How 40% more than Carolina over the last 20 years they’ve won more titles than Duke unc Kansas and Kentucky imma life long TARHEEL fan and I give respect to them they are a blue blood in my eyes I mean they won 5 titles in 2 decades it took k 4 decades to do that and Carolina abut 4 decades as well so respect to UConn
Respect to you too! It is what it is....UCONN is doing well and has for 25 years. We didn't make the tourney for 7 years but programs go through that. I would say what offsets that is when UCONN gets to the final they seal the deal.
UConn never left the Big East. The BE left UConn. The Jesuits left and the BE name was GIVEN to them cuz the BE dissolved. Kevin Ollie single-handedly drove the UConn bus off a cliff. Now their back Coach =program
I think when people mention inconsistency with UConn, they tend to think of the Ollie years in particular. 4 of those missed tournament years were with Ollie in the AAC. I know it happened, but the Calhoun years were pretty damn consistent...
Anyone that thinks UConn during the Calhoun era was "inconsistent" doesn't know what the hell they're talking about, and I see that opinion everywhere. The only timeframe where UConn was bad during the last 40 years has been during the Ollie years and they STILL won a title during that period.
6 final 4s and 5 national titles in the last 25 years but theyve been elite for the last 33 years. At this point if you dont consider uconn a blue blood you're clueless or a hater.
After the 14 title and the 16 conference title, Kevin Ollie got divorced. The same year he was fired he complained to reporters that his players weren't spending enough time in the gym. Once his personal life imploded he quit on the program. He stopped recruiting and couldn't develop his players. The program was such a disaster that even in his press conferences on his way to his 1st National Championship Dan Hurley was still complaining about the mess he took over in a really passive-aggressive way blaming Ollie without ever mentioning Ollie. As bad as the AAC was for UConn it was really Ollie falling apart as a person, not just a coach. Sports media outside of CT don't have any idea how ugly things got within the program.
We here in UConn are besides ourselves with envy vis a vis the true blue bloods. Those 5 titles in 24 years are small consolation knowing that we can't sit at the cool kids table. Crushed I tell you. Beating Duke in 99. Small potatoes. Beating Duke again in 2004. Who cares. Kemba and the miracles. Took little solace watching them knowing that no one thought out team was worthy. The 2014 run when the huskies beat . Let me check...the blue bloods from Kentucky. Yet UConn I guess was still not worthy of elite designation. Gosh that hurts. Well we got consolation prize number 5 this week. We are no longer depressed at our non blue blood status. We are coping. Best we can. Wondering now if we have to switch hands if and when we get ring number 6. Non UConn fans you just don't know the agony of being a non blue blood. We are tortured beyond words. Weep for us.
UConn at 5! So happy! Why is debating whether they are 'blue blood' even a thing? Call them whatever you want but they've won more titles in the past quarter century than anybody. Three straight coaches have won titles, can any other school even say that? So proud of Calhoun, Ollie and Hurley! Only three schools have more men's titles than UConn. All but one of UCLA's titles came during a magical run 50 years ago (that is something that will never be repeated by anybody). One of North Carolina's titles came in the 1950s - great decade but college basketball was quite different back then! To say it another way, UConn has as many titles as UNC does since MJ cut down the nets in 1982. Four of Kentucky's eight titles came in the Adolf Rupp era of the 1940s and 50s. Ancient history in basketball terms. I'm not trying to take away from the accomplishments or diminish the historical importance of the other programs, but clearly UConn has done something since 1999 that no other school can touch. Throw in a women's program that has been the best and most successful since the mid-90s, and this is why Storrs, Connecticut is the self-proclaimed College Basketball Capital of the World. You win, you get to brag a little - and Huskies fans don't really care if they are part of the blue blood club or not.
When y'all were talking about UConn being 5-0, it reminded me of how we talk about Michael Jordan. UConn being 5-0 in title games is amazing and doesn't negate the 7 years they've missed the tournament. Jordan being 6-0 in the NBA finals is amazing, but doesn't negate the other 9 years he played and didn't make the finals. #context is important, as Ovies always says.
