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Message: [QUOTE="sufandu, post: 3727599, member: 874"] In order I would go with 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016. I separate 2014 from 2010 and 2012 because the eye test said that team wasn't quite the same, even as we racked up the Ws. In hindsight, there were a few cracks visible in the 2013 team from the standpoint of difficulty with halfcourt offense compared to the previous teams that carried over to the 2014 team. I don't think performance in the NCAA tournament, good or bad, negates the regular season, good or bad. If it has to be a choice of regular season or NCAA tournament, I'll take the regular season. The only exception would be a miraculous run that ends with a NC. I would rather enjoy all of the wins that come during an exciting regular season, from preseason tournaments to blowing out early season scrubs to beating conference rivals and competing for conference championships and the 3+ months of highlight plays and media attention that accompany it than I would the brief unlikely run to a FF following a disappointing season filled with frustrating losses and living on the bubble leading up to March. I disagree with some of the opinions that team success is solely judged on what you do in the tournament. When you look back at a coach's legacy, FFs and NCs will certainly be a huge part of it. However, if you're talking about program perception from media, recruits, and rival fanbases, the regular season carries at least as much weight simply because of how long it is compared to a relatively brief tournament that can sometimes be a crapshoot. As an example, Virginia was respected for years within the conference before they won their recent NC. Did they get mocked for flaming out in the tournament? Sure, a little. But nobody looked at them as an easy win and beating them felt good. Even we were considered a stalwart in the Big East long before we won our NC despite having only two FFs in the 23 years (I didn't count the FF prior to the Big East era) leading up to that championship. That respect was because of our regular season and conference tournament success. [/QUOTE]

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