Bottom line is this: We have essentially flipped the bird to all those haters by waltzing into the final 4 2016 with the Zone and a touch of Trunk Monkey! Where are their teams now? We still B Dancin and Dabbin y'all!
IIRC Minnesota sat some players out of their 1999 first round matchup with #1o seed Gonzaga. The Zags beat a depleted Minnesota squad and advanced to the elite 8. Maybe Gonzaga still beats a full strength Gophers squad, but that was the start of Gonzaga's run as the consistent top mid major that's still going on.