Those who found the beauty in Connecticut’s 53-41 win over Butler Monday night might not have any interest in nitpicking the game ugly outcome.
If that’s the case, you definitely don’t want any part of Gary Parrish’s column over at CBSSPorts.com. It rains on the Huskies’ moment in a big way.
An excerpt:
The Huskies aren’t the best national champion ever, but they might be the most fitting.
At a time when criticism of the NCAA has reached an all-time high thanks to a quarterback at Auburn winning the Heisman and BCS trophies despite the fact his father shopped his services for cash, basketball’s national champion is coached by a man whose program was punished by the NCAA six weeks ago. In a season when analysts and fans consistently claimed parity reigned, basketball’s national champion is coached by a man whose team finished ninth in the Big East with a 9-9 record.
Connecticut won the title?
Of course Connecticut won the title.
The only thing more fitting would’ve been Bruce Pearl cutting nets.
Factual? Yes. Fair? Maybe.
But hey, what do you want? Watching a game like that will put anyone in a sour mood.
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- philipmiller111 - Apr 5, 2011 at 2:02 PM
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U-CONN left the Dukes and Kentuckys in the dust. BIG EAST basketball rules the country. Go Notre Dame. You want to play championship basketball? Go to a Big East school
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- philipmiller111 - Apr 5, 2011 at 2:10 PM
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If NCAA football ran their title championship game like NCAA basketball, Peabody College would or could win the big prize. Too many teams selected to try and win the brass ring in college basketball. The NCAA committee needs to bring the number of teams down to a dozen. No reason for a team that lost 9 games and finished last in their confrence should have a stab at the title. Maybe the limit of losses should be 4.
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- anythingbutyanks - Apr 5, 2011 at 2:24 PM
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If that were the case then only teams winning at an 87% clip would even be eligible. That is an unreal number that is only possible in NCAA basketball because of the absolute lack of parity brought about by the fact that players are recruited rather than signed to contracts. Please name one sport outside of college where restricting playoffs or championships to teams that won at a rate of .866 would result in a champion even most years? Most sports, most years, no team would even qualify to play for the championship.
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- hoopsvader - Apr 5, 2011 at 2:55 PM
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Calhoun is a known criminal cheater. He has walked the gray line before but now finally got busted for paying recruits. Its a travesty that this cheater gets to take home the spoils while Butler walks away with their integrity, something Calhoun was never born with. UConnvicts win again.
