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Every 30-0 Start Since 2000

2013-2014 Wichita State: Coming off a final four appearance as a 9 seed, Wichita State started their 2014 campaign 34-0 before losing their first and last game of the season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against an under seeded Kentucky team. They were led by sophomore and future NBA all-star Fred Van Fleet, Cleanthony Early, and Ron Baker. 2014-2015 Kentucky: Just a year after Wichita State started 34-0, Kentucky started 38-0 before losing to Wisconsin in the Final Four. This team was absolutely loaded, being led by future NBA superstar Karl-Anthony Towns. They also had the Harrison twins, Willie Cauley-Stein, Tyler Ulis, Trey Lyles, AND future NBA superstar Devin Booker (who came off the bench). This is often considered the greatest CBB team ever assembled. They were just 2 games away from 40-0 and had the best start out of any of these teams on this list. Their entire roster was full of NBA talent. A quote to describe how good this was is when Kentucky destroyed Kansas in the Champions Classic and John Calipari said: “We don’t have subs, we have reinforcements”. 2020-21 Gonzaga During the COVID season, Gonzaga made it known that they were the most dominant team in college basketball. They breezed through the WCC and all the way to the national championship before losing to a very good Baylor team who simply just played better competition all throughout the season and were more prepared for the moment. They were led by Jalen Suggs, Drew Timme, and Corey Kispert. They also had guys like Joel Ayayi and Andrew Nembhard. In the final four against UCLA, Jalen Suggs hit one of the greatest buzzer beaters in tournament history from half court to win the game in overtime and to send the Zags to the natty. If there was a real crowd in that game, it would probably be considered THE greatest buzzer beater in tournament history other than the Kris Jenkins shot in the national championship in 2016. The crowd would’ve gone absolutely NUTS. Easily one of the greatest final four games ever played. 2025-26 Miami OH Miami of Ohio has been of the most unique teams we have seen in CBB history. They are off to a 30-0 start and are just 1 game away from having a perfect regular season. The problem is their SOS. They have one of the worst non-con SOS’s in the country and haven’t played a single quad 1 opponent and have only played one quad 2 opponent (Akron). Akron is their only top 100 win and many people believe they have to win their conference tournament to get into the tournament. So, because of this, every single game for them is pretty much an elimination game. It’s very impressive to see how long they have gone without losing considering all of the close games they have played. I think because of that and the fact they are the only undefeated team in the country, they should easily be in. If they win their last game against Ohio they are in no matter what happens in the MAC tournament. No 1-loss team should miss the tournament even if they play a shitty schedule. There is a reason why this has never happened. Going 30-0 in NCAA D1 basketball is very hard no matter who you play. Now if they lose to Ohio and lose early in the MAC tournament, then maybe they should be left out. But after all of this, I don’t think that will happen. It will be exciting to see Miami in the tournament even if they don’t win a game. I think all college basketball fans should appreciate this as something like this will probably never happen again.

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Small but Mighty

In the game of basketball you are often judged on your hight. In today’s collage basketball, If your under 6’1 your considered a small guard who is going to have to fight for every minute and every shot. Well, in 2017 a man named Darnell Rogers joined Florida Gulf Coast University for the 2017-2018 season. Darnell Rogers came in as a major underdog, he stood at 5’2 140 pounds. As you might expect, he saw very little playing time throughout his freshman year at FGC. So he hit the portal and went up to Maryland to UMBC. He would stay at UMBC for his remaining three years in college. He would continue to prove everyone wrong averaging up to 14 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 0.7 steals, and 0.0 blocks in 2019-2020 season. At the end of his career he averaged 8.6 points, 2.4 assists and 1.5 rebounds. Roger’s faced a greater challenge from the start, a challenge many face but little persevere. He faced and beat the battle of hight in Division One basketball. It goes to show that no matter how big and strong you are as long as you work hard and stay consistent you can get your flowers.

@zach

UConn Sweeps Top 3 of WNBA Draft: Today in Sports History

On April 14th, 2016, Breanna Stewart lead a UConn sweep of the first three picks in the WNBA draft, going first overall to the Seattle Storm. Moriah Jefferson went second to the San Antonio Stars (now the Las Vegas Aces) and Morgan Tuck third to the Connecticut Sun, the first time in draft history that three players from the same school went 1-2-3. It’s a first in any major sport. Stewart is now a 2x WNBA MVP, 3x WNBA Champion, 2x Finals MVP, 7x All-Star, 6x All-WNBA First Team member, 2016 ROTY, and is considered one of the Top 25 WNBA players of all-time. Jefferson made the 2016 All-Rookie team and finished as the ROTY runner-up behind Stewart. She's become a career journeyman, playing for five teams since 2020. Tuck didn't do much in the WNBA, but won the 2020 WNBA championship with Seattle. She is currently the general manager of the Connecticut Sun.

@FlameRaptorRaven

What does this Final Four appearance mean to Arizona?

With their win over Purdue, Arizona returns to the Final Four for the first time since 2001. Future NBA all-stars and podcast hosts Gilbert Arenas and Richard Jefferson led that 2001 team. They eventually made it to the championship game, where they lost to Shane Battier and Duke. That is their most recent appearance in the championship game and 1 of just 4 times Arizona has ever made the final. The Wildcats have exactly 1 National Championship, thanks to the 1996-97 team that included Jason Terry, Mike Bibby, Michael Dickerson, and Miles Simon. To this day, that is Arizona’s only National Championship, and it is not for lack of trying. Out of every D1 men’s basketball team, Arizona has the 5th most wins in its entire history. The only schools ahead of them: Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas and Duke. That’s it. UConn, UCLA, Florida and every other school sit behind them. If we close the timeline to since their National Championship, it's a similar story. They are 6th, only behind the aforementioned schools plus Gonzaga. On top of all this, before the Elite 8, Arizona had the most wins ever in 5 years without a Final Four appearance. Now they have a Final 4 appearance. Arizona’s journey isn’t about overcoming deficiencies. It’s about proving they belong with the elites of college basketball. For decades, they have won as many games as the best programs in the country; all they’re missing is the sheer number of titles. Each team ahead of them in wins during the shot clock era has multiple National Championships. If the Wildcats can cross the finish line this year, they will put themselves in rare air. Only 3 teams in NCAA history have finished a season with 38 wins: 2008 Memphis with Derrick Rose, 2012 Kentucky with Anthony Davis, and 2015 Kentucky with Karl-Anthony Towns. Of those teams, only the 2012 Kentucky team won its national championship. Arizona currently has 36 wins. With everything Tommy Lloyd has accomplished, getting over the Sweet 16 hump could be the catalyst for a return to glory and a place among the greatest teams ever.