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Originally Posted by smithandrew051
The 2022 championship wasn’t really all THAT improbable though. Hell, most of us picked them as a top 5 team in the preseason predictions. We won a tough conference, conference tourney, and were a 1-seed in a field that was pretty flawed overall.
It’s not like if the 2012 team beat the Anthony Davis UK team. Nor is it like the ‘03 Syracuse team beating us.
Compared to the field, 2022 was absolutely a great team. They just aren’t historically great like 2008.
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Compared to the field, 2022 wasn't any more flawed than the competition, but, no, they weren't a great team even compared to the competition.
You run that tournament over and over a bunch of times, especially with different seeding, KU isn't winning so often as to look great or dominant.
They rarely played more than one really good half of basketball.
Yes, they got hot at the right time and had favorable matchup's in the tourny.
McCormack played great and I don't really remember him ever being in foul trouble.
Just like encountering an Arizona team in 97 that was playing crazy good and got every loose ball and made every wild 3 point shot happens.
Run that tournament over and over and KU wins a plurality if not an outright majority.