America’s team?

[dennismenace]

The Zags are the team that will win it all when Bill Walton becomes their "head" coach.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

You mean the team that has been to the title game twice in the last five tournaments, the elite 8 4 times in the last seven tournaments, and has gone to the Sweet 16 seven straight times?

This highlights the value of a high seed, and Few has an admirable record of getting that job done, including as their OOC has gotten increasingly more challenging.

Also...

Syracuse: 1>0

 

[tzznandrew]

This highlights the value of a high seed, and Few has an admirable record of getting that job done, including as their OOC has gotten increasingly more challenging.

Also...

Syracuse: 1>0

They're going to get one soon if Few stays there. Winning a title is hard. but since our last title they haven't missed a Sweet 16, and they've made 3 E8s and 2 title games. Hard to suggest they're flaming out.

 

[storrsroars]

That was because we were the only successful team that had American players.

And that made it less fun somehow? It got us a feature in Sports Illustrated.

 

[Austin316]

My favorite tradition since 1999 is uconn winning/final four every 5 years or so, we are past due.

1990’s
2000’s
2010’s
2020’s?

Idk if any team has won a title 4 straight decades. And we might be able to hold a banner with our 3rd coach in that same timeline…

Also… I’m not rooting for Marc Few. He’s had his issues off the court.

 

[Fishy]

Zags will be a number 1 seed, maybe even the highest number one seed. Every bracket expert will pick them to reach the Final Four. Seth Davis will pick them to win the National Championship for the 20th consecutive year

50/50 chance they survive the first weekend, it's tradition (along with another 8 teams from the Big 10)

Gonzaga has made it out of the first weekend in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 - Elite Eight in 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2022. Played for the title in 2017 and 2021.

But they have almost no shot at a one seed this year.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Lmaoooo yeah, the insignificant private school in Spokane has a fan base that spans the country just like the Cowboys and Yankees

 

[Fishy]

You mean the team that has been to the title game twice in the last five tournaments, the elite 8 4 times in the last seven tournaments, and has gone to the Sweet 16 seven straight times?

A lot of these folks watch UConn and nothing else.

 

[Jaker]

ESPN loves trolling Uconn fans

 

[CONN78SEJ]

When we get more national coverage and top ten clips. We certainly have a variety of characters to root for, and an animated coach......it's all there.

Coach Hurley and his wife were right behind the UConn bench last night rooting on Geno and his girls. Not something I ever saw Ollie or JC do during the regular season, if at all.

 

[tzznandrew]

Gonzaga has made it out of the first weekend in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 - Elite Eight in 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2022. Played for the title in 2017 and 2021.

But they have almost no shot at a one seed this year.

The only thing that kept them out of the 2020 sweet 16 was COVID. They don't have a title, but they are performing exceptionally well in the NCAAs.

 

[Scoe]

Who wants to be americas team when you can be americas nightmare that’s way more fun. I don’t wanna be loved by the media I want us to prove the media wrong and make them cry.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

The only thing that kept them out of the 2020 sweet 16 was COVID. They don't have a title, but they are performing exceptionally well in the NCAAs.

Gonzaga is basketball’s version of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in baseball. They always play well but they cannot win the big one.

 

[XLCenterFan]

The only thing that kept them out of the 2020 sweet 16 was COVID. They don't have a title, but they are performing exceptionally well in the NCAAs.

You’ve been nothing but a Gonzaga cheerleader since this thread opened. Join the hate train with the rest of us.

 

[tzznandrew]

You’ve been nothing but a Gonzaga cheerleader since this thread opened. Join the hate train with the rest of us.

I like living in reality, where seven straight sweet sixteens, two title appearances, and four elite eights in the last seven years is lauded. Because that's a damn good run of tournament success. Winning a title is hard. We forget that because our program has been incredibly fortunate.

 

[XLCenterFan]

I like living in reality, where seven straight sweet sixteens, two title appearances, and four elite eights in the last seven years is lauded. Because that's a damn good run of tournament success. Winning a title is hard. We forget that because our program has been incredibly fortunate.

I get it. They have been a force. It's just fun to poke fun at them though. 18 losses in the last 6 years combined and no hardware to show for it.

 

[MJ1]

Coach Hurley and his wife were right behind the UConn bench last night rooting on Geno and his girls. Not something I ever saw Ollie or JC do during the regular season, if at all.

Did Geno sit behind UConn’s bench for JC or Ollie ?

 

[tzznandrew]

I get it. They have been a force. It's just fun to poke fun at them though. 18 losses in the last 6 years combined and no hardware to show for it.

It's a fantastic run, and if they won one title, I'd say it would be the second best run in the period aside from Villanova. But without a title, it's just the best non-title run, and they can get behind:

Villanova
Kansas
UNC
Virginia
Duke
Baylor

But, you know, there are 350 teams or so who would rather have Gonzaga's tournament runs over the past seven years than their own.

 

[mauconnfan]

Coach Hurley and his wife were right behind the UConn bench last night rooting on Geno and his girls. Not something I ever saw Ollie or JC do during the regular season, if at all.

He was older than Geno by a lot working lots of hours trying to win game, watch recruits games and get ready possibly to travel for an away game. Plus he had kids and grandkids why would we expect him to be at the women’s games? How many times you see Geno behind JCs bench?

 

[uconnfan68]

I like living in reality, where seven straight sweet sixteens, two title appearances, and four elite eights in the last seven years is lauded. Because that's a damn good run of tournament success. Winning a title is hard. We forget that because our program has been incredibly fortunate.

I applaud them, and enjoy watching them, but “America’s team”? I never thought Dallas earned that moniker, let alone Gonzaga.

 

[tzznandrew]

I applaud them, and enjoy watching them, but “America’s team”? I never thought Dallas earned that moniker, let alone Gonzaga.

I mean, I've never once commented on that moniker in this thread. . .

 

[CONN78SEJ]

He was older than Geno by a lot working lots of hours trying to win game, watch recruits games and get ready possibly to travel for an away game. Plus he had kids and grandkids why would we expect him to be at the women’s games? How many times you see Geno behind JCs bench?

Oh sure, being 12 years older than Geno, no way could Calhoun make a women’s game to root the team on and sit behind the bench next to 85 year old John Toner. Maybe Hurley’s wife watches the recruits games for him and gets him ready for away games. I don’t know who was more jealous of who, but I do know they never exchanged Christmas cards.

 

[uconnfan68]

I mean, I've never once commented on that moniker in this thread. . .

It’s literally the thread title.

 

[tzznandrew]

It’s literally the thread title.

You know there are subconversations in these things, right? Like, I could respond to someone in this conversation and not be talking about the title. It's Message Board 101: not every post directly addresses the tile.

 

[uconnfan68]

You know there are subconversations in these things, right? Like, I could respond to someone in this conversation and not be talking about the title. It's Message Board 101: not every post directly addresses the tile.

And I thought you liked reality.