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ESPN ranks this 2024 team as the 29th best champion.

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Travelman32 said:
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Ranking all 85 men's national champions including 2024 UConn

From Wooden's Bruins to Hurley's Huskies, we compare every single NCAA title winner since 1939 -- including newly crowned 2024 champion UConn.
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There aren't 28 better champions than this 2023-24 UConn team, point blank.
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So, just outside the Top 3rd.

And access to ESPN Insiders like John Gassawy comes at only $10.99/month.

I think we're better off with him locked inside.
 
Always remember the game folks, the more outlandish....the more interactions. This guy is also an Illini fan. Sorry 'bout that, bud.
 
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I saw people last night trying to talk about past teams with NBA greats. There's no Jordan and James Worthy on this team, basically.

Which, fine. But in this era those guys are already in the pros. You have to look at how a team did in context with the competition it faced, and this team blew everyone out of the water.
 
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A team that has no weaknesses as per the experts. How do you beat Uconn in nonconference games?

You hope Clingan gets in foul trouble. And you hope they go cold from 3 on good/decent looks.

This team has 99 ways to beat you.
 
There's a lot of UCLAs and Bill Russell San Francisco teams ahead, which, fine. Ewing Georgetown teams. Undefeated Indiana. 90 UNLV. Sure.

There's a premium on losses, so '99 UConn is ranked better at 20th.

I don't see how we're below 2018 Villanova though. Less losses, higher KenPom adjEM, bigger tournament scoring margin.
 
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ESPN talking heads have been gushing over us all day so forget this guy. Stephen A, who I can't stand, called us the Michael Jordan of college basketball. I mean, 29th overall and getting that type of praise? I'll tell this author where he can shove his article.
 
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UCFBfan said:
ESPN talking heads have been gushing over us all day so forget this guy. Stephen A, who I can't stand, called us the Michael Jordan of college basketball. I mean, 29th overall and getting that type of praise? I'll tell this author where he can shove his article.
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These lists make no sense
Comparing eras -foolish
What you can say by both the eyeball
Test and the statistics to the past two seasons
Have been the
Most dominant tournaments in the past 40
Years
 
auror said:
There's a lot of UCLAs and Bill Russell San Francisco teams ahead, which, fine. Ewing Georgetown teams. Undefeated Indiana. 90 UNLV. Sure.

There's a premium on losses, so '99 UConn is ranked better at 20th.

I don't see how we're below 2018 Villanova though. Less losses, higher KenPom adjEM, bigger tournament scoring margin.
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I don't have access to this article but this UConn team is better than 1990 UNLV and '99 UConn.
 
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I have no idea how you rank this team against 1959 San Francisco or whoever, but if you're talking the last 45 years, we should be in the top 5.
 
The joke of day. This team literally just broke or wrote 29+ NCAA records in its history book. This team is right there with 2012 Kentucky or 2008 Villanova team
 
Just one person's opinion. I was just watching Around the Horn on ESPN and all 4 media guests said this team was one of the most dominant. Who cares what John Gasaway thinks.
 
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I mean I cud see maybe the ucla teams , the Ewing gtown teams or the Kentucky 96 team or 90 unlv but that it At the very very least, they are top 10
 
Obviously the UConn Dream Season team wasn’t that good (unranked pre-season). Duke cruised to the 1999 title. UConn’s 2023 basketball season was unremarkable (unranked pre-season) and the 2023-2024 Huskies? They’re a nice bunch but a bit wanting.

There’s just no way to argue when it’s unstantiated opinions… and then the games are played.
 


Pretty sad when Skip Bayless is the only one with actual analysis. Pierce and Keyshawn salty as hell. Skip caved in on the stupidity at the table.

Our 97 team team in a rebuild gave Kansas a game, funny thing is Paul Pierce career ended losing to an 8 seeded URI team. Does Pierce know he’s ringless without Ray.

While there’s this obsession of all time great teams due to all time great players. Did you know 82 Georgetown lost to Uconn.
 
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are they referring to this team? the team that just set the record for the greatest point differential in a single tournament? a record that will never be broken again?
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Top 3 minimum, politics never ends.
 
Not sure this is a simple as many here make it out to be. Lately, if a player has potential to be a real star he’s drafted after one, maybe two seasons. Back in the day players like Donyell, Ray and Rip played three, heck Patrick Eweing stayed four.

Is it really that big of a stretch to say that some previous great teams with some three year stars are potentially better than our current team who best potential player won’t see his sophmore year? Yes, we clearly destroyed the field, but again, that field may be weaker than in the past due to all the one and dones that aren‘t here now, but may have been 25 years ago.

Not sure really, but it bears some consideration.
 
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