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Posted on 1/31/25 at 2:25 pm to TDCat
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Id say the '96 run, the most stress free run possible, we just smushed teams
98 gets honorable mention because it had the best post championship party at Euclid and Woodland.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 2:57 pm to TexasTiger08
It is always the ones you lose that haunt your dreams.
1988, Oklahoma was on a tear under Billy Tubbs, won 35 games, the Big 8 conference tournament and scored 100+ 20 times that season, even beat the hated Kansas Jayhawks in both the home-and-away games. Then came March Madness. Sooners made short work of five opponents before the finale against . . . Kansas.
OU 79 - KU 83
1988, Oklahoma was on a tear under Billy Tubbs, won 35 games, the Big 8 conference tournament and scored 100+ 20 times that season, even beat the hated Kansas Jayhawks in both the home-and-away games. Then came March Madness. Sooners made short work of five opponents before the finale against . . . Kansas.
OU 79 - KU 83
Posted on 1/31/25 at 4:42 pm to JacieNY
I’m a little too young to remember ‘96 for State unfortunately but that’s the no brainer answer.
State has a very chaotic relationship with being a 5 seed. They made a Sweet 16 and a Final Four in 95 and 96 as a 5 seed but suffered the infamous 5/12 upset many times too. Butler in 2003 and Liberty in 2019 are the two in my lifetime that stung.
Worst is for sure 2004 though. State won the SEC and earned a 2 seed. Handled Monmouth in the first round but ran into 7 seed Xavier in the second round and Xavier proceeded to shoot 70% from 3 (13-19) and sent State home way earlier than expected.
State has a very chaotic relationship with being a 5 seed. They made a Sweet 16 and a Final Four in 95 and 96 as a 5 seed but suffered the infamous 5/12 upset many times too. Butler in 2003 and Liberty in 2019 are the two in my lifetime that stung.
Worst is for sure 2004 though. State won the SEC and earned a 2 seed. Handled Monmouth in the first round but ran into 7 seed Xavier in the second round and Xavier proceeded to shoot 70% from 3 (13-19) and sent State home way earlier than expected.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 5:02 pm to TexasTiger08
Obviously for Auburn 2019
But for champs, Arizona in 1997 solidified my love for MM as a kid/teen. I liked 1998 too because Jeff Sheppard was from my area.
But for champs, Arizona in 1997 solidified my love for MM as a kid/teen. I liked 1998 too because Jeff Sheppard was from my area.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 5:21 pm to TexasTiger08
LSU, 1981.
Lost to Indiana in the Final Four.
Team won 31 games that year.
Lost to Indiana in the Final Four.
Team won 31 games that year.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 5:23 pm to TexasTiger08
Favorite -1998
Least favorite - last 5 years
Least favorite - last 5 years
Posted on 1/31/25 at 5:41 pm to TexasTiger08
Favorite run was 2006 George Mason
Least favorite run was 2010 Duke
Least favorite run was 2010 Duke
Posted on 1/31/25 at 6:02 pm to ummagumma
quote:That looked like a good time.
98 gets honorable mention because it had the best post championship party at Euclid and Woodland.
I thought the ’98 run was just a bonus. Considering the loss of talent and with a new coach, felt like we were playing with house money.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 6:14 pm to GoGators1995
quote:2007 gave us more joakim gifs
Favorite was 06 since it was kinda unexpected.
I don't know if it was least favorite but 07 was no fun because anything less than a repeat was 100% failure.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 6:23 pm to TexasTiger08
Favorite
1996 State beating UCONN and CVG back to back after beating UK in the SEC final on the way to the Final Four.
Least Favorite
1959 & 1962 State teams finished 13-1 & 24-1 and #3 in the AP Poll both years.
Alas, because of segregation they were not allowed to play in the NCAA TOURNAMENT.
Both squads would have been very capable of winning it all. And in those days you only had to win four games to win it all.
1996 State beating UCONN and CVG back to back after beating UK in the SEC final on the way to the Final Four.
Least Favorite
1959 & 1962 State teams finished 13-1 & 24-1 and #3 in the AP Poll both years.
Alas, because of segregation they were not allowed to play in the NCAA TOURNAMENT.
Both squads would have been very capable of winning it all. And in those days you only had to win four games to win it all.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 6:31 pm to Captain Falcon
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I’m a little too young to remember ‘96 for State unfortunately but that’s the no brainer answer.
Mississippi State was a fun team. Eric Dampier and Dontae Jones were studs. And then you had the west Alabama guards Darryl Wilson and Bart Hyche. And when they made the final four they made it all about poultry science major Russell Walters as “haha, look at redneck Mississippi”
MIssissippi State Final Four in 96 - LA Times
For the record, Bart Hyche had incredibly quick hands. Somehow I got squared up against him in at fight at The Landing in 97 or 98, neither one of us had done anything to fight each other but someone had done something so we all had to fight somebody and we drew each other somehow. Those were fun times, when people didn’t pull guns and most people weren’t actually trying to kill the other guy.
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