LMAO....this is the most ridiculous take I have ever seen. You play this game to be a champion so of course it negates the journey it takes to be one. Nobody cares Jordan didn't make the finals 9 years and they don't care UCONN didn't make the tournament 7 years. They care about the Chips baby. Nobody else is having as much success. That's why. Only losers think like this so they don't try. Yes, winning does negate losing. In what world does it not? One you live in?
If UConn wants to baseball for a few years because his Dad died, who's going to give a shit if they come back with Danny Hurley and stomp your head in.
Except Coach K consistently lauds UConn and especially Calhoun for building the program up from nothing. Maybe fans are still out here trying to gatekeep but I'll take those chips over 20 straight sweet 16s.
Memphis has FedEx money backing their program and a solid local footprint to recruit from. UConn even won a title while in the AAC but it’s not lasting. Now that UConn is in the Big East they are getting top 5 classes.
@@TurboFist0no rings though. Being a Top 25 team in the country year in and year out doesn’t equate to winning titles. Ask West Virginia and Pittsburg.
@@Cdawg5666 Not even close to a good comparison. The Marlins have won 2 titles and have been garbage outside of the those 2 years. UConn has 5 titles and was one of the most dominant and consistent programs from 1990-2014. They only had a bad stretch from 2015-2018 because of a terrible coach and 2018-2022 were rebuilding years.
Miami football is a great analogy. Came out of nowhere and just started kicking the blue blood programs azz. People hated seeing it because the Notre Dames and Oklahoma, and Nebraska fans weren't used to seeing that. Same with UCONN! They started beating Duke for championships and beat Kentucky and to me that solidified them as legitimate. Beating Duke twice in the final four and then Kentucky sealed the deal for me.
Uconn now at 6 titles. So back to back titles, undefeated in title games, wins in the F4 over Kentucky, Duke and Michigan St. Now they are loaded again going into 2025 and a real threat at a 3peat. Blue blood? Who cares, ill enjoy the titles.
NCAA needs to make refs call making more consistent. A 1 game knock-out scheme is easily affected by biased refs. Include ALL Div 1 teams with best elimination series rather than a single game knockout. Then one will see the true best team win.
So I guess everyone has different criteria for blue blood status, Indiana last title was? UCLA last title was? UConn doesnt have the tradition the other do? whats that not winning championships often? UConn been going to elite 8 since the 50's have more conference championships then other blue bloods. it's is what it is
These non blue guys sound like a guy who looks at the guy who marries the most beautiful smartest and kindest woman anyone knows and blue blood points out she's only a middling cook.
@@TheCorrectOpinionIs I always list it as one if I am talking about them... and I do comment on college sports a lot. They are the top program in a solid BB conference in which nearly every member has a storied history.
Well the ACC also has lacrosse and soccer. And while those sports aren't as glammy or popular I don't think the ACC is missing any identity. It's just not great at football, and it's been struggling a bit the last few years in basketball because you're right the focus isn't on any one particular sport, but also UNC and Duke lost the coaches that carried them to stardom in recent years. So at some point they have to prove they can get back and win.
You need to ask yourself the question. Would you rather make the tournament 10 times in a row? Or would you rather win the chip every other time you show up? I'd take the chip! 5 trophies is nothing to sneeze at!
And if Kentucky and Carolina and Kansas want to count titles won in the 50s when a large part of the country DID NOT ALLOW BLACK PLAYERS, then go ahead, claim those titles.
Blue blood club 😂. Where they sit around and talk about the old days when they used to win National Champioships. No thanks. I'll take our 5 Nattys over the last 25yrs, including 2023!!
Bluebloods? Let’s look at the resumes. UCLA,11 titles and the biggest cheaters ever in terms of recruiting players. Kentucky,4 out of 8 titles are ancient history,in the segregated 40’s and 50’s when only 16 teams were invited and the NIT carried more weight. Duke, worthy of the blue blood classification. Kansas,maybe. Indiana,borderline. North Carolina,yes. UConn 5 titles in 25 years,speaks for itself. Yes they had some down time. Yes KO was a mistake. He won his title with Calhoun recruits. After his divorce his life fell apart and he began to hit the bottle. Shit happens.
