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Trilly Hypothetical - Who Wins a Tourney of Last 8 Champs



This one new guy with Sleeper's calls the 21 Baylor team the best college basketball team he's ever seen. Youngen, so interesting perspective. He doesn't seem to give the 24 team the flowers it deserves.
 
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RuffRuff said:


This one new guy with Sleeper's calls the 21 Baylor team the best college basketball team he's ever seen. Youngen, so interesting perspective. He doesn't seem to give the 24 team the flowers it deserves.
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These guys are pretty much the only CBB Media I actively watch. They’re great. Also the guest, Ryan Hammer, is amazing. He’s one of the biggest College Basketball guys I have ever watched, really love his stuff.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
These guys are pretty much the only CBB Media I actively watch. They’re great. Also the guest, Ryan Hammer, is amazing. He’s one of the biggest College Basketball guys I have ever watched, really love his stuff.
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I need to revisit that Baylor team TBH. Covid, Uconn wasn't in it, I wasn't paying attention like I usually do.

As for Sleepers, they grow on you. Man, they are persistent, consistent and creative. They stay on top of current topics and are never short on content. Some of it verges on ridiculous, but because they don't take themselves too seriously I'm ok with it. A guy like Greg is very much on top of the sport. You may not like what he has to say and he's a bit dramatic (intentionally), but he's got depth in knowledge (currently very pro-Uconn). I have a really hard time listening to Deon, he's a bit of a knucklehead.
 
RuffRuff said:
I need to revisit that Baylor team TBH. Covid, Uconn wasn't in it, I wasn't paying attention like I usually do.

As for Sleepers, they grow on you. Man, they are persistent, consistent and creative. They stay on top of current topics and are never short on content. Some of it verges on ridiculous, but because they don't take themselves too seriously I'm ok with it. A guy like Greg is very much on top of the sport. You may not like what he has to say and he's a bit dramatic (intentionally), but he's got depth in knowledge (currently very pro-Uconn). I have a really hard time listening to Deon, he's a bit of a knucklehead.
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I think they are spot on with the vid. That Baylor team was incredible and would give our guards fits, plus they shot the skin off the ball. I think we win on talent and size as the main factors, but we do not blow that team away by any means as some may have suggested.
 
RuffRuff said:
You mean by the swarms of Uconn fans that attack like killer bees and are totally biased?
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Pssh you mean are totally informed. Best fans in college basketball, in my totally unbiased opinion.
 
UCLJ0211 said:
Just one question: Who’s gonna guard Clingan on that 2018 Nova team?
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I'm not sure the 2018 Nova team would have had an answer for Sanogo and the 2023 team. And to make matters worse, when Sanogo got a rest, Clingan came in.

That we normally ran our offense at a much faster pace in 2023 would have given a number of the school's on the list quite a bit of trouble.
 
CL82 said:
Pssh you mean are totally informed. Best fans in college basketball, in my totally unbiased opinion.
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Lol, says a fan within the fanbase of all fanbases.

Objectively, Uconn Twitter is one rung of nuts down from UK. They easily take the cake. I'm not sure there is a fanbase that rushes to the defense of anything even slightly anti-Uconn as rabidly as Uconn Twitter. I'm not sure what happened to Rupp Rafters, looks like they switched platforms and not nearly as active/looneytunes. It used to be fun dropping in there every once in awhile just to see how neurotic and outlandish they could be. Was more fun with Cal there as well.
 
Spaceman213J said:
I agree with '24 being the better team, but I don't think they simply roll the '23 team. Again, it's strange to compare them with the overlap, but Clingan as good as he became, probably plays 25 minutes. I think the lack of NBA success has soured some people on how good Sanogo was his last year at UConn and worked every second of every minute of the game. He wore people down.
Then you have Clingan vs SJ, and I'd take frosh DC over SJ. SJ would have been bullied underneath. Newt's a wash for both teams. AK is a wash for both teams. Diarra is a wash as well. I think '23 had the better bench with DC, Joey California and Alleyne then SJ, and sophomore versions of Stewart and Ball.
Again, in the end, I think '24 wins 7 out of every 10 games. But that streak of tourney/non conference double digit wins goes back to the '23 team as well. I guess I agree on which team is better, but just not the margin of victory.
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SJ is definitely the weak link in that matchup. I really struggle to see him staying on the court against either Sanogo or Freshman DC and if he’s in foul trouble, things could get interesting.
 
RuffRuff said:
Lol, says a fan within the fanbase of all fanbases.

