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[QUOTE="DeGrozz, post: 27169, member: 205"]
My post was more toungue-in-cheek than you took it, but I think you bring up some good points for discussion about the Helm's NCs.

One of the reasons that I don't like the titles is, as you said, anyone with a basic knowledge of college basketball knows that a Helm's championship isn't the same as a NCAA championship, but teams keep displaying them like they are.  The reason that I think they are 'corny' is how they are displayed by so many schools.  I like that Syracuse clearly has the banners in the Dome labeled as 'Helm's National Championships', but the emphasis in the Dome is on the 2003 title.  It's not like that everywhere though.  Kansas displays the same banner for the Helms that they display for their NCAA Tournament thriller over Memphis.  UNC displays the same banner for the Helms as they do their tournament win over undefeated Illinois.  I think that is ridiculous and 'corny'.

In my opinion, statistics in basketball can be used to give you a pretty good idea of who's a top 5, top 10, in the 10-20 range, etc, but they shouldn't be used to grant or claim national championships.  If there was no true national champion at the time, I say let it be.  Going back and determining a paper champion that's not recognized by the NCAA, to me, is pointless.

On a side note, was Syracuse really dominating basketball back then?  I would have figured most people would say Phog and Kansas dominated the twenties in college basketball, but I really don't know...
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