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What is the consensus greatest college basketball team of all-time?

Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:07 pm
Posted by RollTide1987
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:07 pm
I'm sure opinions differ, but I know little about the sport and so I was wondering what some of our experts on the MSB had to say about the topic. Obviously I hear a lot about John Wooden's UCLA teams from 1966-1973, 1975-76 Indiana, 1991-92 Duke, and 1995-96 Kentucky. But what about you guys?
Posted by prplhze2000
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:09 pm to
Jordan’s team was pretty close. Him, Worthy, and Perkins.

Tark’s team that destroyed Duke was pretty close too
Posted by Big4SALTbro
Member since Jun 2019
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:09 pm to
Bama this year killer team would shoot down all others
Posted by rhar61
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:12 pm to
I believe the freshman UCLA team beat their varsity national championship team by 40 points or some such obnoxious number in practice, so them when they got older.

I don't believe in comparing different periods because later era teams have the benefit of all the additional learning about nutrition, training, etc. in the intervening years.

meant to say their team with Alcinder
This post was edited on 3/17/23 at 5:19 pm
Posted by TulaneFan
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:14 pm to
2011 Kentucky with Anthony Davis was pretty damn dominant. I don’t remember anyone really testing them
Posted by dukke v
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:15 pm to
1990 UNLV was very very good.
Posted by MetroAtlantaGatorFan
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:16 pm to
Probably one of those UCLA teams with Kareem.
Indiana fans will tell you it's their 1976 team. They even made a banner for it.
Posted by SLULions
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:18 pm to
1972 UCLA gets my vote
Posted by dukke v
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:21 pm to
In that era Indiana in 1976 was the most fundamentally sound team I’ve ever seen. 1984 Georgetown was the best team of the 80’s. And look at how great the ncaa was in the 80’s….
Posted by boston vol
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Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:22 pm to
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1995-96 Kentucky

The only real black spot was their complete no show against MSU in the SEC tourney final. Besides that, they lost one regular season game early in the year against UMASS. They avenged that with a pretty dominant performance against the Minutemen in the final four.
Posted by Tangineck
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:23 pm to
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Probably one of those UCLA teams with Kareem.


They won 88 games in a row. Its not even a discussion.
Posted by MidnightVibe
Member since Feb 2015
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:24 pm to
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1990 UNLV was very very good.


They were amazing.

96 Kentucky was really really fricking good.

The Anthony Davis Kentucky team was focking amazing.

But it's gotta be a Lew Alcindor team, right?
Posted by High C
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:26 pm to
1982-84 Houston “Phi Slamma Jamma” is in the conversation.
Posted by Starchild
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:28 pm to
The real answer is probably one of those UCLA teams though it’s tough to compare eras.

In my lifetime though, offhand I’d say the best I’ve seen is

quote:

2011 Kentucky with Anthony Davis
Posted by Bengalbio
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Member since Feb 2017
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:46 pm to
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Probably one of those UCLA teams with Kareem. They won 88 games in a row. Its not even a discussion.


Probably this, but didn’t see it. Objectively, my impression is that basketball was the biggest sport back then. True? At least nationwide?

There are still lower level teams that have seating for 10 and 15000 seat arenas.
Posted by Snoop Dawg
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:52 pm to
1991 UNLV is the best team I have seen. I wasn’t around during the Wooden era.
Posted by SLULions
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:57 pm to
UCLA’s 88 game win streak was with Walton playing.

Kareem’s UCLA had a 47 game winning streak when they lost to Houston in the Astrodome.
Posted by mdomingue
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 6:07 pm to
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The real answer is probably one of those UCLA teams though it’s tough to compare eras.



Those were in my lifetime

But as good as the Kareem teams were, the Bill Walton team of 71-72 had Walton, Henry Bibby, and Jamaal Wilkes on the team and was probably the most dominant. Only two games were less than a 13-point margin, one of those in the tournament finals. The margin of victory in their 10 closest games were 5, 6, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 19, 22, and 25. They won 21 games by 25 or greater.
Posted by ZZTIGERS
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 6:11 pm to
That UNLV 90 or 91 team was fricking unbelievable. Sure, shite was corrupt, but like Jerry Tarkanian said…

The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky
they're going to give Cleveland
State another year of probation.


It only applies to certain teams.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 6:13 pm to
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UCLA’s 88 game win streak was with Walton playing.


73 were with Walton, the first 15 were the season before he was a starter.
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