling in the Final 4 in the last 2 years. Frustrating nonetheless but when your in survival mode every bad move the program makes is amplified X’s 1000! We just need to win a few clutch games and we’ll be back in business.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I miss when Jamie Erdahl was on NESN

 

[BUConn10]

Don't you just love seeing the members of the media responsible for making sure the public is aware and up to date on the nation's best programs all acting dumb like "gee whiz I don't know why we never seem to think or talk about UConn durr hurr?"

 

[BugsyCT]

Can you really still call UCLA a blueblood? As dominant a run as they had in the Wooden days, they have one NC in the last 43 years. Even Indiana hasn't won it all since 1987.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Can you really still call UCLA a blueblood? As dominant a run as they had in the Wooden days, they have one NC in the last 43 years. Even Indiana hasn't won it all since 1987.

They still won 7 in a row

 

[UConnSwag11]

Can you really still call UCLA a blueblood? As dominant a run as they had in the Wooden days, they have one NC in the last 43 years. Even Indiana hasn't won it all since 1987.

 

[BugsyCT]

They still won 7 in a row

Yes they did, and 9 in 11 yrs, but if people are going to live in a "what have you done for me lately" world, then that should apply to everyone. Heck, we just won it all 4 years ago and with everything that happened to the program since, people treat it like it was 10-15 years ago.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Yes they did, and 9 in 11 yrs, but if people are going to live in a "what have you done for me lately" world, then that should apply to everyone. Heck, we just won it all 4 years ago and with everything that happened to the program since, people treat it like it was 10-15 years ago.

Well in my opinion blue bloods are in the full history of the game, and if they’ve stayed somewhat relevant, which UCLA has, just without recent championship success, they’re still a blue blood. I’d say once a blue blood always a blue blood, unless you fade into somewhat obscurity.

 

[ctchamps]

Not me.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Well in my opinion blue bloods are in the full history of the game, and if they’ve stayed somewhat relevant, which UCLA has, just without recent championship success, they’re still a blue blood. I’d say once a blue blood always a blue blood, unless you fade into somewhat obscurity.

Which is what UCLA has done

 

[jleves]

Which is what UCLA has done

I think you would have better off going with Indiana. Since winning it all in 87, they have been to two final fours. UCLA won it in 95 and have been to 3 final fours since then. I like the idea of giving programs 1 point for a final four, 2 more for a final 2 and 4 more for a championship. Using that criteria, here's what you get:
UCLA 88
Kentucky 73
UNC 66
Duke 58
Kansas 45
Indiana 40
^ End of the blue bloods
then you have:
UConn 29
Ohio St 24
Mich St 23
Louisville 20
Cincy 20
Oklahoma St 20

Pretty clear separation between the blue bloods and not blue bloods. UConn needs at least 4 more final fours and a championship to be considered one.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I think you would have better off going with Indiana. Since winning it all in 87, they have been to two final fours. UCLA won it in 95 and have been to 3 final fours since then. I like the idea of giving programs 1 point for a final four, 2 more for a final 2 and 4 more for a championship. Using that criteria, here's what you get:
UCLA 88
Kentucky 73
UNC 66
Duke 58
Kansas 45
Indiana 40
^ End of the blue bloods
then you have:
UConn 29
Ohio St 24
Mich St 23
Louisville 20
Cincy 20
Oklahoma St 20

Pretty clear separation between the blue bloods and not blue bloods. UConn needs at least 4 more final fours and a championship to be considered one.

But isn’t all what have you don’t for me lately? Indiana and UCLA have largely irrelevant in the landscape of college basketball. I also take into consideration when the field expanded and the “modern game”. Kentucky has championships from 40+ years ago. Only 3 since ‘94 (not saying they’re irrelevant but titles when only 4 teams played isn’t saying much). Kansas has three titles. One being in 2008 and the other in 1988. UConn is a blueblood with everything we take into consideration. Maybe not the top but certainly among the discussed

 

[TheChamps990411]

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Wow! That guy just tore that conference a new one. Yikes!

 

[tzznandrew]

I think you would have better off going with Indiana. Since winning it all in 87, they have been to two final fours. UCLA won it in 95 and have been to 3 final fours since then. I like the idea of giving programs 1 point for a final four, 2 more for a final 2 and 4 more for a championship. Using that criteria, here's what you get:
UCLA 88
Kentucky 73
UNC 66
Duke 58
Kansas 45
Indiana 40
^ End of the blue bloods
then you have:
UConn 29
Ohio St 24
Mich St 23
Louisville 20
Cincy 20
Oklahoma St 20

Pretty clear separation between the blue bloods and not blue bloods. UConn needs at least 4 more final fours and a championship to be considered one.

lol Syracuse.

