All Final 4 Teams from the West signaling the decline in NE?

[BlueDogs]

Unless I missed something, Baylor and Houston aren't exactly "West"...

West of the Mississippi is west.

 

[superjohn]

West of the Mississippi is west.

Lol, no it's not. Maybe to someone from CT. who has never been anywhere but it's most certainly not the West.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

West of the Mississippi is west.

I've always wanted to explore the great american west. I'm thinking of moving to Minneapolis.

 

[Fishy]

I've always wanted to explore the great american west. I'm thinking of moving to Minneapolis.

Be sure to dip your toe in the Pacific when you get there.

 

[Fishy]

West of the Mississippi is west.

 

[The Viking]

Big East was incredible when it was formed but by the early to mid 90's it was UConn carrying the league. It's why it was so absurd when they did the Big East 30 for 30 and UConn was barely mentioned.

I'm still shocked they haven't done a 30 for 30 on UConn basketball - starting with Calhoun and Auriemma being hired within a year of each other at some school in the middle of nowhere.

It's one of the most amazing stories in the history of college sports.

 

[HooperScooper]

I'm still shocked they haven't done a 30 for 30 on UConn basketball - starting with Calhoun and Auriemma being hired within a year of each other at some school in the middle of nowhere.

It's one of the most amazing stories in the history of college sports.

Who does the 30 for 30 series? That’ll answer your question.

 

[willie99]

One year is not a trend and signals nothing, especially in a a bizarre year.

The narrative should be "finally somebody new will win it all". It won't be someone from the East Coast.

 

[BlueDogs]

Lol, no it's not. Maybe to someone from CT. who has never been anywhere but it's most certainly not the West.

It’s a joke. I think that definition went out with the covered wagons.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Interesting enough. I started looking at nattys from 1980 -1999

Only three Northeast teams won National Championships in those 20 years. That's really crazy because people are so nostalgic for the past and tend to rewrite the past to a point that the youngin's like me (30 years old) would easily think the Northeast was killing the rest of the country.


1984 - Georgetown
1985 - Villanova
1999 - UConn

So... In reality - the Northeast has dominated the first 21 years of this new millennium in comparison to the twenty years prior.

Now going back to the Big East - That was one heck of drought that UConn broke in 1999. The league was really falling behind other major leagues. Thank you UCONN!!!

I know we are UConn and are fortunate to have our four national titles. But using national titles as the barometer of success is simply not a good measure. Metric crap tons of luck are needed to win it all. That 85 Villanova team beat Georgetown (in a huge upset). St. Johns was also in the final four that year as a 1 seed. In 1987 both Syracuse and PC were in the final four. In 88 Temple lost as a 1 seed and Nova as a 6 seed in the elite 8. Seton Hall lost in the final in 89. UConn lost as a 1 seed in the elite 8 in 90. It goes on and on. Schools in the region were relatively stronger then than they are now.

 

[gsmooth]

Interesting enough. I started looking at nattys from 1980 -1999

Only three Northeast teams won National Championships in those 20 years. That's really crazy because people are so nostalgic for the past and tend to rewrite the past to a point that the youngin's like me (30 years old) would easily think the Northeast was killing the rest of the country.


1984 - Georgetown
1985 - Villanova
1999 - UConn

So... In reality - the Northeast has dominated the first 21 years of this new millennium in comparison to the twenty years prior.

Now going back to the Big East - That was one heck of drought that UConn broke in 1999. The league was really falling behind other major leagues. Thank you UCONN!!!

In fact since 1989 when Seton Hall made the FF, Syracuse was the next Old Big East team to make the FF in 1996 and then followed of course UConn in 1999. Think about that, only 2 years in the 90s did the FF have a Old Big East team.

The ACC had a FF team every year since 1988 if I recall correctly, albeit most UNC and Duke.

 

[gsmooth]

I know we are UConn and are fortunate to have our four national titles. But using national titles as the barometer of success is simply not a good measure. Metric crap tons of luck are needed to win it all. That 85 Villanova team beat Georgetown (in a huge upset). St. Johns was also in the final four that year as a 1 seed. In 1987 both Syracuse and PC were in the final four. In 88 Temple lost as a 1 seed and Nova as a 6 seed in the elite 8. Seton Hall lost in the final in 89. UConn lost as a 1 seed in the elite 8 in 90. It goes on and on. Schools in the region were relatively stronger then than they are now.

Yes national championships shouldn't be the only barometer, but one of many, albeit an important one. That UConn 1990 team was 2.6 seconds away from a FF.

 

[gsmooth]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL???

 

[Waquoit]

Wasn't the PAC-10 considered irrelevant for years before last week?