In their defense, that was the biggest achievement for their program since 1987.
Regarding IU an Amazing Stat
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Another bizarre stat that makes me discount IU as a blueblood and just shows how weird the Big 10 is in general is that the school with the most Big 10 basketball titles and I think the only school that has a winning record against all of its Big 10 opponents is not IU, or Michigan St., or Michigan, or Ohio State which are all schools that have won at least one NCAA title but is Purdue with exactly 2 Final Fours in their entire history
Part of the reason is because they kept Knight too long. Looking at their records it was obvious way before 2000 that Knight was old and washed up
50 years from now, I don't think Cal will be remembered as legendary.
And it isn't just some flukey lack of tournament success. In the same span of 30 years they've had ONE year that they finished in the top 10 of the final AP poll (released before the tournament) - 2013, lost in sweet 16.
They celebrated being "back" because they went to two straight sweet 16s. In the 10 seasons since they were "back," they've missed the tournament 5 times, made one sweet 16, and have 4 NCAA tournament game wins. In the 10 years since they were "back" they've had 2 seasons >.500 in conference.
I do because I was around when they were great and the rivalry with them was great.
They actually won the last time we met in the NCAAT with creepy Krean coaching.,
I’m hoping things change for us soon b4 we are considered the same as IU.
It’s going on a decade since our last FF.
Maybe some other programs don’t consider us a BB anymore.
Which is actually a fair assessment considering we haven’t been relevant nationally for nearly a decade.
Indiana blows. They remind me of ND in football. No national titles since late 80s for either.
That is a crazy stat, not even one fluke run. I don’t think they have even made the weekend but like 2 times.
I think he will be remembered for underachieving more than Dean Smith underachieved.
You can go to any rival fan base and they make fun of Cal like we do Dean Smith.
Complete contradiction. You consider IU a BB but you don't think we are based on recent years. Unbelievable!!
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No I said maybe other BB programs view us the way we view IU. Every other BB program has been to the FF since our last one. Outside of Indiana that is. And they beat us in our last matchup in the NCAAT.
Heck every BB has been to the FF in the 2020’s except us and Indiana.
But some of you think things our good with our program, while failing to realize that we’re getting closer to IU in BB status.
You said that the way that they view UK is a "fair assessment." Your words. Not mine. You also said that you consider IU a blueblood program. Either own it or edit it.
It’s fair for other bb programs outside of IU to view us in that way because we haven’t been as good as them. Since 2012 every BB outside of UK, UCLA, and IU have won the NC. Even the new bloods Villinova and UConn have won multiple NC’s since our last.
Every other BB and new blood have made the FF in the 2020’s except UK and IU.
I still view IU as a BB so naturally I view us as a BB.
I wouldn’t fault other BB and new blood programs for not viewing us as a BB.
Many of our fans don’t view IU as a BB because they haven’t done anything recently. It’s been almost a decade since we’ve done anything.
We even have some fans trashing Duke and they were in the FF just 2 seasons ago. Along with UNC and Kansas while we were losing to St Peter.
KY basketball hasn’t been good nationally in over 5 years and it shows as Cal has only won about 60 something percent of all games and about 20% against ranked teams.
I don’t need to edit anything because we’ve stunk when compared to other BB’s not named Indiana.
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