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Who would win the bracket?

  • 1999

  • 2004

  • 2011

  • 2014


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Who ya got? Vote and discuss below.. (this outta get interesting)

But while you’re debating in your heart, on paper, or on your keyboard.. just remember how lucky we are to even be able to have this debate.
 

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1999 vs. 2011 would be a good game. I don't think 2011 would win most of the time, but when you have Kemba you've always got a shot. Ricky Moore defending Kemba would be a ton of fun to watch.

2004 would wipe the floor with 2014. They would absolutely feast in the paint.
 
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1999 vs. 2011 would be a good game. I don't think 2011 would win most of the time, but when you have Kemba you've always got a shot. Ricky Moore defending Kemba would be a ton of fun to watch.

2004 would wipe the floor with 2014. They would absolutely feast in the paint.

Agree on all points. 2014 was probably my favorite season of all but I’m young so don’t remember 99 and barely remember 04. However looking back at that 04 team, 14 would not have stood a chance. Love 14, but 04 would beat them big time. Might give 14 the slight nod at guard with Bazz and Boat over Taliek and BG but 04 had better wings and far superior bigs.
 
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Even though they didn’t win a championship, I think the ‘05-06 team would give any team here a run for their money.
 

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Talik on Bazz, Gordon on Boat.

Okafor on Brimah, Boone/Hilton/Villanueva on Daniels, and Rahsad/Denham on Giffey.

That's no contest or at least an 85 Nova/GT contest. The rebounding alone would be ugly. 2014 would have to out shoot Gordon and Anderson by 20 pts from 3.
 
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2011 Uconn vs 1999 Uconn (99 team gets the home court based on better record on a neutral court)

99 Uconn wins 85-72

Kemba 22 pts, Lamb 12. Rip 19 pts, Khalid 16, Moore 9 pts 9 assists, Freeman 11 pts 10 reb, Saunders 6pts 8 reb, Voskuhl 9 pts 6 reb, Wane 3 pts 5 reb 3 blocks
 
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Talik on Bazz, Gordon on Boat.

Okafor on Brimah, Boone/Hilton/Villanueva on Daniels, and Rahsad/Denham on Giffey.

That's no contest or at least an 85 Nova/GT contest. The rebounding alone would be ugly. 2014 would have to out shoot Gordon and Anderson by 20 pts from 3.

Right. The guards matchup. Even Rashad/Denham vs. Giffey would be an interesting matchup. The front court is where the game would be won. I love Deandre but Charlie/Hilton/Josh would eat him up on offense and would outrebound him like it’s nothing. Okafor vs. anyone, just forget it.
 
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2014 Uconn @ 2004 Uconn (neutral court)

2004 Uconn wins 90-59

Shabazz 12 pts, Boatright 11, Olander 7

Gordon 13 pts 4 reb 5 assists 2 blocks, Okafor 19 pts 15 reb 7 blocks, Taliek 10 pts 4 reb 7 assists 1 block, Denham 14 pts, Boone 9 pts 11 reb, Villanueva 15 pts 11 reb 2 blocks, Marcus Williams 5 pts

2014 Uconn shot 35 percent from the field, 2004 Uconn shot 52 percent. Okafor puts a psychological effect on a teams psyche.
 
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Ok the matchup we all have been waiting for 2004 Uconn vs 1999 Uconn. I will give the 99 team the home court on a neutral site based on the better record.

99 Uconn wins 89-73

Gordon 11 pts 8 assists,Okafor 21 pts 16 reb 7 blocks

Rip 30 pts 9 reb 6-9 from 3, Freeman 8 pts 2 blocks, Moore 11 pts 6 reb 4 assists, Khalid 10 pts 6 assists, Voskhul 6 pts 7 feb, Rashamel Jones 10 pts 4-5 fg in only 10 minutes
 
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Even though they didn’t win a championship, I think the ‘05-06 team would give any team here a run for their money.

When I run the simulations on what if sports, I would say the 05-06 team and 08-09 would be a better matchup. As a matter of fact the 2011-12 team gets too much respect based on the roster they had, and it has Drummond playing like an all american. I won't say the last 2 championships gets you over 06, and 09 but it does give you a feeling of relief.
 

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Ok the matchup we all have been waiting for 2004 Uconn vs 1999 Uconn. I will give the 99 team the home court on a neutral site based on the better record.

99 Uconn wins 89-73

Gordon 11 pts 8 assists,Okafor 21 pts 16 reb 7 blocks

Rip 30 pts 9 reb 6-9 from 3, Freeman 8 pts 2 blocks, Moore 11 pts 6 reb 4 assists, Khalid 10 pts 6 assists, Voskhul 6 pts 7 feb, Rashamel Jones 10 pts 4-5 fg in only 10 minutes


This seems like an outlier. Jake was a very good interior defender. Not flashy on the stat sheet, but I don't think Okafor goes for 21/16/7 against him. First of all, 99 played a midrange outside game offensively. And jo way Jones goes for 10 in 10 min the same night Moore goes for 11.

