Good list to be on

[UCHuskies08]

Seen on NBATV:

 

[UConnfan8]

damn....imagine 11.....

 

[HuskyFan32]

damn....imagine 11.....

Damn imagine being dominant 45 years ago

 

[tzznandrew]

Damn imagine being dominant 45 years ago

They have 1 national championship since the 64 team era began (1995), and their last was 1975...

They're history is still impressive, and they still have 6 Final Fours since 1975 (1976, 1980, 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008) which is equal or more than all but 8 other schools, but so many of the wins are so old right now...

 

[bobbygt]

I'm surprised they didn't just somehow end the list with Kansas!

 

[willie99]

UConn and Dook won them all in the modern era.

Unlike many "experts", I don't value those titles from mid-evil times so much. It was a different world.

For example, Bill Walton often times says that "UCLA's payroll was bigger than many NBA teams in that era". There was also a concentration of talent, see modern day WBB, and the tournament format was much easier to navigate.

 

[upstater]

I'm surprised they didn't just somehow end the list with Kansas!

Give them a break, they did put Kansas above Connecticut!

 

[tykurez]

Give them a break, they did put Kansas above Connecticut!

I'm not the only one who caught that?

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Give them a break, they did put Kansas above Connecticut!

Yes, but they did this like putting Indiana above North Carolina: in order of which school had fewer letters in its name

 

[ZenConn]

Syracuse should be there with the 2 Helms Championships and the 1 NCAA.

 

[Tenspro2002]

There was also a concentration of talent, see modern day WBB, and the tournament format was much easier to navigate.

This is a great comparison. UCLA's run in the 60's and 70's is really like UConn's dominance of women's basketball the last ~13 years. The competition just wasn't there.

 

[SouthTampaBill]

Funny with all the "greatness" of Puke, they have only one more championship than the Huskies.

 

[nomar]

For all the stupid talk of "bluebloods," doesn't this chart pretty much say it all?

The next time someone raises that question, just point 'em to that graphic.

 

[DogMania]

I'm surprised they didn't just somehow end the list with Kansas!

Imagine if KU won last night. That would have given them 4, tied with Dook and there's no doubt that UConn doesn't make that list.

 

[Gurleyman]

That list makes me greedy. I want to go back to back in 2014 and 2015 and tie Indiana and North Carolina, and let everyone else look up to us and kiss our ass.

 

[tykurez]

Makes you really appreciate how incredible last year's run was.

 

[UCweCONN]

Funny with all the "greatness" of Puke, they have only one more championship than the Huskies.

In fairness, they usually win either their regular season championship or conference tournament every year and are always ranked top ten all season and in the national title discussion every year. We're far from meeting those criteria.

 

[Tenspro2002]

In fairness, they usually win either their regular season championship or conference tournament every year and are always ranked top ten all season and in the national title discussion every year. We're far from meeting those criteria.

Thought experiment: which is more of a blue blood?

- A program that is a #1 seed every year, but never wins the championship
- A program that makes the tournament only once every 5 years, but wins the championship each time it gets there

Obviously those are extreme hypothetical cases, but really gets at the question of what makes a blue blood, how often you're in the conversation, or how often you actually win?

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

Wheres Cuse?!