Is anyone else offended at the mistaken ESPN headline "Rick Pitino could give Big East fifth title this century"

[6Nattys4Us]

More offended by the ESPN article ranking the NCAA men's champions for this century. Our 2024 team is 4th but ESPN is flying their Duke fanboy colors by having Duke be #1 yet having less overwhelming squad than our boys in '24.

 

[Inyatkin]

How refreshing to see the Yard taking a break from whining about the refs. We may not have the talent to three-peat, but when it comes to playing the victim card we continue to be champions.

One person's post and a bunch of people saying "what are you talking about" is a weird way to characterize the site writ large.

 

[FatElvis]

One person's post and a bunch of people saying "what are you talking about" is a weird way to characterize the site writ large.

Fair enough, but there's also a bunch of people agreeing. It gets to the point where you have to go out of your way to feel wronged. And as much as there's plenty of reasonable people on this board there's still no shortage of the opposite.

 

[Inyatkin]

Fair enough, but there's also a bunch of people agreeing. It gets to the point where you have to go out of your way to feel wronged. And as much as there's plenty of reasonable people on this board there's still no shortage of the opposite.

All true. Though any post that gets people creatively counting the way they are in this one is all good in my book.

 

[thekollieman]

Since the century starts in 2001, it's accurate to say the AAC has more national titles than the Big 10 this century.

Who told you that the century starts in 2001?

 

[Inyatkin]

Who told you that the century starts in 2001?

Were you not around when everyone was talking about this, roughly 25 years ago?

There was no year 0. The first century is from 1-100.

The 20th century is from 1901-2000.

The 21st century started in 2001. It is still waiting to see its first Big 10 title.

 

[6Nattys4Us]

Were you not around when everyone was talking about this, roughly 25 years ago?

There was no year 0. The first century is from 1-100.

The 20th century is from 1901-2000.

The 21st century started in 2001. It is still waiting to see its first Big 10 title.

Yes we went from BC to AD in one day as there was no year Zero.

 

[ucp990411]

As annoying as the commentary by Lunardi is it can be a boost for recruiting for the conference. A coach can say to a recruit "our conference is the best, how many has the Big 10 won the past decade?" Or century for that matter. What is the conference breakdown for championships this century?

 

[HuskyHawk]

The more offensive thing is thinking that St. Johns could win a national championship. If they couldn't do it with Walter Berry, Chris Mullin, Mark Jackson and Bill W, then this group of hackers isn't going to pull it off.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

We all need to be on the Pitino Bandwagon. This isn’t our year but The Johnnies winning the Title is a Win for us all.

 

[Leebo]

Were you not around when everyone was talking about this, roughly 25 years ago?

I was, and I thought we all agreed the people harping on that were annoying pedants.

 

[87Xfer]

The more offensive thing is thinking that St. Johns could win a national championship. If they couldn't do it with Walter Berry, Chris Mullin, Mark Jackson and Bill W, then this group of hackers isn't going to pull it off.

If they do, It certainly doesn't hurt the Big East. I'd take it.

 

[EnochRoot]

More offended by the ESPN article ranking the NCAA men's champions for this century. Our 2024 team is 4th but ESPN is flying their Duke fanboy colors by having Duke be #1 yet having less overwhelming squad than our boys in '24.

This. The 2024 UConn Huskies should’ve been the #1 championship team of the 21st century to date. The largest point differential (23.3) per NCAAT game than any other team in said 24 seasons.

 

[bazz&boujee]

 

[HuskyHawk]

If they do, It certainly doesn't hurt the Big East. I'd take it.

Burn the Big East to the ground is necessary

 

[willie99]

Lazy, superficial journalism? It's the norm, I don't have time to be upset

Let them be a laughing stock

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[willie99]

PS: I'm pulling for St John's to do well, but I don't think they shoot well enough to win 6 straight in March

The home game vs us last Sunday was an aberration