There were threads on the Indians and Tigers and White Sux boards when we went back to back WS in 14-15, complaining we are a mutt who comes out of the woodwork and does a lot of damage, then sinks away. While their teams are nearly always better but suck in the playoffs


It’s not that unusual

UConn is insane. No hate. Winning 5 titles in 24 years. Wow. And actually in the tournament era. Six games is a real gauntlet to get thru.

I know those 1940s titles when Whitey McWhite was the basketball star on campus and beat Milky Caucasian in a 2 game tourney mean alot to some schools. This is unprecedented from the huskies though.

Not me. They buzzsawed bitches and earned this one. A lot of times the best team doesn't win, but it's hard to imagine anyone beating UConn in a 5 or 7 game series.

They earned this one.

Crying? No. Those are the breaks of this tournament and UConn beat the pants off of everyone they came up against. More than deserving as a champion.

But pointing out that UConn never had to play a difficult game because everyone good lost in front of them thus depriving neutral fans of a decent FF to watch at the end? Yes. It was objectively a bad ending to this one.

Was the "no" too confusing for you?

Duke won 5 in 24 years under Coach K, but nobody will ever match what John Wooden did at UCLA.

The fact that UCONN has spread out 5 titles among 3 different coaches in 25 years might be the most impressive thing about their run here. They sort of remind me of the damn 2010's Giants. Missed the playoffs in 2011, 2013 and 2015, but a damn dynasty by default for nabbing 3 titles in five years.

Just because a team historically dominated the tournament doesn't mean they didn't face good teams.

UConn beat the ever-loving shit out of the teams that beat the supposed "great" teams.

Would it have been better if they struggled and eeked out a win or two against the teams that knocked off the blue bloods?

Yeah, that's impossible.

Kansas' history speaks for itself. I don't really care about Uconn other than they've had some pretty good luck in this tournament during my life.

That’s why it’s weird that so many in this thread have their panties in a bunch about it

Yeah, I'd have preferred they lost but whatever.

They didn't. They faced one team in the top 10 in KenPom (Gonzaga). It was a weak road and it made for a boring ending with 2 mediocre teams for them (Miami and SDSU) in the FF.

Too lazy to look who does UConn have coming back? They have a couple of top 150 recruits