Any time discussion about "the best teams ever" arises, certain teams share the light - Ohio State with Jerry Lucas, Larry Siegfried and John Havlichek won every tournament game by 19 or more. Say what you want about how ancient the USF NC's were, anyone who watched Bill Russel and KC Jones steamroll through the NBA like a house on fire understands they were amazing. The UCLA teams of Wooden's were equally unbelievable.
Putting aside era arguments and remembering athletes and teams makes the past worthwhile and adds nuance to an interesting debate. The fact is, the point-shaving bastids that earned their way out of the entire sport at Kentucky - Groza, Spivey and All American Frank Beard - who could have combined with Hagan and Ramsay later - was probably the greatest amalgam of individual talent college basketball has ever seen. Rupp just got Calipari'd, lol.
Putting aside era arguments and remembering athletes and teams makes the past worthwhile and adds nuance to an interesting debate. The fact is, the point-shaving bastids that earned their way out of the entire sport at Kentucky - Groza, Spivey and All American Frank Beard - who could have combined with Hagan and Ramsay later - was probably the greatest amalgam of individual talent college basketball has ever seen. Rupp just got Calipari'd, lol.