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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1478361, member: 40"]
If the Yankees only won one WS in 40 years, their fan base would argue that they'd only accomplished 1 thing in 40 years.

You don't need to convince me of all people that the journey is often rewarding, regardless of outcome.  But let's be honest, there ARE posters who consistently express that it is all about postseason success [final four or bust].  And from the perspective, everyone else goes home unhappy except for one team.

You're right, the "best" subjective team doesn't always win the title.  But when they don't, then they aren't the objective "best" team, the team that defeated them is.  Sports that utilize series tend to statistically mitigate outliers [i.e,. the Villanova-type championships], but in single elimination sports, a lot more significance is placed on the outcome of individual games.  Just the way it is.

But enough of this hair splitting.  The point of this thread was to discuss Calipari's claim that only UK could go 38-1.  I think that the comments were rationalized and asinine.  Lots of teams have approached being undefeated in recent years, it is admittedly rare, but doesn't only happen at UK.
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