 

[Caronimo]

If nova wins, they’ll pass UConn in most people’s minds even tho they shouldn’t. It’s just how it is

 

[goskis2018]

I think you would have better off going with Indiana. Since winning it all in 87, they have been to two final fours. UCLA won it in 95 and have been to 3 final fours since then. I like the idea of giving programs 1 point for a final four, 2 more for a final 2 and 4 more for a championship. Using that criteria, here's what you get:
UCLA 88
Kentucky 73
UNC 66
Duke 58
Kansas 45
Indiana 40
^ End of the blue bloods
then you have:
UConn 29
Ohio St 24
Mich St 23
Louisville 20
Cincy 20
Oklahoma St 20

Pretty clear separation between the blue bloods and not blue bloods. UConn needs at least 4 more final fours and a championship to be considered one.

This exactly! As great as having four championships is, imagine how much less impressive our resume would be if our final four record wasn't a ridiculous 8-1!

 

[tzznandrew]

But isn’t all what have you don’t for me lately? Indiana and UCLA have largely irrelevant in the landscape of college basketball. I also take into consideration when the field expanded and the “modern game”. Kentucky has championships from 40+ years ago. Only 3 since ‘94 (not saying they’re irrelevant but titles when only 4 teams played isn’t saying much). Kansas has three titles. One being in 2008 and the other in 1988. UConn is a blueblood with everything we take into consideration. Maybe not the top but certainly among the discussed

The "ancient" history matters a bit. Specifically in the 1960s when the NCAAs became clearly more important than the NIT.

But if you were to give 1 point for every pre-1985 Final Four, 2 four every pre-85 Championship, and double each for post. This is every team that has been to 5+ Final Fours and won at least one title in the modern era and, every team with 2 titles that has been to a FF in the modern era. And Ohio State, who has been to to a crap ton of Final Fours and therefore stands apart from teams like Georgetown in deserving to be listed. I did it without assumption of how it would turn out, but it strikes me as the appropriate ranking of programs relative to actual accomplishments while considering history.

Final Fours, Pre-1985 (points)

1. UCLA: 14 (14)
2. Kentucky: 9 (9)
3. UNC: 9 (9)
4. Ohio State: 8 (8)
5. Kansas: 6 (6)
6. Louisville: 6 (6)
7. Indiana: 5 (5)
8. Cincinnati: 5 (5)
9. Duke: 4 (4)
10. NC State: 4 (4)
11. Michigan: 3 (3)
12. Michigan State: 2 (2)
13. Villanova: 2 (2)
14. Syracuse: 1 (1)

Championships, Pre-1985 (points)

1. UCLA: 10 (20)
2. Kentucky: 5 (10)
3. Indiana: 4 (8)
4. UNC: 2 (4)
5. Cincinnati: 2 (4)
6. NC State: 2 (4)
7. Louisville: 1 (2)
8. Kansas: 1 (2)
9. Michigan State: 1 (2)
10. Ohio State: 1 (2)

Final Fours, Post-1985 (points)

1. Duke: 12 (24)
2. UNC: 11 (22)
3. Kansas: 9 (18)
4. Kentucky: 8 (16)
5. Michigan State: 7 (14)
6. UConn: 5 (10)
7. Michigan: 5 (10)
8. Syracuse: 5 (10)
9. Florida: 5 (10)
10. Louisville: 4 (8)
11. UCLA: 4 (8)
12. Arizona: 4 (8)
13. Villanova: 4 (8)
14. Indiana: 3 (6)
15. Ohio State: 3 (6)
16. Cincinnati: 1 (2)

Championships, Post-1985 (points)

1. Duke: 5 (20)
2. UConn: 4 (16)
3. UNC: 4 (16)
4. Kentucky: 3 (12)
5. Kansas: 2 (8)
6. Louisville: 2 (8)
7. Villanova: 2 (8)
8. Florida: 2 (8)
9. UCLA: 1 (4)
10. Indiana: 1 (4)
11. Arizona: 1 (4)
12. Michigan State: 1 (4)
13. Michigan: 1 (4)
14. Syracuse: 1 (4)

Total

1. UNC: 51 points
2. Duke: 48 points
3. Kentucky: 47 points
4. UCLA: 46 points
5. Kansas: 34 points
6. UConn: 26 points
7. Louisville: 24 points
8. Michigan State: 22 points
9. Indiana: 19 points
10. Villanova: 18 points
11. Florida: 18 points
12. Michigan: 17 points
13. Ohio State: 16 points
14. Syracuse: 15 points
15. Arizona: 12 points
16. NC State: 8 points
17. Cincinnati: 7 points

 

[superjohn]

This exactly! As great as having four championships is, imagine how much less impressive our resume would be if our final four record wasn't a ridiculous 8-1!

Jerome doesn't go down and we don't have to play MSU in Detroit and we are 9-1 or 10-0.