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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
My own aren't too far off:
1. 2008 (only 2015 UK has been better than this team in the 2000s and they actually lost in the final)
2. 2010 (this team should have won the NC and would have in a fair and just world)
3. 2012 (not as good as the 2011 or 2007 teams, but they had so much grit; that KU/MU game is also probably the best sporting event I've ever attended)
4. 2016 (I'm surprised I have a Perry team this high too, but they were really good. Too bad Villanova was better)
5. 2011 (Peak Morris brothers era; this team looked completely unstoppable all season until Shaka Smart got lucky and built his entire coaching career off one win)
6. 2007 (Basically the entire 2008 team that would go on to be one of the best in NCAA history, just with a bit less experience/polish and Julian Wright)
7. 2013 (higher than they probably should be just due to that epic EJ road win at ISU)
8. 2017 (Peak Frank Mason era; there's a reason he was the best player in college basketball this season; just not enough defensive help around him)
9. 2018 (I'm kind of surprised the streak didn't end last year to Texas Tech but these guys peaked at the right time...especially Devonte and Newman)
10. 2009 (Collins/Aldrich will always be tougher than Blake Griffin)
11. 2014 (Embiid was fun for a while)
12. 2015 (As soft as these guys were, give them credit for finding a way to keep the streak up. Nobody was surprised by that WSU loss, though)
13. 2006 (The freshman 2008 group. They were not better than the Longhorns with Aldridge/PJ Tucker but they got rolling at the right time until a pretty brutal draw against Bradley; People often conflate the Bucknell/Bradley losses but Bradley was actually good)
14. 2005 (Easily the weakest Self team until this year's group; Simien/Langford were solid but there's not much else to speak of)
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Mostly this. I’d swap 17 and 16.
Also 2010 wasn’t going to win it all. They were dead even Sagarin with Dook and Kentucky. The latter of which lost in the most incredible fashion, jacking up 4-33 from deep when they had Boogie Cousins. Insane.