"Easy Path"

[huskeynut]

We won six games in a row. We are the 2023 National Champions!!!

The rest can pound sand.

 

[Blue Huskie]

Everyone trying to discredit us seconds after the win. We literally beat Bama. I genuinely think even if it had been a harder game the result would have been the same given a rematch.

Get over it, pundits. We won.

Jealousy is a terrible thing (LOL)

 

[uconngb]

Anyone questioning Georgia’s NC cuz they only had to beat TCU??? I don’t think so.

You beat who they line up in front of you. If you can’t beat ‘em, then STFU

 

[navery12]

 

[phillionaire]

if winning the ncaa tournament were easy it would be called ur mom (not you op, the royal "ur mom")

 

[gsmooth]

The tournament exposes conferences more than it does teams. Purdue for instance was a product of its conference.

Dauster is the one who asked the best question when people say the path was easy: "What team did you need them to play to convince yourself they were legit?"

No answer. If you say Alabaa, UConn played them. Houston was a shell of itself at the end. Kansas maybe is the only team that would have been interesting. Too bad Kansas lost to a team UConn annihilated.

I think UConn would've handled Kansas. Kansas had KJ Adams, a good player, starting at center. He is basically a small forward. Sanogo against him, like Shaq says, "BBQ chicken" feasting.

 

[AreBee1969]

The "fluke" is the 8 games in January. Not the path to the championship or our play in the tournament.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

God that Baylor team was good...

But yeah, know-nothings are talking this up because the teams don't have traditional name-recognition, but it's a BS storyline.

Also, don't care, one for the thumb.

 

[gtcam]

When it's one and done there is NO easy path

 

[jontaejones]

It was an odd year.

Because it's not like the top teams (seeded) lost by a hot perfect shooting night by a lower seed. They got trounced.

Like I felt like Miami could beat Houston 4-2 in a best of 7 series.

But outside of the Big East teams, I think a few teams would have given UConn a game.

I think they got favorable matchups in terms of getting teams they could smoke.

Which is not to say they wouldn't have won regardless. But it's a little disengenous to say they would have wiped the floor with all 63 teams.

 

[prankster]

Everyone trying to discredit us seconds after the win. We literally beat Bama. I genuinely think even if it had been a harder game the result would have been the same given a rematch.

Get over it, pundits. We won.

Still not giving the trophy back.

 

[Brochacho]

We had an easy path because all the other teams sucked and we didn't. (I'm very happy we didn't have to play Kansas that was the one team I wanted to avoid going into Selection Sunday)

 

[Leebo]

But it's a little disengenous to say they would have wiped the floor with all 63 teams.

Yeah, I mean, who knows what would have happened if they had faced, say the overall #1 seed Alabama. No one knows...

 

[jontaejones]

Yeah, I mean, who knows what would have happened if they had faced, say the overall #1 seed Alabama. No one knows...

But Kansas, Marquette, among others would have given them a game.

I also think Miami was happy to be there and didn't being their A game.

 

[CL82]

We wanted to play more teams, unfortunately, there were none left.

 

[housekeys]

After SDST cut the lead to 5, the haters were wetting themselves, only to have Hawkins and the gang rip their heart out. It was just a UConn tease.

 

[gsmooth]

But Kansas, Marquette, among others would have given them a game.

I also think Miami was happy to be there and didn't being their A game.

Kansas, no I don't think so. They didn't match up well with UConn at all. Marquette definitely. Although UConn matches up well with Marquette, too, Marquette beat UConn in the BET. But usually teams from the same conference can't meet until the Elite 8, although this year Providence and Marquette could've met in the Sweet 16

 

[FfldCntyFan]

We would have welcomed the opportunity to see what we could do against Kansas. Unfortunately the jaybirds didn't hold up their end of the bargain. If the path we took was so easy, Kansas should have taken it. They'd have back to back titles today.

I will say this, if Hawkins ordered a cheeseburger instead of calamari, we would have won each final four game by an additional 10-12 points. I think an argument can be made that the two best teams we faced were in Vegas, they just lost some luster because we smoked them. Either could have beaten most teams in this tournament, but somehow we were lucky because they couldn't handle us.

This trophy is every bit as valuable as any prior trophy handed out to any school at the end if this tournament, well at least the ones that the schools were allowed to keep.

Enjoy the victory and ignore the hate.

 

[AntG168]

Every path is an easy path to an unstoppable force.

 

[caw]

But Kansas, Marquette, among others would have given them a game.

X with Freemantle, Creighton. That’s the list of teams that I think could have bothered UConn in the tournament. Marquette is 50/50 and UConn was on it’s A game defensively all tournament, I don’t think Marquette gets that rematch.

KU had depth and size issues, Bama already got blasted once, UCLA didn’t have the fire power or depth. Purdue would have needed a perfect shooting night. Don’t think Houston or Texas had the horses to stop Sanogo.

 

[Connhomer99]

maybe playing gonzaga in the tournament is a good thing i suppose, a good omen. seems they lose to the eventual national champs very often

 

[upstater]

It was an odd year.

Because it's not like the top teams (seeded) lost by a hot perfect shooting night by a lower seed. They got trounced.

Like I felt like Miami could beat Houston 4-2 in a best of 7 series.

But outside of the Big East teams, I think a few teams would have given UConn a game.

I think they got favorable matchups in terms of getting teams they could smoke.

Which is not to say they wouldn't have won regardless. But it's a little disengenous to say they would have wiped the floor with all 63 teams.

What teams would've given UConn a game?

And what Big East teams would give UConn a game -- with tourney refereeing and not BE refs?

 

[Tommyboy]

Every path is an easy path to an unstoppable force.

Most of the teams we beat looked pretty good in the game before us.

 

[Kolumbo]

Some will say it was an easy path because every game was a double-digit manhandling. In Texas they call that Ferocious D.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Going in, the West looked like the bracket with the highest-metric teams. UConn was shipped out West instead of earning a 3-seed. Here's how Kenpom closed the season yesterday:

We held the #1 offense to 58 points, and scored 76 against the #4 defense.