I read all the time over on that cesspool that we have been a quick exit from the NCAA tournament. Sadly for them, I did some research. Let's pretend that basketball did begin when Jim Calhoun took over the Huskies. Since that day, starting in the '86-87 season, the Huskies have made it to the sweet 16 13 times. So have we. That's right. We made it to the second weekend just as many times as they did over this glorious time period. They have gone to 4 final fours during this time frame. So have we. (of course we went to a final four before they knew college hoops existed back in 1975). The reason they think they have done better than us is that they have only been ousted 4 times on the first weekend. The problem is, they missed the tournament 6 times going to the NIT. So what they see as our failure to get by the first weekend is just that we made it to the NCAA when they didn't make the tournament They also missed the tournament 2 other times. Once for grades and once because they just sucked and couldn't even make the NIT. We also missed a tournament for sanctions. We went to 4 NIT's. Giving them credit where credit is due, they have done better than us getting to elite 8's and they have won all 3 of their title games where we won only one. Of course, we also had the misfortune of meeting blue blood programs when we got there and not G-tech and Butler. In any case, the tide has turned and the last two years we went to an elite 8 and another final 4.
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