Just a reminder

[Palatine]

UConn mens basketball has won national championships in four consecutive decades. the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.

That is an extremely rare accomplishment and it highlights the consistent excellence of the program.

We have also won championships in two consecutive centuries but we will have to wait 77 years before getting a chance to extend the streak.

Enjoy the summer.

 

[ItsNotSo]

UConn mens basketball has won national championships in four consecutive decades. the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.

That is an extremely rare accomplishment and it highlights the consistent excellence of the program.

We have also won championships in two consecutive centuries but we will have to wait 77 years before getting a chance to extend the streak.

Enjoy the summer.

Will college basketball be a thing in 77 years? I say no. Basketball will exist but colleges as we know them now may not be around.

 

[Dove]

No one ever mentions the 43 Cow Tipping Titles. Central Michigan is second, with 22.

 

[HooperScooper]

Will college basketball be a thing in 77 years? I say no. Basketball will exist but colleges as we know them now may not be around.

Why do you think colleges won't be around in 2100? Just curious. They've been around for hundreds of years so what would change that?

 

[boba]

Why do you think colleges won't be around in 2100? Just curious. They've been around for hundreds of years so what would change that?

(Tongue firmly in cheek) Unions. (Crikey even Stanford has a grad student union now!)
Reality: The only thing missing from academic leadership are leaders. Oh there are plently of ships, and they're all going here, there, everywhere. Seriously, there is a tremendous amount of effort going to increasing the endowment and an equally diminishing amount of interest in education in more than a few of our best public and private institutions. Previous students and postdocs in our lab were at least curious about going into academia, now it's hard to get graduate students even interested in a postdoc - it's biotech or consulting. Also few graduate students are interested in basic sciences while many gravitate to whatever is hot at the moment (was stem cells now CRISPR/CAS), so we get a tail wags the dog effect so to speak.
Academia and secondary education will not melt away, but there needs to be a serious evaluation about adapting the changing landscape. Tongue in cheek aside, I jokingly compared postdocs to galley slaves, but they were the backbone of biomedical research from the 1970's on. As a former NCO, I understand what institutional knowledge and models of dedication bring to the workplace, makes everything hum. While my example is specific to biomedical sciences, all departments and schools will face this challenge.

 

[Greedo]

Will college basketball be a thing in 77 years? I say no. Basketball will exist but colleges as we know them now may not be around.

Good thing I’ll be dead.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

UConn mens basketball has won national championships in four consecutive decades. the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.

That is an extremely rare accomplishment and it highlights the consistent excellence of the program.

We have also won championships in two consecutive centuries but we will have to wait 77 years before getting a chance to extend the streak.

Enjoy the summer.

Talk to me when the Helms Foundation recognizes us. Otherwise, not interested.

 

[El Obrero]

We have also won championships in two consecutive centuries but we will have to wait 77 years before getting a chance to extend the streak.

Enjoy the summer.

I’m gonna put some money on that 2099 squad… the hundredth anniversary team!!

 

[FfldCntyFan]

We have also won championships in two consecutive centuries but we will have to wait 77 years before getting a chance to extend the streak.

As I am currently 62 years old I'm not sure that it should make any difference to me if the above statement ends up being correct. Experts do however believe that there is a chance that the first person who will live to 150 has already been born, so.....

 

[AzHusky]

That 150 year old person will not be me, at 73 I have enough stuff going on that I don't want to be around another 75 years.

 

[AdamaNation]

Can

UConn mens basketball has won national championships in four consecutive decades. the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.

That is an extremely rare accomplishment and it highlights the consistent excellence of the program.

We have also won championships in two consecutive centuries but we will have to wait 77 years before getting a chance to extend the streak.

Enjoy the summer.

we count the teens as it’s own …just because?

 

[Devland]

I am retired and have a good pension. I didn't plan to live to 150. Maybe my pension is not as good as I thought.

 

[caw]

UConn mens basketball has won national championships in four consecutive decades. the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.

That is an extremely rare accomplishment and it highlights the consistent excellence of the program.

We have also won championships in two consecutive centuries but we will have to wait 77 years before getting a chance to extend the streak.

Enjoy the summer.

Duke (15, 10, 01, 92, 91) can match it, and UNC (17, 09, 93, 82) has the chance to go five decades in a row. If either can win before 2030. They are the only ones who can. That's the list of who can match (or surpass) that feat by UConn this decade.

 

[CL82]

No one ever mentions the 43 Cow Tipping Titles. Central Michigan is second, with 22.

How much do you tip a cow? What do they spend the money on anyway?