Objectively, Uconn Twitter is one rung of nuts down from UK. They easily take the cake. I'm not sure there is a fanbase that rushes to the defense of anything even slightly anti-Uconn as rabidly as Uconn Twitter. I'm not sure what happened to Rupp Rafters, looks like they switched platforms and not nearly as active/looneytunes. It used to be fun dropping in there every once in awhile just to see how neurotic and outlandish they could be. Was more fun with Cal there as well.
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a) "That's the joke."
b) UConn twitter is its own world. You can't define the fanbase by them.
 
RuffRuff said:
I need to revisit that Baylor team TBH. Covid, Uconn wasn't in it, I wasn't paying attention like I usually do.

As for Sleepers, they grow on you. Man, they are persistent, consistent and creative. They stay on top of current topics and are never short on content. Some of it verges on ridiculous, but because they don't take themselves too seriously I'm ok with it. A guy like Greg is very much on top of the sport. You may not like what he has to say and he's a bit dramatic (intentionally), but he's got depth in knowledge (currently very pro-Uconn). I have a really hard time listening to Deon, he's a bit of a knucklehead.
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Baylor was great that year, preseason #2. But they hit a lull in the mid year due to rampant COVID, and Gonzaga was strong throughout and had insane analytical numbers so most thought the Zags would win. But Baylor was the best defensive and best three point shooting team in the country.
 
Honestly i may just be biased but i dont know how anyone thinks any of those teams is beating Uconn 24. 37-2 and one of those loses was when we were not at full strength with DC out for the better part of the game. The second loss was one of those travel out west after a big win and you get caught with your pants down on a night the other team has a guy who just doesnt miss. It happens. But other than that it was pretty much blow out city and got even worse in the tournament and we beat a murderers row to get to that title. Illinois was a really, really good team, Alabama wins the national title most years and beats some of those teams in this 8 team tourney and then we beat Purdue for the title. And oh yeah they were blow outs by the time the buzzer sounded.
The only team that comes to mind that gives that 24 team a problem would be that UK team with the two bigs that went 39-1 and maybe the team that won it all with Anthony Davis. `24 was one of the best teams ive ever seen once they really got it rolling when DC got healthy and in shape and Castle got healthy and comfortable in his role. It was lights out.
 
I'll take 24 Uconn against the field and, even against 23 UConn I think they win by at least a dozen. Maybe nova is the only one who keeps it to single digits.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
Honestly i may just be biased but i dont know how anyone thinks any of those teams is beating Uconn 24. 37-2 and one of those loses was when we were not at full strength with DC out for the better part of the game. The second loss was one of those travel out west after a big win and you get caught with your pants down on a night the other team has a guy who just doesnt miss. It happens. But other than that it was pretty much blow out city and got even worse in the tournament and we beat a murderers row to get to that title. Illinois was a really, really good team, Alabama wins the national title most years and beats some of those teams in this 8 team tourney and then we beat Purdue for the title. And oh yeah they were blow outs by the time the buzzer sounded.
The only team that comes to mind that gives that 24 team a problem would be that UK team with the two bigs that went 39-1 and maybe the team that won it all with Anthony Davis. `24 was one of the best teams ive ever seen once they really got it rolling when DC got healthy and in shape and Castle got healthy and comfortable in his role. It was lights out.
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Seton Hall is "out west" ?
 
DRBackup said:
The 1999 and 2004 teams losing in the first round makes this a pointless exercise in stupidity
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We had too many teams they had to cull us somehow. We have been so dominant it is always fun to look at one of these. 6 different teams ……no other school is close.
 
RuffRuff said:


This one new guy with Sleeper's calls the 21 Baylor team the best college basketball team he's ever seen. Youngen, so interesting perspective. He doesn't seem to give the 24 team the flowers it deserves.
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Those Baylor guards were so tough on both ends of the floor. It seemed like everyone on that Baylor team was a threat to score and defend their asses off.

I think they definitely had the matchup overall on the perimeter against 24. And it just comes down to Clingan. 21 Baylor was one of those teams that seemed to legitimately go 8 deep.

The depth and talent was insane on that team. Matthew Myers was a 6’9 guard averaging 8 PPG on almost 50% shooting off the bench.

They just didn’t have a legitimate center to matchup with Clingan.
 
MilliniumPrince said:
I think the 24 run made a lot of people forget how dominant we were in 23. Adama, Ajax, Hawk, Joey C, et al were nothing to play with. I'm not sure 24 beats 23 because of Adama. He dominated Clingan in practice that entire season. Don't believe me, ask Donovan.
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Donovan came a long way between that year and end of 24. I think 24 would absolutely stomp 23, wouldn't be close. 23 a team that got hot against a bad field, 24 was absolutely dominant against anyone, consistently. Bama couldn't stay within 14 of that 24 team and shot 48% from 3.

Throw Castle on Hawkins and have Clingan on Adama, then what?
 

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