Top 25 men's college basketball teams of all time

[TheChamps990411]

2004 needs to be on the list and 2011 is knocking on the door.

Remove Michigan 91-92, put Uconn 2004 and move them up about 10 spots. That team had losses early on but once OK4 got healthy and Shad cracked the lineup it was over. The refs helped keep Duke close but if they hadnt that game is not close.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Match up 91 UNLV with UConn 24.

Augmon
Anthony
Hunt
Johnson
Ackles

That was a really undersized team. Was a 6’6” LJ gonna be able to attack the rim with Clingan there? Augmon do anything with Castle on him? That team generally produced two pros.

Such a diff style and rules back then. I still think we take them. That was a small team. We would have towered over them at every position other than the 3. If today’s rules I honestly don’t know if it’s close.

That UNLV team was insanely athletic, starting with LJ. Augmon is one of the best defensive players at the college level in my lifetime. For the era, Hunt was an incredible 3 point shooter, hitting 40% from 3 as a high volume 3 point shooter in an era where almost no one did that. Anthony was blazing fast and a great distributor, and he wasn't a bad shooter on that team because he got so many open looks. That UNLV team shot over 40% from 3 in an era where that was unheard of. That team shot 58% from 2 because they dunked so much.

UConn 24 would lose 8 out of 10.

 

[superjohn]

That UNLV team was insanely athletic, starting with LJ. Augmon is one of the best defensive players at the college level in my lifetime. For the era, Hunt was an incredible 3 point shooter, hitting 40% from 3 as a high volume 3 point shooter in an era where almost no one did that. Anthony was blazing fast and a great distributor, and he wasn't a bad shooter on that team because he got so many open looks. That UNLV team shot over 40% from 3 in an era where that was unheard of. That team shot 58% from 2 because they dunked so much.

UConn 24 would lose 8 out of 10.

'24 would swallow them up. Our guards would simply be too big for their guards and their attack of the rim would be slowed down by Clingan.

UNLV's schedule was easy and they didn't get the job done when it mattered.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

'24 would swallow them up. Our guards would simply be too big for their guards and their attack of the rim would be slowed down by Clingan.

UNLV's schedule was easy and they didn't get the job done when it mattered.

UConn had an offense no one had seen before, and it was unstoppable. It would break teams. The Alabama Final Four game was a perfect example of what that offense would do. Alabama played great, but they couldn’t stop UConn and took increasingly crazy shots out of desperation because UConn would score every possession.

UNLV was the better team, and I am certain Hunt and at least one other player was point shaving against Duke.

 

[RuffRuff]

That UNLV team was insanely athletic, starting with LJ. Augmon is one of the best defensive players at the college level in my lifetime. For the era, Hunt was an incredible 3 point shooter, hitting 40% from 3 as a high volume 3 point shooter in an era where almost no one did that. Anthony was blazing fast and a great distributor, and he wasn't a bad shooter on that team because he got so many open looks. That UNLV team shot over 40% from 3 in an era where that was unheard of. That team shot 58% from 2 because they dunked so much.

UConn 24 would lose 8 out of 10.

It really doesn't matter how athletic UNLV was - we'd slow them down into a grind and we towered over them. A Castle today is 100x stronger than a stringy Augmon. I honestly think there is a better chance the 24 team would win 8/10. Were were their answers? A 6'6" Larry Johnson taking mid range jumpers? The only way to match teams up of these differing eras is player for player, and I just don't it.

They were flashy, they had Tark, they ran over a lousy league, they were built for their era.

 

[Icehawk]

There is a typo, it says the greatest team of all time is 6th.

 

[Inyatkin]

UConn had an offense no one had seen before, and it was unstoppable. It would break teams. The Alabama Final Four game was a perfect example of what that offense would do. Alabama played great, but they couldn’t stop UConn and took increasingly crazy shots out of desperation because UConn would score every possession.

UNLV was the better team, and I am certain Hunt and at least one other player was point shaving against Duke.

You sure have strong feelings about who is point shaving over the years

 

[IndyLives]

John Thompson's Georgetown not having one team listed is criminal.

Yup. The Georgetown Title team had a hell of a defense. They played some great teams as well including Hakeem, Clyde & Houston.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

You sure have strong feelings about who is point shaving over the years

Your stalking of me is getting kind of weird.

 

[Inyatkin]

Your stalking of me is getting kind of weird.

It's true, responding every week or so to one of your insane posts is basically stalking. I'm the weird one here.

 

[HooperScooper]

Your stalking of me is getting kind of weird.

Do you notice how many people on here have a problem with so many of your posts? It's well deserved.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Do you notice how many people on here have a problem with so many of your posts? It's well deserved.

He is doing an unfunny callback of a game thread post. Who the fudge remembers game thread posts? It is weird.

 

[7774]

He is doing an unfunny callback of a game thread post. Who the fudge remembers game thread posts? It is weird.

You’ve posted in so many different threads about so many different games being questionable. It’s like your main thing along with not understanding how the metrics work.

