More improbable run 2011 or 2014

[David 76]

I think 2014would have surprised us all more if 2011had not happened. Who guessed lightning would strike the same place twice in 3 years?
But I think 2014 was more of a surprise. We had a bad year i n 2010 but no one thought our program was dead like many did after the ban and JC leaving.

I also think there was a lot more talent on the 2011 team. We had freshman that had to play like vets in 11. In 14 we had role players that had to play like stars.that had to play like stars.But

 

[David 76]

my post screwed up at the end (on a tablet) but I think Kemba had a better supporting cast.

 

[boog204]

I thought we were going to lose to Michigan State, and then also to Florida. Once the NCAAs started, I never thought anyone was going to beat the 2011 team.

Truth be told I thought we would lose to everyone but 'Nova. I had zero doubt against them. 10 minutes into the St. Joes game watching their big European dominate had me thinking it was all over.

 

[RedDog]

2011 was the bigger surprise since we relied so much on freshman. Starting team in the finals consisted of 3 freshman, 1 sophomore, and 1 junior. 2014: 2 seniors, 2 juniors, and a sophomore.

 

[ASweet3781]

If you start at the conference tournaments it's 2011.

Just the NCAA's? It's 2014 no question. We played the Atlantic Ten Champs. Big East Champs. Big 12 Champs. Big Ten Champs who every expert picked to win their NCAA office pools. SEC Champs #1 team who hadn't lost a game since December. And preseason #1 Kentucky who had the best freshman class ever and finally put it together for the NCAA's.

The 2011 team gets some points for winning the 2 road games against SDSU and Zona but 2014 faced better teams.

Both runs are incredible and we should count ourselves lucky we had 2 of these things in 4 years.

 

[RedStickHusky]

I would say 2014. in 2011 we ran through the gauntlet BET and won it all. We were a storyline having stunned alot of critics. Although we played well vs cincy+memphis, we got trounced in the AAC tourney by ville (second time in the year) this year. I'm pretty sure everybody thought we weren't championship ready after that. All we wanted was the chance to play in MSG.

As much as I wanted to be po'd by that 7-seed; I got a little excited as soon as I saw the bracket layout. I underestimated St. Joe's but I had a good feeling about Iowa St and Mich St.

 

[Scoe]

Beating SDSU and Arizona was no small task it's self esentially road games, our veteran Uconn teams in the past weren't able to pull that off.