2008 Kansas isn’t even the top champion this century. But do go off.

Omari Spellman neutralized Doke.

Strong enough to bang inside, but also could shoot in the mid 30%’s from 3.

He was the one who really killed any chance we had.

Find me another championship team this century who beat two #1 seeds to win a title (let alone #1 seeds of the quality of 2008 UNC and Memphis). Oh and a top 10 player in NBA history in the E8.

I'm pretty sure Uconn would have destroyed all #1 seeds, #2 seeds, #3 seeds and #4 seeds in the tournament.

In this shitty field? Definitely.

Since you like to cite KenPom, 2015 Duke. Who beat a Wisconsin team that had a higher KenPom than Memphis.

And was it 2008 or 2009 where it’s been the only time where all F4 teams were 1 seeds?

2008. KU/UNC/UCLA/Memphis (all stocked full of NBA talent). There hasn’t been a stronger F4 before or since then.

I would argue 2015 given that Duke, Wisconsin, and Kentucky were all historically good that season. Michigan St. making a run kind of skews things though.

If we’re talking teams that have were flat out dominant and have next level talent, I’d say since 2000 these champions are above the others:

2001 Duke
2005 UNC
2007 Florida
2008 Kansas
2009 UNC
2012 Kentucky
2015 Duke
2018 Villanova
2021 Baylor

That's the only positive.

Tennessee gets Dalton Knecht
UConn gets Cam Spencer
Kansas gets Nick Timberlake

That was the season. None of the above were seen to be significantly better than another. I believe Knecht was listed as the best but it wasn't thought of head and shoulders better.

Took a fluke shot that was the luck equivalent of throwing a ball over your head at half court and a thousand missed Memphis free throws...so...uh...no that team was a fraud. UConn dominated

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