what are the most impressive runs you guys have seen in 3.0? the 5 final four in a row run from earlier sounds pretty amazing - can you post the history around that time? would be interested to see for sure.
here is the most impressive i've seen personally - although someone talked about a mid major having some REAL impressive success, i just don't recall any details. - this is UCLA in tark
| 149 |
piman314 |
27-7 |
12-2 |
8-4 |
7-1 |
11-5 |
1 |
8 |
11 |
A+ |
NT At-large Bid
National Champion |
| 148 |
piman314 |
17-15 |
8-5 |
8-8 |
1-2 |
9-7 |
|
41 |
4 |
A+ |
PI (Final Four) |
| 147 |
piman314 |
25-10 |
8-1 |
10-7 |
7-2 |
11-5 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
A+ |
NT At-large Bid
NT (Championship Game) |
| 146 |
piman314 |
25-10 |
8-2 |
9-7 |
8-1 |
10-6 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
A+ |
NT At-large Bid
National Champion |
| 145 |
piman314 |
29-3 |
11-1 |
13-1 |
5-1 |
14-2 |
5 |
4 |
25 |
A+ |
Conf Champion
CT Champion
NT (Sweet 16) |
| 144 |
piman314 |
24-8 |
10-2 |
10-4 |
4-2 |
13-3 |
13 |
7 |
3 |
A+ |
NT At-large Bid
NT (Sweet 16) |
| 143 |
piman314 |
27-7 |
9-0 |
12-5 |
6-2 |
14-2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
A+ |
Conf Champion
NT At-large Bid
NT (Championship Game) |
| 142 |
piman314 |
24-9 |
9-2 |
9-6 |
6-1 |
10-6 |
15 |
7 |
2 |
A+ |
CT Champion
NT (Sweet 16) |
| 141 |
piman314 |
25-10 |
6-2 |
10-8 |
9-0 |
10-6 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
A+ |
CT Champion
National Champion |
| 140 |
piman314 |
25-7 |
9-2 |
11-4 |
5-1 |
13-3 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
A+ |
CT Champion
NT (Sweet 16) |
| 139 |
piman314 |
30-5 |
8-1 |
14-3 |
8-1 |
14-2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
A+ |
Conf Champion
NT At-large Bid
National Champion |
| 138 |
piman314 |
23-8 |
8-2 |
12-4 |
3-2 |
12-4 |
14 |
7 |
4 |
A+ |
NT At-large Bid
NT (2nd Round) |
| 137 |
piman314 |
31-3 |
10-1 |
14-1 |
7-1 |
16-0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
A+ |
Conf Champion
CT Champion
NT (Final Four) |
| 136 |
piman314 |
30-6 |
7-2 |
13-4 |
10-0 |
11-5 |
1 |
8 |
8 |
A+ |
CT Champion
National Champion |
| 135 |
piman314 |
30-4 |
8-0 |
16-2 |
6-2 |
14-2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
A+ |
Conf Champion
NT At-large Bid
NT (Final Four) |
5 titles and 9 final fours in 15 years - that is amazing - 33% title rate and 60% final 4 rate. i definitely think it is way harder to have such consistently exceptional recruiting in 3.0, than it was in 2.0 - and that makes dominance like piman's potentially more impressive, at least in d1 (no idea what d2/d3 impact are, could be reverse impact even). on the flip side - populations are lighter, and also with the variance in d1 recruiting, the top d1 teams on the whole are significantly less exceptional. this does make it easier to stand out with excellent coaching, and the limit of how huge a favorite you can be in a single season certainly is a lot higher than in 2.0, where there'd be a dozen teams as talented as #1 in 3.0 (or something along those lines).