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Purdue banner hanging

Be classy, we were in a 'drought' not that long ago. Imagine a lifetime drought like Purdue and others are enduring. Champions can show compassion and pity to those less fortunate.

Plus there is only one Championship trophy/banner awarded which is ours, but we needed Purdue to achieve it. So, congrats to Purdue!
 
Maybe the Purdue coaching staff will look at it as motivation for the returning players and the teams that come after them - not so much as an achievement. Shove it in their faces how close they were to a natty to motivate them to be better and work harder. I feel like that's what Dan Hurley would do.
 
I have zero problem with programs hanging a national runner-up banner. For FF's? You get one banner and can keep adding years to it. You don't get a separate banner each time you make the FF.

These are the rules of the bar.
 
Hoophound said:
Final Fours are big. I want to be getting one of those every couple of years mixed in with natties. We need them to cement ourselves as the best in history.
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Pretty sure you do that by winning and not by being the most successful "also ran."
 
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Uconn77Duke74 said:
I always wondered if the Bacon Jalapeno Mac and Cheese kid was on the boneyard!
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Hmmm, Which Boneyard poster is most likely to be "Bacon Jalapeno Mac and Cheese Kid?" would be an excellent off-season thread/poll.
 
Kitaman said:
So, congrats to Purdue
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To our boilermaker friends, I say:
Good For You Congratulations GIF by Jeopardy!
 
Did they hang it next to the 2023 second 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed banner? :). (Okay, that was a cheepshot that I'm not very proud of.)

On a serious note, I don't see anything wrong with them hanging that banner. I don't want us UConn fans to come across as arrogant poor winners. When we first started showing success throughout the 90s, albeit continually falling short of the Final Four (sans 99), I'm sure we had Elite 8 and Sweet 16 banners and/or trophies displayed prominently somewhere. Now that we've won a half dozen national championships, the bar is much higher for our program. Something we should celebrate but not put down other programs that haven't had nearly the same success, unless they're Syracuse, Boston College or other programs that have thrown mud at us in the past.
 
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6in25 said:
Maybe the Purdue coaching staff will look at it as motivation for the returning players and the teams that come after them - not so much as an achievement. Shove it in their faces how close they were to a natty to motivate them to be better and work harder. I feel like that's what Dan Hurley would do.
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I see it as an achievement. Think about what all the programs last year, including 2 of the other F4 teams weren't able to achieve.

It's also a great recruiting tool, showing them how close they got to winning it all, and how they can be part of their future that puts them over the top. They just have to hope their recruits don't remember 2023. :)
 
Palatine said:
Call the Olympic committee. Tell them that silver and bronze medal winners are just losers who deserve participation ribbons.
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No need to, they're already giving them out.
 
Dogstar said:
Good Point
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It is, if his point is that Purdue basketball is essentially equivalent to Connecticut football.
 
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I'm curious as to how many of those poking fun ar Purdue hanging that banner were fully invested in the program during the decades leading up to our first title.

I still vividly remember wondering (after the loss to Miss St) if we'd ever make it to a final four. I still vividly remember the anxiety I felt a few years later, down the stretch in the regional finals against a Gonzaga team (when they were only known for Bibg Crosby and John Stockton) that wouldn't go away. Wondering what we did to the powers of the universe to continually punish us.

Yes, we have reached a point where quite a few of the ultimate banners fly over our home courts but that doesn't mean that for nearly every school in the country making it as far as Purdue did last year isn't an accomplishment worth praising.
 
Of course Purdue should celebrate this. #2 is amazing. They might not win a chip in the rest of this century. Uconn fans are so entitled.

I am a fan since forever. After 1990 Dream season and all those great teams we had, a single final 4 banner in Gampel would have meant the world to me at that time. Especially from where the program has come from. I still get nightmares of Laetner.
 
Our 2009 team was phenomenal, as were many other Uconn teams that never won a title. They should be recognized for sure.
 
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HuskyV said:
I would like a few more Final4's.

If you want people to stop questioning Blue Blood status, it would be help not to be in double digits here.

Teams with Most Final4's Appearances
1 North Carolina 21
2 UCLA 19
3 Kentucky 17
3 Duke 17
5 Kansas 16
6 Michigan State 10
6 Louisville 10
6 Ohio State 10
9 Indiana 8
9 Michigan 8
11 Villanova 7
11 UConn 7

Before March 2024 we were tied with 5 other teams with 6.
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All I read is UConn: 6/7 in Final Fours to Natty!
 
