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Message: [QUOTE="Tenspro2002, post: 4946071, member: 889"] I was reading the history of the NCAA Tournament and while I knew they had a pretty constrained number of teams and competed with the NIT, I didn't realize how limited the competition was. It's fair to downgrade championships from before that era. Teams would decline NCAA bids to participate in the NIT as late as [I]1970.[/I] The inclusion of multiple teams from a given conference wasn't allowed until [I]1975, [/I]and even then only permitted 2 per conference. That restriction was only lifted in [I]1980[/I]. The Tournament finally reached its near-current form with a 64-team field in [I]1985[/I]. Where do we draw the line? That's debatable, but I would argue that pre-1970 championships are clearly diminished in value, and post-1985 championships are clearly legit. If we use the most generous criteria, post-1970 multiple champions are: 5 - UConn 5 - Duke 5 - UNC 5 - UCLA 4 - Kentucky 3 - Kansas 3 - Indiana 3 - Villanova 2 - Florida 2 - MSU 2 - Louisville (3rd vacated) 2- NC State By the most restrictive criteria, post-1985 multiple champions are: 5 - UConn 5 - Duke 4 - UNC 3 - Kentucky 3 - Kansas 3 - Villanova 2 - Florida Either way, this weekend, we have the opportunity to cement ourselves as the winningest program (championship-wise) of the modern era. [/QUOTE]