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Depends how you lose.

Basketball you can lose on a crazy fluke play like Houston in 1983 to NC State.

Football you can lose on a bad fumble while running out the clock like the Niners against the Giants in 1990.

Or David Tyree helmet catch.

You can lose because you don't make 4th and 2 by an inch like 2005 USC...I mean everyone remembers the GOAT drive at the end to win in the final seconds but the game was inches away from being over in USC's favor.

In games of inches or fluke catches or lucky bounces in basketball - the difference between winning and losing can often be miniscule and doesn't really mean one team is better than the other.

Unless you get your arse kicked like 2011 LSU (why would you include them with the 2007 Pats? They lost a close defensive battle on a helmet catch; Bama sat on LSU all day and didn't let them cross the 50.)

Point is any team that barely loses can still be considered the best...but if you get exposed or your arse beaten...uh-uh.