Number 6.. just wow

[District-Husky]

The night of 1999, I was like - this is all I need. I'm good. Now we've won SIX. SIX!!!!

 

[TXHuskyFan]

99
23
24
11
14

23 just meant SO much for this program, Phoenix being born again from the ashes.

11 beats 14 because Kemba did it first. Lmao.

It’s amazing that we won won out of the American! Totally insane

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Indiana would have been tough to believe but remember in 1999, Duke only had 2 titles and UNC only had 3.

Fair, imagine telling your past self they would be at 5 and 6 respectively and we’d still be where we are.

 

[ninety-nine]

Up until 1998, I didn't think UConn would ever win it ! Wow.

Heck, I was out there watching a couch burn in the Jungle bonfire when we won the NIT, thinking that was as good as it would probably ever get. Hard to imagine we're here now.

 

[87Xfer]

Heck, I was out there watching a couch burn in the Jungle bonfire when we won the NIT, thinking that was as good as it would probably ever get. Hard to imagine we're here now.

Same. It's nuts.

 

[husky99]

Same. It's nuts.

Agreed

 

[Ricker]

Do we also get to claim a share of the Big Ten Title after knocking off Northwestern, Illinois, Purdue?

 

[uh-no]

Do we also get to claim a share of the Big Ten Title after knocking off Northwestern, Illinois, Purdue?

given it's 6-1 in natty's since 1999, i think one could claim we own the entire Bg 10 for the past 3 decades

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Imagine heading into the ‘99 season someone telling you that UConn would have passed Indiana, Duke, and be tied with UNC in championships by 2024….

Back that up fifteen years. If in 1984 someone told me that in my lifetime I would see the day where only UCLA and Kentucky had more titles that us I would have though they were on some very serious halucinogens. No exaggeration, at that time, the idea of us winning multiple national titles in men's basketball was more far fetched than the idea today of us winning a national title in football.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Do we also get to claim a share of the Big Ten Title after knocking off Northwestern, Illinois, Purdue?

Share? We deserve the whole damned thing.

 

[husky99]

Share? We deserve the whole damned thing.

Agreed

 

[superjohn]

Something special... wow

It's honestly mind blowing.

Didn't even have my overwhelming nervousness I normally have before these games. Just kind of new it would be more domination. None of this is normal.

Hurley is just a beast and his comments on the podium put me at full staff.

 

[husky99]

It's honestly mind blowing.

Didn't even have my overwhelming nervousness I normally have before these games. Just kind of new it would be more domination. None of this is normal.

Hurley is just a beast and his comments on the podium put me at full staff.

I was wrong on hurley... crushing the sport

 

[ConnHuskBask]

What to do with all the 5x champion gear I bought last year!

 

[superjohn]

I was wrong on hurley... crushing the sport

I was pushing hard for him before we got Ollie and then I was right there leading the charge for him to prove he can win close games and show it in the tournament.

It's mind blowing, he's blown everyone out for two straight seasons. I questioned his Nova press conference "It's coming" because I needed to see the results. Holy hell.

Luke, Kimani, and Tom are the absolute best in the business but Hurley hired all of them. It's all Hurley, the guy is unreal.

 

[Buzzyboy]

Up until 1998, I didn't think UConn would ever win it ! Wow.

After 1990, I always felt that there was a strong possibility but I surely wouldn't have put a whole lot of money on it. Nadav Henefield coming to Storrs changed my mindset on what UConn could and would be ...

 

[husky99]

After 1990, I always felt that there was a strong possibility but I surely wouldn't have put a whole lot of money on it. Nadav Henefield coming to Storrs changed my mindset on what UConn could and would be ...

Some early recruits made a shift for uconn. Cliff comes to mind.

 

[Buzzyboy]

Back that up fifteen years. If in 1984 someone told me that in my lifetime I would see the day where only UCLA and Kentucky had more titles that us I would have though they were on some very serious halucinogens. No exaggeration, at that time, the idea of us winning multiple national titles in men's basketball was more far fetched than the idea today of us winning a national title in football.

The two teams ahead of us haven't done much of anything in the last 30 years, comparatively speaking ... almost all of their titles were won before a whole lot of the Boneyarders were born .... particularly, Kentucky

 

[greenday61892]

You can't rank your kids. You love them all. But,,,,,,,

2024
1999
2004
2023
2014
2011

Seems right. You could almost group them in pairs. 2024 and 1999. 2023 and 2004. 2011 and 2014.

Three sets of twins.

If we're doing them in pairs I don't see how you could possibly NOT pair 2011 and 2023. There were so many damn similarities to those teams it was honestly insane.

• Started the season unranked
• Set the world on fire in non-con and at one point in non-con had an abnormally large jump in ranking (NR to #7 in 2010-11, #20 to #8 in 2022-23)
• Finished non-con undefeated
• Had a somewhat rough conference season in a dogfight of a Big East
• Figured it out somewhere towards the end of conference play to re-earn a top 4 seed (#3 for 2011, #4 for 2023)
• Was the best remaining seed in a Final Four that set the record for worst seed to achieve that (2011 being the first Final Four with no 1 or 2 seeds, 2023 being the first with no 1s 2s or 3s)
• Won the championship in Houston
• With the combination of the 3rd and 7th points, finished the entire season undefeated in non-con play, having only struggled in an extremely tough conference season

 

[Buzzyboy]

Some early recruits made a shift for uconn. Cliff comes to mind.

Chris Smith played a big roll in making UConn respectable insofar as drawing national recruits ... in the 90's they started getting better and better ...

 

[EnochRoot]

Chris Smith played a big roll in making UConn respectable insofar as drawing national recruits ... in the 90's they started getting better and better ...

Nadav Henefeld made Calhoun look like a genius.

 

[gsmooth]

Okay I realize it's all subjective but you're all sleeping on 2011. Magical run. Amazing year. That said, 2023 and 2024 have to be up there. Dominant. And 2004 was a killer team. And 1999 cause it's the first. And 2014 because it was out of nowhere. Okay. This is tough.

It’s just nice we can even have these conversations about which one our championship teams is the best.

 

[gsmooth]

Chris Smith played a big roll in making UConn respectable insofar as drawing national recruits ... in the 90's they started getting better and better ...

To this day, Jim Calhoun says he was the most important recruit in UConn history.

 

[Husky Dogma]

Something special... wow

I haven't posted in here in forever, but I'm just so happy I got to experience this Final Four. Just look at Hurley in this picture I took!

 

[Gurleyman]

Up until 1998, I didn't think UConn would ever win it ! Wow.

It’s kind of crazy in hindsight, because realistically our “long suffering“ era was 5 years long. 1990 was a magic carpet ride, and then we slipped backwards in 1991 (an 11 seed that made it to Sweet 16), 1992 (9 seed blown out by Ohio State) and 1993 (NIT).

Then the resurgence in 1994 and the Donyell missed FTs, loss to UCLA in 1995 and Mississippi State in 1996. That’s when the angst kicked in. NIT in 1997, and a 2 seed that lost to UNC in Greensboro in 1998.

With perspective, it was pretty short suffering. But it felt long at the time.