 

[LetsGoUC]

People always underrated 2011. Kemba, Jeremy lamb, and Oriakhi was a pretty solid big 3. Lamb was so good down the stretch and didnt look like a freshman at all. Then Shabazz off the bench was great too.

 

[Kolumbo]

posted by smitty himself. the Foundation. OK, not the greatest of all time but a great photo nevertheless

 

[Mr. French]

He is doing an unfunny callback of a game thread post. Who the fudge remembers game thread posts? It is weird.

I'm not taking a side, but I've noticed you mention point shaving or illicit gambling with games multiple times. Sorry to pile on, I don't think he's stalking you though.

 

[businesslawyer]

People always underrated 2011. Kemba, Jeremy lamb, and Oriakhi was a pretty solid big 3. Lamb was so good down the stretch and didnt look like a freshman at all. Then Shabazz off the bench was great too.

You have to be kidding. I loved that team, but they finished 9th in the Big East. Ninth. The postseason run was absolutely unreal, and they deserved to be national champions. But one of the best teams of all time? No.

 

[CL82]

You have to be kidding. I loved that team, but they finished 9th in the Big East. Ninth. The postseason run was absolutely unreal, and they deserved to be national champions. But one of the best teams of all time? No.

But it sure felt like it the last 11 games of the season.

 

[temery]

Now tell me who was the best player on each team. No google.

 

[EnochRoot]

It really doesn't matter how athletic UNLV was - we'd slow them down into a grind and we towered over them. A Castle today is 100x stronger than a stringy Augmon. I honestly think there is a better chance the 24 team would win 8/10. Were were their answers? A 6'6" Larry Johnson taking mid range jumpers? The only way to match teams up of these differing eras is player for player, and I just don't it.

They were flashy, they had Tark, they ran over a lousy league, they were built for their era.

I don't care if it was the '90 or '91 UNLV squad. If you put both of those teams up against the '24 UConn Huskies each 10x, UNLV might win two games, total.

 

[RuffRuff]

I don't care if it was the '90 or '91 UNLV squad. If you put both of those teams up against the '24 UConn Huskies each 10x, UNLV might win two games, total.

The one team from the 90s that comes up a lot is 96 UK. That was Pitinos NC team with Delk and Anderson. No traditional size but lots of 6’6” long armed types. They pressed. I honestly don’t know how we some beat that team up either as we has basically 3 big PGs.

I’ve heard the 2001 Duke team with Williams, Battier and Boozer. I don’t see that either.

The Nova teams could be interesting as they could space the floor and pull Clingan from the rim, but not sure how that holds up as they’d simply need their 5 to shoot lights out.

I have a hard time finding a team that would match up.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I'm not taking a side, but I've noticed you mention point shaving or illicit gambling with games multiple times. Sorry to pile on, I don't think he's stalking you though.

You are right.

I forgot about the story a month ago where literally dozens of players were arrested for point-shaving. This has potential to be the end of sports as a major entertainment industry, so it is a big deal. The idea that these were the only athletes fixing games is ridiculous. Wasn’t an all-star reliever just busted? Now that I think about it, quite a few posters argued that they don’t think fans will care. We will find out.

It does make Anderson Hunt being photographed with a major sports gambler in 1991 seem quaint by comparison.

Regardless of all that, @Inyatkin is stalking me.

 

[Khal Drogo]

Texas Western was historic, but not one of the best teams of all time.

8 loss Michigan is ridiculous.

2004 UConn was a great team. Most of those losses happened with Okafor out or at 50%.

1991 UNLV was the best team I have ever seen. I will go to my grave thinking that game vs. Duke was fixed.

07 Florida is top 25, not top 10.

I agree with UNLV

 

[RuffRuff]

Took a closer look at that UNLV run - nothing close to 2024 UConn. They were far from dominant in the tourney before they ran into Duke, beat a couple of BE .500 teams by single digits.

They beat the number two team in the country that year (Arkansas) 112-105. Otherwise, beat up on a bad conference. Really think that team was more sizzle over substance. Very good, don't get me wrong. 2024 UConn team ran through the tournament, inclusive of the 2nd best and dominant team in the title game.

UConn had an offense no one had seen before, and it was unstoppable. It would break teams. The Alabama Final Four game was a perfect example of what that offense would do. Alabama played great, but they couldn’t stop UConn and took increasingly crazy shots out of desperation because UConn would score every possession.

UNLV was the better team, and I am certain Hunt and at least one other player was point shaving against Duke.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Took a closer look at that UNLV run - nothing close to 2024 UConn. They were far from dominant in the tourney before they ran into Duke, beat a couple of BE .500 teams by single digits.

They beat the number two team in the country that year (Arkansas) 112-105. Otherwise, beat up on a bad conference. Really think that team was more sizzle over substance. Very good, don't get me wrong. 2024 UConn team ran through the tournament, inclusive of the 2nd best and dominant team in the title game.

They beat Georgetown by 8 in a tournament game that wasn't that close. Georgetown had two future HoFers on the roster. Every other tournament game was decided by 10+ points. They played 5 ranked teams in the regular season, and won 4 of those games by 10+ points.

UConn 2024 is one of the best teams of all time. It doesn't make UNLV 1991 worse.