IU, UK, UL fans.......

[elnutsmalljaws]

So, I was looking back at times when my team,, Indiana should have hung a banner but didn't. I can count 3.

1975 ......didn't due to scott may getting injured. SHOULD HAVE. Up to that point they were undefeated, and would return players that ended up being undefeated the next year. LOCK.

1992-93.......Alan Henderson injury. This team, went undefeated in the big 10 beating the fab 5 twice. Not a complete lock but pretty good chance of a banner.

2002.....Knights team coached by Davis. Went to the final game to be beaten by a sub par Maryland team. Indiana went on to beat that team the next year, which had the same players, and BEAT them bad.

So, those are my 3........there might be more, but those definitely stick out in my mind.

try to keep this on the up and up.........SERIOUS posts only, and no pissing matches about my boys are bigger than your boys, or I will ask the moderators to remove it.

Later,

Geo

Sorry Geo but losing Juan Dixon, Lonny Baxter and Chris Wilcox from the 2002 team does not make the 2003 team the same Maryland team. Senior point guard and 2 monsters inside is a pretty big loss. The three scored 43 of the teams 64 points and had 26 rebounds. All 3 went pro after the title game.

[Tim_T]

Wasn't Steve Francis on that Maryland team that won the title? I thought he was the national player of the year on that title team. Maybe I have my years mixed up.

[Fishin is life]

Wasn't Steve Francis on that Maryland team that won the title? I thought he was the national player of the year on that title team. Maybe I have my years mixed up.

I think steve francis graduated in 99 or 2000. I remember him being drafted while i was still in high school

[elnutsmalljaws]

Wasn't Steve Francis on that Maryland team that won the title? I thought he was the national player of the year on that title team. Maybe I have my years mixed up.

Not sure when Francis graduated but I remember Juan Dixon was the stud point guard on Maryland. Chris Wilcox turned a 6 game NCAA Tourney run into a first round draft choice. Wilcox was cut like granite.

[know1]

For UK it was 1997, 2003, 2010, 2011. I'm convinced UK had the best team each of those years except 2011 and didn't win it. The 2011 team was not the best, but once they got to the Final Four, they were the favorite and couldn't close it out.