UConn Men's Basketball Accomplishments...

[Scoe]

J e s u s Shuttlesworth played here.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

In 1990, yes we were better off than Duke.

UNLV wouldve smoked us. No thanks.

94 and 96 we wouldve won the title and been 14-1 so those hurt

That UNLV team was special and probably would have beaten us but just getting to the FF was a dream come true for us long time fans losing it to a great team I could have lived with .
10-1 in FF is an incredible achievement as is 5-0 in finals
If we get there enough we will eventually lose but I’ll trade a loss for number 6

 

[jleves]

That UNLV team was special and probably would have beaten us but just getting to the FF was a dream come true for us long time fans losing it to a great team I could have lived with .
10-1 in FF is an incredible achievement as is 5-0 in finals
If we get there enough we will eventually lose but I’ll trade a loss for number 6

Funny thing about the 90 UNLV team, when I was doing the metrics for the seed math thread, the UNLV team has the easiest path ever and faced the worst top 4 teams of anyone. Their fourth best victory was over an 11 seed. While they rolled pretty much everyone else, they had a two point victory over the 12 seed (Ball State) in the third round.

 

[Palatine]

UNC sainted coach Dean Smith got to 8 final fours and won 2.

 

[Billy Jack]

UNC sainted coach Dean Smith got to 8 final fours and won 2.

Yeah, the knock on Smith for a long time was that he couldn’t win “the big one”. He was like Tom Izzo in that respect. UNC fans got teased a lot but were too often left falling short.

Just for the record, Smith got UNC to 11 final fours.

 

[Scrutineer]

Yeah, the knock on Smith for a long time was that he couldn’t win “the big one”. He was like Tom Izzo in that respect. UNC fans got teased a lot but were too often left falling short.

Just for the record, Smith got UNC to 11 final fours.

Isn't Smith the first coach at uNC to win a championship during the Afro Studies program fraud era?

 

[Billy Jack]

Isn't Smith the first coach at uNC to win a championship during the Afro Studies program fraud era?

No, neither of Smith’s national championship teams were during that era, which reportedly began with the 1993-94 academic year. Rashad McCants from the 2005 championship team, coached by Roy Williams, was tied to that scandal.

 

[Billy Jack]

If we get to 17 we will be 32-1

Hahaha.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Funny thing about the 90 UNLV team, when I was doing the metrics for the seed math thread, the UNLV team has the easiest path ever and faced the worst top 4 teams of anyone. Their fourth best victory was over an 11 seed. While they rolled pretty much everyone else, they had a two point victory over the 12 seed (Ball State) in the third round.

The key to UConn success that year was our ability to pressure the ball .
We simply did not have a very imposing inside game. In retrospect what JC could come up with would have been interesting
Georgetown had a front line with two NBA superstars and we beat them 2/3 . So you never know until you play the game .
We probably matched up with them a little better than Duke did that year . Hurley ( Bobby) as a freshman was a better offensive guard than defender at that stage.