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[QUOTE="freescooter, post: 4890479, member: 1023"]
Well, you are sort of correct, except you have to go back to 1984 and 85 to find back to back years without FBS football schools winning the NCAA championship.  And since 1986, only Villanova, UConn in 1999, and maybe UNLV, I just don’t know, have won the NCAA championship without being a D1 football program too.  And UConn began playing D1 in 1999 so is a bit of an asterisk.  They also dominate the Final Fours.  In some ways it is why Gonzaga and Villanova are such unicorns.  Here is my guess on what this shows.  It follows that these Schools have larger, better overall athletic programs, which show themselves in many ways which lead to success in basketball even if it isn’t their prime sport. Even for those where it is, Duke comes to mind, having a larger, more sophisticated athletic department is helpful over all.  It follows Bob Knight’s advice to Jim Calhoun.  Go to the University of Someplace.  That’s where the resources are.
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