18-1

[businesslawyer]

18-1. That is the combined record of UConn’s men’s and women’s basketball teams in national championship games. 18 and friggin 1. If there is a more unbelievable number being created in sports right now, I’d love to know what it is. How is it possible to have an almost 95% win rate playing for national championships?

 

[dogpause]

That's a great stat. Really speaks volumes about the success of the program.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I was talking about that while we watched the game. It really is amazing. It requires a level of discipline and execution that is hard to replicate. For the women, that's Geno inspired. But the men have embraced a similar approach across three coaches.

 

[blkknight1]

I posted this yesterday but after tonight 50 national titles in basketball will have been won since 2000, Uconn will have a total of 16 of them. That's 32%, nearly a third of the titles won this century in men's and women basketball at 1 school. No other school has more than 3 and it just either the men or women winning it. To put that in perspective uconn has won both titles in the same year twice.

 

[Waquoit]

Basketball Capital of the World, baby!

 

[nomar]

I posted this yesterday but after tonight 50 national titles in basketball will have been won since 2000, Uconn will have a total of 16 of them. That's 32%, nearly a third of the titles won this century in men's and women basketball at 1 school. No other school has more than 3 and it just either the men or women winning it. To put that in perspective uconn has won both titles in the same year twice.

I've seen that number, but if you go back just one more year, it's 19/52.

 

[Husky25]

I've seen that number, but if you go back just one more year, it's 19/52.

Wouldn't it be 17 out of 52?

 

[superjohn]

I've seen that number, but if you go back just one more year, it's 19/52.

Since 1999 UConn has won 17 out of 50 national championships between the men's and women's teams. That's 34% of the national championships. Baylor is next highest with 4.

 

[Husky25]

Since 1999 UConn has won 17 out of 50 national championships between the men's and women's teams. That's 34% of the national championships. Baylor is next highest with 4.

 

[AllHusky]

Seems as though they take that Hoops thing pretty seriously in Storrs, CT

 

[nomar]

Wouldn't it be 17 out of 52?

Yeah, typo. Obviously we didn't win 3 in 1999!

 

[BugsyCT]

For all our misfortune with conference realignment the last 20 years, we couldn’t be much more blessed with what we’ve had from our men’s & women’s hoops programs the past generation. For those of us who are old enough to have been around for all of it (since JC & Geno arrived and built their programs), it’s been the ride of a lifetime.

 

[maple]

For all our misfortune with conference realignment the last 20 years, we couldn’t be much more blessed with what we’ve had from our men’s & women’s hoops programs the past generation. For those of us who are old enough to have been around for all of it (since JC & Geno arrived and built their programs), it’s been the ride of a lifetime.

I've been a fan since birth ('88). My first memory is seeing the women play in '94 and then winning their first championship. How lucky I feel to have seen all of Geno's tenure AND see three different MBB coaches win titles!

 

[storrsroars]

I was talking about that while we watched the game. It really is amazing. It requires a level of discipline and execution that is hard to replicate. For the women, that's Geno inspired. But the men have embraced a similar approach across three coaches.

With Geno's win this year, he's now evened his Final Four record at 12-12.

Once you get past R32, it's all matchups. And health.

I don't know about you guys, but I never had a thought of losing to the teams we played in the semis and finals last two years. More worried about throwing up on ourselves in 2nd weekend.

 

[Vowelguy]

With Geno's win this year, he's now evened his Final Four record at 12-12.

That's his record in the semis.
But he's 12-1 in the finals, so 24-13 (65%) in the F4.

 

[RuffRuff]

18-1. That is the combined record of UConn’s men’s and women’s basketball teams in national championship games. 18 and friggin 1. If there is a more unbelievable number being created in sports right now, I’d love to know what it is. How is it possible to have an almost 95% win rate playing for national championships?

Someone should really do a study on it. I saw this the other day and was blown away. There really does have to be something as it comes to the boredom of Storrs that builds grit and focus.

Get Up this AM was debating whether Geno was the best coach in American history.

 

[DogMania]

For all our misfortune with conference realignment the last 20 years, we couldn’t be much more blessed with what we’ve had from our men’s & women’s hoops programs the past generation. For those of us who are old enough to have been around for all of it (since JC & Geno arrived and built their programs), it’s been the ride of a lifetime.

One can only imagine that we would have had more championships if we hadn't left the Big East for that dreadful AAC. Our recruiting took a huge hit till we returned. Granted we did win one as a member of AAC.

 

[Vowelguy]

One can only imagine that we would have had more championships if we hadn't left the Big East for that dreadful AAC. Our recruiting took a huge hit till we returned. Granted we did win one as a member of AAC.

if not for the downturn then no Hurley.
it all ended up in a good spot.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I've been a fan since birth ('88). My first memory is seeing the women play in '94 and then winning their first championship. How lucky I feel to have seen all of Geno's tenure AND see three different MBB coaches win titles!

One amazing stat:

To date we are the only school where three consecutive head coaches won national championships in men's basketball.

 

[DogMania]

if not for the downturn then no Hurley.
it all ended up in a good spot.

Why do you think that Hurley wouldn't of still landed here if we had stayed in the BE?

 

[Vowelguy]

Why do you think that Hurley wouldn't of still landed here if we had stayed in the BE?

If we had won another title then probably not looking to dump Ollie and hire someone else in 2018, giving some other school the opportunity to snag Hurley.

 

[uchusky32]

That is impressive.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

And, still UConn can't get an invite to a P4 conference. Ridiculous. How's BC doing in the ACC? Rutgers in the B1G? Only UConn owns NYC on most years.

 

[temery]

Who is the basketball player that was quoted as saying that he and Wilt Chamberlain combined for like 68 points? I think he had one.

i'm sure I'm off on the numbers, but it was a pretty funny quote that sounds an awful lot like us piggybacking women's 12 championships.

 

[UCFan1513]

Who is the basketball player that was quoted as saying that he and Wilt Chamberlain combined for like 68 points? I think he had one.

i'm sure I'm off on the numbers, but it was a pretty funny quote that sounds an awful lot like us piggybacking women's 12 championships.

Our men’s team alone has twice as many championships in the last 25 years as the next closest Men’s + Women’s amount