UCONN 2004 - Pretty much dominated the whole season on the strength of future NBA stars Emeka Okafor & Ben Gordon along with an amazing freshman class including Josh Boone, Marcus Williams and Charlie Villanueva. Throw in the clutch outside shooting from sophomore Rashad Anderson along with incredible defense and you have arguably the best overall UCONN squad ever! They cruised to a 24-6 record and won the Big East Tournament title where they defeated Pitt who was the overall favorite going into the tournament. When the NCAA tournament started the Huskies elevated their game and defeated their opponents by an average of 15 points - their only real challenge came from the #1 seeded Duke Blue Devils in the Final Four - who they beat 79-78 to advance to the championship game.
Sad night for me but I must congratulate Connecticut on winning that game. They were the better team and showed it on the court. Maybe one day my Yellow Jackets will finally win a National Championship. (We have never won one and were only in the Final Four once before)
yea I no. I didn't put it in this 04 vid but my 2 Final Four from 2004 there is a .4 visual audio delay. Idk y tho. It's in the Duke UCONN gm descript.
I think this is the only time Georgia Tech ever played in a ncaa basketball national championship game.I do know that this was Connecticut first ever ncaa title win.Okafor as one of the best players on this Connecticut team
im a huge uconn fan and i was 5 when they won in 99 and 10 in 2004 but its too bad they lost in the final four this year to msu they should have won tht game...o well theyll be back...
This was the first NCAA Title game I remember watching. I was a kid and had only started following college sports in 2003 and I was engrossed in the tournament once it happened. UVA was (and still is) my team, so I was rooting hard for GT, for the sake of the ACC. It's hard to imagine either of these teams making a similar run given their current state, but this is a lot of fun to look back on
@ChainGangSoulja266 Damn man looking good for u guys next year...I'm a UConn diehard so were all still celebrating the championship but next year should be interesting to see how they do under Lamb and Oriakhi's leadership
@ChainGangSoulja266 Yeah dude UNC is the #1 favorite. I never had a problem with UNC I actually picked them to win in 05 08 and 09 so I was happy 2 of the 3 times but I think they are no doubt the favorite this year. UConn could maybe crack top 10 if Napier Oriakhi Lamb and Smith take the next step maybe top 5.
@JMK213- yea i like UCONN too. I was rooting for Butler this yr but i had no problem with UCONN winning it all, congrats dude. I consider them to be in my top 5 fav college b-ball skools. But yea, hopefully Barnes will FSU this yr lol
