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superjohn said:
Yep, that team messed around a little when Okafor's back was acting up and Gordon broke his face. There were also the nuisance things to deal with like Charlie V having to sit out games and Marcus Williams not playing second semester. When they were locked in it was over for everyone. Only reason Duke game was close was because Okafor sat the entire first half. That 2004 Duke team is better than most teams on this list, their starting 5 all played in the NBA.
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This is a completely accurate post. You only missed the part that the final piece of the puzzle that pushed that team to another level was inserting Rashad into the starting lineup. He opened things up for Ben and Mek and it was over. I remember a lot of the pundits that year calling it the Uconn invitational.
Katz list in an absolute joke. Ill put that 04 team up against those ten teams and im confident we win at least 8 of those games. 04 once it got rolling was the best team ive seen since 90 UNLV.
 
Andy has been hangin' out with Charles and Kenny the Jet a little too much LOL
 
gsmooth said:
Well to be fair and complete. In 2004 UNC (who won it all in 2005) beat UConn in the regular season as did Georgia Tech who was really good that year, too. However, UConn didn't play their best game (not bad, though) and UNC played their absolute best at their home court and barely won. That was the one game UConn's poor FT shooting cost them, if they make even a few more, they win that game. And we know how GTech blew them out early and then got destroyed in the title game.

But the main difference is if UConn played UNC in the tournament in 2004, I think UConn beats them in a 10 pt win or whatever, it wouldn't be a nail biter-I wasn't worried about UNC after that regular season loss, I knew they couldn't beat UConn if UConn played their best. In fact, CBS writer Gregg Doyel, who Calhoun hated because Doyel wrote a lot of scathing articles about UConn, stated after the UNC loss, said the team that lost, UConn, is clearly the best team in the nation.
Also, UNCs 2005 team, which was a little better than their 2004 team, had a tough time against UConn's 2005 team which was significantly worse than their 2004 team (not really close TBH), in the regular season game in Hartford.

In 2003, if Syracuse played UConn in the tournament, I think UConn wins that game. That was a time UConn had their number and the 2-3 zone didn't rattle UConn like it did to out of conference opponents.
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I was at the Georgia Tech loss. We were missing some guys, including the national POY.
 
Fishy said:
Remember that Syracuse was also the beneficiary of one of the worst seeding jobs ever in the tournament.

Texas did not win the Big 12 regular season or the Big 12 tournament, but they were given a one seed in Texas basically to sell tickets.

And then they inexplicably made Syracuse and Marquette home teams in their regionals.
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Yup. I was watching them in Albany ... and neither of the B12 opponents looked like they even played a CYO zone. It was easy for Orange.
 
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Scoe said:
I believe the 2004 team was saving their wad I wasn’t even worried about them, I said wait till tournament time.
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A though just occured to me. Uconns 04 we all know was beastly and would beat most or all of those teams but i think the 06 and 09 teams are better than half the teams on that list.
 
I believe dyson would’ve put the 2009 team over the top. that was a very good unc team tho
 
TheChamps990411 said:
A though just occured to me. Uconns 04 we all know was beastly and would beat most or all of those teams but i think the 06 and 09 teams are better than half the teams on that list.
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If all these teams played right now 2012 wins easily
 
UofCT said:
If all these teams played right now 2012 wins easily
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Well UK would have to defeat UConn. We all know they CAN'T do that in March.

We're their daddy
 
Ratso said:
I believe dyson would’ve put the 2009 team over the top. that was a very good unc team tho
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With Dyson uninjured, it would have been another 1999 UConn - Duke media matchup with the two best teams.

Most would have favored UNC. Quite a number here would have disagreed. And the game would have revealed the answer. I wouldn't be surprised by either team winning.
 
ClifSpliffy said:
wow. 734 likes. epic. yuge. the whole world is watching... or not.
UConn 2004 was one of the most complete teams in decades.
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I agree about 2004. We had 5 pros on that team.
 