This team had NO star power, no one is taking a pilgrimage to Storrs, Connecticut. If you wanna call them a NEW Blood, that's fine. But if this were a beauty pageant, she would be the woman from Seinfeld who tried to do an act with the parakeets. Carolina and Kentucky are southern debutantes, UCLA is Anne Bancroft, Duke is a Blue Blood in the way that Apple is a Blue Blood. Dominant over the last 30 plus years. No disrespect.
How 40% more than Carolina over the last 20 years they’ve won more titles than Duke unc Kansas and Kentucky imma life long TARHEEL fan and I give respect to them they are a blue blood in my eyes I mean they won 5 titles in 2 decades it took k 4 decades to do that and Carolina abut 4 decades as well so respect to UConn
My friend... much respeCT 🤝🏻🤝🏻🤝🏻🤝🏻
Thank you big Flex.
Respect to you too! It is what it is....UCONN is doing well and has for 25 years. We didn't make the tourney for 7 years but programs go through that. I would say what offsets that is when UCONN gets to the final they seal the deal.
Not only did they win a 5th they steamrolled every team in it’s way. This “Blue blood” label no longer exists.
You can have all the awards you want just give us the national championship..
UCONN NOW 5!!!!!
UConn out for blood. Collecting Natty's.
UConn does not care if we are called blue blood or not just give us our props!!!!!!!
Please. UConn got caught short when the big east dissolved. And now that they are back in the big east there are back on top in 3 years.
UConn never left the Big East. The BE left UConn. The Jesuits left and the BE name was GIVEN to them cuz the BE dissolved.
Kevin Ollie single-handedly drove the UConn bus off a cliff.
Now their back
Coach =program
I think when people mention inconsistency with UConn, they tend to think of the Ollie years in particular. 4 of those missed tournament years were with Ollie in the AAC. I know it happened, but the Calhoun years were pretty damn consistent...
Anyone that thinks UConn during the Calhoun era was "inconsistent" doesn't know what the hell they're talking about, and I see that opinion everywhere. The only timeframe where UConn was bad during the last 40 years has been during the Ollie years and they STILL won a title during that period.
6 final 4s and 5 national titles in the last 25 years but theyve been elite for the last 33 years. At this point if you dont consider uconn a blue blood you're clueless or a hater.
Uconn is 4-0 in the final 4 against Duke and Kentucky.
@@TurboFist0 totally agree. They had so many years where they were unbelievable lmao
After the 14 title and the 16 conference title, Kevin Ollie got divorced. The same year he was fired he complained to reporters that his players weren't spending enough time in the gym. Once his personal life imploded he quit on the program. He stopped recruiting and couldn't develop his players. The program was such a disaster that even in his press conferences on his way to his 1st National Championship Dan Hurley was still complaining about the mess he took over in a really passive-aggressive way blaming Ollie without ever mentioning Ollie. As bad as the AAC was for UConn it was really Ollie falling apart as a person, not just a coach. Sports media outside of CT don't have any idea how ugly things got within the program.
We here in UConn are besides ourselves with envy vis a vis the true blue bloods. Those 5 titles in 24 years are small consolation knowing that we can't sit at the cool kids table. Crushed I tell you. Beating Duke in 99. Small potatoes. Beating Duke again in 2004. Who cares. Kemba and the miracles. Took little solace watching them knowing that no one thought out team was worthy. The 2014 run when the huskies beat . Let me check...the blue bloods from Kentucky. Yet UConn I guess was still not worthy of elite designation. Gosh that hurts. Well we got consolation prize number 5 this week. We are no longer depressed at our non blue blood status. We are coping. Best we can. Wondering now if we have to switch hands if and when we get ring number 6. Non UConn fans you just don't know the agony of being a non blue blood. We are tortured beyond words. Weep for us.
Awesome New England sarcasm! Love it. Blue Bloods don’t understand sarcasm, they take this stuff very seriously. Titles over labels!
I know right? I lived in Connecticut for 40 years and have not once seen any UCONN fan give a sh't about this!!! We just want the team to win.
UConn at 5! So happy! Why is debating whether they are 'blue blood' even a thing? Call them whatever you want but they've won more titles in the past quarter century than anybody. Three straight coaches have won titles, can any other school even say that? So proud of Calhoun, Ollie and Hurley!
