UConn winning National Championship is triggering to some fans; Should ACC shift focus to basketball 

How 40% more than Carolina over the last 20 years they’ve won more titles than Duke unc Kansas and Kentucky imma life long TARHEEL fan and I give respect to them they are a blue blood in my eyes I mean they won 5 titles in 2 decades it took k 4 decades to do that and Carolina abut 4 decades as well so respect to UConn

You can have all the awards you want just give us the national championship.. UCONN NOW 5!!!!!

Not only did they win a 5th they steamrolled every team in it’s way. This “Blue blood” label no longer exists.

UConn out for blood. Collecting Natty's.

Please. UConn got caught short when the big east dissolved. And now that they are back in the big east there are back on top in 3 years.

UConn does not care if we are called blue blood or not just give us our props!!!!!!!

I think when people mention inconsistency with UConn, they tend to think of the Ollie years in particular. 4 of those missed tournament years were with Ollie in the AAC. I know it happened, but the Calhoun years were pretty damn consistent...

We here in UConn are besides ourselves with envy vis a vis the true blue bloods. Those 5 titles in 24 years are small consolation knowing that we can't sit at the cool kids table. Crushed I tell you. Beating Duke in 99. Small potatoes. Beating Duke again in 2004. Who cares. Kemba and the miracles. Took little solace watching them knowing that no one thought out team was worthy. The 2014 run when the huskies beat . Let me check...the blue bloods from Kentucky. Yet UConn I guess was still not worthy of elite designation. Gosh that hurts. Well we got consolation prize number 5 this week. We are no longer depressed at our non blue blood status. We are coping. Best we can. Wondering now if we have to switch hands if and when we get ring number 6. Non UConn fans you just don't know the agony of being a non blue blood. We are tortured beyond words. Weep for us.

UConn at 5! So happy! Why is debating whether they are 'blue blood' even a thing? Call them whatever you want but they've won more titles in the past quarter century than anybody. Three straight coaches have won titles, can any other school even say that? So proud of Calhoun, Ollie and Hurley! Only three schools have more men's titles than UConn. All but one of UCLA's titles came during a magical run 50 years ago (that is something that will never be repeated by anybody). One of North Carolina's titles came in the 1950s - great decade but college basketball was quite different back then! To say it another way, UConn has as many titles as UNC does since MJ cut down the nets in 1982. Four of Kentucky's eight titles came in the Adolf Rupp era of the 1940s and 50s. Ancient history in basketball terms. I'm not trying to take away from the accomplishments or diminish the historical importance of the other programs, but clearly UConn has done something since 1999 that no other school can touch. Throw in a women's program that has been the best and most successful since the mid-90s, and this is why Storrs, Connecticut is the self-proclaimed College Basketball Capital of the World. You win, you get to brag a little - and Huskies fans don't really care if they are part of the blue blood club or not.

Beat the spread by double in all Tournament games, 16-0 Non conference. And the hate continues.... don't worry we will do it again next year.

When y'all were talking about UConn being 5-0, it reminded me of how we talk about Michael Jordan. UConn being 5-0 in title games is amazing and doesn't negate the 7 years they've missed the tournament. Jordan being 6-0 in the NBA finals is amazing, but doesn't negate the other 9 years he played and didn't make the finals. #context is important, as Ovies always says.

Except Coach K consistently lauds UConn and especially Calhoun for building the program up from nothing. Maybe fans are still out here trying to gatekeep but I'll take those chips over 20 straight sweet 16s.

And just like the big east has lifted UConn back up UConns return has elevated the big east.

"Sticks n stones may break my bones, but names (blue blood) will never hurt me." Just give me my trophy

That Michigan state comment is spot on! I never thought of that? Who ever thought of that,, is intelligent!

Great take. Uconn is a big time disruptor. They are Apple. Kentucky is Andrew Carnegie

You put any of those blue bloods in the AAC and you’re not recruiting kids to play against Tulsa/SMU/ECU.

