Uconn is the best basketball program

[bocabull]

King of the hill. Undisputed champ. It will be that way for a while. 4 of the last 16 titles. 2 of the last 4. Unbelievable young head coach. They will continue to be in the hunt virtually every season. Why would any top recruit from the NE go anywhere else? They even have a 5 star coming in from LA next season.

Great to see them prove these patched together conferences of mediocre state schools are overrated.

A top recruit from NY can go to Sryacuse and get lost in the shuffle in the ACC or go to Uconn & be with the big dogs.

 

[Sawyer]

King of the hill. Undisputed champ. It will be that way for a while. 4 of the last 16 titles. 2 of the last 4. Unbelievable young head coach. They will continue to be in the hunt virtually every season. Why would any top recruit from the NE go anywhere else? They even have a 5 star coming in from LA next season.

Great to see them prove these patched together conferences of mediocre state schools are overrated.

A top recruit from NY can go to Sryacuse and get lost in the shuffle in the ACC or go to Uconn & be with the big dogs.

Three of those four titles came as part of the Big East. Those top recruits were going to UConn and competing in arguably the best basketball conference over that span. They weren't getting "lost in the shuffle" then, nor will they get lost in the shuffle now at Syracuse.

Prior to UConn winning this year, the last team outside of a major conference to win a title was UNLV 24 years ago. UConn didn't prove anything other than they were the best team this year. This wasn't the death knell of major conferences.

 

[skyvue]

uconn didn't prove anything other than they were the best team the last two or three weeks.

fify

 

[SoonerinNC]

Not a huge deal. This was a year that any of 10-15 teams could have won it. UConn had a hot hand as did Kentucky.

Happy to see Cal not get it. But there have been some rumors about shady recruiting at UConn as well.

 

[WTSooner]

Parity. It's here to stay.

 

[skyvue]

Not a huge deal. This was a year that any of 10-15 teams could have won it. UConn had a hot hand as did Kentucky.

Happy to see Cal not get it. But there have been some rumors about shady recruiting at UConn as well.

There were definitely rules broken under Calhoun, but somehow the national media never really held those against him or UConn.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Sooooo why do Cal teams always suck at free throws?

 

[soonerczech]

"My teams historically have not shot great … 62 percent, 58 percent, 63 percent…historically, all my teams. But with four minutes to go in a game, my teams have shot upwards of 80 percent. I really don't worry about free throw shooting … when I'm evaluating a player, if I've evaluated him by 25 things; free throws would be 26."

I'll let Cal answer that for ya.

 

[JBaker]

Because good FT shooting is something that is coached.

 

[BoulderSooner]

Three of those four titles came as part of the Big East. Those top recruits were going to UConn and competing in arguably the best basketball conference over that span. They weren't getting "lost in the shuffle" then, nor will they get lost in the shuffle now at Syracuse.

Prior to UConn winning this year, the last team outside of a major conference to win a title was UNLV 24 years ago. UConn didn't prove anything other than they were the best team this year. This wasn't the death knell of major conferences.

uconn was in a major basketball conf this season .. period ...

and i would argue that the A-10 is now a "major" bball conf .. and the big east remains so ..

 

[DenverSooner]

Uconns win simply demonstrates parity in the NCAA Tournament. Do you think they beat ISU with Niang? What if they had lost St. Joseph in the opening round? That was an OT game.

 

[WTSooner]

Uconns win simply demonstrates parity in the NCAA Tournament. Do you think they beat ISU with Niang? What if they had lost St. Joseph in the opening round? That was an OT game.

This was one of the closest, lowest scoring tournaments I can remember in some time. Lots of OT games. Quite a few upsets. I know we can all throw the word parity around, but I really think it's here in college hoops. Not sure what the driving force is, but the success of the mid majors and smaller schools, combined with the new conference alignments, and what seems to be a trend of both good older coaches ending up at non powers (Brown at SMU, Tubby at TT) and younger coaches not jumping at the first job that comes open in a power conference (Stevens at Butler, Marshall at WSU, Smart at VCU), and I think it's going to continue.

