25 Biggest “What If” Moments in College Basketball in the Past 25 Years

[sufandu]

A hypothetical. What of the Hakim block happened in the 1987 title game against the Keith Smart shot BUT NOT in 2003? Would the trajectory of the program be much different? If you had to choose between the title in 1987 vs 2003 what would be your preference and why?

How dare you make me choose? HOW DARE YOU!?!?

 

[Nicknack]

What if we hadn't worn those ugly a$$ uniforms?

 

[CuseGrad94]

What if they counted Red Autry’s shot from his knees in the Sweet 16 as an and 1. Does Cuse knock off a 1 seed and make another FF?

 

[PoppyHart]

If Cipolla misses that shot against UGA, does JAB make it to 2003?

 

[tbonezone]

What if Winfred Walton had played?

who dat?

 

[HOFCeluck]

A hypothetical. What of the Hakim block happened in the 1987 title game against the Keith Smart shot BUT NOT in 2003? Would the trajectory of the program be much different? If you had to choose between the title in 1987 vs 2003 what would be your preference and why?

I think we’d win in 2003 even if that shot went in. But I have no memory of 1987 and I watched or listened to every Cuse game in 2003 so I’d still pick the latter.

 

[ElwoodJBlues]

What if John Higgins didn’t call the first half of the elite 8 game versus Ohio State in Boston like he had money on Ohio State?

 

[Sbucketball]

If Cuse won a national championship in 2010 or 2012, would it have weathered the issues of the past decade better and not have endured such a decline?