{"id":74751,"date":"2023-04-04T13:30:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T13:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articles.runyourpool.com\/?p=74751"},"modified":"2023-04-04T13:30:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T13:30:55","slug":"2023-college-basketball-post-mortem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runyourpool.com\/articles\/2023\/04\/04\/2023-college-basketball-post-mortem\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Champs Again: 2022-23 College Basketball Post Mortem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No thumb in Storrs, Connecticut, will ever go cold again. For the fifth time in program history, the UConn Huskies are the champs of men\u2019s college basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All is spoken for the 2022-23 campaign. With all stones turned, it\u2019s time to review the rodeo from the very beginning, dating all the way to the before times, when anything could happen and everyone was undefeated with a beautiful 0-0 record. Even Louisville started the season without a single loss!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>UConn Caps 2023 as Champs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Preseason: Pretenders &amp; Contenders<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ah, October \u2013 when champions are anointed, recruiting classes are heralded, and every team will probably make the tournament. All is well before reality hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This preseason, it was North Carolina who took the most plaudits as the No. 1 team in the AP and Coaches Poll. Returning most of the same players who were national runners-up in 2022, the Tar Heels were primed for a historic and memorable year, though not in the way they intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tar Heels choose not to participate in 2023 NIT.<br><br>?: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o6wWdno4uo\">https:\/\/t.co\/o6wWdno4uo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fIu4NVgX6k\">pic.twitter.com\/fIu4NVgX6k<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNC_Basketball\/status\/1635058825916186624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otherwise, it was some of the other usual suspects from recent years who occupied the upper echelon of expectations: Gonzaga, Houston, Kentucky, Kansas, and Baylor rounded out the rest of the AP\u2019s top six. Duke had the nation\u2019s best incoming class,<a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Season\/2022-Basketball\/CompositeTeamRankings\/\"> according to 247Sports<\/a>, with three of the four highest-rated recruits in the country committed to first-year head coach Jon Scheyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carolina wasn\u2019t the only preseason-ranked team to later miss the NCAA Tournament. Villanova began the year at No. 16 in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/rankings\/_\/week\/1\/year\/2023\/seasontype\/2\"> the AP Poll<\/a> but finished with a .500 record. Oregon, Michigan, Dayton, and Texas Tech were four of the five final teams named in the preseason poll, but none of them danced. Also, even with little expectations, Louisville dug deep below the planet\u2019s surface to kick off the campaign 0-9, including home defeats to Bellarmine, Wright State, and Appalachian State. The Cardinals eventually reached the earth\u2019s core on their seemingly unsatisfied mission searching for rock bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>November &amp; December: The Non-Conference (with Some Conference)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first two months of the college basketball season are for fun tournaments, forming the foundations of March Madness resumes, and watching Gonzaga before it\u2019s banished to play Pepperdine on ESPN News at 12 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On New Year\u2019s Eve, eventual-champs UConn took its first L of the campaign, 83-73 at Xavier, and only two undefeated teams remained going into 2023: Purdue and New Mexico. If you were wondering what happened in Albuquerque next, perhaps knowing that the Lobos will not again be mentioned in this article gives you that answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And then there was one\u2026<br><br>New Mexico is the last remaining undefeated team! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tq1KtsTbHq\">pic.twitter.com\/Tq1KtsTbHq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarchMadnessMBB\/status\/1610336162865991680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Carolina began its descent to postseason purgatory in late November and was 5-4 after losing at Virginia Tech on Dec. 4, but that was nowhere near the biggest fall from grace that month. On Dec. 12, police arrested then-Longhorns head coach Chris Beard for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2023\/01\/05\/ut-fired-chris-beard-basketball\/\"> allegedly strangling his fianc\u00e9e<\/a>. Beard was fired a few weeks later, a swift deletion to his time at Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>January: Purdue Power &amp; UConn Sour<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a one-point loss to Rutgers on Jan. 2, Purdue cruised through the rest of January. The Boilermakers beat the likes of Ohio State (back when it was still ranked), Penn State, Maryland, Michigan, and Michigan State twice as they solidified themselves atop the AP Poll and Big Ten standings. Meanwhile, Zach Edey scored, rebounded, and blocked his way to the front of the National Player of the Year conversation, an award he would sweep weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vECDaD0-qn4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, Connecticut