 

[KBaden145]

This was one of the closest, lowest scoring tournaments I can remember in some time. Lots of OT games. Quite a few upsets. I know we can all throw the word parity around, but I really think it's hear in college hoops. Not sure what the driving force is, but the success of the mid majors and smaller schools, combined with the new conference alignments, and what seems to be a trend of both good older coaches ending up at non powers (Brown at SMU, Tubby at TT) and younger coaches not jumping at the first job that comes open in a power conference (Stevens at Butler, Marshall at WSU, Smart at VCU), and I think it's going to continue.

100% agree.


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[campbest]

This was one of the closest, lowest scoring tournaments I can remember in some time. Lots of OT games. Quite a few upsets. I know we can all throw the word parity around, but I really think it's here in college hoops. Not sure what the driving force is, but the success of the mid majors and smaller schools, combined with the new conference alignments, and what seems to be a trend of both good older coaches ending up at non powers (Brown at SMU, Tubby at TT) and younger coaches not jumping at the first job that comes open in a power conference (Stevens at Butler, Marshall at WSU, Smart at VCU), and I think it's going to continue.

Talent pool has become deep enough that the reduction to 13 scholarships has a greater impact. Throw in a one and done rule which doesn't allow young teams to gel like many senior-laden mid majors and the trend will only continue.

Just look at the Final Four teams going back the last 4-5 years.

 

[bocabull]

Not sure how Uconn winning their 4th title in the last 16 years and 2nd of the last 4 is a sign of parity. They have been to the elite eight 10 of the last 25 years. The place is an an nba producing factory where 5 stars flock with no sign of abating. Their women's team is decent too.

The story is that no matter what conference Uconn is in they have become the premier basketball school in the nation. The beast of the east.

Missouri, Arkansas, Virginia Tech, Colorado, Rutgers, etc can change conferences to make themselves feel better but it changes nothing. They are still not even a blip on the radar of success.

Does anybody think OU football being in what is perceived as a weaker Big XII makes a bit of difference? There is no difference between spanking TCU or Missouri. Just like there is no difference between Uconn basketball spanking East Carolina or Rutgers. You are what you are. Changing conferences only makes the unsuccessful programs feel wanted. After a decade of getting whipped just the same they will realize it was a mirage.

 

[Section31]

How does this relate to OU hoops?

 

[WTSooner]

Does anybody think OU football being in what is perceived as a weaker Big XII makes a bit of difference? .

Even if the Big 12 is perceived to be weaker, it's still easily a top 2-3 conference. Not agreeing or disagreeing with your point, but I don't think it's an apple vs apple comparison.

 

[JBaker]

I also don't see where anybody here in this thread or at any other time argued against UConn being good or called their conference terrible.
I'm just not sure who Boca is arguing with here...

 

[Ham]

Parity. It's here to stay.

Uconns win simply demonstrates parity in the NCAA Tournament. Do you think they beat ISU with Niang? What if they had lost St. Joseph in the opening round? That was an OT game.

Not sure how Uconn winning their 4th title in the last 16 years and 2nd of the last 4 is a sign of parity.

It's absolutely not a sign of parity.

The title game pitted Kentucky, winners of 8 national titles vs UConn, now winner of 2 of the last 4, and this is an example of parity? Florida (back to back champs not long ago) in the Final Four, is example of parity?

Michigan State in the Elite 8...hell, Arizona, Michigan. It's basically the usual suspects. Without Dayton there would have been no sign of parity at all in the Elite 8. Louisville and UCLA in the Sweet 16. The only non "major" programs in the Sweet 16 were Dayton and San Diego St. This is parity?

Sorry guys, I have no idea what you mean by "parity". Can anyone beat anyone? Essentially, yes. Okay, that's parity. But when push came to shove the undefeated Wichita State Shockers and the whole "mid majors are for total realz!" momentum lost to a blue blood 8 seed with 5 freshmen starting.

Get back to me on "parity" when it's not the usual suspects in the Elite 8 and Final Four every damn year. That's why I lost interest in this tournament (aside from OU being bounced and the Big 12 kind of sucking it up) was because there was so little parity.

 

[ByronHoustonsSweatyPalms]

and they talked that midget point guard into staying for 4 years.