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[Summertime Filler] Final Four teams that lost a big time star the previous year
It's summer and I need a break from the expansion rumors and threads.
Randomly, what teams have made the Final Four after losing a big star the previous year? I'm not talking so much about the factories that lose a star and keep going like Duke, Kansas, or North Carolina but teams that seemed to sustain a big loss but made it further anyways without him.
Two I can think of is Georgia losing Dominique Wilkins in 1982 and advancing to their first (and only) Final Four in 1983 a year later and Virginia in 1984 after losing Ralph Sampson, arguably the best college player of all-time.
Though I'm breaking the rules a little bit from what I stated, I think although it was to the same round, Butler's run in 2011 after making it the previous year with Gordon Hayward also qualifies.
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RE: [Summertime Filler] Final Four teams that lost a big time star the previous year
2002-2003 Georgia Tech had Chris Bosh and they didn't even make the NCAA Tourney. The following year, they made it to the championship game without him.
1996-1997 Utah lost in a regional final with Keith Van Horn. The following year they made it to the championship game without him.
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RE: [Summertime Filler] Final Four teams that lost a big time star the previous year
Yeah, Keith Van Horn is the one I use to think of when this subject came up.
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RE: [Summertime Filler] Final Four teams that lost a big time star the previous year
The '87 Syracuse runner-up team lost Pearl Washington from the previous year.
Does Dion Waiters count as a "big time star"? He was the #4 overall pick in the NBA draft.
Syracuse's '96 Final Four team also makes your list if you consider Lawrence Moten a "big time star." He wasn't drafted until the second round, but he did end his career as the Big East's all-time leading scorer and held that title for 15 years.
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RE: [Summertime Filler] Final Four teams that lost a big time star the previous year
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RE: [Summertime Filler] Final Four teams that lost a big time star the previous year
There is an argument, and Lou Alcindor at least is in it.
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RE: [Summertime Filler] Final Four teams that lost a big time star the previous year
UConn lost All Big East players Jerome Dyson (leading scorer) and Stanley Robinson (leading rebounder) from their team in 2010 - 2 players who had been part of their Final Four team the previous year. They went on to win the national championship the next year while featuring Kemba Walker and a bunch of underclassmen.
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RE: [Summertime Filler] Final Four teams that lost a big time star the previous year
(06-16-2013 08:13 AM)Caltex2 Wrote: There is an argument, and Lou Alcindor at least is in it.
No argument to be had as far as Ralph Sampson is concerned because he is not in it.
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RE: [Summertime Filler] Final Four teams that lost a big time star the previous year
I think Syracuse and Connecticut would count as factory schools.
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RE: [Summertime Filler] Final Four teams that lost a big time star the previous year
(06-16-2013 08:28 AM)OrangeCrush22 Wrote: I think Syracuse and Connecticut would count as factory schools.
Okay.
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RE: [Summertime Filler] Final Four teams that lost a big time star the previous year
Louisville, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan St, UCLA are also factory schools.
(This post was last modified: 06-16-2013 10:37 AM by CardFan1.)
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RE: [Summertime Filler] Final Four teams that lost a big time star the previous year
Also, those UConn losses don't appear as large as losing future Hall-of-Famers or would-have-beens if they had stayed healthy (Sampson).
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