rank the past 10 NC teams...how does ku '08 stack up?

[The Manhatter]

notable players ()

2008 - Kansas (Darrell Arthur, Mario Chalmers, Brandon Rush)
2007 - Florida (Joakim Noah, Al Horford, Corey Brewer)
2006 - Florida (see '07)
2005 - North Carolina (Sean May, Rashad McCants, Raymond Felton, Marvin Williams)
2004 - Connecticut (Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Rashad Anderson, Josh Boone, Charlie Villanueva)
2003 - Syracuse (Carmelo Anthony, Hakim Warrick, Gerry McNamara)
2002 - Maryland (Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, Lonnie Baxter, Chris Wilcox)
2001 - Duke (Jay Williams, Shane Battier, Mike Dunleavy, Carlos Boozer)
2000 - Michigan State (Matteen Cleaves, Morris Peterson, Charlie Bell, Jason Richardson)
1999 - Connecticut (Richard Hamilton, Khalid El-Amin, Jake Voskuhl, Ricky Moore)

[The Manhatter]

IMO

1. 2004 - Connecticut
2. 2005 - North Carolina
3. 2007 - Florida
4. 2001 - Duke
5. 2000 - Michigan State
6. 2008 - Kansas
7. 2006 - Florida
8. 2002 - Maryland
9. 1999 - Connecticut
10. 2003 - Syracuse

why?

2004 was the most loaded team along w/ UNC '05 in terms of starting talent and quality depth.  The UConn frontcourt of Okafor, Boone, and Villanueva was absolutely frightening...Gordon and Anderson were killers from the wings.  That team was scary and when they wanted to turn it on it always got ugly.  UNC had an amazing top 6 players and unstoppable offensive arsenal...not a great defensive team symbolic of Roy's teams but didn't need to be w/ the offensive production.  Florida's versatility and team chemistry is unmatched by any of these teams save Michigan State and Maryland's NC teams.  That Florida had bigs like Noah, Horford, and Brewer who could handle the ball the way they did set them apart.  Duke '01 is behind the top 3 simply because they lacked the dominant inside presence...but Jay Williams was as good as we've seen from the point, Dunleavy was a 6-9 sharp shooter, and Battier was just an all around blue collar player.  Michigan State was the toughest mentally of these teams...down the list due to lack of the top end talent but their team chemistry, experience, and toughness was their trademark.  No need to summarize the rest though I will say that Syracuse, while good, sort of peaked at the right time and really was not thought of as a contender going into the tourney.

[steve dave]

I put ku #1.  They faced the Michael Beasley/Bill Walker led KSU team to came out to a hard fought draw at one game apiece.  Pretty impressive imo.

[Saulbadguy]

01 Duke and 04 UCONN.  Pretty much everyone knew they were going to win it all.

[Burgertime]

2003 - Syracuse (Carmelo Anthony, Hakim Warrick, Gerry McNamara)

If only we coulda made some more dadgum free throws...

[ChicagoCat]

2003 - Syracuse (Carmelo Anthony, Hakim Warrick, Gerry McNamara)

If only we coulda made some more dadgum free throws...

Said the ku fan after how they won their championship...

[The Manhatter]

01 Duke and 04 UCONN.  Pretty much everyone knew they were going to win it all.

I don't recall Duke '01 being that big of a pre-tourney favorite...the Duke '99 team was definitely the HUGE fave to win it all but don't recall that about '01 Duke.

Duke '99 may be most talented team we have seen...always will wonder how good that team might have been had some of those players stuck around a year or two longer.  Brand, Avery, Maggette, Battier, etc, etc.

[The Manhatter]

2003 - Syracuse (Carmelo Anthony, Hakim Warrick, Gerry McNamara)

If only we coulda made some more dadgum free throws...

Said the ku fan after how they won their championship...

QFT.  Memphis is the gift that keeps on giving, Clark.

[Burgertime]

2003 - Syracuse (Carmelo Anthony, Hakim Warrick, Gerry McNamara)

If only we coulda made some more dadgum free throws...

Said the ku fan after how they won their championship...

QFT.  Memphis is the gift that keeps on giving, Clark.

slow=you guys

[steve dave]

2003 - Syracuse (Carmelo Anthony, Hakim Warrick, Gerry McNamara)

If only we coulda made some more dadgum free throws...

Said the ku fan after how they won their championship...

QFT.  Memphis is the gift that keeps on giving, Clark.

slow=you guys

BT ahead of the ksufantards once again.

[Burgertime]

BT laughs at you ksufantards.
He laughs from his mountain.

[phagallenblowsballs]

01 Duke and 04 UCONN.  Pretty much everyone knew they were going to win it all.

Add 05 North Car. team on that list, 7 guys on that team are in the NBA right now.
That was the overall most talented team on that list...from top to bottom.

[ChicagoCat]

2003 - Syracuse (Carmelo Anthony, Hakim Warrick, Gerry McNamara)

If only we coulda made some more dadgum free throws...

Said the ku fan after how they won their championship...

QFT.  Memphis is the gift that keeps on giving, Clark.

slow=you guys

BT ahead of the ksufantards once again.

I forget that BT is the one uk fan capable of sarcasm.  Damn him for not perpetuating the stereotype.

[pwrcat1]

04 Uconn.  that team was amazing. 

[greatjhawk]

01 Duke and 04 UCONN.  Pretty much everyone knew they were going to win it all.

I don't recall Duke '01 being that big of a pre-tourney favorite...the Duke '99 team was definitely the HUGE fave to win it all but don't recall that about '01 Duke.