Only three schools have more men's titles than UConn. All but one of UCLA's titles came during a magical run 50 years ago (that is something that will never be repeated by anybody). One of North Carolina's titles came in the 1950s - great decade but college basketball was quite different back then! To say it another way, UConn has as many titles as UNC does since MJ cut down the nets in 1982. Four of Kentucky's eight titles came in the Adolf Rupp era of the 1940s and 50s. Ancient history in basketball terms.
I'm not trying to take away from the accomplishments or diminish the historical importance of the other programs, but clearly UConn has done something since 1999 that no other school can touch. Throw in a women's program that has been the best and most successful since the mid-90s, and this is why Storrs, Connecticut is the self-proclaimed College Basketball Capital of the World. You win, you get to brag a little - and Huskies fans don't really care if they are part of the blue blood club or not.
Facts!!!! CT all day....
When y'all were talking about UConn being 5-0, it reminded me of how we talk about Michael Jordan. UConn being 5-0 in title games is amazing and doesn't negate the 7 years they've missed the tournament. Jordan being 6-0 in the NBA finals is amazing, but doesn't negate the other 9 years he played and didn't make the finals. #context is important, as Ovies always says.
Yes it does. 5 titles and a 6th trip to the final four in 24 years. But you'd rather root for who?
absurd lol. Why give brownie points for just being around otherwise? You are there to win it.
LMAO....this is the most ridiculous take I have ever seen. You play this game to be a champion so of course it negates the journey it takes to be one. Nobody cares Jordan didn't make the finals 9 years and they don't care UCONN didn't make the tournament 7 years. They care about the Chips baby. Nobody else is having as much success. That's why. Only losers think like this so they don't try. Yes, winning does negate losing. In what world does it not? One you live in?
The dumbest of dumb takes, your father needs to confiscate your phone
If UConn wants to baseball for a few years because his Dad died, who's going to give a shit if they come back with Danny Hurley and stomp your head in.
Beat the spread by double in all Tournament games, 16-0 Non conference. And the hate continues.... don't worry we will do it again next year.
Except Coach K consistently lauds UConn and especially Calhoun for building the program up from nothing. Maybe fans are still out here trying to gatekeep but I'll take those chips over 20 straight sweet 16s.
That Michigan state comment is spot on! I never thought of that? Who ever thought of that,, is intelligent!
And just like the big east has lifted UConn back up UConns return has elevated the big east.
Great take. Uconn is a big time disruptor. They are Apple. Kentucky is Andrew Carnegie
"Sticks n stones may break my bones, but names (blue blood) will never hurt me." Just give me my trophy
Best moments of this year is Uconn winning No. 5. 👍
You put any of those blue bloods in the AAC and you’re not recruiting kids to play against Tulsa/SMU/ECU.
That's BS. Memphis manages to get top 10 recruiting classes every year in the AAC, but you don't think KU, UNC, or UK would?
Memphis has FedEx money backing their program and a solid local footprint to recruit from. UConn even won a title while in the AAC but it’s not lasting. Now that UConn is in the Big East they are getting top 5 classes.
@@TurboFist0no rings though. Being a Top 25 team in the country year in and year out doesn’t equate to winning titles. Ask West Virginia and Pittsburg.
These dudes have great points and then follow it up with UConn is the marlins 🙄
It’s true, though
@@Cdawg5666 Not even close to a good comparison. The Marlins have won 2 titles and have been garbage outside of the those 2 years. UConn has 5 titles and was one of the most dominant and consistent programs from 1990-2014. They only had a bad stretch from 2015-2018 because of a terrible coach and 2018-2022 were rebuilding years.
Miami football is a great analogy. Came out of nowhere and just started kicking the blue blood programs azz. People hated seeing it because the Notre Dames and Oklahoma, and Nebraska fans weren't used to seeing that. Same with UCONN! They started beating Duke for championships and beat Kentucky and to me that solidified them as legitimate. Beating Duke twice in the final four and then Kentucky sealed the deal for me.
UConn is elite, period
These guy's are allright!, First time listening to them!
If I heard someone say Uconn was Nickleback esq in person, I’d ConnectiCUT them.
