In the Top 50th Program of All Time!

[The Dog]

I think that #24 is Illinois. They might have been good before color TVs and indoor plumbing.

You don't remember that '89 team with Kendall Gill, Stephen Bardo, Kenny Battle and Marcus Liberty going to the Final 4 ? Glen Rice broke their heart and mine

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

You don't remember that '89 team with Kendall Gill, Stephen Bardo, Kenny Battle and Marcus Liberty going to the Final 4 ? Glen Rice broke their heart and mine

2004-05 is their pinnacle (other than the peach basket era). For whatever reason they just can’t ever keep it going. Lots of really good coaches. Henson. Kruger. Self. Weber. And Underwood.

 

[cncchris33]

You don't remember that '89 team with Kendall Gill, Stephen Bardo, Kenny Battle and Marcus Liberty going to the Final 4 ? Glen Rice broke their heart and mine

Illinois...
2000-01: 27-8...Big10 title, NCAAT E8
2001-02: 26-9...Big10 title, NCAAT S16
2002-03: 25-7...NCAAT
2003-04: 26-7...Big10 title, NCAAT S16
2004-05: 37-2...Big10 title, NCAAT Runner-up
2005-06: 26-7...NCAAT

167-40, four reg. season Big10 titles, two Big10 Tourney titles, six NCAAT appearances, two S16s, an E8, and a runner-up.

 

[The Dog]

Illinois...
2000-01: 27-8...Big10 title, NCAAT E8
2001-02: 26-9...Big10 title, NCAAT S16
2002-03: 25-7...NCAAT
2003-04: 26-7...Big10 title, NCAAT S16
2004-05: 37-2...Big10 title, NCAAT Runner-up
2005-06: 26-7...NCAAT

167-40, four reg. season Big10 titles, two Big10 Tourney titles, six NCAAT appearances, two S16s, an E8, and a runner-up.

'89 was a Final 4, also

 

[cncchris33]

'89 was a Final 4, also

Right. I was just building off your post with some more recent success and relevance.

 

[allvols4life]

You are.correct. My mistake for not realizing this was a basketball discussion.

 

[TrippieRedd]

San Francisco is milking the Bill Russell years and Cincy the Oscar Robertson era.

Was fun watching San Francisco play last season.

Khalil Shabazz looked like/played like Damian Lillard

 

[EasternVol]

I assumed that #39 is Penn State. If so, where’s LSU?

Is Penn State top 200 in basketball?

 

[EasternVol]

UVa at 50, behind Wake, Pitt, and U Dub? Hmmm.

 

[ATX]

Louisville and Memphis are too high and Gonzaga should be somewhere on the list due to recent success.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Louisville and Memphis are too high and Gonzaga should be somewhere on the list due to recent success.

Villanova could be higher. Maybe above Syracuse.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

A few more years with Coach Barnes and we'll climb up that list a good number of slots.

 

[peaygolf]

#20 UNLV

I miss those days................They were so much fun to watch.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Tennessee could jump quite a few spots just by making a Final 4 or 2. A NC would jump us into the top 30.

 

[NighthawkVol]

#20 UNLV

I miss those days................They were so much fun to watch.

1990 UNLV is still my favorite all-time team to watch.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

It’s kind of strange - as if it never happened. But Barnes supposedly was picking Paul Westhead’s brain just a few years ago. His last three years at Loyola Marymount they AVERAGED 110, 112, and 122 points/game.