Sporting News: Best Programs Since 2000

[Tenspro2002]

The issue is: the two groups of fans (championships vs. consistency) are talking past each other.

The "championships" fans say, "would you really rather have had a better regular season, but not won the championship?" (Answer: obviously not.)

The "consistency" fans say, "do you really think having mediocre regular seasons is more likely to lead to championships in the future?" (Answer: obviously not.)

 

[CL82]

The issue is: the two groups of fans (championships vs. consistency) are talking past each other.

The "championships" fans say, "would you really rather have had a better regular season, but not won the championship?" (Answer: obviously not.)

The "consistency" fans say, "do you really think having mediocre regular seasons is more likely to lead to championships in the future?" (Answer: obviously not.)

So you are saying that want lose in the regular season and post season?

 

[Point6]

Surprised so many people are trying to justify UConn being #4. Using overall winning percentage is flawed because there is no commonality in the scheduling structure. Look at these numbers and tell me Kentucky belongs ahead of UConn:

Tournament appearances: Kentucky 13, UConn 10 (should be 11 if you discount the NCAA mafia parachuting down on Calhoun)

Sweet Sixteen: Kentucky 7, UConn 5

Elite Eight: Kentucky 6, UConn 6

Final Four: Kentucky 4, UConn 4

National Championships: Kentucky 1, UConn 3

Essentially, they're valuing Kentucky's additional three tournament appearances and additional two sweet sixteen's over UConn's additional two championships.

Something looks funny about our 5 sweet sixteens but 6 elite eights. Is this the semantics talking?

 

[champs99and04]

Something looks funny about our 5 sweet sixteens but 6 elite eights. Is this the semantics talking?

Good catch, it should be 7 sweet sixteens

 

[David 76]

It is not bad to be rated #4. That is unbelievable given were we were not very long ago.