UConn is going to pass Kansas and tie Duke for Nattys tonight
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Their efficiency on winning titles is next level. They're 9-1 in the Final Four. Only Final Four loss came in 2009 to Michigan State when Jerome Dyson was injured for the tournament with a knee injury.
You gotta put them above Duke in the hierarchy since they will have done it with 3 different coaches.
I attended that 2009 game and loved it. Unfortunately, a great UNC team smoked the Spartans in the final.
sDSu really should have lost the other night. I do t expect tonight to be particularly close. Uconn probably rolls
plus the also beat Duke in a national title game. Beat them so bad it showed the world what an overrated fraud Coach K was.
We won by three lol. And its one of the best title games in the last 25 years to me, even if we didnt win it I would say that. Coach K is no fraud my man, thats a bad take. And I cant stand Duke.
I do have regrets about our two epic losses to UConn. In 1999, Brand barely touched the ball in the final 8-10 minutes. I want to say he got off one shot? Voskuhl was tough, for sure, and not allowing many touches. But, we could have/should have worked him into the offense more.
And I haven't watched the 2004 Final Four in forever, when we had that 8 point lead with under 4 minutes left. But, I want to say we unnecessarily milked the clock and took several bad shots in the final minutes. Ugh. It's painful thinking about it. Not sure which tournament loss made me angrier - '02 against Indiana, '04 against UConn, or '19 against Michigan State.
And I haven't watched the 2004 Final Four in forever, when we had that 8 point lead with under 4 minutes left. But, I want to say we unnecessarily milked the clock and took several bad shots in the final minutes. Ugh. It's painful thinking about it. Not sure which tournament loss made me angrier - '02 against Indiana, '04 against UConn, or '19 against Michigan State.
Don't care the final score. K spent the entire game taking a nap. figured he could just roll the ball out there and his team of 4-5 lottery picks could do the rest. So yea, he was a total fraud and that game was the single worst exhibition of coaching I've ever seen in a championship game.
Yeah that duke team had no business losing to uconn. UConn’s only true nba guy was Richard Hamilton right?
Jake V played a couple years, I think a few more had some coffee in the league. But Richard was the only one that stuck from that team and joined the list of folks who won a chip on both levels.
NBA draftees from that game:
#1 overall pick = Elton Brand/DUKE
#7 Rip Hamilton/UConn
#11 Trajan Langdon/DUKE
#13 Corey Maggete/DUKE
#14 William Avery/DUKE
Literally 4 lottery picks including the #1 overall pick. Don't tell me Coach K did a good job because "he only lost by 3".
Has there been another coach in history that has lost with 4 lottery picks? He very nearly did it again in 2019 with 3 lottery picks, but he didn't make it far in that tourney cause Fraud K needs 4 lotto picks to succeed in the tourney.
lol I've been beating this drum for nearly 25 years! My journey from being a Duke fan and Fraud K fan to being their biggest haters has been well documented here. It all started with THAT game.
2010 Kentucky had 3 lottery picks and 2 other FRPs so yea, that's pretty bad.
2015 KY was very similar to 99 Duke. #1 pick, #6, #12, #13 and lost in the Final 4 to a Wisconsin team that had even less NBA DNA than UCONN 99.
2012 KY had #1 and #2 along with 2 other FRPs, but at least they had the decency to win the title.
not unless he can get some players and win some games. Something no one has done in that job since Pat Kennedy.
This is like a panhandler laughing at Elon Musk.
If he doesn't, send him on a plane back to Eugene. We miss him!
I was thinking we could use him at Iowa, lol.
I honestly thought he would do very well at DePaul.
It's probably the hardest job of any P5 team. Doubt anyone would do well unless they come in with a big name already....and no chance in hell of that ever happening.
We are so sorry that Duke somehow hurt you many years ago. For someone who has never met the man to have this much hate for him is comical.
Because they lost. Elton Brand and Langdon are two of my favorites. You were never a fan if this is how you act. Maybe just a bandwagon fan.
Well, no shit he was a bandwagon fan. How long did it take you to figure that out?
Not quite 4 lottery picks, but Michigan lost the 2013 natty to Louisville with
PG Burke - #9 pick
SG - Hardaway Jr. - #24 pick
SF - Stauskas - #8 pick
PF - GRIII - #40 pick
C - McGary - #21 pick
with Caris Levert #20 off the bench
2010 and 2015 were horrific. Duke in 2019 with Zion (top 5 player of the 21st century) was equally embarrassing.
UConn has beaten a 1, 3, 8 and an 8 seed in their title games.
Last two FF's: 4, 11 amd 8 seed---5. 5 and a 9 seed.
Caught some breaks....
NBA lockout scare helped UK big-time in 2012. Otherwise, Lamb and JOnes probably bolt for the NBA.
Sorry. I don’t travel in the same circles as you. Enjoy the glory hole.
UConn is so heavily favored that I am starting to feel this may be a trap game, they haven’t proved that they can win in close games so far while SDSU is more battle tested.
