(04-13-2024 11:26 AM)Fanofnone Wrote: I can't take some of you seriously....
You wanna give Teams credit for.
1. Winning the NCAA when it wasn't even the #1 tournament.
2. Give teams credit when the tournament had 16 and 32 teams where 2 wins is a final four lol.
3. Knock UConn for winning 6 titles in 25 years chalking it up to luck in a real tournament field with way more teams.
You people are a joke.
Nobody is knocking UConn and what they have accomplished in the past 25 years. Everyone would love to have had that kind of recent success. But when it comes to bluebloods, they don't look like Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, North Carolina, and UCLA. These five schools have the history and tradition. They have a history of great players, with many of those players becoming NBA MVP's and Hall-of-Famers.
UConn never went to a Final Four before 1999. If it was so easy to make it in the old days, you would think they would have made a few.
UConn has one player in the Naismith Hall of Fame, that being Ray Allen. He was inducted in 2018. Where are the other great players? Blueblood schools have a history of great players.
UConn had five players on NBA opening night rosters for the start of the 2023-2024. The top four were Kentucky at 26, Duke at 24, UCLA with 15, and Kansas with 12. You would think with six national championships in 25 years, NBA rosters would be loaded with UConn players.
UConn belongs in the new blueblood category. But they are not in that blueblood category with Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, North Carolina, and UCLA. They just don't have the history or tradition.