Vs and a Loss to MSU
UConn has been to 7 Final Fours. But the first one in 1999 is outside the last 25 seasons.
No they haven't.
Oops my bad. I was wrong but UConn does still have 6 of the last 25 championships - since there was no champion in 2020 or 2013.
Amazing when you look at it that of those 25 non vacated titles, 19 were won by 6 schools. (Uconn, UNC, Duke, Nova, Florida, Kansas).
The new bloods.
Flimsy list - first, misses a title with Uconn (5). Really more of a click bait type list than anything with substance as offers so little rationale. If you're going to say the team who is widely seen as the top program currently, as 8, you need to provide some color to the why. If it's league affiliation or not, state the case. Looked up Kyle Boone the other day after he was brought up in another post - guy was a health major at Oklahoma St. Not sure how he landed in this job, but his credentials are a bit amiss.
That's the reality. So many good teams have failed to pull it off. Like Houston, Gonzaga, Purdue, Alabama zero championships despite a lot of bites at the apple. Baylor finally managed one and then slipped back.
I'm fully with you on this but a narrative that has been repeated ad nauseum by many pundits (in my opinion, in part to remove credit from our accomplishments) has been on their consistent high level of achievement in conference regular season play.
I recall using the term inferiority complex and getting lambasted by some of the same members who are now complaining that this article putting us down at 8 on their list is a joke.
Considering Kansas has 28 league and tournament championships in the 25 years, I'm pretty sure the gap would just be bigger in conference wins.
Your last sentence is silly. I've always been UConn first. 34k posts here and I think maybe 3 ever on the Kansas board.
The good news is that UConn is now performing with similar consistency. Not winning the league so much, but having a "down year" be what we saw last year. If Hurley can continue that, it's something even Calhoun didn't quite manage. Nothing will move us up in rankings like this one more than always being a top 20 or so team and always getting into the tournament. This whole "disrespect" thing will be short lived. We should be a 1-2 seed this year I hope. Just keep winning and don't worry about it.
"The Sox have been way more consistent than UConn." "Kansas has been much better lately than the Yankees have."
How could I forget the early part of the UCLA dynasty? Plus, a poor choice of words.
The author worked hard to justify some predictions that make little sense.
I never paid much attention to the Big12, so help me out. Haven't many of those 18 titles been won in a league that hasn't been all that deep?
Yup. Hasn't been such an easy road for them since they expanded with Houston & AZ.
Not really. It's super deep now with Houston and Arizona. But since 2000, OU, UT, OSU, TT, Baylor all made final fours in addition to Kansas. Iowa State had an Elite 8 in 2000 and three Sweet 16s. WVU was in the Big East when it made a final four in 2010.
There is also no champion in 2013.
Sure. If your goal isn't to win championships. If that IS your goal, then there is only one #1Another version of a Top 25. Write up on UConn says for 5 championships this "feels kinda low" but then points out the total number of wins during this period is lower than others because of some mediocre to crappy years.
Top 10:
1. Duke
2. Kansas
3. UConn
4. North Carolina
5. Michigan State (lol)
6. Kentucky
7. Florida
8. Villanova
9. Syracuse (lol)
10. Gonzaga
Ranking top 25 college basketball programs of last 25 years: Which teams have performed the best since 2000
These are the programs who have made their mark in the first quarter of the centurywww.cbssports.com
So UConn going 14-18 in 2017-18 is the same as going 25-11 and losing in the second round in 2015-16 (and similar results last year). No difference because only titles matter.
