Top 50 list linked

https://www.sbnation.com/22282391/mens-c...-time-ncaa

(03-05-2021 10:32 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Top 50 list linked

https://www.sbnation.com/22282391/mens-c...-time-ncaa

Not a terrible list

that '08 team was amazing.

(03-05-2021 11:46 AM)mempho_to_diego Wrote:  that '08 team was amazing.

Would have won a ‘ship most years.

Phi Slamma was one of the best teams to never win a title

The list is idiotic. For starters, we finish well behind other teams that didn't win it, that finished with 5-7 losses. The 1990 Georgia Tech team is ahead of us by 7 spots even though they had 7 losses, were ranked #14 going into the tournament, #9 to finish the season, and didn't make the championship game. The 1979 Michigan State team was only 26-5. The 1983 Houston team had 3 losses, were only 2-1 against ranked teams going into the tournament, and lost to an inferior NC State team. Based on that they are 30 spots ahead of us.

We finish 19 spots behind Kansas based on them hitting a shot to tie the game. If they don't hit it, we would deserve to be a top 10 team based on how we dismantled everyone up to then. So basically, they are saying that the Chalmers shot was worth at least 30 spots on the list. We were within one basket of being level with #8 UNLV on the list.

Complete trash.

(03-05-2021 11:46 AM)mempho_to_diego Wrote:  that '08 team was amazing.

I don't see the 1973 or 1985 teams on the list. As dumb as the list is, at least they don't try to peddle that, like some of our fans do.

I disagree with including the 91 UNLV team that lost to Duke in the semis, but not the 90 championship squad which was basically the same players and won the title by absolutely destroying that same (mostly) Duke team.

They must have put more stock in record than championship. The 90 team had 5 losses while the 91 team’s only loss was to Duke.

(03-05-2021 12:44 PM)Stammers Wrote:  The list is idiotic. For starters, we finish well behind other teams that didn't win it, that finished with 5-7 losses. The 1990 Georgia Tech team is ahead of us by 7 spots even though they had 7 losses, were ranked #14 going into the tournament, #9 to finish the season, and didn't make the championship game. The 1979 Michigan State team was only 26-5. The 1983 Houston team had 3 losses, were only 2-1 against ranked teams going into the tournament, and lost to an inferior NC State team. Based on that they are 30 spots ahead of us.

We finish 19 spots behind Kansas based on them hitting a shot to tie the game. If they don't hit it, we would deserve to be a top 10 team based on how we dismantled everyone up to then. So basically, they are saying that the Chalmers shot was worth at least 30 spots on the list. We were within one basket of being level with #8 UNLV on the list.

Complete trash.

Akeem was the most dominant college player I ever saw.

(03-05-2021 12:07 PM)holyterror Wrote:  

(03-05-2021 11:46 AM)mempho_to_diego Wrote:  that '08 team was amazing.

Would have won a ‘ship most years.

Would have been ranked a lot higher if it had. Making the top 50 without one is a feat in itself.

The #1 team on the list was the team that beat the Tigers in the Championship game in St Louis! The Tigers were a cinderella team that year so didn't make the top 50, but would probably be very high top cinderella team. Finch, Robinson, Laurie, Kenon, Westphal, Buford, etal.

Totally agree about 1990 Ga Tech. That was an overrated team.
I’m surprised that only the 1980 Louisville made it, but not the Pervis Ellison team that won the title.
The top 4 teams that I saw live were 2008 Memphis, 1983 Houston and 1984 & 1985 Georgetown.

(03-05-2021 11:39 PM)Keeper Wrote:  The #1 team on the list was the team that beat the Tigers in the Championship game in St Louis! The Tigers were a cinderella team that year so didn't make the top 50, but would probably be very high top cinderella team. Finch, Robinson, Laurie, Kenon, Westphal, Buford, etal.

You missed it by a year. 73 team beat us not 72.

(03-05-2021 08:55 PM)micman Wrote:  

(03-05-2021 12:44 PM)Stammers Wrote:  The list is idiotic. For starters, we finish well behind other teams that didn't win it, that finished with 5-7 losses. The 1990 Georgia Tech team is ahead of us by 7 spots even though they had 7 losses, were ranked #14 going into the tournament, #9 to finish the season, and didn't make the championship game. The 1979 Michigan State team was only 26-5. The 1983 Houston team had 3 losses, were only 2-1 against ranked teams going into the tournament, and lost to an inferior NC State team. Based on that they are 30 spots ahead of us.

