SU MBB 40 year high/low points

[miamicuse]

If you look at SUMBB the last 40 years or so (no particular reason why 40 years just a random number since my freshman year was the fall of 1979), is there a moment, a game or a season you consider that to be the absolute peak for the program? That you would point to it and say that's the best we have ever been? Which moment/game/season? The 2003 championship game? The 6OT game final seconds? The 2010 or 2012 end of regular season before the injury and the paper incident?

The flip side, the lowest point?

I think many consider the end of the Tyler Ennis season as the beginning of the ten year long decline, but wasn't a decline from the peak.

If we think of SUMBB as a stock, what would the 40 year stock chart look like?

 

[Eric15]

Program was very strong between 1986-1991, in the late 90s, 2003-2005 and 2009-2014. The stretch from 2020-2024 has been basically rock bottom for our standards.

 

[Cusefan0307]

The last 3 seasons have been absolutely terrible and I don’t think anyone can disagree.

 

[dwilmont44]

Peaks:

2010 Villanova
2012 at Louisville

 

[Giants1973]

Best yrs 1983 - 1991.

 

[grepal]

Highs, the seasons. All of them, even the last few.
Lows, end of each season except 03. Even then I was sad to see it end. I miss the passion I feel during hoops season. For me, the best years are when my beloved Red Sox start right after the SU season ende and SU starts after the Sox won the World Series.

 

[MGraves5]

Program was very strong between 1986-1991, in the late 90s, 2003-2005 and 2009-2014. The stretch from 2020-2024 has been basically rock bottom for our standards.

I would say they were also very strong in the mid 90's (94-96). Even though they were a 7 seed in the 95 tournament when they lost in OT to Arkansas, that team had the talent of a top 3 seeded team.

 

[Eric15]

I would say they were also very strong in the mid 90's (94-96). Even though the were a 7 seed in the 95 tournament when they lost in OT to Arkansas, that team had the talent of a top 3 seeded team.

Agreed should have said “mid to late” 90s.

 

[Forloveoforange]

2010 and 2012, since they were so close together. So, I'll call it 2010 to 2012.

 

[OttoMets]

Maybe it wasn't the absolute "low" spot but that morning when an undertalented and underachieving (a sneaky-bad combination) SU team had just lost a who-cares early-round NIT game and then Mike Hopkins resigned was a serious "Oh, this thing is going to end really badly" moment.

 

[NKR1978]

Maybe it wasn't the absolute "low" spot but that morning when an undertalented and underachieving (a sneaky-bad combination) SU team had just lost a who-cares early-round NIT game and then Mike Hopkins resigned was a serious "Oh, this thing is going to end really badly" moment.

That was the only team I just didn’t like. A roster coming off a Final Four with some NBA talent was just so frustrating to watch. That St. John’s game where we lost by 40 or were down 40. They had some good moments, but not nearly enough to overcome that.

 

[tptcuse]

I'm not sure it was the "low point" but the 2018 back-to-back losses to Old Dominion and Buffalo at home are always an inflection point in my mind. We had already been beaten easily by Oregon and UConn in NYC. And that was with Brissett, Battle, and Hughes. It was the last time we were ranked.

Lots of "best years" before that.

 

[NKR1978]

I'm not sure it was the "low point" but the 2018 back-to-back losses to Old Dominion and Buffalo at home are always an inflection point in my mind. We had already been beaten easily by Oregon and UConn in NYC. And that was with Brissett, Battle, and Hughes. It was the last time we were ranked.

Lots of "best years" before that.

And that was a tournament team with a fairly high seed (8 or 9)! That wasn't even a bubble year.

 

[tptcuse]

And that was a tournament team with a fairly high seed (8 or 9)! That wasn't even a bubble year.

We were an 8 seed and went 20-14. Big win at Duke helped.