UConn basketball may be the most undervalued program…

[brockytop]

in college sports. Six Final Fours, five national championships with three of those the past 13 years with THREE DIFFERENT COACHES. Plus, they were absolutely dominant in this year’s tourney with the closest margin of victory being 13 points and winning by an average of 20 ppg.

UConn is a Blue Blood minus the accolades of other BB programs for whatever reason (which is fascinating considering the school’s location being in ESPN’s backyard).

 

[05_never_again]

in college sports. Six Final Fours, five national championships with three of those the past 13 years with THREE DIFFERENT COACHES. Plus, they were absolutely dominant in this year’s tourney with the closest margin of victory being 13 points and winning by an average of 20 ppg.

UConn is a Blue Blood minus the accolades of other BB programs for whatever reason (which is fascinating considering the school’s location being in ESPN’s backyard).

UConn reminds me of LSU football. It's like there's something in the water there (admin, proximity to good recruiting areas) that leads to them being successful no matter who the coach is.

Not only do they have 3 in 13 years, they've won all 5 of their titles since 1999.

 

[Pennheel]

They're also similar to what Miami did with their 20 year run and 5 national championships in football. If UCONN isn't among the Bluebloods in college basketball, I dont know who is. Like you said 3 different coaches and 5 national championships.

 

[05_never_again]

They're also similar to what Miami did with their 20 year run and 5 national championships in football. If UCONN isn't among the Bluebloods in college basketball, I dont know who is. Like you said 3 different coaches and 5 national championships.

UConn definitely isn't a blue blood, and I don't mean it as an insult. They're new money. All "blue blood" means is that you've been around a really long time and have been successful...old money basically.

 

[brockytop]

UConn reminds me of LSU football. It's like there's something in the water there (admin, proximity to good recruiting areas) that leads to them being successful no matter who the coach is.

Not only do they have 3 in 13 years, they've won all 5 of their titles since 1999.

LSU is a really nice comparison.

Funny thing about all their success is when one hears “UConn basketball“ the first thing a lot of people think of is the women’s program (without any consideration how much more difficult it is to win the men’s tournament although the women’s game has gotten more competitive in last decade or so), which is a darn shame.

BTW, when I say “Blue Blood” I’m referring to how productive they’ve been winning championships whether it be over 80 years or 25 years. Pretty amazing what they’ve done, yet I’d say even Gonzaga has more national pop than do the Huskies.

 

[joevol33]

Idk what it is exactly about them, but they won me the pick'em bracket . Honestly, I picked them because they've been a good tournament team.

 

[Big Orange#1]

UConn definitely isn't a blue blood, and I don't mean it as an insult. They're new money. All "blue blood" means is that you've been around a really long time and have been successful...old money basically.

Similar to Duke right? Duke is basically coach K and that’s it

 

[05_never_again]

Similar to Duke right? Duke is basically coach K and that’s it

I wouldn't say Coach K is all Duke has. They had runs in the 30s under Eddie Cameron (that's who Cameron Indoor is named after), in the 60s under Vic Bubas, and the dude there before K (Bill Foster) almost won a national title in 1978. Obviously K built their program into what it is today, and their huge successes don't go as far back as Kansas/UNC/UK but they were reasonably successful before him.

 

[Orange-U-Glad]

Watching them play, you have to be impressed by the fact that they actually run an offense. The guys without the ball are moving, setting screens, and making something happen. On many teams, including UT, the players seem to stand around the perimeter looking for an open shot or an opportunity to drive to the basket.

 

[Rifleman]

Watching them play, you have to be impressed by the fact that they actually run an offense. The guys without the ball are moving, setting screens, and making something happen. On many teams, including UT, the players seem to stand around the perimeter looking for an open shot or an opportunity to drive to the basket.

UConn also plays D to score easy buckets, which you'd think was the biggest secret in basketball watching some of these teams muddle on offense. It works.