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Top 10 Greatest CBB Teams of All-Time

Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:16 pm
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:16 pm
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1. UCLA Bruins (1966-67)
2. UCLA Bruins (1971-72)
3. North Carolina Tar Heels (1956-57)
4. San Francisco Dons (1955-56)
5. Kentucky Wildcats (1995-96)
6. Duke Blue Devils (1990-91)
7. UCLA Bruins (1963-64)
8. Indiana Hoosiers (1975-76)
9. UNLV Runnin’ Rebels (1989-90)
10. North Carolina Tar Heels (1981-82)
Posted by 632627
LA
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:24 pm to
I’d agree that the 96 Kentucky team is the best of the last 30 years or so.
Posted by little billy
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:28 pm to
The Kentucky team with Anthony Davis was pretty good too
Posted by geauxtigers456
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:43 pm to
These lists are so dumb. Just like the greatest college football players of all time list. ALL great teams from the 2010s would beat these dinasours
Posted by LlyodChristmas
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 11:57 pm to
You can make an argument for 2011-2012 Kentucky
Posted by Speedy G
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 12:18 am to
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6. Duke Blue Devils (1990-91)

Duke '91-'92 (34-2; wire-to-wire #1) was better than '90-'91 (32-7; second round loss in ACC tourney).
Posted by lsufanva
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 12:20 am to
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6. Duke Blue Devils (1990-91)


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9. UNLV Runnin’ Rebels (1989-90)


That UNLV team would've beaten that Duke team. UNLV lost key players and didn't really gain anyone. The depth and bigs weren't as good in 90-91. Duke gained Grant Hill among others. And they still should've won. If the 2 90-91 teams played a 3, 5 or 7 game series, UNLV wins. They just lost that night. The 89-90 team was better particularly at tourney time. They had found their groove by then.
Posted by ThePTExperience1969
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Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 12:28 am to
1990-91 Duke’s better than 1991-92? Hard to believe considering how indomitable that team was. Moreover, 1981-82 North Carolina might not have been the greatest UNC team of that era, 1983-84 might’ve constituted the most stacked UNC team in history. All things considered, the 2012 Kentucky team was the greatest I’ve ever seen in my life, just tremendous and stacked.
Posted by ThePTExperience1969
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 12:42 am to
Always thought the 1973 Bruins were superior to 1972, their zenith as a team and dynasty was their demolition of Memphis State in the title game behind Walton’s record 44 points next to what the 1968 team did to Houston in the 1968 semifinal to avenge their Game of the Century loss in the Astrodome with a weakened Kareem.
Posted by jmarto1
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 1:40 am to
I remember as a kid watching that game with my damn towel in my mouth. Unlv lost that game more than Duke won
Posted by Hamma1122
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 3:29 am to
Kentucky 96 was stacked
Posted by navy
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 3:48 am to
I bet a lot on here will not understand the Tark towel reference.
Posted by sabrewolf
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 5:59 am to
I’d throw 83-84 Georgetown in there somewhere. They made it to 3 straight NCAA Finals, which is no easy feat.
This post was edited on 2/19/20 at 6:04 am
Posted by Tigerfan56
Member since May 2010
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:31 am to
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You can make an argument for 2011-2012 Kentucky


I’ll also throw 2014-2015 Kentucky into the mix. I think it’s kind of dumb we ignore teams because they didn’t win a title, especially in a sport like CBB where the tournament format lends itself to upsets and the best team doesn’t always win it all. That Kentucky team was 38-1, was obliterating everyone, and a roster full of NBA players (9 guys who spent time in the NBA). They lost in the final 4 I think? To a very good Wisconsin team, so it’s not like their 1 loss was unforgivable. I’m pretty sure Vegas was giving out almost even odds on taking the field against UK before the tourney began - which is basically unheard of and shows how good that team was.
Posted by bgator85
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:36 am to
I'm going to be a bit of a homer and throw out the '07 Florida Gators. The only team to win back to back national titles with the same starting 5, think they deserve a mention.
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 6:38 am to
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I’d agree that the 96 Kentucky team is the best of the last 30 years or so.


1996 UK and 1990 UNLV are too low.

ETA: I'd probably put 1996 UK at #1. The only team to put up any sort of a fight against them in the tournament was UMass, and that UMass team was the best team John Calipari has ever coached.
This post was edited on 2/19/20 at 8:36 am
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:55 am to
1995 UCLA
Cameron Dollar
Toby Bailey
Ed and Charles O’Bannon
Posted by Rep520
Member since Mar 2018
10476 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 8:18 am to
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That UNLV team would've beaten that Duke team. UNLV lost key players and didn't really gain anyone. The depth and bigs weren't as good in 90-91. Duke gained Grant Hill among others. And they still should've won. If the 2 90-91 teams played a 3, 5 or 7 game series, UNLV wins. They just lost that night.


Yes. 90-91 UNLV would have beaten that Duke team 8 or 9 games out of 10.

The Final Four game just happened to be the one off.

There should be at least two more UCLA Wooden teams on the list. I know it would make it repetitive, but Wooden era UCLA was full of loaded, dominant teams.
Posted by Uptowner
The OP
Member since Oct 2019
2030 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 8:19 am to
The Fab Five coulda run at least half those teams off the court. Not saying they belong on the list, just that the list is kinda lame....
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 2/19/20 at 8:24 am to
kentucky 48, 49, 51
national champs 3 out of 4 years.


indiana 75 76 was higher than your list.
a machine.
This post was edited on 2/19/20 at 8:29 am
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