That game hurt so bad
If you could change the outcome of one UK loss what game would it be
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2015. Nothing else is close. That broke some of our fans. That wound will never heal unless we go 40-0.
It’s this 1000%
first off winning the title in 97 doesn’t mean you win in 98. Totally changes the dynamics in f the 98 team and 3 praying probably would have been nearly impossible. People on here think 97 means we still win in 98 which is nit true. And winning that Wisconsin game also doesn’t give us the title in 15 but it does give us the chance to go 40-0 with one more win(which I think we get) and go down as one of the top 5 teams ever no argument from any media person, fan base, or anyone. That one hurt bad. Had a chance at immorality
There is only one logical answer. Change one game -1975 Finals - and Kentucky is one season from tying the only significant achievement held by another program, and increasing the gap between U.K. and any other program as the greatest in history.
But logic isn’t everything. My father would say 1966. My son 2015. Hell, the Elite Eight loss in 2017 wouldn’t be a terrible answer. That likely cost the Cats a title and gave one to the worst cheaters in the sport.
But logic isn’t everything. My father would say 1966. My son 2015. Hell, the Elite Eight loss in 2017 wouldn’t be a terrible answer. That likely cost the Cats a title and gave one to the worst cheaters in the sport.
1992 is close but not the same impact as 2015. Different point of view about life after that one. 1984 is up there too
Gardner Webb loss. Think Clyde would've still been here with no less than 5 titles by now 
I would add Michigan 1993. That outcome pisses me off to this day.
The question was which ONE game would you change. How do you change the next year’s result by simply changing one random game? You’d have to use that fallacy in every game you select and change results of following games and/or seasons.
I could say, if we win that game in ‘97 Pitino doesn’t leave ‘98 and we win five more titles in a row and take over UCLA’s historic run and we have the most titles in history. See how that sounds lmfao.
The 1975 game when We beat Indiana and played ucla when wooden retired. One of the biggest rip offs in basketball history. NO WAY, NO HOW were they going to let the biggest cheat lose his last game.
And they didn't.
And they didn't.
I wonder about this one. Cal wins, he’s probably gone. That’s two titles in 5 years, he’d be a legend. We’d probably get the hottest coach at the time. We might be better off.
that being said I’m very happy with the off-season adjustments this year
Its not obvious? Kinda stupid to make up crap and tell it to the one person that knows the truth. And you ask that question?
Wisconsin 2015 changes the program trajectory of the last 5 years.
That's an easy answer.
That's an easy answer.
My 1st choice also. Individual years are great, but all-time victories and championships are more valuable to me. To win ANY championship game we lost (e.g. vs Texas Western, vs Connecticut, vs. Arizona, etc) would be another banner in the rafters but ONLY the 75 game adds one AND subtracts one from UCLA.
1992, Duke. I was 17 years old and I'm man enough to say I sat on the floor of my bedroom and cried like a baby.
You are talking to a Statistician about Law of Averages)
If you change one thing, it can change a lot more things after that. Maybe even Pitino doesn’t leave, who knows!
Yes there would have been a whole lot more pressure.
We made it to the final game, how does 1 Nazi made FT give us significantly more winning tournament experience (we had still won 11 of our last 12 tournament games). No!
We matched up very well with Duke. Wisc would have beat us 2 maybe 3 times out of 10 we played them. Duke more like 1 out of 10. So yeah they could have, but probably wouldn’t have.
Even with the wisky win. It doesn’t guarantee us a title.
The easy picks are 97 Arizona and 14 UConn.
that’s two championships added to us
The easy picks are 97 Arizona and 14 UConn.
that’s two championships added to us
There is only one answer...2015 FF loss to Wisconsin. Zero doubt they go on to win the National Title in the CC game. 40-0 Season...it still hurts.
92' Duke would be my first choice.
97' Zona game would be choice 1A
-The "Wat Shot" vs. IU would be 1B.
The biggest thing that program did in 35 years was beat a bunch of young pups on their home court in a meaningless game the year we won a championship and that's all I hear about is the "Wat Shot". Its funny, and I feel sorry for them, but unbelievably annoying.
97' Zona game would be choice 1A
-The "Wat Shot" vs. IU would be 1B.
The biggest thing that program did in 35 years was beat a bunch of young pups on their home court in a meaningless game the year we won a championship and that's all I hear about is the "Wat Shot". Its funny, and I feel sorry for them, but unbelievably annoying.
So I’m glad you know Law of Averages isn’t a thing. The made FT settles nerves the next season and builds into the returners’ minds the idea they’ve already been a part of what it takes to win this whole thing. Maybe the coach is feeling threepeat is gonna be harder than repeat but the players are feeling “winning it all is what we do here—now it’s my turn.”
I’m 37 and going with 1975 vs UCLA. Simple math. They’d be leading us 10-9 in titles now.
Just because that’s your choice does not make it the “obvious answer.” Your wording there yet again displays the obnoxiousness that’s made you notorious on this board.
And 84 would not be my choice. Frankly, I think that team gets a bit overrated in our lore. They started out looking incredible, but increasingly struggled as the season went along. Truthfully, they were damn lucky to escape Illinois in the Elite 8 on our own Rupp Arena home floor, and then completely collapsed the next game against Georgetown. I’d flip 75, 97, 2015 and perhaps others before 84.
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2015 Wisconsin broke our hearts.
2017 UNC made us angry.
1997 would have been awesome.
Crazy that ONE particular ref was on the whistle in both 2015 and 2017, and another with the same last name (no relation) called 1997. ALL games had their controversies.
Oh! What might have been... Go ‘Cats!
2017 UNC made us angry.
1997 would have been awesome.
Crazy that ONE particular ref was on the whistle in both 2015 and 2017, and another with the same last name (no relation) called 1997. ALL games had their controversies.
Oh! What might have been... Go ‘Cats!
I will make a caveat to my own answer. Psychologically, the 2015 Wisconsin game has left a scar on this fanbase that is different from all the other games. And I understand that, we lost a chance at history AND a national championship that we all believe we should have had. And I think that scar is sometimes distorting the way that we view everything else that goes on with the program. We just can’t move on from this one the way we move on from other losses. And until we get another banner, we probably never will.
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