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Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin
It’s mind numbingly hilarious.
There are actual Kansas fans (KCC being one) that think Bill Self’s 14 straight conference title streak with one natty is more impressive than UCLA’s 13 straight conference title streak with 8 natty’s over that time span. Or UCLA’s 10 natty’s in 12 years!?!
I mean, what can you even do with that? You can’t even have a legit discussion with someone who actually believes that . . . . .
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The Tourney today bears no resemblance to what it was. During the 1960s UCLA reign, the tourney was about 20-25 teams and was split into 2 brackets East/West. As you prob know, basketball has always been most pppulsr in the Northeast, and then in the BIG region. It’s never been popular in the South or the West.
UCLA’s half of the draw was never strong since the West doesn’t care about basketball. They had a virtual bye into the Semis. They WERE the best team most of the time but they’d have been knocked off a few times if they played East teams.
Proof? Sagarin released his 100-year all time rankings in 2009. UCLA was #2. There are almost no teams west of KU. (Utah 19, USC 25, Stanford 30). It’s all Northeast-BIG 10.