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You all do know that nearly 75% of these commentators are Cuse grads...............................
 
It's just one big idiots opinion.
Andy has lost most of the steam on his fastball over past several years.
 
I don't think the 2002 Maryland team was that good at all. Maryland needed a lot of help from the refs to beat UConn, and UConn was Caron Butler, and not much else. Johnnie Selvie was probably the second best player on the team that year. Butler was amazing, but if Maryland could barely beat that UConn team, then they weren't that good.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
I don't think the 2002 Maryland team was that good at all. Maryland needed a lot of help from the refs to beat UConn, and UConn was Caron Butler, and not much else. Johnnie Selvie was probably the second best player on the team that year. Butler was amazing, but if Maryland could barely beat that UConn team, then they weren't that good.
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That's the one I'd take off the list. Other than Juan Dixon, who else was on that team?
Note: just came to me that Steve Blake was his backcourt mate, but still.
 
Dean Wormer said:
That's the one I'd take off the list. Other than Juan Dixon, who else was on that team?
Note: just came to me that Steve Blake was his backcourt mate, but still.
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The refs treated a stiff like Lonnie Baxter like he was Karl Malone in that game. Baxter took 18 freaking free throws in that game. Come on.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I don't think the 2002 Maryland team was that good at all. Maryland needed a lot of help from the refs to beat UConn, and UConn was Caron Butler, and not much else. Johnnie Selvie was probably the second best player on the team that year. Butler was amazing, but if Maryland could barely beat that UConn team, then they weren't that good.
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Ben averaged 13 points and Emeka 8 points and 9 boards, as freshmen. We'll be in very good shape if our incoming freshmen can contribute like that next year.
 
Dean Wormer said:
That's the one I'd take off the list. Other than Juan Dixon, who else was on that team?
Note: just came to me that Steve Blake was his backcourt mate, but still.
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It’s gilchrist here but still a classic
 
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UofCT said:
If all these teams played right now 2012 wins easily
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UK 2012 isnt beating Uconn 04. Jim Calhoun uses all that length to shut down AD and Meka doesnt need to score 20 for that team to win. Just rebound, block shots and get his points when he can. Honestly though i think thatd be our toughest match up because of AD.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
UK 2012 isnt beating Uconn 04. Jim Calhoun uses all that length to shut down AD and Meka doesnt need to score 20 for that team to win. Just rebound, block shots and get his points when he can. Honestly though i think thatd be our toughest match up because of AD.
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i was actually referring to our lineup of
Drummond
Oriakhi
Giffey
Daniels
Boat
Napier
Lamb
Roscoe
 
Kolumbo said:
Ben averaged 13 points and Emeka 8 points and 9 boards, as freshmen. We'll be in very good shape if our incoming freshmen can contribute like that next year.
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They were still freshmen.
 
Dean Wormer said:
That's the one I'd take off the list. Other than Juan Dixon, who else was on that team?
Note: just came to me that Steve Blake was his backcourt mate, but still.
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That was a good college team but I'm not sure they belong high on a list like this. They gave those great Duke teams fits for a several-year stretch and the ACC was pretty damn good back then.

Blake
Dixon
Byron (Bryan?) Mouton
Chris Wilcox
Lonny Baxter
 
TheChamps990411 said:
UK 2012 isnt beating Uconn 04. Jim Calhoun uses all that length to shut down AD and Meka doesnt need to score 20 for that team to win. Just rebound, block shots and get his points when he can. Honestly though i think thatd be our toughest match up because of AD.
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'12 UK is weird, most people overrate the hell out of that team because Davis became a great pro. People calling Davis the best collegiate defensive force since Ewing was disrespectful to Okafor IMO, Emeka wasn't even mentioned in those conversations. Sorry, but junior year Okafor > freshman Anthony Davis. The supporting cast after that with the '04 team isn't particularly close--not to mention the wealth of experience the '04 team had.
 
The 01 Duke team isn't even the best team on this list..... yet it's #1 obviously this list is trash. It's just for content.
 
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