Rip however, would light up Anderson for 30.

I say run it again.
 
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Right. The guards matchup. Even Rashad/Denham vs. Giffey would be an interesting matchup. The front court is where the game would be won. I love Deandre but Charlie/Hilton/Josh would eat him up on offense and would outrebound him like it’s nothing. Okafor vs. anyone, just forget it.

The thing about DeAndre is, what version of him were you getting. On the average I would agree, but look at what he did in that 2014 tourney. I still give the edge to 2004 especially DeAndre having to guard them, but DD was unstoppable for long stretches of March and April scoring efficiently at all three levels.
 
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The thing about DeAndre is, what version of him were you getting. On the average I would agree, but look at what he did in that 2014 tourney. I still give the edge to 2004 especially DeAndre having to guard them, but DD was unstoppable for long stretches of March and April scoring efficiently at all three levels.

Yeah against Iowa State and Florida he was unstoppable. But would he have been that good with Charlie/Hilton/Josh defending him? I’m not so sure. All 3 of them have a big rebounding advantage over Deandre and I think all would have their way with Deandre on offense.
 
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Even though they didn’t win a championship, I think the ‘05-06 team would give any team here a run for their money.
would 2006 get blown out by any of these teams? no. But I see 2004 or 1999 beating them by 10 pts. That 05-06 just didn't have it defensively. I would take 2011's team over the 2006 team as well as I think Kemba would destroy them and Lamb would do well. Hell, Oriakhi, Smith, and Okwandu would more than hold their own against Armstrong, Boone, and Nelson. Boone's best year was 2004, where he didn't feel the pressure of expectations because Okafor drew the opponents attention. Even Calhoun said Boone had self confidence issues that negatively affected is play. Boone was a beast in 2004.
 
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Hell, Oriakhi, Smith, and Okwandu would more than hold their own against Armstrong, Boone, and Nelson.

The fact that this statement still isn't true while completely ignoring that Jeff Adrien exists is a pretty darn good way of making the point of just how much better the 2006 frontcourt was than 2011's.
 
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The fact that this statement still isn't true while completely ignoring that Jeff Adrien exists is a pretty darn good way of making the point of just how much better the 2006 frontcourt was than 2011's.
I should've included Adrien, you right about that, but we are talking about 2006 Adrien, not the 2009 version which was better.

I consider Rudy Gay a wing, but some might consider him a frontcourt player. The 2006 frontcourt was better, and even moreso if you decide to include Gay, but the 2011 frontcourt would've held their own, the 2006 wouldn't have dominated that match up. Hell, do you remember what George Mason's undersized frontcourt did to the 2006 team? That wasn't a fluke. They certainly didn't dominate 16th seeded Albany either. If they managed to get by George Mason, I think they would've lost to Florida. The only wild card in that, is if the 2006 felt the pressure alleviated after making the Final Four, they might have played better ball. That 2006 team peaked on their win vs Villanova where they were eager to avenge an earlier loss and didn't feel the pressure-they were not playing all that great after that game as they couldn't handle the pressure of expectations.

I personally think the 2011 and 2009 teams were better than the 2006 team and both of those teams would've beaten George Mason and the 2006 UConn team.
 
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I would love to see this expanded to 8 to include the five Final Four teams and 3 wild card teams so you would have: 1990, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2014 in a "Best UConn team between 1990 and 2015 tourney special".

1 seed 2004
8 seed 1990

4 seed 2014
5 seed 2009

3 seed 2011
6 seed 2006

2 seed 1999
7 seed 1995

You could even have 1990 (8) and 1996 (9) duke it out in a play-in game and 1995 (7) and 2002 (10) as well.
 

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It's obvious most everyone agrees 99 and 04 were the two best UConn championship teams.

I'll go weasel on this one in say in a 7 game series 04 wins 4-3. One game winner take all? I'm taking 99 every time.
 
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It's obvious most everyone agrees 99 and 04 were the two best UConn championship teams.

I'll go weasel on this one in say in a 7 game series 04 wins 4-3. One game winner take all? I'm taking 99 every time.
I think the 2004 wins, but in a close a game. But saying the 1999 team is perfectly reasonable. That 99 team was really good and they were not only talented, but still a sum greater than their individual players. The NCAA field was loaded-just look at the 1999 NBA draft, a ton of talent left. The 2000 field was much weaker than the 1999 field.

Also, I am not sure the 99 team really had a loss when they were at full strength. I remember they were very banged up in that home loss to Miami. The 2 things that stick out about that 1999 team is that they were undefeated when trailing at half time and they were undefeated in all games away from home court.
 

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