Palatine said:
Call the Olympic committee. Tell them that silver and bronze medal winners are just losers who deserve participation ribbons.
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Well, I wouldn't go that far: IMHO Final Fours are made-up construct of the tourney and shouldn't be all that amazing - basically it says you are one of the top 4 teams is all.

Natty's #1 (e.g., winner)
Natty participant #2 (e.g., loser)
Conference post season champ
Conference reg season champ

Else why not celebrate making it to the Elite 8 - another tournament construct
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I'm curious as to how many of those poking fun ar Purdue hanging that banner were fully invested in the program during the decades leading up to our first title
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I know you're old enough to remember this, but Connecticut fans were incredibly passionate in the years before our first national championship. Heck, we were incredibly passionate during the Dom Perno years. Connecticut loves men's basketball and it loves their Huskies. That's been true as long as I can remember.
 
CL82 said:
I know you're old enough to remember this, but Connecticut fans were incredibly passionate in the years before our first national championship. Heck, we were incredibly passionate during the Dom Perno years. Connecticut loves men's basketball and it loves their Huskies. That's been true as long as I can remember.
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I know that. I also know that more than 99% of the fanbase from those days would have been thrilled with hanging a final four banner if we had the opportunity.

There may be some fan bases that have accomplished enough that the banner Purdue just hung would not be considered (and we logically would be one of them) but there are very few that shouldn't celebrate that accomplishment.
 
So proud of what Sticks did in 2009. I always count that final four, with pride. We know the circumstances.
 
JerseyAlum said:
Well, I wouldn't go that far: IMHO Final Fours are made-up construct of the tourney and shouldn't be all that amazing - basically it says you are one of the top 4 teams is all.

Natty's #1 (e.g., winner)
Natty participant #2 (e.g., loser)
Conference post season champ
Conference reg season champ

Else why not celebrate making it to the Elite 8 - another tournament construct
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The NCAA Tourney is basically three two-game tournaments. That's why there are Sweet 16 banners. The next round is the Regional Championship. Win one game in the regionals and folks hang an Elite Eight Banner. Win the Regional Championship and you advance to the final four. Win the FF and you're National Champs.

Every step on that journey is an accomplishment. It's why most the schools in the country go crazy when they just make the tournament. For many of the 300 teams in D1 an invite to the dance is generational accomplishment. Those schools hang a NCAA tournament and year banner.

My guess is that very school in every Final Four has hung a banner. To call one of most difficult accomplishments in college basketball "participation" is to not understand college basketball.
 
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People were actually crying with joy when we won the NIT. Give it a rest on Purdue. It ain’t like Duke handing the banner for being the best in the Sargin ratings in 1999. THAT deserved being made fun of!
 
JerseyAlum said:
Well, I wouldn't go that far: IMHO Final Fours are made-up construct of the tourney and shouldn't be all that amazing - basically it says you are one of the top 4 teams is all.

Natty's #1 (e.g., winner)
Natty participant #2 (e.g., loser)
Conference post season champ
Conference reg season champ

Else why not celebrate making it to the Elite 8 - another tournament construct
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A final 4 is worth way more than reg season conf champ or conf post season champ. So is an elite 8.

An elite 8 for Rutgers is a celebration. For 2006 Uconn it is an epic fail. So it really depends. In 2023, Uconn elite 8 was a huge success if the year had ended there.

Winning back to back sure has changed things. Pretty soon we will forget Calhoun's first name after we 3 peat.
 
Uconn has achieved incredible success and winning even 1 Championship is something very few schools ever achieve.
However, kudos to Matt Painter and Purdue for the culture he has built. He runs a clean program, recruits a lot of local kids and most of his kids graduate from a top university. I am biased having two kids there....and they would love to have a different banner hanging but ask any Purdue fan and they will tell you the best team won last year.
I will be at Gampel tomorrow night watching the Uconn Banner get raised. GO Huskies

On a separate note- Edey has silenced a lot of doubters in the NBA scoring 20 and 10 rebounds last night.
 
We not only have a final four banner up but I think we used to have Sweet 16 and Final/Elite 8 banners, too. And yet again, why do some view our fanbase as "toxic" and douchey.
 
Zach Edey goes from projected 2nd round pick in 23 to lottery in 24. While his game is exactly the same. Obviously the pro scouts got it right eventually.
 
Absolutely they should hang that and be proud of it. The final four is the promise land. It’s a huge accomplishment and is considered a memorable season. I’ll always take a final four appearance over any conference championship. When coaches are talked about, it’s always mentioned how many final four appearances they have.
 
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