CL82
NCAA Men’s Basketball National Champions - Again!
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What you said in the bold is true and the 99 team, although very talented in terms of college talent and pro talent (3 players drafted to NBA), it was greater than the sum of the individual players. I don't think there is a clear cut answer per se, both the 99 and 04 teams were excellent teams that produced banner years.We've had this discussion for a generation and nothing has changed. The '04 team at its best might be slightly better than the 99 team at its best, but the 99 team was much, much more consistent, played at or near its best a much higher percentage of the time and found ways to win games that the '04 team didn't. To me, that makes the '99 team better.
My money would be on the 99 team to defeat 04 in a single game.We've had this discussion for a generation and nothing has changed. The '04 team at its best might be slightly better than the 99 team at its best, but the 99 team was much, much more consistent, played at or near its best a much higher percentage of the time and found ways to win games that the '04 team didn't. To me, that makes the '99 team better.
Nerds!Who wants to get enterprising and run simulations of all four of our National teams playing against each other?
mmm. ... I have to disagree on that one, FWIW. The 2009 team was better, especially if Dyson doesn't get hurt. I would also take the 1990 team, 1994-1996 teams, and the 2002 team as well. Even Calhoun stated he never got a good comfort level with that 2006 team.The fact that 2006 team lost to George Mason still bothers me to this day. Not saying they beat 1999 or 2004, but that was the best team to not win a title in my opinion.
I agree 100%. This arguement has been around forever, but having seen all these teams play, the 99 team was from start to finish a complete team that knew how to win. 04 had lapses that were mind boggling but when they clicked, they were unstoppable.We've had this discussion for a generation and nothing has changed. The '04 team at its best might be slightly better than the 99 team at its best, but the 99 team was much, much more consistent, played at or near its best a much higher percentage of the time and found ways to win games that the '04 team didn't. To me, that makes the '99 team better.
The Villanova, Iowa State, Michigan State, Florida and Kentucky fanbases all believed they lost the game against us because their teams played poorly. The truth is we were absolutely dialed in during that tournament on basic fundamentals, defense and FTs. It was truly a clinic by our guys to beat all of those teams. Truly memorable.I like how there is no love for the 2011 and 2014 national championship teams. They aren’t the best on paper, but who here would bet against Kemba with the game on the line? Similarly, Bazz and Boat were a great guard tandem for us. They stopped the teams that were ranked above us from running their stuff, making a lot of good teams look pretty bad against us.
The fact that 2006 team lost to George Mason still bothers me to this day. Not saying they beat 1999 or 2004, but that was the best team to not win a title in my opinion.
It was the least joyful Elite Eight ever...every round.That team looked like they didn't want to be there for the entire tournament, starting with Albany. Every game was a slog.
Laid up in a hospital with kidney stones (at that exact time) for me, was less painful than watching that 06 squad wandering around in the tournament.It was the least joyful Elite Eight ever...every round.
I still think that team could have won the title if they deigned to GAF, but so it goes.
Complete, complete team. I wanted to see Adrien give punk ass Hansborough an elbow so bad while Thabeet threw his to the stands.I firmly believe that ‘09 team with a healthy Dyson woulda beat both mich st and unc, I think that team had it ALL, after that game on the road vs Louisville i was like this team is the ONE, freshman Kemba was the ultimate 6th man
Just ran 10 simulations of 98-99 vs 03-04 teams at a neutral site using whatifsports.com.Who wants to get enterprising and run simulations of all four of our National teams playing against each other?