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Message: [QUOTE="Spaceman213J, post: 4615220, member: 6477"] '99-The year before they were 1 win away from the final four I believe. RIP & the crew continued to grow. It was either going to be Duke or UConn. They were easily the 2 best teams in the land. (2nd least surprising for me) '04-Best UConn team period. Only back spasms and foul trouble could stop Okafor, Gordon & company. (least surprising) '11- Surprising, but early on they proved they could take out anybody on any given night. The run through the BE tourney was special. Kemba was just so great that year and had some supporting pieces in Lamb, Oriakhi, a young Shabazz. (2nd most surprising for me) '14-Watching this team struggle man... I had little hope that they would make it to the 2nd weekend let alone win it all. Brimah's putback and foul shot make let the Shabazz show cometh. Boat turned the corner and really grew up in the tournament and Giffey did his thing. That and the defense by it's two star guards putting the Kentucky twins on their heals... well Phil Nolan can now say I was a starter on a national championship. (for me, easily the most surprising) '23-We knew we had pieces. All the new guys were the question mark. Ended up like being a great Christmas morning when you're a kid. As each guy played and we could see what he could do, it was like "Whoa, cool I like this.". Even Naheim Alleyne (who won me over by playing hard non-stop through that awful slump) was like that gift you didn't ask for but in the end it was really cool. (Middle of the pack for me as far as a surprise) onade If you read this, you may have guessed I just down a few Arnold Palmers made with some Mike's Hard Lemonade. It's Spring Break at the school I work at. [/QUOTE]

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