"Blue blood" signifies nothing but an interest in basketball antiquity.
Uconn now at 6 titles. So back to back titles, undefeated in title games, wins in the F4 over Kentucky, Duke and Michigan St. Now they are loaded again going into 2025 and a real threat at a 3peat. Blue blood? Who cares, ill enjoy the titles.
UConn has 6 now, going for #7 in 2025. We love to piss people off.
NCAA needs to make refs call making more consistent. A 1 game knock-out scheme is easily affected by biased refs. Include ALL Div 1 teams with best elimination series rather than a single game knockout. Then one will see the true best team win.
THERE A NEW BLOOD NOT BLUE BLOODS BLUE BLOODS WON BACK IN THE DAY AND THE PRESENT DAY ALL TITLES ARE PRESENT DAY TITLES
Breathe boy breathe lol
So I guess everyone has different criteria for blue blood status, Indiana last title was? UCLA last title was? UConn doesnt have the tradition the other do? whats that not winning championships often? UConn been going to elite 8 since the 50's have more conference championships then other blue bloods. it's is what it is
These non blue guys sound like a guy who looks at the guy who marries the most beautiful smartest and kindest woman anyone knows and blue blood points out she's only a middling cook.
Tarheels have 6 titles quit spitting lies
MF
Actually 7 but it was called a different tournament title
They meant after 1999.
@@TheCorrectOpinionIs still a nitpicking stat
I hear a jealous tone in their voices
I think most people consider uconn a blue blood.
I think it's 60/40 now. 40 being the amount that consider UConn to be. We don't get much respect, I fear.
@@TheCorrectOpinionIs I always list it as one if I am talking about them... and I do comment on college sports a lot. They are the top program in a solid BB conference in which nearly every member has a storied history.
Atleast we are not Syracuse and Boston College
Well the ACC also has lacrosse and soccer. And while those sports aren't as glammy or popular I don't think the ACC is missing any identity. It's just not great at football, and it's been struggling a bit the last few years in basketball because you're right the focus isn't on any one particular sport, but also UNC and Duke lost the coaches that carried them to stardom in recent years. So at some point they have to prove they can get back and win.
You need to ask yourself the question. Would you rather make the tournament 10 times in a row? Or would you rather win the chip every other time you show up? I'd take the chip! 5 trophies is nothing to sneeze at!
And if Kentucky and Carolina and Kansas want to count titles won in the 50s when a large part of the country DID NOT ALLOW BLACK PLAYERS, then go ahead, claim those titles.
Duke’s actually 3-2 vs UConn in the NCAA but don’t let the door hit ya where it split ya, Ovies.
last time they played? Last Duke victory? UConn beat Duke to win in '99. I'll take that over any of the 3 victories, most of which were last century.
@@pattylytwyn3800 Agreed. UConn also beat Duke in the Final Four in 2004, on the way to their 2nd championship.
Blue blood club 😂. Where they sit around and talk about the old days when they used to win National Champioships. No thanks. I'll take our 5 Nattys over the last 25yrs, including 2023!!
Bluebloods? Let’s look at the resumes. UCLA,11 titles and the biggest cheaters ever in terms of recruiting players. Kentucky,4 out of 8 titles are ancient history,in the segregated 40’s and 50’s when only 16 teams were invited and the NIT carried more weight. Duke, worthy of the blue blood classification. Kansas,maybe. Indiana,borderline. North Carolina,yes. UConn 5 titles in 25 years,speaks for itself. Yes they had some down time. Yes KO was a mistake. He won his title with Calhoun recruits. After his divorce his life fell apart and he began to hit the bottle. Shit happens.
This team had NO star power, no one is taking a pilgrimage to Storrs, Connecticut. If you wanna call them a NEW Blood, that's fine. But if this were a beauty pageant, she would be the woman from Seinfeld who tried to do an act with the parakeets. Carolina and Kentucky are southern debutantes, UCLA is Anne Bancroft, Duke is a Blue Blood in the way that Apple is a Blue Blood. Dominant over the last 30 plus years. No disrespect.
What are you even talking about? Lmao
What a load of nonsense.
Dan orlovsky is the best from UConn football? He sucked, never played, I'd say Byron Jones more