Duke '99 may be most talented team we have seen...always will wonder how good that team might have been had some of those players stuck around a year or two longer.  Brand, Avery, Maggette, Battier, etc, etc.

'01 Duke had Battier, Boozer, Dunleavy and Williams. Was ranked #1 in the final AP poll going into the tournament and had a 35-4 record. 

So while maybe not as awe-inspiring as '99, they were pretty darn good themselves.

[pwrcat1]

is it just me or does boozer look like he as a major brain aneurysm about to explode out of his forehead? 

[greatjhawk]

is it just me or does boozer look like he as a major brain aneurysm about to explode out of his forehead? 

it's not you.

[ksu98]

notable players ()

2008 - Kansas (Darrell Arthur, Mario Chalmers, Brandon Rush)
2007 - Florida (Joakim Noah, Al Horford, Corey Brewer)
2006 - Florida (see '07)
2005 - North Carolina (Sean May, Rashad McCants, Raymond Felton, Marvin Williams)
2004 - Connecticut (Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Rashad Anderson, Josh Boone, Charlie Villanueva)
2003 - Syracuse (Carmelo Anthony, Hakim Warrick, Gerry McNamara)
2002 - Maryland (Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, Lonnie Baxter, Chris Wilcox)
2001 - Duke (Jay Williams, Shane Battier, Mike Dunleavy, Carlos Boozer)
2000 - Michigan State (Matteen Cleaves, Morris Peterson, Charlie Bell, Jason Richardson)
1999 - Connecticut (Richard Hamilton, Khalid El-Amin, Jake Voskuhl, Ricky Moore)

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[pwrcat1]

notable players ()

2008 - Kansas (Darrell Arthur, Mario Chalmers, Brandon Rush)
2007 - Florida (Joakim Noah, Al Horford, Corey Brewer)
2006 - Florida (see '07)
2005 - North Carolina (Sean May, Rashad McCants, Raymond Felton, Marvin Williams)
2004 - Connecticut (Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Rashad Anderson, Josh Boone, Charlie Villanueva)
2003 - Syracuse (Carmelo Anthony, Hakim Warrick, Gerry McNamara)
2002 - Maryland (Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, Lonnie Baxter, Chris Wilcox)
2001 - Duke (Jay Williams, Shane Battier, Mike Dunleavy, Carlos Boozer)
2000 - Michigan State (Matteen Cleaves, Morris Peterson, Charlie Bell, Jason Richardson)
1999 - Connecticut (Richard Hamilton, Khalid El-Amin, Jake Voskuhl, Ricky Moore)

remember when fans would bring pizza boxes to games so that they could tempt him??? that always made me smile...and hungry...

[BullHawkWheel]

04 uconn
08 kansas(strongest final four ever), 05 unc tie for 2nd
01 duke
whatever

[pwrcat1]

well, looks like im not the only drunk bastard awake tonight.

[BullHawkWheel]

take off your purple colored glasses.  the finar four this year was a combined 142-9.  all 1 seeds,  record winner memphis(38 games).  3 straight final 4 team in ucla.  unc spoke for themselves.  ku won the strongest final four field.  that puts them tied with the 05 unc team and slightly behind 04 uconn. 

[pwrcat1]

take off your purple colored glasses.  the finar four this year was a combined 142-9.  all 1 seeds,  record winner memphis(38 games).  3 straight final 4 team in ucla.  unc spoke for themselves.  ku won the strongest final four field.  that puts them tied with the 05 unc team and slightly behind 04 uconn. 

go to bed.

[BullHawkWheel]

considering you guys beat us you would think ksu fans would have the brains to pump up the ku team. 

[The Manhatter]

04 uconn
08 kansas(strongest final four ever), 05 unc tie for 2nd
01 duke
whatever

The competition of the Final 4 has absolutely no bearing on how good a particular champion was...ludicrous statement. 

Do you really think this Kansas team was as good as May, M. Williams, J. Williams, McCants, and Felton?  All of those parts are head & shoulders better than the parts UNC threw on the floor against Kansas last month.

[BullHawkWheel]

as a team?  hell yeah

[ZeroFor28]

04 uconn
08 kansas(strongest final four ever), 05 unc tie for 2nd
01 duke
whatever

The competition of the Final 4 has absolutely no bearing on how good a particular champion was...ludicrous statement. 

Do you really think this Kansas team was as good as May, M. Williams, J. Williams, McCants, and Felton?  All of those parts are head & shoulders better than the parts UNC threw on the floor against Kansas last month.

yeah because all of those guys have proved they are studs in the league right? Save this question for 3 years then we can really see

[yoman]

04 uconn
08 kansas(strongest final four ever), 05 unc tie for 2nd
01 duke
whatever

The competition of the Final 4 has absolutely no bearing on how good a particular champion was...ludicrous statement. 

Do you really think this Kansas team was as good as May, M. Williams, J. Williams, McCants, and Felton?  All of those parts are head & shoulders better than the parts UNC threw on the floor against Kansas last month.

yeah because all of those guys have proved they are studs in the league right? Save this question for 3 years then we can really see

aurthur and collins will be solid NBA players
rush will be meh might be there probably won't be in the NBA for long
kaun and chalmers won't be in the NBA 3 years from now
aldrich LOL
yea definitly up there with UNC 05 

[Burgertime]

1)  08 KANSAS JAYHAWKS
2)  Crom


3)  The Four Winds (lol)





4)  Jesus H. Christ + team
5)  85 Bears

This isn't really up for debate.  Look at the stats....Jesus?  lol