tanked. The Huskies were 14-0 before the Xavier-sized blemish, but after six losses in their next eight games, they were 16-6 with a losing record in the Big East come Jan. 25. UConn did not look like the national champs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Kansas also suffered setbacks, dropping three-straight contests to Kansas State, TCU, and Baylor in the middle of the month, while Kentucky entered a roller coaster of high-end wins and low-level losses, of which Big Blue Nation vocally disapproved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other major news from January was Alabama player Darius Miles\u2019s arrest on capital murder charges for the death of Jamea Jonae Harris. Miles was dismissed from the team and is in jail without bond. Further controversy ensued from reports that Brandon Miller and Jaden Bradley were at the scene, with Miller transporting the gun there, and head coach Nate Oats\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/alabamabasketball\/2023\/02\/nate-oats-panned-for-response-to-alabama-stars-involvement-in-murder-case.html\"> statements in the aftermath<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>February: Carolina Blues<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is when the wheels careened off the wagon and Carolina relegated itself to misery. The Tar Heels went 4-5 in February, including an insipid showing in Durham early in the month. The dysfunction within the program became more and more evident for all to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember 0-9 Louisville? It didn\u2019t seem like things could get much worse, but they did. It turned out that the two-game positive streak the Cardinals enjoyed against Western Kentucky and Florida A&amp;M in mid-December was the team\u2019s best run of the entire season. Unfortunately for Louisville, the NCAA doesn\u2019t vacate losses \u2013 that 4-28 record is staying in the books, and a dog pooping on its court is one of its best plays of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Louisville (4-25) having a dog perform at halftime only to have the dog take a dump on their court is just fitting. <br><br>Great work by the scriptwriters. <br><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UJKtfMCWLj\">pic.twitter.com\/UJKtfMCWLj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jake Marsh (@PMTsportsbiz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMTsportsbiz\/status\/1630773168389365760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Big 12 was a gauntlet yet again, with almost half of the league ranked in the top-11 of the AP Poll by the end of February and nearly every team receiving serious consideration for a tournament bid. Kansas pulled away for another regular season crown, while Iowa State crumbled under pressure, falling from a high of No. 11 in the AP Poll to unranked in the span of three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marquette separated itself in the Big East, the program\u2019s first regular season championship since 2013. UCLA put its foot down on the Pac-12, winning all eight of its February outings to build a lead atop the league it rode to its first regular-season conference title in a decade, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conference Tournaments: Does Duke Have It Figured Out?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the third time since 2017, Duke won the ACC Tournament, and it looked good doing it. The Blue Devils had some dips during the season, but their young talent gelled better than before, and the narrative around them heading into the Big Dance was that of a Final Four contender. Like Duke, Texas showcased its togetherness under interim head coach Rodney Terry, collecting four wins in four tries to close out the campaign with two victories over Kansas and the Big 12 Tournament title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alabama routed Texas A&amp;M \u2013 who had a nice little run to end the year to put itself firmly in the field of 68 \u2013 in the SEC Tournament Final to hoist its second conference tournament trophy in three seasons to go along with its regular season companion. Marquette continued a nine-contest winning streak dating back to mid-February en route to its Big East Tournament championship, while Arizona ended UCLA\u2019s 12-game unbeaten run with a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/game\/_\/gameId\/401514413\"> 61-59<\/a> sidestepping of the Bruins in the Pac-12 Tournament Final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LHcd-JR-VYc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside of deep runs from Ohio State, Penn State, and Vanderbilt in their respective tournaments and Memphis figuring out Houston in the AAC Tournament Final, there weren\u2019t many surprises in this year\u2019s conference brackets. Those were saved for the big one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>March\u2019s Madness: Favorites Beware<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We experienced upset escalation the likes of which humans have hardly seen. First, Virginia melted down in the final seconds to Furman, and the college basketball world embraced the memes. Then, Princeton humiliated Arizona to make it three tournaments in a row for No. 15 seed advancement, pushing UVA\u2019s embarrassment out of the limelight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To the relief of Tucson, the chaos continued. In perfect pairing with David versus Goliath, Division I\u2019s smallest team took down its tallest \u2013 Fairleigh Dickinson ruined Purdue\u2019s season,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/game\/_\/gameId\/401522145\"> 63-58<\/a>, in just the second time a No. 16 seed has overcome a No. 1 seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Purdue is ranked #1 in effective height on Kenpom.  