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[QUOTE="Mr. French, post: 5047456, member: 2292"]
Totally agree with most of what you said. And I would say definitively that 2024 was more consistent and locked in, and that combined with their dominance gives them the upper hand. But the consensus always seemed to be 04 was the most dominant and talented team ever, just inconsistent. It seems people are losing that mindset the further away it gets.

That team was loaded, it was just more up and down with injuries, etc. Losing Okafor was like 24 losing Clingan plus another starter. Other than Duke in the F4, 04 killed everyone in that tourney. Duke was LOADED beyond anything this years team played. I think overall teams’ talent levels were stronger in 2004.

I’d probably choose 2024 in a series, but I also think there’s recency bias on the board and a bit of young people thinking the athletes were that different 20 years ago. Sophomore Clingan and frosh Castle were incredible, but Okafor was the best player in the country. Ben Gordon was the 3rd overall pick and an instant high level scorer in the NBA. That team was loaded with NBA talent into the bench.

Neither team is smacking the other, in my opinion.
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