From now on….

[Chief00]

You got to give Jason Butikofer, Jared Thomas and Marc D’Amelio credit too. They have taken NIL to another level at UConn for MBB. We can do now, what the big football schools do, in regards to basketball.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Forget the last 25 years, we have the most titles in the last 50 years. They’re all chasing us

Seriously.

Yes, over the last 25 years we lap the field, but we have more titles than anyone since 1971, when you were still allowed to decline NCAA Tournament bids and there were limits on the number of teams per conference.

 

[ninety-nine]

In 1948, Kentucky’s first title, there were eight schools in the tournament. They had to beat Columbia to get to the final four (all three games they played that tournament were at MSG), Holy Cross to get to the championship game then Baylor to win it all.

In 1949, when they won their second, there were also eight schools in the tournament. They beat Villanova, then Illinois to win the “east” (again at MSG), then traveled to Seattle a week later to face Oklahoma A&M (now State).

We can make an exceptionally valid case that those two titles are what separates UK from us at this point in accomplishments. By the way, UK’s best player then, Alex Groza (brother of NFL hall of famer Lou Groza) was banned for life from the NBA as he and a couple other UK players were involved in point shaving during the 1948-1949 season (second title). It would not be unreasonable to call at least one of UK’s first two titles into question.

Not to mention, Kentucky didn't even include Black players on their teams until 1969 -- 1969!! -- due to segregation policies in the South. Half of their NCAA titles are firmly from that era. UConn may not have a ton of big-time basketball history before Calhoun came along, but not all history is good history, either.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

 

[huskymedic]

UConn has more titles in the last 25 years than Dook & UNC COMBINED, as Danny said;
"UCONN RUNS college basketball"

 

[jake14mw]

We’ll be ones who will tell other schools if they’re a blue blood or not.

Indiana, Duke, Kansas, UCLA….make your cases now.

I was going to post the exact same GIF last night, with the same point! The blue blood stuff is last century nonsense. We are THE program now.

 

[Stinger92860]

New Bloods!! Taken from Seth Greenberg.

 

[DRBackup]

Best Husky team ever.

Not pro wise.

But team wise.

I wouldn't rule it out in the pros, either.

 

[Bomber36]

It's crazy how dillusional Kentucky fans are talking that they're a better program.

Kansas fans as well. Huh?

 

[gtcam]

I wouldn't rule it out in the pros, either.

1999 and 2004 would give this team fits

 

[NJHusky]

Best line from RIP….Im calling Rasheed Wallace , Michael Jordan telling them there is a new sheriff in town. Lol

 

[connVA]

It's crazy how dillusional Kentucky fans are talking that they're a better program.

We caught UNC last night and now we’re coming for their a$$e$ next.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

True Bloods. We don't need to count titles from the Jim Crow Era to boost our total. We aren't leaning on trophies won when the field was less than 32 teams. Hell, in our case, not less than 64 teams. They can take comfort in their blue blood title. We are National Flag Blue True Bloods.

 

[SubbaBub]

Do you have as many championships -6 or Final Fours - 7 as UConn in the last 50 years? (1975-2024)

It's a pretty short list with no fat on it.

THE LIST:
UConn (6/7)
UNC (5/15)
Duke (5/14)
Kentucky (4/11)
Kansas (3/10)
Michigan State (2/9)
UCLA (2/7) with (0/1) vacated

Others just short or not really close:
Indiana (3/5)
Villanova (3/5)
Florida (2/5)
Louisville (2/6) official with (1/2) vacated
Syracuse (1/6) oh so close but TO>1
Arkansas (1/4)
Georgetown (1/4)
Arizona (1/4)
UNLV (1/4)
Michigan (1/4) official with (0/2) vacated
Houston (0/4)

Maybe you need more than one championship but 7 FF in 50 years is still pretty good. We'll need to work on raising the bar to keep out the riff raff.

 

[willie99]

I still prefer blue collar, I don't want their names for themselves

We're the best

We're the capital of the college basketball universe

WE'RE TOO GOOD

 

[SubbaBub]

We caught UNC last night and now we’re coming for their a$$e$ next.

UNC counts one from 1957.
Kentucky counts four from 1948 to 1958
UCLA only has 2 in the last 50 years which will drop to 1 next year.

 

[SubbaBub]

New Bloods!! Taken from Seth Greenberg.

Best program over the last 50 years after giving the field a 25 year head start.

 

[Kolumbo]

Yeah, forget blue blood

We are National Flag Blue, Blood

 

[Fan1978]

I respect those programs and their histories. However, they have no choice but to respect UConn’s program as well. They don’t have to like UConn, but they have to respect them.

Old money does not respect new money. Same concept

 

[King Jonathan]

I feel like titles before the at large era (1975) when the field was expanded to 32 teams is the start of the modern era. Even Wooden did not have to go through the same gauntlet year after year. Many years. they started essentially at the Elite Eight because they get byes. There was also a time when the NIT was the premier tournament.

 

[Waquoit]

Best program over the last 50 years after giving the field a 25 year head start.

The clock should start ticking in 1990. We were a top program throughout the 90's. Best in the Big East, like now.