Fairleigh Dickinson is ranked #363 out of 363. Literal David v Goliath <br><br>(And FDU currently leads) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kR1niRBmKD\">pic.twitter.com\/kR1niRBmKD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rodger Sherman (@rodger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rodger\/status\/1636867295879233537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that was just the first round. By the end of the first weekend, Kansas was another No. 1 seed gone, the East Regional was a complete mess, and Princeton followed the footsteps of 2021 Oral Roberts and 2022 Saint Peter\u2019s into the Sweet 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last two No. 1 seeds \u2013 Alabama and Houston \u2013 exited before the Elite Eight. San Diego State smothered the Crimson Tide\u2019s high-octane offense, and Miami blitzed Houston with its own robust scoring machine. Kansas State and Michigan State offered us one of the most memorable Sweet 16 games in recent history, headlined by Markquis Nowell\u2019s unbelievable 20-point, 19-assist display, and Gonzaga nearly recreated its 2006 choke to UCLA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3eC14g8pYM0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Come the Regional Finals, many of the participants had already set program records. San Diego State, Creighton, and Florida Atlantic were all embarking on their first Elite Eight experiences, and Miami was there for just its second-ever time. Kansas State and Texas aren\u2019t usually around that late, either. But an unorthodox Elite Eight birthed an even more absurd Final Four \u2013 the champs would be one of UConn, Miami, San Diego State, or Florida Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experience shined through in this tournament. Teams with older, veteran players generally fared better, and the transfer portal, NIL, and Covid eligibility were all huge determinants in who danced and who didn\u2019t. It\u2019s never been more normal for a 25-year-old to play college basketball, and we felt it this March and throughout the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kLqSOiiULm0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This iteration of the Madness also reminded us all that during this month, absolutely nobody is safe. That\u2019s why we all watch, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>April Review: One for the Thumb<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After eviscerating everyone in its path leading up to the Final Four, UConn was the presumptive favorite to complete the challenge as champs in the week before the national semifinals. Otherwise, people either marveled at the ridiculousness of the field or balked about assumed TV ratings, as if those should matter to anyone below C-level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody balked at Lamont Butler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Atlantic led by 14 with just under 14 minutes to play, but a barrage of Aztec-induced turnovers and suffocating defense blossomed the opportunity of a lifetime for Butler. As time expired, the guard delivered the first and only true buzzer beater of the tournament, punctuating the fifth-straight razor-thin game the Owls offered the viewing public, this time on the wrong side &#8211; the mid-major title belt went west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/STty12a5XLs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Miami didn\u2019t roll over, but UConn did what was expected of it, notching another double-digit drumming for its March Madness mantle. The impending coming-together with San Diego State was supposed to be the sixth such celebration for Connecticut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the most part, it was. The Huskies did what they did all tournament long and joined the elite ranks of 2018 Villanova and 2009 North Carolina as the most recent teams to win the national championship without allowing an opponent within single digits at the final horn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In most tournaments, the champion averts an adversary narrowly, sometimes several. This is a well-understood concept to the Huskies. In 2023, the gauntlet&#8217;s ultimate survivor did anything but. Rather, it thrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the Sweet 16, an air of inevitability surrounded this Storrs squad. Dominant in nearly every aspect of the game, able to excel in track meets, rock fights, and everything in between, matching up with Dan Hurley\u2019s men was an impossible feat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s an inescapable ethos associated with those five letters, often incorrectly stylized in all caps. But on the night that the program earned its fifth ring, leveling with the likes of Duke and Indiana, the appropriate aphorism is UCONN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The UConn men are now &#8230;<br><br>? 10-1 in Final Four games<br>? 5-0 in title games<br>? And have won 5 national titles in their 6 Final Fours<br><br>Wow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k5VflCcXa8\">pic.twitter.com\/k5VflCcXa8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1643107350184615936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a whirlwind season in which nobody truly knew who would come out on top, we finally have our champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":74753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[797,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","category-ncaa-mens-basketball"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the 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