re: Alabama in top 3 sports

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If the only criteria we're using to judge programs is success in post season play, then my post is just as valid. It's silly to pretend that all time wins don't matter when looking at the historical success of sports programs.

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well in your examples, you said with his criteria, then UConn is better than Kansas. If national titles were the only criteria in the postseason, then yeah, but Kansas has 13 final four appearances. UConn has 5. IMO, even if you only use postseason success, Kansas would still get the edge, even with one fewer national title. Same for Florida and Michigan State. They're tied in national titles, but Michigan State has 9 final fours to Florida's 5. They also have 30 NCAAT appearances to Florida's 19, and so on. I don't agree with him that all-time wins are meaningless, but agree with his overall premise that tournament success is much much more important.