These dudes have great points and then follow it up with UConn is the marlins 🙄

Best moments of this year is Uconn winning No. 5. 👍

These guy's are allright!, First time listening to them!

UConn has 6 now, going for #7 in 2025. We love to piss people off.

"Blue blood" signifies nothing but an interest in basketball antiquity.

Miami football is a great analogy. Came out of nowhere and just started kicking the blue blood programs azz. People hated seeing it because the Notre Dames and Oklahoma, and Nebraska fans weren't used to seeing that. Same with UCONN! They started beating Duke for championships and beat Kentucky and to me that solidified them as legitimate. Beating Duke twice in the final four and then Kentucky sealed the deal for me.

Uconn now at 6 titles. So back to back titles, undefeated in title games, wins in the F4 over Kentucky, Duke and Michigan St. Now they are loaded again going into 2025 and a real threat at a 3peat. Blue blood? Who cares, ill enjoy the titles.

If I heard someone say Uconn was Nickleback esq in person, I’d ConnectiCUT them.

UConn is elite, period

These non blue guys sound like a guy who looks at the guy who marries the most beautiful smartest and kindest woman anyone knows and blue blood points out she's only a middling cook.

THERE A NEW BLOOD NOT BLUE BLOODS BLUE BLOODS WON BACK IN THE DAY AND THE PRESENT DAY ALL TITLES ARE PRESENT DAY TITLES

Tarheels have 6 titles quit spitting lies

NCAA needs to make refs call making more consistent. A 1 game knock-out scheme is easily affected by biased refs. Include ALL Div 1 teams with best elimination series rather than a single game knockout. Then one will see the true best team win.

I hear a jealous tone in their voices

Atleast we are not Syracuse and Boston College

I think most people consider uconn a blue blood.

You need to ask yourself the question. Would you rather make the tournament 10 times in a row? Or would you rather win the chip every other time you show up? I'd take the chip! 5 trophies is nothing to sneeze at!

Well the ACC also has lacrosse and soccer. And while those sports aren't as glammy or popular I don't think the ACC is missing any identity. It's just not great at football, and it's been struggling a bit the last few years in basketball because you're right the focus isn't on any one particular sport, but also UNC and Duke lost the coaches that carried them to stardom in recent years. So at some point they have to prove they can get back and win.

And if Kentucky and Carolina and Kansas want to count titles won in the 50s when a large part of the country DID NOT ALLOW BLACK PLAYERS, then go ahead, claim those titles.

Blue blood club 😂. Where they sit around and talk about the old days when they used to win National Champioships. No thanks. I'll take our 5 Nattys over the last 25yrs, including 2023!!

Bluebloods? Let’s look at the resumes. UCLA,11 titles and the biggest cheaters ever in terms of recruiting players. Kentucky,4 out of 8 titles are ancient history,in the segregated 40’s and 50’s when only 16 teams were invited and the NIT carried more weight. Duke, worthy of the blue blood classification. Kansas,maybe. Indiana,borderline. North Carolina,yes. UConn 5 titles in 25 years,speaks for itself. Yes they had some down time. Yes KO was a mistake. He won his title with Calhoun recruits. After his divorce his life fell apart and he began to hit the bottle. Shit happens.

Duke’s actually 3-2 vs UConn in the NCAA but don’t let the door hit ya where it split ya, Ovies.

This team had NO star power, no one is taking a pilgrimage to Storrs, Connecticut. If you wanna call them a NEW Blood, that's fine. But if this were a beauty pageant, she would be the woman from Seinfeld who tried to do an act with the parakeets. Carolina and Kentucky are southern debutantes, UCLA is Anne Bancroft, Duke is a Blue Blood in the way that Apple is a Blue Blood. Dominant over the last 30 plus years. No disrespect.

Dan orlovsky is the best from UConn football? He sucked, never played, I'd say Byron Jones more