WakeBored
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I don’t know about national “brands,” but I personally don’t consider UConn to be a “blue blood.”
Their first final four wasn’t until 1999 and they only have 6 total.
While they have the most championships since the mid 90s, other teams have just as many or more final fours over that time (UNC, Kansas, Duke, Kentucky, Michigan State).
They had one really good coach for a long time, one guy who caught lightening in a bottle and never really did much else, and another guy who ran away with one but benefitted from the least chalk tourney ever, facing the murderer’s row of seeds 13, 5, 8, 3, 5, and 5. They’ve generally had a fair bit of luck in the tournament—5 championships in 6 final fours is ridiculous.
I would obviously kill for those results, and at the end of the day a fluke championship is still a championship, but I personally don’t think they have the history to be a blue blood just yet.
Their first final four wasn’t until 1999 and they only have 6 total.
While they have the most championships since the mid 90s, other teams have just as many or more final fours over that time (UNC, Kansas, Duke, Kentucky, Michigan State).
They had one really good coach for a long time, one guy who caught lightening in a bottle and never really did much else, and another guy who ran away with one but benefitted from the least chalk tourney ever, facing the murderer’s row of seeds 13, 5, 8, 3, 5, and 5. They’ve generally had a fair bit of luck in the tournament—5 championships in 6 final fours is ridiculous.
I would obviously kill for those results, and at the end of the day a fluke championship is still a championship, but I personally don’t think they have the history to be a blue blood just yet.
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