Best peak performance UConn team?

[AdamaNation]

Exactly!!! They still got a banner though. That Final Four banner matters

Despite no title. 09 defense at every position has them in my top 3.

 

[Horatio]

Despite no title. 09 defense at every position has them in my top 3.

09 is probably one of my top 3 UConn teams and they still have a banner hung. Just an injury short but final four banners still count.
5 championships + 1 Final Four * Dysons knee injury. I’ll stand on a soap box for that until the end. Lol

 

[superjohn]

Watch the games again. This team had it's Big East funk where the refs didn't put us in such a good place and coaching didn't put us in such a good place. Once the tweaks were made with Sanogo and Jackson this team was really special.

The team didn't have the overall devastating size and talent 2004 did but the ball movement and making the right read was a step up from 2004. This was a pretty special team. You never know but I think next season could be pretty special as well which would be unique for UConn basketball. The teams tend to struggle coming off the national championship.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Watch the games again. This team had it's Big East funk where the refs didn't put us in such a good place and coaching didn't put us in such a good place. Once the tweaks were made with Sanogo and Jackson this team was really special.

The team didn't have the overall devastating size and talent 2004 did but the ball movement and making the right read was a step up from 2004. This was a pretty special team. You never know but I think next season could be pretty special as well which would be unique for UConn basketball. The teams tend to struggle coming off the national championship.

04 had Taliek Brown and Okafor who were both bad at FT's. Boone wasn't great either. UConn was fortunate to be able to put the ball in Ben Gordon's hands at the end of games since he was money at the FT line.

Other than that, '04 had no weaknesses.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Funny how similar 05 and 2012 were.

Super talented teams with that was just too young to put it together after a title year.

Marcus and Shabazz first year running the show.

Jeremy Lamb and Charlie Villanueva stepping it up for it to be their team.

Andre and Rudy being the super talented hyped up freshman.

And a lot of guys finding their role in it all. 05 obviously having more success with it.

 

[Ratso]

I know people will say UConn caught a break by not having to play Texas or Houston in Houston at the Final Four, but I think UConn's size and defense would've overwhelmed both of those teams. I will be honest, when I watched Miami dismantle Houston in the Sweet 16 I got concerned knowing they could be UConn's opponent in the semifinals. Miami's offense scared the hell out of me.

they said the same thing about denver & miami in the nba finals. phoenix, boston, milwaukee,la etc.. just weren’t good enough. philly definitely wasn’t good enough

 

[SportsFan88]

In my opinion what separates ‘04 and ‘23 from any of our other teams is when they were clicking on all cylinders, no other team in the country could or would make it a competitive game with those teams

 

[Chin Diesel]

In my opinion what separates ‘04 and ‘23 from any of our other teams is when they were clicking on all cylinders, no other team in the country could or would make it a competitive game with those teams

‘99 could do the same.

 

[Scoe]

2014 probably should’ve been on my list, you wanna talk about peak performance. Shooting everywhere ball handling and free throw shooting. Shabazz and Boatright got up in you (stealing a Kenny Smith line). When Deandre Daniels was on his game he was Durant lite, Giffey a jack off all trades and Kromah could give you double figures off the bench.