We finish 19 spots behind Kansas based on them hitting a shot to tie the game. If they don't hit it, we would deserve to be a top 10 team based on how we dismantled everyone up to then. So basically, they are saying that the Chalmers shot was worth at least 30 spots on the list. We were within one basket of being level with #8 UNLV on the list.

Complete trash.

Akeem was the most dominant college player I ever saw.

True, and he was also one of the greatest players to ever play the game and a top 5 center of all time.

Not sure the order is overly accurate (it's very subjective), but the 50 teams collectively seem deserving.

That 1973 Memphis team was damn strong (I recall seeing some of its games as a young lad) but I would not have that squad on this list. The 2008 team ... no doubt. Best team in Tiger history. And, yes, had Memphis won the game (and it should have), that team would rank in the Top 15 or so of all time.

(03-05-2021 08:55 PM)micman Wrote:  

(03-05-2021 12:44 PM)Stammers Wrote:  The list is idiotic. For starters, we finish well behind other teams that didn't win it, that finished with 5-7 losses. The 1990 Georgia Tech team is ahead of us by 7 spots even though they had 7 losses, were ranked #14 going into the tournament, #9 to finish the season, and didn't make the championship game. The 1979 Michigan State team was only 26-5. The 1983 Houston team had 3 losses, were only 2-1 against ranked teams going into the tournament, and lost to an inferior NC State team. Based on that they are 30 spots ahead of us.

We finish 19 spots behind Kansas based on them hitting a shot to tie the game. If they don't hit it, we would deserve to be a top 10 team based on how we dismantled everyone up to then. So basically, they are saying that the Chalmers shot was worth at least 30 spots on the list. We were within one basket of being level with #8 UNLV on the list.

Complete trash.

Akeem was the most dominant college player I ever saw.

He was definitely the most coordinated and had the most fluid movement of any big man I’ve ever watched. He had the moves almost of a guard, in a 7’ body.

I didn't particularly care for him, but Ralph Sampson at UVA was pretty good too

(03-05-2021 12:44 PM)Stammers Wrote:  The list is idiotic. For starters, we finish well behind other teams that didn't win it, that finished with 5-7 losses. The 1990 Georgia Tech team is ahead of us by 7 spots even though they had 7 losses, were ranked #14 going into the tournament, #9 to finish the season, and didn't make the championship game. The 1979 Michigan State team was only 26-5. The 1983 Houston team had 3 losses, were only 2-1 against ranked teams going into the tournament, and lost to an inferior NC State team. Based on that they are 30 spots ahead of us.

We finish 19 spots behind Kansas based on them hitting a shot to tie the game. If they don't hit it, we would deserve to be a top 10 team based on how we dismantled everyone up to then. So basically, they are saying that the Chalmers shot was worth at least 30 spots on the list. We were within one basket of being level with #8 UNLV on the list.

Complete trash.

What’s funny is the #8 UNLV ranking was for the following year. The ‘90 preseason #1 UNLV team that stopped Tech in the semis and went on to win the nat’l championship isn’t ranked at all.

So Kansas beats Memphis in the championship game. Kansas #24, Memphis #43. Tech loses to eventual champion UNLV in the semis. Tech #36, UNLV NR. Neither is runner-up Duke that went 2-1 against Tech.

He put all of this together and decided ‘90 Tech was the 36th best team in history because they had a surprising postseason run (0-5 vs V, D & NC during reg. season) that fell two games short.

(03-06-2021 07:54 AM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  

(03-05-2021 11:39 PM)Keeper Wrote:  The #1 team on the list was the team that beat the Tigers in the Championship game in St Louis! The Tigers were a cinderella team that year so didn't make the top 50, but would probably be very high top cinderella team. Finch, Robinson, Laurie, Kenon, Westphal, Buford, etal.

You missed it by a year. 73 team beat us not 72.

Oops my bad! Of course the 72 team beat Louisville for the title. That was the year the Tigers beat the Loosers twice and the conference said we had to then play them in Nashville for the conference title and the sole conference bid! The next year we got the bid and then played the same UCLA Wooten/Walton team we would have played the year before. How can the 72 team be ranked #1 and the the unbeaten national championship team the next year not be ranked at all?