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The 3 greatest basketball college basketball teams you've ever watched?

Posted on 3/20/26 at 10:18 am
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 10:18 am
This is my list in no particular order, because I would have a hard time ranking them because they are all so incredible...







shite on Georgia all you want right now, but St. Louis is god's gift to college basketball and we will be vindicated after the Billikens' blow out everybody else too and run through the entire tournament. You'll see!!!
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Posted by The Sultan of Swine
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 10:23 am to
You may not like it, but that is what peak male performance looks like
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 10:28 am to
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You may not like it, but that is what peak male performance looks like


This is pretty much the same conclusion I have drawn
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 10:59 am to
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You may not like it, but that is what peak male performance looks like
The kid's one of the best assist players I've seen this year....very smart.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:05 am to
Without ranking them:

1996 Cats



2014 Cats (again frick Wisky)



And as much as it pains me to say it:

1992 Duke



Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:10 am to
Robert Montgomery Knight and the 1976 Hoosiers.
Posted by coachcrisp
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:14 am to
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Robert Montgomery Knight and the 1976 Hoosiers.
Absolutely.
That team went undefeated and had SIX players drafted off of it!
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:17 am to
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Robert Montgomery Knight and the 1976 Hoosiers.



That team went undefeated and had SIX players drafted off of it!


You frickers are OLD!!!
Posted by Wildcat1996
Lexington, KY
Member since Jul 2020
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:25 am to
Those '96 Cats were nasty. The second 5 might have been the 2nd best team in the country.

Posted by MrLahey
The Salty Ham
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:31 am to
07(?) Gators and 14 cats
Posted by AUFANATL
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:31 am to
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That team went undefeated and had SIX players drafted off of it!


They would have also had Larry Bird if he didn't get homesick and quit the team/school the year before.



Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:34 am to
2004/05 North Carolina won the national title, led the country in scoring, and had four 1st round NBA draft picks. They are at least in the conversation.

I would go:

2000/01 Duke
2011/12 Kentucky
2004/05 North Carolina
Posted by bgator85
Sarasota
Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:43 am to
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07(?) Gators


And still the only team in history that returned all 5 starters and repeated as national champions. Have to be up there for accomplishment alone. Doesn't hurt that 3 of them went in top 9 of the draft, first trio from one school to all go in top 10.
Posted by MrLahey
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:47 am to
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And still the only team in history that returned all 5 starters and repeated as national champions. Have to be up there for accomplishment alone. Doesn't hurt that 3 of them went in top 9 of the draft, first trio from one school to all go in top 10.


Impressive. And as a lifelong Hawks fan, much love for Al.
This post was edited on 3/20/26 at 11:48 am
Posted by Legba007
Franklin, Tn
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:49 am to
96- Kentucky
2023-Uconn
1982- UNC
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:52 am to
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And still the only team in history that returned all 5 starters and repeated as national champions. Have to be up there for accomplishment alone. Doesn't hurt that 3 of them went in top 9 of the draft, first trio from one school to all go in top 10


Was very good.

Cats played in 3 consecutive NC games from 96 to 98. Won in 96, lost in OT over the NC in 97 to Bibby and Zona, and won the NC in 98. 6 were drafted (4 in the first round) with 9 overall playing in the NBA.

Won’t ever see that again with the one and done and portal/NIL era, sadly.
Posted by Pimphand
Member since Sep 2021
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:52 am to


Guy V. Lewis got owned so bad :(



Jordan couldn't even crack the SI cover



Ick
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 11:58 am to
1976 Indiana
1996 Kentucky
2015 Kentucky
Posted by Lynxrufus2012
Central Kentucky
Member since Mar 2020
19490 posts
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:21 pm to
UCLA 1972
IU 1976
UK 1996

I was a kid but nobody could touch UCLA for years

This years UK team reminds me of none of these.
Posted by VADawg
Wherever
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:24 pm to
1996 Kentucky
2024 UConn
2009 UNC

Not old enough to remember watching anything before the mid 90s
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